Leesa Acuña Flores Muñoz, a resident of Stockton for 22 years, passed away at home unexpectedly on Wednesday, December 20, 2023. Leesa was a member of St. Bernadette's Parish in Stockton, CA.
She was born March 23, 1964 in San Pablo, CA. She is survived by her loving husband Daniel Muñoz of Stockton, CA; daughter Nicole Murphy (Taylor) of San Carlos, CA; sister Karen of Fresno, CA; brother Mark Acuña (Mei) of Hercules, CA; nephew Sean McFerran (Aurora) of Newark, CA; grandsons Weston and Hayes Murphy of San Carlos, CA; great-nephew Gerald McFerran, brother-in-law Robert Priest of Oklahoma City, OK, and former husband Ismael Flores of Stockton, CA; mother-in-law Frances Muñoz of Stockton, CA; sister-in-law Cathy Russell (Howard) of Copperopolis, and sister-in-law Diana Posey (Calvin), of Kingman, AZ.
She was preceded in death by her parents Alfred M. Acuña and Lucy Acuña; brother Al Acuña; and sister Marina Priest. She will be buried close to her parents. She is survived by many relatives and friends.
Leesa worked professionally as an Administrative Assistant for many pharmaceutical and medical firms in the Bay Area and Central Valley such as CVT, Centaur, Kaiser Permanente, Kinetics, SCIOS, Johnson & Johnson, Health Plan of San Joaquin, Target Therapeutics (Boston Scientific), and Catholic Charities.
Leesa enjoyed reading books about social issues. She was deeply concerned about the homeless and those living in poverty. She also loved watching old TV shows and movies from the 20's to the 70's, especially horror, detective shows, and Noir films. If the TV show or movie was in black and white, all the better. She also found great joy in listening to music that came out years before she was born. She was an avid cat lady who enjoyed feeding neighborhood cats at our front and patio doors in addition to our own.
Visitation will be at St. Michael's Chapel at St. Joseph Cemetery, 2540 Church Lane, San Pablo, on Thursday, January 11, 2024 from 4-8pm, with a tentative Rosary at 5pm.
A Catholic Mass will follow on Friday, January 12, 2024 at St. John the Baptist Church, 11150 San Pablo Avenue, El Cerrito at 9:30 am. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Cemetery in San Pablo.
