Obituary Details

Patricia Dian Soria

(10/01/1935 - 01/27/2020)
Courtesy of The Lusk Herald, 05/19/2021

Patricia Dian (Traphagan) Soria, 84, of Brea, California,
passed away January 27, 2020, from heart failure. Patricia was born
October 1,1935, in Sterling, Colorado and was raised in Lance Creek by
parents Joe and Faye Traphagan. She graduated from Manville High School.

In 1958, she moved away to live in California. She married Al
Trujillo in 1959 and had four children: Dennis Trujillo, Anthony
Trujillo, Gregory Trujillo and Margaret Trujillo. Unfortunately, all
children but Dennis passed away at, or shortly after birth. 

Patricia was a nurse for much of her career as she loved
helping people. She liked to travel and visit places like Hawaii and all
over California. Like her mother, she loved cats and always had one as a
companion. In 1986, she married Edward Soria and they moved to Arizona
to enjoy the lifestyle and warm weather there. Patricia returned back to
California in 2018 to live near
her son. 

A funeral mass will be held Saturday, May 29, 2021, at 1 p.m.
at St. Leo Catholic Church in Lusk followed by a private burial at the
Lusk Municipal Cemetery.

Patricia is survived by her son Dennis Trujillo and his wife
Adeline, her two granddaughters Madeline Trujillo and Michaela Trujillo,
sister Joe Ellen Landkamer and her husband Lew, nieces Lori Ann, Lisa
Jo, and Teresa Lea, and nieces Diana Bayne, John Bayne, Julie and
Michael Davis. 

She was predeceased by her parents. She will be honored along
with her sister, Marjorie Merchen, who passed away in October of 2020.

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