Rosita Espinoza
Rosita Espinoza who passed away this past Thursday February 17th, 2022 and was 102 at the time of her death was born in “La Ermita” Jalisco, to Cayetano Rodríguez and Guadalupe Melendrez on August 31st, 1919. Rosita and her siblings moved to La Piedad, Michoacan at a very young age.
She was courted by a young man Salvador Espinoza who later became her husband. Salvador Sr. was a “brazero” in the mid to late 40s and would often leave his family behind to come work in the fields all across the US to provide for his family until he finally immigrated his family to the US. They both made Santa Barbara their permanent home in 1957.
Rosita accompanied her husband moved to Santa Barbara, CA where in those days it was nothing but orange groves and the coastal town was a small community. She was a homemaker most of her life but one of her biggest joys in life were her birds. She would raise different types of birds and watch them grow up. Many people knew about her bird collection and would stop by just to take a peek at her collection.
Rosita is survived by her three children Marie Albarrán, Sal Jr. and “Gus” Espinoza, her 5 grandchildren Samuel Espinoza, Richard Espinoza, Roseanna Espinoza, Brandon Albarrán and Bridget Espinoza (Servin), her four great gran children Tatiana Espinoza, Halushka Espinoza, Joshua Servín and Jazmín Servin and her great great granddaughter Neveah.
Rosary for Rosita will on Thursday February 24th at 7pm at Our Lady of Sorrows Church at 21 E. Sola St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Mass will be at 10:00am on Friday February 25th at Our Lady of Sorrows Church. Rosita Espinoza who passed away this past Thursday February 17th, 2022 and was 102 at the time of her death was born in “La Ermita” Jalisco, to Cayetano Rodríguez and Guadalupe Melendrez on August 31st, 1919. Rosita and her siblings moved to La Piedad, Michoacan at a very young age.
She was courted by a young man Salvador Espinoza who later became her husband. Salvador Sr. was a “brazero” in the mid to late 40s and would often leave his family behind to come work in the fields all across the US to provide for his family until he finally immigrated his family to the US. They both made Santa Barbara their permanent home in 1957.
Rosita accompanied her husband moved to Santa Barbara, CA where in those days it was nothing but orange groves and the coastal town was a small community. She was a homemaker most of her life but one of her biggest joys in life were her birds. She would raise different types of birds and watch them grow up. Many people knew about her bird collection and would stop by just to take a peek at her collection.
Rosita is survived by her three children Marie Albarrán, Sal Jr. and “Gus” Espinoza, her 5 grandchildren Samuel Espinoza, Richard Espinoza, Roseanna Espinoza, Brandon Albarrán and Bridget Espinoza (Servin), her two great gran children Tatiana Espinoza and Halushka Espinoza and her great great granddaughter Neveah.
Rosary for Rosita will on Thursday February 24th at 7pm at Our Lady of Sorrows Church at 21 E. Sola St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Mass will be at 10:00am on Friday February 25th at Our Lady of Sorrows Church.
Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery 199 N. Hope Ave. Santa Bárbara, CA 93110