Jessie Marie "Samie" Samaniego

Jessie “Samie” Samaniego passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family. Samie was born in Gilroy, CA on April 8, 1925 and met the love of her life while in High School, they married in 1948 and were together for 66 years till Henry passed away in November of 2015. Samie graduated from Mary’s Help Nursing School in San Francisco and joined the Nursing Cadets during WWII. They moved to Placerville and Samie started working as a nurse at Marshall Hospital the first year it opened.

Samie is survived by her six children, Margo (Pat) Mc Clellan, Steve (Kim) Samaniego, Henrietta (Earle) Trimble, Stacey (Rich) Marshall, Tim (Becky) Samaniego and Jim (Bonnie) Samaniego, eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren. She enjoyed dancing and traveling and she loved being a nurse and the care she gave to all she met. Samie was the most beautiful person and anyone who met her loved her for life. Above all else, she was devoted to her family and God.

A Memorial Mass will be held on Monday, March 7, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, 3109 Sacramento St., Placerville with inurnment at St. Patrick’s Cemetery. Contributions in Samie’s name may be made to Snowline Hospice of El Dorado County, 6520 Pleasant Valley Rd., Diamond Springs, CA 95619. Arrangements entrusted to Chapel of the Pines Funeral Home, Placerville.

“Because I am a Nurse.” To all the Nurses and Doctor’s with whom I’ve worked and the babies who were recipients of my personal care – I love you one and all – the good, the bad and the ugly. You are all the same to me, as my heart was touched by each encounter. Now I can finally understand my father when he wrote, “PS: I love you all the same.” Had I not become a nurse, I would have missed one of the best and most significant lessons of life. Samie