Services for Zenaida will be held on Saturday, January 30, at Heritage Oaks Memorial Chapel, 6920 Destiny Drive, Rocklin CA 95677. An open casket viewing will begin at 2:00 pm, and the memorial service will start at 3:30. The memorial service will be live streamed. Please check back for the link.
Zenaida Gil Gragasin was born on June 22, 1929 in Davao City, Philippines to Desiderio Nobleza Gil of Miagao, Iloilo and Modesta Ramos Ureta of Nasugbu, Batangas. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lolito Gragasin and is survived by her six children and their families:
1. Dr. Llewellyn Ventura (Dr. Roberto)
2. Laarni Gallardo, RN (Jacinto)
3. Lizenda Mabitad, RN (Rolando)
4. Desiderio Gragasin
5. Lori Isabel Montalbo (Virgilio)
6. Darius Gragasin (Eleanor)
She graduated from the University of Mindanao with a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration and retired as the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Health, Region XI.
Her passion was gardening, cooking and crafts. She was known to share her beautiful plants and her delicious dishes with family and friends.
She will be fondly remembered especially by her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandson for her unselfish devotion to family, her generosity, her beauty and elegance but most of all the LOVE she showered on us.
Though you are gone, you are forever in our hearts, never to be forgotten. We love you so much, Mama.