Ramona was an expert hand sewer and she loved to crochet, embroider and draw with colored pencils. She wrote and recited poetry and was a Prayer warrior and a Deaconess at her church. In her youth she worked as a scrub nurse.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Salvador Grimaldi, one sister and four brothers. She is survived by her children: Francisco (Maria Teresa) Grimaldi, Belkis Ramirez, Mercedes Grimaldi and Iris Grimaldi; grandchildren: Jessica, Giselle, Bianca, Stephanie, Frank, Jorge Luis, Jaris and Kayla; great grandchildren: Steve, Deion, Jehshiah, Tehran, Tehvion, Kiara, Gianna, Damoni, Rickey, Arysta, Jariel and Jorge Luis Jr.; great great grandchildren: Sekari and Amara; and sisters: Danila Brito, Yolanda Mejia and Carmen Sanchez.