Sarah Celina Fresquez Paz's Obituary
Sarah Celina Fresquez Paz, 81, passed away on Saturday, October 6, 2001 at Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock, California. She was born on July 7, 1920 in Espinoza, Colorado. She moved to California in 1968 from Manassa, Colorado where she spent most of her life. She was a resident of Newman, California for the past 6 years, prior from Union City and Fremont, California for 20 years, she spent almost all 20 years in Union City, California. She also spent a short time in San Jose, California. She loved sewing, embroidery, crocheting, quilting and especially sewing for her grandchildren. She also really enjoyed cooking and she was famous for her homemade roasted chili peppers. She loved to travel. She was a "Rosie the Riveter". She always shared remem-brances of past family history with the entire family. She was a storyteller. As a little girl Sarah loved to go out onto the farm and help her father out with outdoor chores instead of working inside the house with the others. Her father was a Sheepherder and she always was there to help him out with the sheep. She built her own home out of adobe bricks with her sons and brothers as a widow. She became widowed the first time after her youngest was only nine months old. She was a member of St. Joachim's Catholic Church in Newman and Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church in Union City, California. She is survived by a long time family inherited companion; Edward, her parrot.She is survived by her loving children; Loveada Fresquez of Newman, Lawrence & Velma Fresquez of Brentwood, Gilbert Luis & Antonia "Toni" Fresquez of Live Oak and Michael Lizardo Fresquez of Newman, California. She is survived by a dear sister and two brothers; Lillian Sandoval of Manassa, Juan Cisneros of Antonito, CO and Flamino Cisneros of Manassa, CO. She also has nine beautiful grandchildren and four wonderful great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her two husbands and a daughter; Loretta Fresquez.Family and Friends are invited to attend a Visitation on Wednesday, October 10, 2001 from 4:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. with a Rosary at 7:00 p.m. at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church. Another Visitation will be held on Thursday, October 11, 2001 from 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. with a Mass of Christian Burial to follow at 11:00 a.m. at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church; 703 "C" Street, Union City, CA 94587. Interment will immediately follow the Mass at Chapel of the Chimes Memorial Park; 32992 Mission Boulevard, Hayward, CA 94544.The family has requested in lieu of flowers that donations be sent in her memory to the American Heart Association: P.O. Box 5157, Oakland, CA 94605 or to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund; P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C. 20013.CHAPEL OF THE CHIMES MEMORIAL PARK & FUNERAL HOME -HAYWARD, CA (510) 471-3363."SERVICE OF MARKED DISTINCTION"
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