Sonia Jeneane Barthelemy

Born June 13, 1961 at Bella Vista Hospital to Judy Ann Rodriguez Barthelemy, and Alfred Jimmy Barthelemy.

Her life was as it should be, a carefree little girl full of smiles and laughter. She had the love of both sides of her family and the family loved her.

Growing up in a Catholic family she was baptized as a baby and did her first holy communion and confirmation.

She was a champion swimmer at the Atlantic Plunge near her grandparents house. Because her Dad was a stone mason in construction and her Mom ran a garment manufacturing company close to her grandparents house so Sonia spent a lot of time at her grandparents house including some of her early education and finishing in San Gabriel where her grandparents and parents lived.

Her immediate family was her Mom and Dad her younger brother Chris and grandma Carry and uncle Adrian lived in the front house where she cared for in uncle Adrian in his last days.

Her love for art was evident in her in etchings and paintings. As an adult her creativity grew in arranging flowers for the flower shops she worked at.

Sonia enjoyed camping with family and friends, her dogs were a huge part of her life as well. Sonia was interested in her heritage of Latin which includes French and Spanish, American Indian on both sides of her family and anglao ancestry.

When her aunt Becky gave birth to her second child William, Becky asked her oldest brother Billy and Sonia to be William's godparents. William was a big part of her life, even living together for most of Williams life, Sonia loved her god son.

She loved her friends deeply, especially with her best friends Esther and Sherri, they have been best friends for 40 plus years.

Sonia endured the deaths of her immediate family her father Alfred in 2000, her brother Christopher 2016 and her mother Judy Ann in 2019. Plus others of her family.

In 2005 she moved to New Mexico for three months. Esther went to New Mexico bring Sonia back to Southern California.

Sonia moved to Hemet CA in 2020.

She would talk about those she would help with food and or money as she gave from her heart.

Health declining as it does as time takes it's toll on our bodies.

In the last years she would ask her uncle Michael questions about the Bible and to his best ability would give her answers in these last few years. He lead her to Christ as her Savior and Lord with the filling of the Holy Spirit.

Her next door neighbor John gave her a Bible and shared the Gospel with her. She had questions about all salvation. Sometimes her next door neighbor John would have answers or she would call her uncle Michael for answers from the Bible.

Sonia will be truly missed.

RIP

Resting in Paradise