Delia Segovia

July 31, 1928 - Oct. 17, 2022

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Delia Segovia went home to be with her Lord and Savior on October 17, 2022, after suffering a sudden seizure. Delia was born in Santa Monica, California on July 31, 1928, to Refugio and Reynaldo Armendariz. She was the third of 11 brothers and sisters. She grew up in Santa Monica, California and enjoyed a happy childhood close to the Pacific Ocean and the Santa Monica Pier. She graduated from Santa Monica High School and earned her Associate Degree at Santa Monica City College. As a young adult, she attended the local Spanish-speaking Baptist Church where she met her loving husband and love of her life, Delfino Segovia, who was a student at UCLA at the time. They were married in 1949 and welcomed the birth of their only daughter, Olga, in 1950. Delfino continued to study and work in the plastics industry to support their small family, but soon after he earned his bachelor’s degree and teaching certificates, he moved their small family to Fontana, California, to begin his teaching career. Delia also worked part-time as a secretary at Kaiser Steel in Fontana. Then, in 1962, her husband found another teaching position in Cucamonga, California and moved the family once again to Upland, California. During those years,

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