BERNI, Delia R.

Delia R. Berni passed away April 25, 2010 in Tucson, Arizona at age 70. She was born in Mammoth, Arizona on January 18, 1940. Her family moved to Tucson at a young age and resided here for the rest of her life. Her parents, Hortencia and Guillermo Berni, and later her aunt and guardian, Josefa Camacho, preceded her in death. She is survived by a daughter and three sons, Maria C. Montano, Armando Montano, of Oceanside, California, Manuel Montano, of Norfolk, Virginia, and Gerald Montano, of Washington, D.C.; a grandson, Jeff Stewart; her sisters, Lilia (Walter) Jacobs and Josie (Louie) Blancarte; a cousin, Alicia Loustanau, who Delia considered as a sister; and many nieces and nephews. She worked at Safford Elementary School in Tucson as a teacher's aide in the 1970's till 1980. Then she worked at the Pima County Courthouse/Pima Health Systems for 20 years and retired in 2000. She was a 1958 graduate of Tucson High School. She was a proud mother of her three sons who served in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. She was married to Armando Montano for 18 years and they had four children. Visitation will be held Monday, May 3, 2010, 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. at CARRILLO'S TUCSON MORTUARY (North Chapel) 204 S. Stone Ave., with a Rosary recited at 8:00 a.m. Mass will follow, 9:00 a.m. at St. Augustine's Cathedral, 192 S. Stone Ave. Interment at Holy Hope Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made the Humane Society of Southern Arizona. Arrangements by CARRILLO'S TUCSON MORTUARY, INC. Published in the Tucson Newspapers on April 30, 2010