Hilda Vargas died Sept. 16, 2003, in San Jose.
Hilda Vargas died Sept. 16, 2003, in San Jose.
Hilda retired in 1978 from Monarch Match and was a member of the Portuguese Historical Society at Kelly Park and St. Catherine’s Church in Morgan Hill.
Hilda was the wife of the late John E. Vargas Sr.; mother of the late John Vargas Jr.; grandmother of John E. Vargas III and Renee Vargas; great-grandmother of Mary E. Vargas and Matthew D. Espinoza; great-great-grandmother of Alyssia L. and Kristen E. Lupina; and sister of Delinda Saunders.
Vigil will be held Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 7 p.m., at the Mission Chapel of San Jose Rancadore & Alameda Funeral Home, 600 S. Second St.
Family and friends may gather Thursday, Sept. 25, at 8:30 a.m. at the Mission Chapel and accompany the family to Five Wounds Portuguese National Church for a 9:30 a.m. Funeral Mass. Internment will be at Calvary Cemetery.
