Margaret

Gutierrez

Margaret "Margie" Serrato Gutierrez, 83, was born on July 29th, 1940 to Hilario and Salome Serrato in San Jose, California. She passed suddenly on December 28th, 2023, in San Jose, California.Even if you weren't exactly friends with Margie, you were probably already well acquainted with her kindness. As a fresh Gilroy High School graduate (1958), Margie was given the chance to work in an office and learn how to bookkeep. This was also during her brief, but meaningful time spent at Hartnell College in Salinas, CA. After a few years, she met her future husband, Albert, whom she fell in love with and later married in the summer of 1963. Their daughter Suzanne was subsequently born in 1965.
After a few more years, Margie began a new job as a bookkeeper for Gilroy Foods. It was during this period that her younger daughter, Nanci was born. When Nanci was a toddler, Margie decided to try something new and eventually settled into a career in medical office management, continuing her work with accounting/bookkeeping while working for several doctors in Hollister. Through this new path, she began working closely with the public, forming countless connections that she maintained throughout her career and beyond. She continued her work in the field until her retirement in 2000. Margaret is preceded in death by both her parents Hilario and Salome Serrato, most recently, her brother Joe, and numerous brothers and sisters. She is survived by her loving husband of 60 years, Albert Gutierrez, and her daughters, Suzanne Magnuson (Peter) and Nanci Padron (Mark). She is also survived by her six grandchildren, Madeleine Magnuson, Dominic Padron, Olivia Magnuson, Hannah Padron, Erik Magnuson and Eden Padron. She is also survived her older brother, Eliseo "Licho" Padilla.There is no way to articulate in a few sentences just how much Margie is going to be missed, nor how loved she continues to be. Her departure was sudden, and that suddenness is evident from just how heartbroken we are left in her wake. Margie was well known for her open heart, as well as her ever-open arms. She had an immense devotion for her husband, children, grandchildren, and a passion for the beauties and joys of life here on earth. She will be remembered and revered for the kindness and love that she spread to those around her that she met throughout her 83 years of life.
Services will be held at a later date.