 JARAMILLO, PEARL BARNUM LUCERO May 6,1928 - December 14, 2014 Pearl was born in Canada Bonita (Lovely Valley), Mora County northern New Mexico. Pearl's mother was left alone while her father went on horseback to get the mid-wife. The birth came sooner than expected and her mother gave birth without assistance in the high mountain cabin. Pearl attended elementary school in Ocate, junior high in Wagon Mound, and Robertson High School in Las Vegas, New Mexico. She attended New Mexico Highlands University pursuing dual majors in Education and Home Economics. In addition to raising her children and supporting their academics and extra curricular activities, Pearl was very involved in work, community activities, and Wesley United Methodist Church. Moving to Riverside, CA in 1959 she taught Sunday school, was a counselor for the high school and college student groups and served on many church committees. Pearl was a member and officer in both Riverside and Fair Oaks, California chapters of Methodist Church Women and Church Women United. Pearl was elected by the membership of Fair Oaks Methodist Church to serve as a delegate to the Northern California-Nevada Methodist Conference and visited most of the Methodist churches in the Northern California Conference. Pearl was appointed by the Conference leadership to the Board of Directors of Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco, where she served for eight years. While serving with Church Women United, she was selected as one of fifty U.S. delegates to participate in Causes for World Peace, an international conference of women who met in Hiroshima, Japan and then traveled to several other Asian countries carrying the message of world peace. Pearl was the consummate educator. She taught third grade In Avondale, Colorado. When the family moved to California in 1954, she taught home economics in Julian. Pearl particularly enjoyed teaching "English-as-a-second-language" (ESL) at Chemawa and Longfellow schools in Riverside. She taught ESL to migrant workers from Mexico as part of the Bracero program. After moving to Sacramento in 1972, Pearl worked in an after school program and tutored ESL, English, Spanish and met the many the needs of the students at Broderick Community school in West Sacramento. While working, she also attended California State University Sacramento and earned a certificate in Gerontology. The last few years of her working career were spent as a social worker at the LULAC agency, providing services to the indigent, none-English speaking, and everyone who came through her door needing help. Pearl never met a person she didn't like and she was a friend to all. Pearl suffered several illnesses during the last twenty-three years of her life, yet never complained. She always maintained her friendly, pleasant disposition, sense of humor and compassion for others. Those that knew her, agree, Pearl's compassion for others touched many people during her life. It can be said that Pearl made a difference in this world. Pearl's family was at her bedside at her passing, and lovingly sent her to parents and siblings who preceded her in death. Pearl is survived by her husband of 63 years, Elfego, whom she met in college in Las Vegas, New Mexico. She has three children, Dr. Robert Jaramillo; Valda Jaramillo, J.D. and David Jaramillo B.A and his wife Karen; four grandchildren: Valerie, Joshua, Jessica and Benjamin, and a great- granddaughter. Pearl's remains will be buried in Halls Peak Cemetery in Ocate, New Mexico with her parents Agustin & Francis Barnum Lucero and family. A celebration of life will be held at the Second Presbyterian Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Tuesday June 16th at 3 o'clock. RSVP Pearl's daughter at valdaj@att.net.
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