Emilia (Jaramillo) Johnson's Obituary
Emilia (Jaramillo) Johnson6/28/29 ' 10/26/06 Emilia passed away peacefully, in the early morning hours, on October 26, 2006 in Castro Valley. She is survived by her loving husband, Oscar (Dub) Johnson of Castro Valley, daughter, Debbie and son-in-law, Ed Harris of San Lorenzo, and son, Ted Johnson of Pleasanton. She was preceded in death by her youngest son, David Johnson in 1989. She was grandmother to Andrew and Alison Johnson, Eddie Harris and his new wife Batya, and Tanya Borja. She was also great-grandmother to Gabriel Trujillo. She was the daughter of Ezekiel Daniel Jaramillo and Gladys Crouch Jaramillo. She was sister to Minda Lucero, Tila Jimenez, Sylvia Johnson, Grace Gonzales and Dan Jaramillo. She was sister-in-law to Joe Lucero, Eli Jimenez, Roger Johnson, Eduardo Gonzales and Cresencia Jaramillo. She was also sister-in-law to Dub's three sisters and their husbands, Murray and Lida Petersen, Margaret and Don Weed and Stan Pepper, and Paul and Dorothy Hopper. She was aunt to 32 nephews and nieces, 50 great-nephews and nieces, and five great-great nephews and nieces. Born in San Bernardino, California, Emilia's family moved to Chacon, New Mexico in the Sandia Mountains when she was eight years old. She attended Menaul High School, in Albuquerque, graduating valedictorian of her 1947 class, before attending the University of New Mexico for three years. She and Dub married in 1950 and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. They lived in Montclair, where Debbie was born, before moving to San Lorenzo in 1955, where Ted and then David were born. In 1966, they moved to Castro Valley where they lived for 40 years in the same home. In 1961, Emilia returned to college at California State College, Hayward and received her BA degree and a teacher credential in 1963. She taught for 20 years at Snow Elementary School, in Newark. Teaching was her passion and she often said she couldn't believe she actually got paid doing something she loved so much. She loved children and they loved her. In her retirement years, she loved spending time with her grandchildren, working in her rose garden, knitting, reading and serving in her church home at First Presbyterian, in Hayward. She served in many capacities, as an elder, a deacon, a teacher, and a volunteer in the church office. She and Dub took great pleasure in traveling and went to many parts of the United States, Europe and Israel. Emilia will be remembered by all who knew her as a person with a wonderful sense of humor, a beautiful smile, always willing to listen, a person of great integrity and wisdom, committed to excellence, with a gift of hospitality and acceptance. Family and friends are invited to attend a Memorial Service to celebrate her life and her homecoming on Friday, November 10, at 1:00 p.m. at FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH on Grove Way, in Hayward. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to your favorite charity or church home. Chapel of the Chimes(510) 471-3363www.chapelofthechimes.com
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