Dolores "Lola" Sandoval Olney
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Dolores "Lola" Sandoval Olney passed away peacefully on the morning of May 12th, 2021 with her family by her side.
Lola was born on April 18th, 1926 in Whittier, California to the union of Refugio and Patrocinio Sandoval. She was the last surviving sibling of the Sandoval Family.
She was a homemaker and lived a happy and long 95 years; 58 of those years were spent with her husband, Joe, until his death in 2006. She was a loving wife, mother, aunt, grandmother and great-grandmother. Most importantly she was our inspiration in life. We will forever cherish the many memories of mom "Granny" and they will never die.
Lola was an avid walker and loved to travel. One of her favorite hobbies was bowling. She was truly the "belle" of the bowling alley, and loved spending time with "Tia" Cora and all her bowling friends. Anyone who was ever in a bowling league in Santa Paula was brought her infamous salsa.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Refugio and Patrocinio Sandoval; her husband Joe; brothers Pete, Guadalupe, Albino, and Joe Sandoval; sisters Socorro Pettit and Luz Hernandez.
Lola will be greatly missed by her family including her son David Olney of San Francisco; daughters Martha Buenrostro (Rosendo) and Barbara Olney-Jue (Henson); grandchildren Mark, Cyndi, and Matthew Buenrostro; Robert Carricaburu and Jillian Leonidas; great-grandchildren Nathan and Adrian Buenrostro, and Benjamin and Elizabeth Leonidas.
Services will be held on Wednesday, May 26th, 2021 at St. Sebastian Catholic Church. Rosary will be held at 10:00am; Mass at 10:30am; followed by her burial at Pierce Brothers Cemetery.
We wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to Assisted Hospice; most importantly Dr. William Rajala; nurses Shari Gerber and Amanda Montano; and social worker Rosario Cordova for all their loving care.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Robert Rey Garcia Jr Funeral Service, 830 E Santa Paula Street, Santa Paula.