Ruth Barragan

Ruth Barragan, 105, of Ventura, passed away peacefully Friday, May 29, 2026 at her home surrounded by her loving family.

Ruth was born October 6, 1920 in Yuma, AZ to Refugio and Santos Reyes. She moved to California with her family and grew up in the San Fernando Valley area. She married Thomas Leyva Barragan on August 5, 1945 at Guardian Angel Church in Pacoima, CA. She and Thomas enjoyed 67 years of marriage. They lived in Pacoima, Acton, Santa Barbara and finally settled in Ventura. She has been a resident of Ventura for 51 years.

Ruth’s working career started at Lockheed during WWII. After the birth of her first of five daughters, she worked off and on in a sewing factory working nights so she could be home during the day with her girls. When the family moved to Santa Barbara she worked as a seamstress at The Hughes for 12 years. The family moved to Ventura in 1975. She worked at Scott’s Apparel and then The Broadway as a seamstress. She also had private clients that sought her out for her excellent sewing skills.

Ruth was a kind and gentle woman who was loved by many. She always had a cookie jar filled with her homemade cookies and a pantry filled with her homemade jams and apple butter. She enjoyed hosting the annual family Christmas Eve party which grew every year as the grands and great grands brought their friends into the fold. She was the self-appointed official greeter at our Reyes Family Reunions and looked forward to the annual Barragan-Lopez Picnics. She was a long-time parishioner of Sacred Heart Catholic Church where she regularly attended the 12:30 Spanish Mass.

Ruth is predeceased by her husband, Thomas, son-in-law Ruben Rodriguez, her parents Refugio and Santos Reyes, her siblings Blas Reyes, Consuelo Renteria, Virginia Robledo, Cipriano Reyes, Guadalupe Rios, and Ramona Reveles, She is survived by her daughters, Carol (Larry) Schuler, Laura (Paul) Vasquez, Corinne (Mark) Jasso, Pauline (Ralph) Vasquez, and Lydia Rodriguez, 13 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren,11 great-great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

The family would like to express their appreciation to Livingston Memorial Hospice, the nurses and doctors at Community Memorial Hospital and Dr. West of Primary Medical for the kind and loving care of their mother.

Visitation will take place Tuesday, June 16, 2026 from 4pm to 6pm at Perez Family Funeral Home, 3150 Loma Vista Road, Ventura.

Rosary and Funeral Mass will take place Wednesday, June 17, 2026. The rosary will be at 9:30am -10am and Mass from 10am-11am at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 10800 Henderson Road, Ventura. Burial will follow at San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Mission Hills, CA.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Perez Family Funeral Home, Ventura. Condolences may also be left at the bottom of this obituary page titled " Guestbook "

“Her children stand and bless her. Her husband praises her: “There are many virtuous and capable women in the world, but you surpass them all!” Proverbs 31:28-29 NLT