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There was the young man who鈥檇 sharpened a set of knives for his mother鈥檚 friend and delivered them to her, expecting, perhaps, only a smile and a thank you.

He got a smile, a thank you and a steak dinner.

There was the nephew who, before each school year, would be taken out shopping by his aunt.

鈥淭hey鈥檇 go have lunch,鈥� said Diana Armijo, the boy鈥檚 mother and the doting aunt鈥檚 sister, 鈥渁nd she鈥檇 buy him a pair of shoes.鈥�

Barbara Armijo, a groundbreaking journalist and a devoted educator, died on Nov. 28 after having suffered a massive stroke some six weeks before. She was 60.

As talented and dedicated a professional as she was, friends and family members said, it was Armijo鈥檚 kindness and generosity that set her apart.

Armijo and Liz Otero met while both worked at the 近距离内射合集. Long after each had left the newspaper, they remained the closest of friends.

鈥淲e spoke every single week,鈥� Otero said in a phone interview. 鈥溾�� We鈥檇 text every day.鈥�

Otero said Armijo, a divorced mother of two sons, a grandmother as of last year and a full-time employee at New Mexico鈥檚 Public Education Department, always made herself available to others in her life.

鈥淎 lot of people, life gets in the way, they have their family, they have their lives,鈥� she said. 鈥淏ut (Armijo) always found time to make you feel special and give of herself.鈥�

A South Valley native and a Rio Grande High School graduate, Armijo began working at the 近距离内射合集 in 1986. It had been suggested to her that sports 鈥� a journalistic field into which relatively few women had ventured at the time 鈥� might prove to be a leg up.

Initially, sports editor Dennis Latta put her to work taking phone calls and typing in results for the scoreboard page. Her first bylines were as a stringer, a correspondent.

But Latta, and others, were impressed by her enthusiasm, willingness to learn and her highly developed people skills. Hired as a staff writer, she covered sports 鈥� initially, mostly the high schools 鈥� for the West Side Journal and for the main sports section.

From 1989-93, under sports editor Mike Hall, Armijo covered the Albuquerque Dukes Triple-A baseball team for the Journal.

Dealing with professional baseball players on a daily basis, said then-colleague Phill Casaus, was a challenge for any sports writer of either gender. For a woman, though, disrespect and condescension were a price to be paid.

鈥淪he鈥檇 talk about some of the strange things that would go on,鈥� Casaus said. 鈥淭hen she鈥檇 say, 鈥業鈥檓 ready for tomorrow.鈥欌��

Armijo was not the first woman to work as a full-time sports staffer at one of Albuquerque鈥檚 daily newspapers of the era. But it鈥檚 clear from comments on social media since her death that she and her career served as an inspiration for many.

Casaus, now editor-in-chief at The New Mexican in Santa Fe, was Armijo鈥檚 supervisor for a time in his role as the Journal鈥檚 assistant sports editor. But, he said, 鈥淚t鈥檚 funny, because I鈥檓 not sure I ever thought of her in any way but as a friend.鈥�

Like Otero, Casaus marveled at Armijo鈥檚 kind, giving nature.

鈥淚 was trying to explain this to people,鈥� he said. 鈥溾�� When somebody dies that you think the world of, you always say they were the nicest person, they were this, they were that, they were fantastic.

鈥淏ut in her case, it was true every day.鈥�

Diana Armijo said her older sister 鈥� their brother, Patrick, is the eldest of the three 鈥� was the glue that kept the siblings close after the passing of their parents.

鈥淪he was, like, the leader,鈥� she said. 鈥淪he鈥檇 start planning the holidays and the get-togethers. 鈥� Just her giving, setting us up and keeping us all together.鈥�

After both their parents had died, Diana Armijo said, her sister bought the family home. 鈥淭hat was great,鈥� she said, 鈥渂ecause we kept that family tradition.鈥�

Barbara Armijo鈥檚 marriage to Chuck Chavez in 1991 ended in divorce but produced two sons, Craig and Drew. 鈥淗er boys were her life,鈥� Otero said.

Armijo became a grandmother in 2022 when Zayden, Drew鈥檚 son with his wife, Bianca, was born. Zayden鈥檚 first birthday occurred on the day his grandmother died.

Craig Chavez and his wife, Arianna, are expecting.

Armijo鈥檚 journalism career was interrupted for some two years when she took a job at Sun Healthcare. When she decided to return to the Journal, management was eager to bring her back. After leaving sports, she worked on the business desk and as an award-winning editorial writer.

In 2007, Armijo left the Journal and began a career in education 鈥� first as a classroom teacher at Atrisco Heritage, then with PED.

In 2014, she finished her requirements for a master鈥檚 degree in business from Grand Canyon University.

Leslie Kelly, Armijo鈥檚 supervisor at PED for the past year, had crossed paths with her before when both worked at APS.

鈥淏arb had this enthusiasm and excitement and unbelievable kindness,鈥� Kelly said, 鈥渁nd she also had this great sense of humor.

鈥淪he was somebody who I鈥檇 see in action, even in hard situations, and I鈥檇 think 鈥業 need to channel Barb.鈥欌��

Before Armijo became ill, Kelly said, she鈥檇 been planning to have everyone in the bureau to her home 鈥渂ecause she wanted to show us all how to make tamales for Christmas.鈥�

Armijo, Otero recalled, had a wicked but non-wounding sense of humor and a gift for mimicry. Conversations between the two, and with fellow journalists such as Tracy Dingmann and Autumn Gray, often left them helpless with laughter.

鈥淪he just impacted everybody鈥檚 life,鈥� Otero said, 鈥渨ith her generosity and beautiful spirit. 鈥� So full of genuine joy.鈥�