Lucy Jaramillo Obituary

Antonito resident Lucy T. Jaramillo
passed away on January 18, 2025. Lucy was
born January 28, 1923 in Alamosa, Colorado. Lucy is preceded in death by her husband Ray Jaramillo, her sons Edward and Juan, her daughter Juanita, her
parents, her sisters Ida
Dopp and Cecilia Ortega, and her brother
Robert Trujillo.
Lucy was
a lifelong musician and recently received the Hilos Culturales
Lifetime Music Award, Premio Hilos Culturales in 2020.
Growing up in
Alamosa, Lucy loved to play her
guitar and singing. In her teens, she became a regular
on KGIW's Spanish language music. Lucy sang at village
church fiestas in the surrounding communities of Lobatos, San Antonio, San
Rafael, Las Mesitas, Conejos, Antonito and belonged to the
Our lady of Guadalupe Church.
Lucy
composed religious songs throughout her lifetime. Some of her
music is in the permanent
collection of the Library of Congress
in Washington, D.C. Lucy's music recordings are also in the archive collections of the
International Folk Art Museum in Santa
Fe and the J.D. Robb
Center for Southwest Research and
Special Collections at the Zimmerman
Library, University of New Mexico
in Albuquerque.
Lucy was a member
of the Christian Mothers, SPMDTU, the American Legion, Knights of Columbus
and Conejos County Senior Citizens.
Lucy enjoyed camping, cooking, singing,
spending time at the Osier cabin, dancing, and most of all spending time with her husband Ray and her family on the Jaramillo Ranch.
Survivors include daughters Virginia (Steve)
Lujan,
Antonito, Roberta Pacheco, Albuquerque, Lisa
(Steve) Atencio, Colorado Springs, and Teresa Jaramillo, Albuquerque, two sons,
Tony (Anna Marie) Jaramillo, Albuquerque, David (Linda) Jaramillo, Alamosa, many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and
great-great-grandchildren as well
as many nieces, nephews and friends. A viewing for Lucy will be held
on Friday, January 24, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM at The Romero Valley
Funeral Chapel in Antonito with the Rosary to follow at 6:00 PM at our Lady of
Guadalupe Catholic Church in Conejos. The Mass of Resurrection will be held on
Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM with Interment to follow at the Lajara
Cemetery. To leave online condolences please visit; romerofuneralhomes.com. The
care of arrangements has been entrusted to Romero Valley Funeral Home of
Alamosa