Soledad Gonzales

1921 - 2016

Soledad Donayre Maratas Gonzales

Feb 23, 1921 - May 30, 2016

Soledad Donayre Maratas Gonzales passed peacefully from this world on the afternoon of Memorial Day, 30 May 2016 while under hospice care at her home in Fairfield, California.
"Soling", Tia/Lola "Ada", was born in Tudela, Cebu, Philippines, and schooled in Cebu City. She met Julian Espiritu Gonzales, a veteran of the First Filipino Regiment, US Army, during WW II. They married and moved to San Francisco in 1947, where their only child was born. She worked at the Golden Gate Nursery in Colma before becoming a data entry clerk at Koret of California in San Francisco, and later for Joseph Magnin and Co., the State of California, EDS and AMFAC. Soling and Julian regularly sent remunerations to their families in the Philippines throughout their lives, supporting college and university educations for two generations and helping with health issues and home improvements. The two enjoyed traveling around and about Canada, the Caribbean, and Europe - often with close friends - and moved to Fairfield Ca. in 1980 to spend there post retirement years there.
Lola Ada leaves a son, Daniel Phil Gonzales, his spouse Barbara Linda Palaby-Gonzales, grandson Arel Sol Gonzales and his wife Kristina Szeto Gonzales, grandson Balentin Tal Gonzales, extended family on both the Maratas and Gonzales sides and many dear friends.
Your prayers and kind thoughts are gratefully and deeply appreciated.
Visitation will begin Friday June 17th, 4pm with a Vigil Service 7:00pm to 9:00pm , at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, 1370 El Camino Real in Colma, California, 650.550-8808 – a light repast following. At 12:00 noon on Saturday, June 18, 2016, A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Soledad at Mater Dolorosa Church, 307 Willow Avenue, South San Francisco, California,. Burial at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Holly Garden – luncheon following.