Biography
In 1945, he married Nora Martinez, whose great-great-grandfather, Manuel Abeyta, built the Santuario de Chimayó in 1813. The couple have been married for 67 years. They have three daughters, six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren...Montoya went to work for the New Mexico Highway Department, testing soil, and later became a layout engineer for McKee contractors at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Since he had top-security clearance, he later worked for the University of California as a senior technician of metallurgy. He retired in 1973 to pursue his passion as santero and woodcarver. [Retrieved on 6/6/2018 from http://www.santafenewmexican.com/life/features/a-wonderful-life-ruben-montoya-was-raised-by-rail/article_54d5ab94-2351-11e3-baa3-001a4bcf6878.html]