Felicitas Ramos Lyman

June 20, 1936 — April 9, 2019

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Felicitas Lyman was born in El Dorado, Sinaloa, Mexico on June 20, 1936 to Ponciano Ramos and Catalina Bodart. She had six siblings: Celia, Esperanza, Olga, Teresa, Rosario, and Jesus. Her mother, Catalina, died when Felicitas was entering her teenage years. Because of the absence of her mother and being the second oldest behind Celia, she took on a motherly role with her younger siblings.

She studied in Culiacan to be a teacher. As a young adult, she worked as an elementary school teacher in Culiacan and El Dorado for more than a decade. One of her many joys was seeing her former students as adults. In fact, she met one of them in the Los Angeles area years after having left teaching!

She enjoyed traveling to the United States in the 1960s. She soon met a gentleman from Los Angeles named Gordon Lyman. Their courtship culminated in marriage in 1969. She left her teaching career behind and went with Gordon to settle down in Long Beach, CA. Their union produced two children, Wayne and Michael.

In the early 1980s, Gordon developed an aggressive form of cancer which resulted in his death in 1983. Felicitas made it clear that Gordon would be the love of her life; she said she would not remarry. In fact, when preparing Gordon’s burial, she prepaid her burial site next to Gordon. She said she would be buried next to him. Those words will be fulfilled more than 36 years later on April 16, 2019.

After Gordon’s death, she focused on raising Wayne and Michael as a single mother. She worked as a babysitter and foster mother. As a foster mom, she developed a special bond with Rocky and Sonny and Jose and Manuel. She believed there was a creator behind the miracle of life and so she tried to instill spiritual values as well as instill the importance of getting a good education. She enjoyed traveling with Michael and Wayne to Mexico during their childhood. Some of their summer trips would last more than a month. She even took a trip with Wayne to Canada. She would return from their travels and say there are many nice places in the world, but that Long Beach is best for her.

She also enjoyed her house in Long Beach. She enjoyed drinking coffee on the front porch in front of Bixby Knolls Park and taking walks around the park. She said she wanted to live there until her death.

The 2000s brought her the joy of grandchildren: Sammy, Ismael, Jesus, and Lizette. She enjoyed their company tremendously. Some of her great joys were eating and traveling with them. One of the highlights of her later years was traveling to Mazatlan in December 2017 to spend time with Wayne, Michael, Jesus, and Lizette and receive visits there from her brother Jesus and his family as well as her nephew Ramon and his family.

In the later months of 2018 she became sick. She spent the last several weeks of her life in between Memorial Hospital and a nursing facility. On April 8, 2019 she repeatedly asked to be sent to her home. Unfortunately, that wish did not come true as she fell asleep in death on April 9, 2019 at Rose Villa Nursing Facility in Bellflower, CA.

The Bible shows that it is God’s purpose for the righteous to live forever on the earth (Psalms 37:29). The Bible makes it clear that this coming period will be very different than the one we live in now, even referring it to as the “real life”. One of the features of this time period is that “No resident will say: ‘I am sick’” (Isaiah 33:24). It is our hope to soon see Felicitas healthy and young in the “real life” along with her sisters Celia, Olga, and Esperanza as well as their parents and countless other millions who have died (John 5:28-29).

Felicitas Lyman naci? en El Dorado, Sinaloa, México el 20 de junio, 1936. Sus padres fueron Ponciano Ramos y Catalina Bodart. Ella tuvo cinco hermanas y un hermano: Celia, Esperanza, Olga, Teresa, Rosario, y Jesus. Cuando apenas empez? su adolescencia, tuvo que enfrentar la muerte de su mamá. Debido a su muerte y siendo la segunda más mayor después de Celia, ella tom? un papel más maternal con sus hermanas y hermano.

Ella estudi? en Culiacán para trabajar como maestra. Trabaj? como una maestra de primaria en Culiacán y El Dorado por más de una década. Uno de sus muchos alegrías en la vida era de ver uno de sus estudiantes ya como adultos. Inclusive una vez tuvo el placer de ver uno en la área de Los Angeles después de mucho anos de no verlo.

Ella disfrutaba viajar a los estados unidos en los a?os 60s. Pronto conoci? a un caballero de Los Angeles llamado Gordon Lyman. El noviazgo culmin? en matrimonio en 1969. Hicieron una vida juntos en Long Beach, CA. La uni?n de ellos les dieron dos hijos, Wayne y Michael.

Al empezar los 80s, Gordon padeci? de un cancer agresivo y a causa de éso, muri? en 1983. Felicitas hizo claro que Gordon sería el amor de su vida. Dijo que no se volveria a casarse. De hecho, cuando hizo los preparativos para el entierro de Gordon, ella pag? el lugar de su entierro para ella también. Ella dijo que le iban a enterrar a un lado de Gordon. Estas palabras se van hacer realidad más de 36 anos después el 16 de abril, 2019.

Después de la muerte de Gordon, ella enfoc? en crear a Wayne y Michael como una madre soltera. Ella trabaj? cuidando ninos. Como madre adoptiva, desarroll? un lazo especial con Jose y Manuel y Rocky y Sonny. Ella creía que hay un creador atrás del milagro de la vida. Entonces ella inculc? valores espirituales a sus ninos y también les inculc? la importancia de la educaci?n. Ella disfrutaba viajar con Wayne y Michael; les llev? a México muchas veces. Varias de sus viajes fueron por más de un mes. Inclusive una vez fue con Wayne a Canada. Ella regresaba de sus viajes y decía que hay muchos lugares bonitos pero Long Beach es mejor para ella.

También disfrutaba de su casa en Long Beach. Disfrutaba tomar café en el porche y estar enfrente del Parque Bixby Knolls y disfrutaba también caminar alrededor del parque. Dijo que quería quedarse ahí hasta su muerte.

En los anos 2000, ella tuvo la alegría de tener nietos: Sammy, Ismael, Jesus y Lizette. Ella disfrutaba mucho de la compania de ellos. Disfrutaba comer y viajar con ellos. Uno de sus experencias bonitas en sus últimos anos fue ir a Mazatlán en diciembre 2017 y pasar tiempo con Wayne, Michael, Jesus y Lizette y recibir visitas de su hermano Jesus y su familia y su sobrino Ramon y su familia.

En los últimos meses de 2018, ella empez? a enfermarse. Ella pas? las últimas semanas de su vida entre el Hospital Memorial y un centro de recuperaci?n. El 8 de abril, dijo muchas veces que quería irse a su casa. Desafortundamente, no pudo tener ese deseo ya que se durmi? en muerte el día 9 de abril, 2019 en Rose Villa Nursing Facility en Bellflower, CA.

La Biblia demuestra que es el prop?sito de Dios es que los justos viven en la tierra para siempre (Psalmos 37:29). La Biblia hace claro que esta etapa va a ser diferente a la cual ahorita vivimos, hasta le llama esta etapa por venir “la vida que realmente lo es.” Una de las características de esta etapa por venir es que “No residente dirá: ‘Estoy enfermo’” (Isaías 33:24). Es nuestra esperanza ver Felicitas joven y sana en “la vida que realmente lo es” junto con sus hermanas Celia, Olga, y Esperanza y sus padres y incontables milliones de personas que han muerto (Juan 5:28-29).

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