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.
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.
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