Mrs. Jessie M Sandoval

August 10, 1930–July 21, 2024

Mrs. Jessie M. Sandoval was born in Los Angeles, California on August 10, 1930 to Aurelia Curiel and Angel Moreno. She is the eldest of three sisters, two who have pre-deceased her. Their names were Mary Ochoa and Herlinda Moreno. Her beloved grandmother was also named Aurelia Curiel from Mazatlan, Sinaloa in Mexico.

Mrs. Sandoval met her husband Rudy Bueno Sandoval in the City of Los Angeles. They both parented six children. These include R. Christoph Sandoval, Linda Kelber, Vivian Steinaur, Adam Ivan Sandoval, Marco Sandoval and Eileen Crump. She had seventeen grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

Mrs. Sandoval was deeply religious and was a committed Roman Catholic and received all her Sacraments including Baptism, Reconciliation, First Holy Communion and Confirmation. In later years she received the Anointing of the Sick. She was received into the Camaldolese Benedictine Family of the New Camaldoli Hermitage on August 8, 1996 at Incarnation Monastery by Father Andrew Colnaghi, OSB Cam. As a Camaldolese Benedictine Oblate she lived the Rule of Saint Romuald.

She loved to travel on religious pilgrimage. During her lifetime she went to the Holy Land, Vatican City, Mexico City and several European countries. She also visited various Catholic shrines and Cathedrals in the United States. She was an extraordinary cook and loved interior design. She was a meticulous housekeeper. She loved her role as an active grandmother to her seventeen grandchildren.

In her 94 years of life she lived in many places including but not limited to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Sacramento, Roseville and Filmore California. She was an avid reader of all things religious and prayed fervently throughout her life. She prayed the Most Holy Rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet daily and offered prayers of consecration and prayers of entrustment and devotion for herself and her family. Her role as Spiritual Matriarch of her family would be her most signifcant role to the family that was entrusted to her by the Lord her God. She will be sorely missed and remembered by all. She entered into the Father’s House on July 21, 2024.