Natividad C. Abrajano

Natividad Cudal Abrajano was born on December 23, 1935, in San Narciso, Zambales, Philippines, the second youngest of six children. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Far Eastern University and taught at the Zambales Academy. She later trained at the University of the Philippines Los Baños as a Presidential Assistant on Community Development. In 1963 she married Mamerto Abrajano and, shortly after that, had their first son, Merick. After relocating to a naval base in Japan, they had their daughter, Cheryl, in 1967. The young family then settled in southern California where they had two more sons, Gary and Joseph. While raising her young children, Natividad graduated from the Harbor College Nursing Program and worked in the Neonatal Care Unit for Martin Luther King Hospital in Compton, California. During this time, she started a board and care facility for special needs clients in Bell Gardens and later purchased and managed Sir George's Smorgasbord restaurant in Downey in the 1980’s. After retiring from the restaurant business and nursing, Natividad devoted herself to managing board and care facilities until her full retirement in 2010.
Throughout her life, Natividad loved to sing, dance, play piano and spend time with her family. She was a person of integrity with roots in faith and family values and had a generous heart dedicated to helping others.
Natividad passed away with family by her side on October 11, 2022. She is survived by her daughter Cheryl; sons Gary, and wife Eden, Joseph, and wife Josephine; and grandchildren Higino, Joshua, Jasmine, Jessica, Dylan and Brendan.