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Ramona Ruth Goodbread Gutierrez

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Born: 1 Sep 1931 in New Kensington, PA
Married: Fortino Gutierrez on 20 Aug 1955 at ???
Died:9 Feb 2019; Delnor Community Hospital in Geneva, IL

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Grandparents  Henry Goodbread
Mary Jane {unknown}Harry Ellsworth Kennedy
Nellie Hesselgesser
Parents  Raymond Edward Goodbread
Ruth Genieve Kennedy
Siblings  Ramona Ruth GoodbreadRachel Ann Goodbread
Children  Linda Grace Gutierrez Ellen Joy Gutierrez Flora Leigh Gutierrez Dennis Floyd Gutierrez 

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Biographical information was last updated: August 30, 2025.

The family moved to Lanefille in about 1935 where Ramona grew up along with her younger sister Rachel, both of whom were educated in the Freeport School system. Ramona attended West Penn Hospital Nursing School and graduated from there in 1952. She then went to Wheaton College for summer school and another year. While in Wheaton she contracted tuberculosis and was hopsitalized. There in the hospital she met an employee, Tino Gutierez, whom she later married.

After Tino's time in the Army when they lived for a time in Oklahoma where their first child was born, they purchased (in 1958) one of the first house built in the new suburb of Carol Stream and had three more children whom they raised in the College church of Wheaton. The time that Tino lost his job and abandoned the family was a difficult time for Ramona who assumed the complete financial, emotional and spiritual raising of the three children.

She has been a member of the College Church of Wheaton for many years and is active in Forum 15 Sunday School class. She is very interested in crafts and sewing, and in 1999 continues to hire out as companion/helper/worker wherever she is needed.

Ramona Gutierrez

Ramona Gutierrez Obituary:

Ramona G. Gutierrez, age 87, a resident of St. Charles, IL, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, February 9, 2019, at Delnor Community Hospital in Geneva, Illinois. She was born September 1, 1931 in New Kensington, PA to Raymond and Ruth Goodbread.

Ramona attended Wheaton College and West Penn Nursing School, where she graduated with a degree in Nursing. She married Fortino Gutierrez in 1955 and after his military service moved to Carol Stream where they raised four children. After moving to Glen Ellyn, she began to work again as a nurse. She worked at Central DuPage Hospital, for Dr. Erickson in his pediatric practice and later cared for patients in their homes.

She was passionate about her faith and attended College Church in Wheaton where she had many friends and touched many lives. She loved cooking, sewing and was a fan of the Chicago Cubs. She enjoyed opening her home to share food and faith.

She is survived by her four children, Linda (John) Wiebking of Glen Ellyn, Ellen (Steve) Maglio of Aurora, Flora (David) Oosterhouse of Berrien Springs, Michigan, and Dennis (Kim) Gutierrez of Shorewood, six grandchildren, Jennifer (Todd) Bowman, Jonathan Oosterhouse, Mercedes and Steven Maglio, and Danielle and Dominic Vaia and two great-grandsons, Declan and Cormac Bowman. She is also survived by her sister, Rachel (Dick) Honquest of Inverness and extended family in Pennsylvania.

A memorial video is available for viewing at the Hultgren Funeral Home website that honors Romona's life.

References

Last data update: Aug 30, 2025

Personal genealogical research information and notes provided by James E. Sutton III, Research conducted in Aug 2025 Citation post date: 2025-08-30

Personal genealogical research information and notes provided by Nancy Lee (Hesselgesser) Sutton, Citation post date: 2006-07-29

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