Yolo County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....MANAS , Ramona Campos  June 29 2004
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Woodland "Daily Democrat," Sunday, July 4, 2004
Ramona Campos Manas

Born Aug. 2, 1911, in Sorbas, Almeria, Spain, she had been a Yolo County
resident for the last 80 years. She was the oldest of seven children born to
Cristobal and Raimunda Campos of Esparto. Her dad came to the United States from
Spain and set up a nursery business in Esparto. Ten years later he was able to
send for his wife Raimunda and their two daughters, Ramona, age 13 and Maria,
age 9, to join him in Esparto. Ramona married Tadeo (Tad) Manas in 1932.

Ramona was a housewife, a loving wife, grandmother, great-grandmother and
godmother. She was a fantastic cook, becoming famous for her Spanish meals that
she insisted on all of her family, friends and guests eating at her home. She
passes on this knowledge to her two surviving daughters.

When she came from Spain at 13 years of age, she attended school where they put
her in the first grade since she could not speak English. After constant teasing
by the school boys she decided she would leave school and work with her dad in
the fields in his nursery business, where all the almond trees in Yolo County
and outlying areas were purchased from his nursery stock.

Through their married life of 57 years, she worked alongside of Tad in growing
and harvesting almonds. She loved her garden raising mostly peppers, which
pepper seeds originally sent here from Spain and each year she would save the
best seeds to germinate the next year.

Ramona was predeceased by her husband Tad; her daughter Diana Heinz; her
grandson Mark Roath; her granddaughter-in-law Leslie Roath; her brothers and
sisters Maria Molina, Sebastian (Doc) Campos, Mike Campos, Andy Campos and Dr.
Porfeiria Campos.

Surviving are her daughters Catherine Roath and her partner Jim Gibson of
Esparto, Rae Kuhn and her husband Ron of Woodland; her grandsons Mitch Roath and
his wife Trish, Matt Roath, Brian Kuhn and his wife Jackie, Marty Kuhn and his
wife Amanda; her granddaughters Stephanie Kanemasu and her husband Kevin and Amy
Rossi; her great-granddaughters Meghan Roath, Melanie Kuhn, Jennifer Dale,
Brittany Dale, Jada Kanemasu, Aliana Rossi and Julia Rossi; her great-grandsons
Garrett Kuhn and Tad Roath. Also surviving Ramona is her brother Chris Campos
and his wife Jane of Woodland; her sisters-in-law Gloria Campos and Erline
Campos of Woodland; cousin Mary Serrano and her husband Prudentio of Winters;
nephews Del Contreras and his wife Ana of Woodland, Jose Contreras of Sorbas,
Almeria, Spain; and numerous second cousins; nieces and nephews; grandnieces and
grandnephews and many of these being Ramona's Godchildren. Also her wonderful
caregiver Hope Delgado.

A funeral mass and celebration of Ramona Manas' life will be held at St.
Anthony's Catholic Church in Esparto on July 7, 2004 at 11 a.m. with Father
Chuck officiating. Entombment will be at St. Joseph's Mausoleum. Funeral
arrangements by McNary's Chapel of Woodland.


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Submitted with the permission of the "The Daily Democrat," 711 Main St.,
Woodland, CA 95695.  

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