Hermila Monarres Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Hermila Monarres in Santa Barbara, California, born in El Paso, Texas, who passed away, on October 26, 2025. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Hermila Monarres to show support.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Ignacio Yañez and Francisca Yañez; her sister Adela Cruz (Jose); and her siblings-in-law, Maria Elena Yañez and Henry Perez.
She is survived by: her husband Arturo Monarres; her children, Daniel Monarres (Kip S. Monarres), Arturo Monarres Jr. (Deidre Monarres), Leticia Monarres-Torres (Eriberto Torres) and Lorena Monarres-Horst (Jarad Horst); her grandchildren, Joseph A. Monarres, Sophia Monarres (Meyers), Lauren E. Monarres, Olivia R. Monarres, Arturo A. Monarres III, Antonio D. Torres, Samuel E. Torres, Benjamin I. Torres, Jessica M. Torres and Jade A. Horst (Jamison A. Horst); and her siblings, Ignacio Yañez Jr. (Maria Elena), Bertha Perez (Henry), Salvador Yañez (Aurora), Yolanda Quezada (Oscar), Magdalena Estrada (Raul), Maria Theresa Rocha (Philip), Consuelo Yañez, Graciela Rodriguez and Sylvia Valdez (Martin). She is also survived by many other family members and friends.
A rosary was held on Thursday, November 13th 2025 at 7:00 PM at the Welch-Ryce-Haider Funeral Chapel (15 E Sola St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101). A funeral Mass was held on Friday, November 14th 2025 at 10:00 AM at the Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church (21 E Sola St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101).
