Fleta Mae Andrade
Obituary
Fleta Mae Andrade, 85, of King City, passed away peacefully on Friday, Nov. 25, 2022, with her family by her side. She was born in Hollister at the home of her grandmother, Annie Vanetti.
She was raised on the Vanetti Ranch in San Benito County. She attended Jefferson and Bitterwater Schools, and graduated from King City High School. Fleta learned to sew at the age of 10 on a Treddle Singer Sewing Machine, which led to a lifetime of making clothing and later learned to quilt.
She was a member of the Valley Heritage Quilting Group - serving as Membership Chairman and working with the group to make comfort quilts to give to people in the community that needed a hug. She worked with Silver Kings and Queens on the travel agenda, taking busloads of people to Reno and Laughlin gambling and to the Bay Area to enjoy the Theater Shows.
Fleta married Albert Andrade in 1955. Together they had three children, Adene Andrade, Alberta (David) Hicks, and Anthony Andrade; grandson, Jason (Tracy) Hicks, and granddaughter, Jenny (Wes) Hicks Blair; great-grandchildren, Trey Hicks, Whitney Hicks, Boston Monroy and Brooklyn Monroy; step-great-grandchildren, Sydney, Matthew, Brycee, Mateo, and Alivia.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Albert "Abbie" Andrade; her parents, Ernest and Josie Vanetti; brother, Ernest and his wife, Virginia Vanetti; brother, Francis "Bud" Vanetti. She leaves a sister, Shirley Rist.
Donations in honor of Fleta may be made to: Valley Heritage Quilt Guild, P.O. Box 1550, King City, CA 93930 or Eden Valley Care Center, Soledad Community Health Care District, 612 Main Street, Soledad, CA 93960.
A Visitation will start at 5:00 p.m., followed by a 6:00 p.m. Rosary Service on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, at Eddington Funeral Chapel on 429 Bassett St. in King City.
A Funeral Mass will be held, 10:00 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, at St. John's Catholic Church on 504 N. Third St. in King City.
For additional information contact, Eddington Funeral Services, (831) 385-5400, www.EFS-Cares.com.
Published in King City Rustler · November 28, 2022