Maria Lourdes Medeiros Pereira, age 89, passed away peacefully on Monday January 30, 2023 of natural causes. She was born on Sao Miguel of the Azores Islands Portugal in 1933. She grew up there surrounded by her family and friends. In 1959, she married Guilherme Pereira and a year later had their son Joe. In 1971, they migrated to the United States and they made their home in Chino, California. Lourdes was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin and friend. Her husband Guilherme passed away in 1976 and Lourdes made the decision to stay in Chino rather then return to the Azores. She worked hard as a seamstress and was very proud of the day she paid off her house. She loved cooking, baking, and spending time with her family and her many friends.
She really enjoyed being part of the Portuguese community and she was an important member of the Santo Cristo festival and committee. She also helped for years at the St. Margaret Mary yearly festival in the Portuguese food booth. Her mother taught her to give something to someone every day and she continued this practice as long as she could. It could be lemons or tangerines from her fruit trees or helping people with clothes for the less fortunate. She never forgot where she came from and always wanted to give.
She loved to feed whomever came over, whether it was fresh baked bread, cookies or her wonderful soup, there was always something on her stove or baked goods on the counter. When a person gives they also receive, and this could not be more true than with her family and her many friends. People were also very giving to her. She was preceded in death by her parents, Angelina and Joao Medeiros her husband Guilherme, her brothers Joao and Hermano Medeiros, her sister Luisa, and her brother in law Jose.
She is also Survived by her son Joe (Cathy) her grandsons Joseph, Michael (Chelsea), David, and her great granddaughters Maeve and Hailey, her brother Jose (Margaret) and her sisters Connie and Estrella (Horacio).
She is also survived by many nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews, and a great great nephew, as well as many cousins living here, in Canada, back east, in the Azores, in Portugal and England.
Service for Maria Lourdes will be held under the direction of Funeraria del Angel Chino 13002 S. Central Ave., Chino, CA from 12-4pm with Rosary starting at 1pm, on February 12, 2023.
Funeral Mass celebration will be at 10 AM at Saint Margaret Mary Catholic Church 12686 Central Ave. Chino, CA, on February 13, 2023.
Burial to follow Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery 444 E. Lexington Ave. Pomona, CA.
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