Passed away after a long and loving life. Daughter of Northern Italian immigrants, Giovanni and Albertina Carosso and second youngest of two brothers and two sisters, Gina was born August 29, 1923 in Methuen, Massachusetts. Following the family wine business to California, her family moved to San Francisco then to Lodi and Fresno were she attended high school and began her career as a secretary for Roma Wine. She married Bruce Oneto and moved to Santa Clara where she worked for H.M Gousha Map Co. and Lincoln High School. They started a family and moved to Campbell. Years later, as a single parent and sole provider, Gina ultimately raised three children and cared for her two elderly parents. Gina continued her career with the Bankruptcy Court, and the law firms of Albert J. Ruffo and Pillsbury, Madison and Sutro retiring in 1993. In 2004, after 45 years in her house on Cameo Drive, Campbell, Gina joined her three children and four grandchildren in Gilroy were she spent the rest of her days surrounded by family and friends.
Gina is survived by her sister Cecilia (Cece Wood), brother Chuck, daughter Laura (Hamill), Son Michael Oneto and wife Lisa, son Robert Oneto and wife Karen,
and four grandchildren Roy, Simone, Brook and Mikaela.
Memorial services will be held at Thursday, August 28, 2008 – 1:00 P.M. at St.
Mary Church, 11 First Street, Gilroy. Memorial donations may be made to St. Joseph’s Family Center, 7950 Church Street, Gilroy, CA 95020.
