Celie Partez

Celie Maria Partez (born August 12, 1964, died June 9, 2009) was an employee at Fun Plaza arcade in San Francisco, California and one of the two victims in the June 9, 2009 fire of Fun Plaza.

Personal Life
Partez was originally born in Cuba, living with her parents Isobel and Martio, four brothers (Juan, Anton, Alvaro, and Che), and four sisters (Dunia, Edelira, Kenia, and Safia). At the age of seven, Partez' family moved to the United States to San Francisco, California where they owned both a deli and an apartment. By the age of 19, Partez started to work at Fun Plaza as a cleaner. By age 25, she was promoted to party host, where she held the position until her death. Partez also was married to Sean Juarez since she was 21 and they have one son named Danny (born June 16, 1995).

June 9, 2009 fire
At around 7:40 PM, PST, Partez was in the back office of Fun Plaza planning for her next birthday group. Five minutes later, she started to smell smoke. When she checked the door, she saw flames shooting out of the walls and told her manager to call 911. Partez quickly evacuated the building, but was in a total state of panic and shock. At that point, she immediately had a heart attack and stopped breathing. When the medical staff arrived, they attempted to revive her, but she could not be revived and was pronounced dead at 8:30 PM, PST, at the age of 44, just two months shy of her 45th birthday.

Aftermath
On June 10, Partez was buried at Mission Dolores Cemetery in San Francisco. Safia, one of her sisters, was suspicious that the Oakland Dragonflies caused the fire. "I knew it was those bastards who started the fire," she said in an interview. "They are nothing but bad f****** news. I hope they go to jail for what they did to our sister! They took our baby sister! (sobs)"