Esther Pinto
Obituary
Esther Pinto died Feb. 8 at Watsonville Community Hospital. She was born in Sinanche, Yucatan, Mexico on May 3, 1947. In the 1960s she moved to Watsonville.
Ms. Pinto's hobbies included crocheting, cooking, sewing by hand and spending time with family. She also loved telling her grandchildren stories about how she grew up in Mexico, but her most favorite story of all was the one about how she met her husband. She would talk about how she would wait for him by her window every day and he would ride his bike to see her. He would stand under a tree outside her window even in the rain just to be able to talk to her.
When they got married, he made her wedding dress, and her wedding flowers were gladiolas. That was why he planted gladiolus in their garden and always kept one in a vase for her on the table. They had such a sweet love story and were married for 57 years until they died just days from each other.
She is survived by her siblings Lidia Noemi, Jose Nehemias, Rebeca, Delti, Elisabet, Alma Abigail, Isaias and Luis Antonio Camal Pat, and four grandchildren.
Mehl's Colonial Chapel was entrusted with the funeral arrangements.
Published in The Pajaronian · February 26, 2021