Lucia "Lucy" Estela Angulo, 60, passed away on the evening of November 7, 2021. She was surrounded by her son, Arturo Perez, her mother, Marina Mejia, her Priest, Fr. Settimo, her sister and brother-in-law, Martha and Carlos Uzcategui, and her dear friends from Church, Vilma de Artola and Sean Romer. Appropriately, they were all praying together at the time of her passing. She gave her last breath quietly while the final prayers were being said. Her brother, Ricardo Angulo, arrived a few hours later.

Lucy was born in Barranquilla, Colombia on December 21, 1960, but if you’d asked her, she would tell you her home land was in Caracas, Venezuela, where she grew up since she was a little girl until her early 30's.

Caracas gave her so much joy, especially thanks to the group of life-long friends she met at the building, "Residencias Union”. Her dear "Grupo Union" was with her in spirit to the very last day. She married very young (to Jesus Perez, a friend of the building), and had her son at the age of twenty.

Lucy soon left her husband and built a life entirely dedicated to the wellbeing and education of her “hijito”, her son and shining star, whom she loved more than anything or anyone else in the world.

Ever since she was a little girl, Lucy learned to take care of herself. With very little education, she built an impressive resume, jumping around industries like defense, banking, managing a cruise (!), and ultimately, fashion.

Lucy was a woman of instincts, moving with her son from Venezuela, to Colombia, and ultimately, to Los Angeles, California, where in 1994 she started a successful career in apparel. Her jobs took her to live in Boston, Madison, and Los Angeles, as well as traveling throughout the world.

She loved to work and she was darn good at it, ultimately becoming a Vice President of Operations at Aether Apparel, a job she loved. She was masterful at balancing the needs of design, cost, and production in making an apparel garment a reality. She mentored many people throughout her career, who are now successful executives in their own right.

She lived with her mother throughout most of her life, taking care of her, supporting her, and giving her everything she needed. She loved her family very dearly.

Lucy was one of the most generous women anyone ever encountered. She financially supported her siblings, nieces, and nephews on countless occasions, especially in ensuring education. She supported her son in allowing him to start his business. She supported her mother way beyond her needs. She supported her Priests, especially her dear Fr. DeMeyer, and her Church community members. She supported her colleagues and treated everyone around her like a family member. She had no material attachments, her joy was in giving to others.

Throughout her entire life, Lucy was in a deep search for God. She was an extremely passionate and loving woman who ultimately realized that nothing in life matters without God.

In her years in Wisconsin, her son told her about the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), a Roman Catholic group whose existence focuses on maintaining the Tradition of the Catholic Church and whose mission is dedicated to Traditional Priests.

Lucy loved the SSPX with all her being. In the last years of her life, she dedicated herself in trying her hardest to live a holy life, foregoing the worldly pleasures of TV, music, and any secular entertainment. She became Third Order SSPX which is the closest Lucy came to her dream (in retrospect) of being a nun.

In late 2020, she moved to Sanford, Florida, for the sole reason of being close to a strong, growing and thriving SSPX community. She moved minutes away from Church and dedicated every extra moment of her life (when not working or taking care of her mother) to praying, reading spiritual books, and sharing with her parish community.

In late 2021, she suddenly started to feel very ill, and was eventually diagnosed with Stage 4 kidney cancer. Although Lucy had already overcome one fatal disease in her life, losing her colon in the early 2000’s to ulcerative colitis, the cancer proved to be too aggressive and fatal.

She suffered a lot in the last three months of her life, to which she answered, “it’s all perfect”, as she was conscious that this was God’s will. She told her son, “all I can do is to give my will entirely to God. The rest is beyond me.”

She died entirely dedicated to God, her family, and her loved ones. She died with all the necessary Sacraments and became a living testimony of what it is like to live a Christian life.

She lived such a rich life and touched so many people from all walks of life, even those who had very different values from hers.

Please consider donating to St. Thomas More Parish in her honor. This will make her smile wider than any flowers or material things. Know that the money will be for the good of souls, and for everything that was dear to Lucy.

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