Nora is a daughter of W Tazel and Minnie Susan (Mullins) Martin. She married Joseph Ignacio Sanchez in Coffeyville, Kansas, they have twelve children: Mary Virginia, Ralph Edward, Opal Beatrice, James Alfred, Marie Angelina, Clementine, William Austin, Juanita May, Alfonso, Joe Ray, Carole and Mickey. She was a homemaker. She could crochet anything and never used a pattern. You never, ever, left Mama's house hungry.

NORA SANCHEZ
Birth Date: 08 August 1903
Death Date: March 1983
Est. Age at Death: 79Y 7M
Issuing State: Kansas
Residence at Death: Summersville, Texas, Missouri
SSDI

She appears here with her parents:
1910/ Oklahoma/ Rogers
h/ W T Martin, 45y b.TX, M/21, occ: Farmer
w/ M S Martin, 37y b.TX, mother of 9/5 living
d/ O L Martin, 18y b.TX
d/ J B Martin, s/b 15y b.OK
d/ s/b N M Martin, 6y b.OK
d/ W W Martin, 3y b.OK
d/ unnamed Martin, 3mos b.OK
father/ John W Martin, 70y b.KY, Wd 2, occ: Labor/Odd Jobs
niece/ J T Robertson, 16y b.TX, Married

She appears here with her widowed father:
1920/ Oklahoma/ Tulsa
h/ William T Martin, 54y b.TX, Wd, occ: none
d/ Nora May, 15y b.OK
d/ Lula, 7y b.OK
residence: 35 Rear N Guthrie Street, Tulsa

She appears on these three Censuses with her husband:
1930/ Kansas/ Montgomery
h/ Villarreal Sanchez, 29y b.MEXICO, Imm: unk, occ: Laborer/Construction Co ~ Steam Railway
w/ Nora, 26y b.OK
d/ Virginia, 9y b.KS
s/ Alfred, 4y 1mo b.KS
d/ Marie, 3y 2mos b.KS
d/ Clementine, 1y 4mos b.KS
owned residence: 709 W 12th Street, Coffeyville

1940/ Kansas/ Montgomery
h/ Joe Sanchez, 45y b.TX (s/b MEXICO), H-2, occ: Teacher/WPA Adult Ed Program
w/ Nora, 35y b.OK, G9
d/ Mary Virginia, 18y b.KS, C-1
s/ Alfred, 14y b.KS, G8
d/ Marie, 13y b.KS, G7
d/ Clementina, 11y b.KS, G5
s/ Austin, 10y b.KS, G4
d/ Wanetia [s/b Juanita], 7y b.KS, G2
s/ Alfonso, 6y b.KS, G1
s/ Joe Ray, 2y b.KS
owned residence: 815 W 12th Street, Coffeyville

1950/ Kansas/ Wyandotte (ED 106-163, pg 6)
h/ Joseph SANCHAS, 52y b.TX [s/b MEXICO], occ: Laborer Hog Dept/Packing Plant
w/ Nora, 45y b.OK
d/ Juanita, 18y b.KS, occ: File Clerk/Mail Order House
s/ Alfonso, 16y b.KS, H-3
s/ Joe Ray, 12y b.KS
d/ Carl [s/b Carole] Ann, 6y b.KS
s/ Michael Eugene, 5y b.KS
residence: 819 [S] Ferree, KCK

Link to sister, Lula Edith "Lou" (Martin) Cox. Sent edit to link parents 24 June 2023.

Published obituary
Mrs Nora M Sanchez, 79, of 819 South Ferree Street, Kansas City, Kansas, died Thursday at a nursing home at 749 Blake Street, Edwardsville, [Kansas].

She was born in Inola, Oklahoma, and had lived in this area for forty-one years. Mrs Sanchez was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church, 1007 Grandview Boulevard, [Kansas City, Kansas].

She leaves her husband, Joseph I Sanchez of the home; five sons, James A Sanchez, Chicago; Dr William A Martin, Kansas City, [Missouri]; Alphonso Sanchez, Kansas City, Kansas; Joseph R Sanchez, Texas; and Michael E Sanchez [Sr], Kansas City, Kansas; five daughters, Mrs Virginia Koger, Mrs Marie Velasquez, and Mrs Tina Sanchez of Kansas City, Kansas; Mrs Juanita Stude, Bonner Springs; Mrs Carole Quillen, Colorado; a sister, Mrs Lula Cox, Tulsa, Oklahoma; forty-four grandchildren; and thirty great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 11 am Monday at the Highland Park Chapel; entombment in the Highland Park Lawn Crypts [?]. Friends may call from 4 to 6 pm Sunday at the chapel. The family suggests contributions to the American Parkinson's Disease Association.
The Kansas City STAR
19 March 1983