Yvonne (Filice) Colombano died at her home in Gilroy Saturday,
June 11, 2005. She was 91.
Yvonne (Filice) Colombano died at her home in Gilroy Saturday, June 11, 2005. She was 91.
Mrs. Colombano was born in Morgan Hill and moved to Gilroy as a child with her family. She graduated from Gilroy High School then owned and operated a beauty shop in Gilroy and Morgan Hill. She and her husband owned and operated The Gilroy Stationery Store in the 1940s.
They moved to the Bay Area, where she attended classes at U.C. Berkeley and Oakland Junior College.
She became a real estate salesperson, then started working in medical practices until she started at Peninsula Hospital in Burlingame as a Unit Coordinator, where she worked for many years until she retired and moved back to Gilroy.
She was a member of the Italian Catholic Federation, Retired Public Employee’s Association, Senior Citizens Club, Women in Touch II, Senior Friends, Senior Center, Associate member of South Valley Hospital, and a volunteer in the Hospital Auxiliary. She was a member of St. Mary’s Church, Gilroy.
She is survived by nephews, Leroy, Robert and Gary Filice of Salinas, Gerald W. Filice, Esq. of Somerset, Ronald W. Filice, D.D.S., of Danville, and David Filice of San Jose; niece, Carol Velarde of Pinole; sister-in-law, Marjorie M. Filice of Somerset; and 10 great nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Colombano was preceded in death by her mother and father, Angelina and Domenic Filice; son, Jon Colombano; brothers, Carmen, Joseph, David and Clarence Filice; and sister, Eva Sinacore.
There will be a memorial Mass celebrated at 2:30pm, Sunday, June 26, 2005 at St. Mary’s Church, Gilroy.
Arrangements under the direction of Habing Family Funeral Home, Gilroy.
The family would appreciate memorials to the Italian Catholic Federation for Cooley’s Anemia, 25 Denio Ave., Gilroy, CA 95020.
