Cedric Reynaldo Trujillo, age 83, of Auburn, California passed away on Monday, April 10, 2023.
We met by chance at a dance in 1958 or 1959. We were attracted right away to each other. Cedric was an American Soldier stationed in Germany. I was a high school girl close to graduation. Cell phones were not invented yet. Somehow we were able to communicate so we could meet.
Eventually we realized that dates were not the answer, as a result we were thinking of marriage. Since there were two nationalities involved, there was an enormous amount of paperwork required. Finally on July 18th 1962 we were married. At the end of the year we returned to the U.S. and lived in Auburn, CA.
After being married and in love for 60 years, Cedric and Erika had two sons, two granddaughters, a great-grandson and great grand-daughter, sadly they will never know their great-grandfather.