Irene A. Oliveira

Irene A. Oliveira Passed away peacefully September 29, 2010 at Rideout Hospital due to a long illness. She was born in Oroville, California on May 31, 1941. She attended Live Oak schools and graduated from Notre Dame High School and Yuba College, with major studies in English and Accounting. She started working for Sutter County Welfare Department where she served for 46 years. One of her unfulfilled goals was to see her 50th anniversary working for Sutter County. Irene was a precise, accurate, efficient, thorough and loyal employee and was well respected by County Administration Office Supervisors, the Human Services Department and all staff workers. She will be missed by all, Irene was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Live Oak, under the sacred Heart Catholic Parish in Gridley, the Native Daughters of the Golden West, The S.P.R.S.I. Portuguese Lodge and the Sutter County Employee Association. She will be remembered as an independent, loyal, kind woman who was always ready to help a person or family in need. Irene is survived by her sister, Mary, her cousins Fernando Oliveira (who was like a brother to her), his wife, Wendy and their children, from Novato, CA Alberto Oliveira, his wife, Rosa and their daughter, from Aveiro, Portugal, and her favorite Tia, Pureza Oliveira, from Aveiro, Portugal. She is preceded in death by her father, John Oliveira, her mother, Herminia Oliveira, and her brother, John Oliveira. Irene sends blessings to all of her family, friends and co-workers, who are invited to a Rosary on October 7, 2010 at 7pm, at Ullrey Memorial chapel, 117 Almond St., Yuba City, CA; a Funeral Mass will be on October 8, 2010 at 10am at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, 4960 Broadway, Live Oak, CA, with the burial immediately following at Live Oak Cemetery, 3545 Pennington Rd., Live Oak, CA. Send Condolences to www.appealdemocrat.com