Yvette Cristina Artiga's Obituary
Yvette Cristina Artiga, 36 of Oakland, CA, passed away on Friday, December 27th after battling breast cancer. She was born in San Francisco, CA on March 8, 1977 to Roberto and Dido Artiga.
Yvette graduated high school from Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory and went on to receive a BA in Mass Communications from the University of California, Berkeley; a MA in Journalism from Stanford University; and a JD from Santa Clara University School of Law. She was married to Alaric Degrafinried on June 20, 2009 and were blessed with a child Maya Degrafinried, on January 31, 2012.
Yvette took great pride working as a Policy & Research Analyst at the Office of the Circuit Executive – Ninth Circuit. In her spare time Yvette enjoyed swimming, dancing and spending time with her family. Yvette is survived by her loving husband Alaric and their daughter Maya. Other survivors include Yvette’s parents, Roberto and Dido, and her sister Roxana Sanchez.
Romans 14:7-9
For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
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