Aurora Agricola passed away on October 13, 2022 in Burlingame, CA at the age of 97. Maria Aurora Lucas was born in Manila on December 26,1924. She received summa cum laude honors at Far Eastern University. During WWII, Aurora was a student nurse. She excelled at triage in the red-cross protected St. Luke’s Hospital during the Japanese occupation. After the war, Aurora and fellow nurses sailed to the US first working at East Orange General Hospital, NJ.
Aurora earned her RN title at the graduate program for Nursing at DePaul University, Chicago, IL. On February 11, 1955, she married Venancio Agricola. She nursed at Michael Reece Hospital, Chicago. In 1963, Aurora and her three daughters moved by train to the SF Bay Area to meet up with Venancio who was transferred to California with Western Electric. They settled in South San Francisco and had three more girls. Aurora worked at Peninsula Hospital one year, then at Mary’s Help Hospital, Daly City, CA, which was later renamed to Seton Medical Center. In 1976, Aurora was widowed and had to raise six daughters on her own.
Triple cancer survivor, Aurora lived her final years at The Trousdale, Burlingame. She was preceded in passing by husband Venancio Agricola, her father, the Pastor Cipriano Lucas, her mother Maria Mayugba, sister Silveria Gloria Lucas, also sisters Luz, Shirley, Milagros, Grace, and brothers Godofredo and Antonio. She is survived by six daughters, Cynthia, Deborah, Priscilla, Susan, Aileen, and Arleen, and five dear grandchildren, Michael, Jessica, and Peter Hinkle, Kiana Kuns, and Todd Kellner. Manuel Reyes aka “Uncle Boy" is her surviving brother.
Her Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be held at the Crosby-N. Gray Funeral Home in Burlingame on Friday, October 28, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. Closed Viewing will be open to the public from 10:00 am to 5:00 p.m.
Aurora’s final resting place will be at the side of Venancio Agricola at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, HI. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be given “In memory of Aurora Agricola” to: Mission Hospice and Home Care: https://www.missionhospice.org/donate
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