Sunday, March 18, 2018.
The daughter of Fortunato Zamudio and Agapita Rodriguez, Barbara was born in Siqueros,
Sinaloa, Mexico. She met her late husband, Julian P. Tolentino, in Holtville, CA and eventually
moved from Southern California to San Jose where she worked on the farms on Berryessa
Road, picked fruit throughout Santa Clara Valley, worked as a cannery worker, and finally as an
electronics assembler. Barbara loved to sing, cook, sew, crochet and babysit her
grandchildren. She also enjoyed spending time gardening and landscaping her yards, especially tending to her roses.
Barbara will be forever in the hearts of her children: Armando & Otila (deceased) Sarabia, Julian
& Sally, Jane, Martha & Mucio Trejo, Lorenzo & Patricia, Frank & Nancy, and Beatrice & Lino
Pires; 22 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildren, brothers Pete Fonseca and Raymond
Fonseca, and numerous nephews, nieces and their children.
Visitation will be held at Lima Family Mortuary Santa Clara, 466 N. Winchester Blvd., Santa
Clara, CA, on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM with Rosary at 7:00 PM. A
funeral mass will be held at Most Holy Trinity Church, 2040 Nassau Dr., San Jose, CA 95122 at
10:00 AM, Wednesday, March 28, 2018, followed by interment at Santa Clara Mission
Cemetary, 490 Lincoln St., Santa Clara, CA 95050.
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