Mabel Yvonne Mattos

Longtime resident

Longtime Milpitas resident

Mabel Yvonne Mattos

passed away Monday

morning at the age of 89.

Born on Dec. 19, 1923

in Madera, Calif., Mrs.

Mattos was considered one

of the town’s foremost historians

and was known for

her energy, flowers, sharp

memory, hospitality, homemade

pies and apricot jam,

picked from the family’s

hillside orchard.

She was a Milpitas resident

since age 11, when she

came as one of more than a

dozen share-cropping families

on the Downing

Ranch. She and her family

later moved to a house on

Old Calaveras Road.

She enjoyed gardening

and attending the meetings

and functions of the

Milpitas Historical Society

and Green Thumb Garden

Club; she was an honorary

member of both.

Mrs. Mattos is survived

by son James J. Mattos;

daughter-in-law Karen L.

Mattos; grandson James J.

Mattos Jr.; granddaughters

Emily A. Mattos, Sarah B.

Mattos and Valeria Mattos-

Jamison (who is expecting),

which would have given

Mrs. Mattos her first greatgrandchild;

daughter-inlaw

Mickie Mattos; sister

Betty Furtado; and many

nieces, nephews and

cousins.

Mrs. Mattos was preceded

in death by first husband

Joseph A. Mattos, second

husband Henry L. Mattos

and son Alan A. Mattos.

A viewing will be held

Monday, June 17 from 10

a.m. to 9 p.m., and

Tuesday, June 18 from 10

a.m. to 9 p.m. at Lima

Family Milpitas Fremont

Mortuary. A Rosary will be

held Tuesday, June 18 at 6

p.m. at Lima Family

Mortuary in Fremont.

Services will be Wednesday,

June 19 at 10:30 a.m. at St.

Elizabeth Catholic Church

in Milpitas, with interment

following at Calvary

Cemetery in San Jose