Submitted by Russell Estrella–
Dolores Estrella was born December 31, 1929 in Westwood, Northern California to her parents Manuel and Francisca Coronado and passed peacefully November 9, 2023 at the age of 93.
Her family including her four brothers and sister moved to Citrus Heights when she was young where she attended Sylvan Elementary and graduated from San Juan High School class of 1949.
After high school she worked at the DMV and met her future husband when they car pooled to downtown Sacramento for work. Dolores married Lucas Estrella at Holy Family Parish on February 21, 1954. She had three children Russell, Karen and Martin. She joined Lucas, her sister in law and her niece to work at Cal Western Life Insurance Company as a secretary in 1969 until she retired. Lucas and Dolores had a home built in 1965 in Citrus Heights next to Madera Park where she lived until moving in with her son and daughter in law in 2021.
Dolores’s Catholic faith was very important to her and she could often be seen at the 7:30 am mass at Holy Family Parish until her mobility was an issue and she would then receive regular visits from the deacon for her spirituality. She was a devoted and loving wife, mother, sister, aunt, grandmother, great grandmother and great-great grandmother.
Dolores and her nephew worked together with the city to have the driveway to the land where she grew up off of Sylvan Road named Coronado Lane. Her nephew Rob is in talks with the City of Citrus Heights to donate the land to develop Coronado Park and she took great pride in that.
Dolores was a great cook and her Tamales (a Christmas tradition) and her salsa’s are legendary. Although her Mexican meals were her specialty she always made a variety of dinners that were equally delicious. She also enjoyed exercising and walking at Madera Park with her girlfriends from the neighborhood. She always liked Christmas time because her family sponsors a family yearly through the Citrus Heights Police department holiday referral program and it always gave her great satisfaction doing her part to give back. Dolores was an avid sports fan supporting the SF Giants, 49ers and the Sacramento Kings. She rarely missed a game on TV.
Dolores was the last of her generation in our family and will be greatly missed by so many.
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Submitted by Russell Estrella--
Dolores Estrella was born December 31, 1929 in Westwood, Northern California to her parents Manuel and Francisca Coronado and passed peacefully November 9, 2023 at the age of 93...
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