In 1936 her family moved to Mendota, California where she grew up on the family farm. She attended Tranquillity Union High School. While attending high school she met the love of her life, Anthony Carvalho. The couple married at a young age on October 6, 1947, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Kerman. They were married for 73 years. Ruth was a loving and hardworking homemaker and Anthony worked on the family farm where they raised their four children together. Those days were filled with many activities such as 4-H, music lessons, sporting events, and memorable family gatherings. The family often got together with neighbors and family, such as the Yribarrens, Armases, Silveiras, Martins, Del Testas, etc.
Ruth was very involved with St. Paul’s Catholic Church. She was a member of the Altar Society, she sang in the church choir, taught catechism, and helped put on many of the fundraisers for the church, which included the annual lamb barbecue.
One of her greatest achievements after raising her children was that she completed her education and received her high school diploma.
Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, Luie Melville Christopher and Effie Emelia Kathrina Chalberg; her sisters, Evelyn, Eletha, and Dorothy; her brother, Ralph; her son, Michael; her granddaughters, Cindy Miller and Stacy Cerda.
She is survived by her husband, Anthony Carvalho of Fresno, her sister, Helen Mason of Phoenix, Arizona and her brother Luie Junior Christopher and his wife Barbara of Windsor; daughters, Julie Wyrick and her husband Bob of Arroyo Grande, Diane Miller and her husband Darrell of Tranquillity, son Billy Carvalho and his wife Paula of Kerman and daughter-in-law, Lillia Carvalho, of Tranquillity; her grandchildren, Rob Wyrick and his wife Suzanne, Becky Heart, Mac Carvalho, Cory Carvalho and his wife Brie, Matthew Carvalho and his wife Crista, Elisha Nakada and her husband Scott; Annie Dungan and her husband Keith and Aaron Miller and his wife Ashley; great-grandchildren, James Wyrick, Jolene Thompson and her husband James, Christian Byrd, Mandie and Matthew Richardson, Ryan and Dylan Nakada, Savannah, Josiah, and Zoe Dungan, Samantha, Joey and Stacy Miller, Cohen Baron, Meryn Carvalho, and Mia and Ava Carvalho and numerous nieces and nephews.
Recitation of the Rosary and the Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Patrick Catholic Church on Wednesday, September 30, 2020. The Rosary will start at 9:30 and the Mass will follow at 10:00 a.m.
One hundred people will be allowed to attend the service. There is no outside seating available so you will need to bring your own chair.
The Carvalho family is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Carvalho Memorial
Time: Sep 30, 2020 09:30 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Remembrances may be made to St. Jude Children's Hospital, Poverello House or the SPCA.
