Mirtala Marie Olguin Perez Wofford Lisanti

Services have took place with visitation on Monday (9/30) from 12pm-5pm at W.F. Gormley & Sons Funeral Home, 2015 Capitol Avenue. The funeral service was be held at the funeral home the following morning at 10:30am. A flag folding and honors ceremony occurred at the All Wars Veterans Memorial area at the Capitol Park later that day at 12:30 pm. All veterans were welcomed to attend. Interment concluded at Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, in Dixon at 2:30 pm. Mirtala Marie Olguin was born March 13, 1933 in Brownsville, Texas to Angel Olguin and Eduviges Perez. She and her sister Elva attended St. Francis Catholic School until Elva decided they had enough of Catholic school and walked out. They were transferred to Resaca Elementary; attended Junior High and Brownsville High School. As a child, Mirtala was always surrounded by close friends and carried those friendships throughout her life. To family and friends she was known as a person who loved to dance and have fun. On June 5, 1952 when she was inducted into the Marine Corps, it was the first ceremony of its type in the Southwest. Mirtala was in the group five (four from Brownsville and one from Mercedes) that became known as the largest number of Women Marines to be enlisted at one time in any city since World War II. That same day she was sent to Parris Island, South Carolina for boot camp. After boot camp she was stationed at Marine Corp Air Station (MCAS), El Toro in Santa Ana, California. She proudly served her country until February 4, 1954. She was blessed with eight children; Robert, Jr., Vicky, Elizabeth, Michael, Richard, Debbie, Jeffrey and Alicia. She was hardworking and met each challenge with determination and vigor. While raising her children she attended Texas Southmost College earning a degree in Business Administration and furthered her education earning several other degrees. Mirtala lived in New York and Florida before settling down in California where she resided until her death. She worked as a waitress for the Dunfey Hotel until her retirement and was a member of the Bartenders and Culinary Workers Union. Mirtala moved to her new home where there is no more pain, no more sorrows and no more tears. She is now reunited and rejoicing with her daughter Vicky, her mother Eduviges; father, Angel ; brother-in-law, Ben Garza; husbands, Robert Wofford and Joe Lisanti and all the relatives that have preceded her in death. She leaves to cherish her memory; her children, Robert, Jr., Elizabeth, Michael, Richard, Debbie, Jeffery and Alicia; her sisters, Elva Garza, Angelita Bermudez, Erlinda Tejeda, Martha Benavidez, Dolores Trevino and Consuelo Dorsett; brothers, Jesus Olguin, Aquiles Olguin, Leonardo Olguin, Ramiro Olguin, Martin Olguin and Thomas Olguin; her grandchildren, great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews and friends.