Julia M. A. Castro

Julia M.A. Castro Died March 9, 2008 at home in San Francisco. Born in Berlin, El Salvador, on April 12, 1912 to Benjamin and Lucia Castro. Sister of Antonio, Josefa, Modesto, Jose Igancio and Conception Castro. After suffering and surviving the Influenza Epidemic of 1918, she went on to become an instructor of Catechism for children. She also worked in an orphanage home in San Salvador. In 1950 she decided to start a new life in the US, frequently revisiting the country of her birth. Whenever she would return from her many trips, she never neglected to bring souvenirs for all who awaited her return. She was employed as an embroiderer for Pasqual and Co. on Mission, between 2nd and 3rd for 20 years. Along the way she helped to raise many of her nieces and nephews, as well as helping her extended family however she could. She was very devoted to the Holy Spirit- Her nightly Rosaries will be fondly remembered. She was very active in the parishes of Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe and St. Paul's, making tamales for the former for many years. She helped to raise nearly three generations of children, both in and out of the family. In her later years, though bed-ridden, she would still ask for her leche calientita and pupsas. She will be missed by her nieces and nephews: Maria Christina, Joseph, Jean Pierre, Lucia, Maria Isabella and Rosa Teresa; and great-nephews and nieces: Angelica, Marcel, Angelina and Michelangelo. Extended relations include the Caceres, Alvaranga, Castro, Aviles, Gastenaga, Molina and Virella families. Friends are invited to visit TODAY March 13, 3-9PM and attend a 7pm Vigil Service at Driscoll's Valencia St. Mortuary, 1465 Valencia St., between 25th and 26th Sts. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated Friday, 10AM at St. Paul Church, SF, followed by Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma.