She was born on December 20, 1929 in San Bernardino California where she was a lifetime resident. She worked for Norton Air Force Base and Urbita Elementary school. She greatly enjoyed working with kindergarten children. Julia was a loving and caring mother, raising her three children and her niece and nephew.
Julia was preceded in death by her husband of thirty years Agapito Mercado, parents Esequiel and Clara Gutierrez, brothers Lupe, Miguel and Gregory Gutierrez and sisters Heminia Aldape and Carolina Gonzalez.
She is survived by her daughters Gloria Mercado-Knowles and Stephanie Vargas and son Robert Mercado, her brother, Hesiquio Gutierrez and sisters Mercedes Resendez, Paula Livermore, Frances Gutierrez, Gloria Preader and Petra Gutierrez. She will be fondly remembered by her 9 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.
She will be greatly missed.
Visitation will be held on Thursday May 10, 2018 from 5pm to 9pm with the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, Rosary and Litany recited at 6:30pm at Mt. View Mortuary, 570 E Highland Ave, San Bernardino, CA 92404. Funeral mass will be held at St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church, 10816 S. Mountain View Ave, Loma Linda, CA 92354 on Friday May 11, 2018 at 10:00am. Interment to follow funeral mass at Hermosa Garden Cemetery, 900 N Meridian Ave, Colton, CA 92324.
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