Marissa Espinosa Obituary

Name: Visitation for Marissa Espinosa
Start: 2020-07-31T00:30:00.000Z
End: 2020-07-31T03:00:00.000Z
Location: St. Mary's Cemetery

Marissa passed away on the morning of July 14, 2020 at the age of 57. Marissa leaves behind her husband of 25 years Vincent and sons Xavier & Jacob. Marissa was born on May 13th, 1963 in San Bernardo, Guanajuato Mexico. Marissa is the 1st born of Santiago and Alicia Barajas and is sister to Elizabeth (Temo), Santiago Jr. & Hugo (Jeanette). Marissa retired from the Franchise Tax Board in 2018. Marissa was awesome at cooking, crafts and gardening. She was a loving patient person with a beautiful soul. When you met Marissa you can see and feel the true meaning of a good person. She will be truly missed by her family and friends but will not be forgotten and forever remain in our hearts. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to St. Jude Hospitals. All events will take place at St. Mary's Cemetery, visitation on July 30th 5:30 to 8 pm, mass and burial will begin at 11 am on July 31st.

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Published by The Sacramento Bee on Jul. 26, 2020.

Memories and Condolences
for Marissa Espinosa

5 Entries

Elizabeth Barajas

July 20, 2021

Still missing you very much, Mars, but it gives me some comfort to know that now you are pain-free and in heaven with our baby brother Hugo and the rest of our deceased loved ones. Help our parents, Mars, they need you. Surround them with your loving presence.

R.C.

January 20, 2021

It's so sad because she was so young and beautiful. May God comfort and console you during this especially sad time. Please accept my sincere condolences, I am so sorry for your loss.

Elizabeth Barajas

July 29, 2020

My beautiful sister is physically gone, however, I see her spirit and essence among us especially in the family that she and Vince created--Xavier and Jacob.

As her sister, I am blessed with a broader spectrum of Marissa. As a youngster, Marissa was a true fanatic of crotcheting. In case you are not familiar with this hobby, it is a dying art that is created with a 5 inch needle with a hooked end. It's paired with string, THIN string, to create (crotchet) a doily. This hobby took a good massive chunk of time especially if it was done correctly and Marissa was never daunted by that since she was blessed with patience, perseverance, and dedication. I, on the other hand, was definitely daunted, it seemed to me more like a Mexican torturing device to discipline kids.

Since we are sisters, my mother expected us to not only dress alike, but to be alike and take on the same hobbies. I clearly remember on one evening in Mexico, I finally finished my chosen crotchet piece (approx. 15 inches in diameter) and gleefully skipped to mother's room to show her my accomplishment. Sadly, Marissa was already there showing our mother her chosen crotchet piece--darn thing covered the entire queen size bed! Argh! Still hurts.

Xavier, has this trait. He visits the gym and patiently perseveres and dedicates himself to the body-building torture.

Jacob has Marissa's quietness, her studiousness , and enjoys being by himself.

I also know that Marissa truly appreciated miniature stuff--anything miniature. She had miniature terra cotta pottery, miniature jewelry, miniature dolls, etc. When she became a mother, I noticed Marissa would uncover Xavier's and Jacob's tiny feet as babies when they were asleep and she would caress their tiny little miniature toes between her fingers. I would see the delight she got from that.

I could go and on but there's a limit to everything.

There are lessons to be learned from every story, and with Marissa's story, I learned that we all have a life that will bring us joy as well as challenges. Enjoy the "miniature" things in life since those are what matter the most. She loved Vince and loved her offspring very much. She was given a major tribulation and faced it fearlessly.

I love you, Mars.

Your sister, Lizard

Patty Ramos

July 26, 2020

Marissa was my sister-in-law she was one of the sweetest kindest, strongest people I have ever met. On occasion I would take her to her doctors appointments and she would send me home with banana bread for my husband and sometimes even dinner that she had made she was the one that was sick but she was taking care of me. I probably drove her nuts with my stories on the way to and from her appointments but I loved to make her laugh because she had the cutest giggle. She loved her family very much you could see it in her eyes she could even keep my brother in check he loved her with his whole heart and her boys adored her. She will truly be missed. I love you Marissa may you rest in peace.

Vincent Espinosa

July 26, 2020

To my sweet Marissa may God keep you and bless you. You were the best wife and mother our family could ever have. You cared for us and let us see the beauty this world can offer. I thank you for being the person we all love. You were truly the rock of our family and we will carry on the imprint you made on our lives. It was hard to watch you endure the health issues the last 4 plus years but so much harder to let you go. May you rest in peace I love you so much!

Marissa was a wise but simplistic person that understood what people needed and was always willing to help in anyway she could. She was not an outspoken person but when she did speak you had better listen or you were missing the best piece of advise you may ever hear.

I want to thank everyone for all the support my sons and I have received it is much appreciated.

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