Cleopatra's family is planning a Denver memorial for her on Saturday April 8, 2017 at Saint Catherine of Siena Catholic Church with a mass at 11am and a memorial gathering with family/friends, food, and music following between 12-2pm or so (in the church basement café or church gym).
Saint Catherine's Church is located at 4200 Federal Blvd, Denver, CO 80211.
We invite you to join us on Saturday April 8th.
Thank you again for all of your support and kindness during this difficult time.
For more information about our mom, please go to: cleopatrajaramilloestrada.blogspot.com.
Love,
Letty, Teresa, Victor and Familia
Westminster – Cleopatra Jaramillo Estrada, 65, of Center, Colorado in the
San Luis Valley, passed away February 23, 2017. Cleo was born on November
2, 1951 in Center, CO to Maria Orlanda and Salomon Jose Jaramillo. She
was married May 17, 1975 to Esteban Carlos Estrada of Monte Vista, CO.
Cleopatra served as a counselor, Associate Director, advisor, supervisor,
consultant, Director for students of color and underrepresented students on the
University of Colorado-Boulder campus for over 40 years via the initial
Educational Opportunity Programs into their current iterations.
She was one of CU-Boulder’s first Educational Opportunity Program (1969)
students, having arrived onto the Boulder campus during the height of the Civil
Rights Movement. An active member of UMAS (United Mexican American
Students), she went from being their work study secretary to becoming a
professional counselor with the UMAS-EOP administrative program whose mission
was to recruit and retain Chicana/o students to the University. Cleo received
three degrees: her BA in Psychology, MA in Counseling and Guidance, and PhD in
Educational Development, Leadership and Innovation.
In the Fall of 2014, the Women’s Resource Center at CU Boulder honored Cleo by
instituting a scholarship in her name, the Cleopatra Estrada Jaramillo Activist
Legacy Scholarship. Following her retirement, Cleo worked as a counselor
with Boulder’s Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Non-violence in which she
counseled victims of domestic violence.
Her two daughters, Leticia and Teresa, blessed her with four wonderful
grandchildren, Jalen, Nevaeh, Jonathan, and Anthony.
Survivors include parents Maria Orlanda and Salomon Jose Jaramillo, two
daughters, Leticia Roady of Westminster, Teresa (Victor) Hernandez of
Westminster; four grandchildren Jalen, Nevaeh, Jonathan, and Anthony; siblings
James (Patricia) Jaramillo, Larry (Ann) Jaramillo, Florence (Tomas) Rael, Fran
Trujillo, Maria Chavez Jaramillo; aunts/uncles, several nieces and nephews,
cousins, and friends.
Cleo was preceded in death by her brother, Kenneth Lee (51), and infant
brother, Raymond.
A Rosary will be held at 7pm on Thursday March 2, 2017 and a Funeral mass will
be at 10am on Friday March 3, 2017 at Saint Francis Jerome Church in Center,
Colorado, with a cremation burial following in La Garita Cemetery.
A memorial service for additional family and friends will be held in the next
coming weeks in Denver.
Please continue to check back on this site for pending details.
In lieu of flowers, please donate to: https://www.gofundme.com/CleopatraJaramilloEstrada.
Dear Family & Friends,
Cleopatra Jaramillo Estrada, 65, of Center, Colorado in the San Luis Valley, peacefully
passed away this past Thursday February 23, 2017. We are heartbroken and also
relieved that she is no longer in pain.
The visits, notes, meals, hugs, and generosity have been a blessing for our
family to review.
A Rosary for mom will be held at 7pm on Thursday March 2nd and a Funeral mass
will be at 10am on Friday March 3rd at Saint Francis Jerome Church in Center,
Colorado, with a cremation burial following in La Garita Cemetery.
A memorial service for additional family and friends will be held in the next
coming weeks in Denver. We will share these details as soon as we have
them. Please continue to check back on this site for these pending
details.
In lieu of flowers, please donate to:
https://www.gofundme.com/CleopatraJaramilloEstrada.
Love,
Letty, Teresa, Victor and Familia
Cleopatra Jaramillo Estrada
has devoted her life’s work to advocating on behalf of underrepresented
communities. Cleo was a farmworker and first generation student from the San
Luis Valley who graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder with three
degrees and worked as a counselor and student advocate at CU Boulder for 40
years.
Unfortunately, shortly
following her well-deserved retirement, she discovered that she had stage IV
Serous Uterine cancer. She has been positive and upbeat during her entire
chemo and surgical process. She was in remission for about one month, and then
realized the cancer remained. She now has advanced cancer. We are heartbroken
as she only has a few weeks to a few months more with us before she passes. She
continues to smile and is helping to carry her family members through this. She
has two daughters and four young grandchildren. She has been more of a
second mother to her grandchildren and has an incredible bond with each of
them.
Medical bills have continued
to pile and we will need support to pay for funeral expenses. Anything
you can provide is greatly appreciated.
Please contribute here: https://www.gofundme.com/CleopatraJaramilloEstrada.
