Ida Hernandez Harrell's Obituary
Ida Harrell (Hernandez), age 93, a Tampa, Florida native residing in Livermore, California passed away on Friday April 5th in her home beside her loves ones.
She was born January 24th 1926 (and she reminded you of that often) in Ybor City, daughter of Ralph & Nieves and sister to Carrie. Ida had three children, Hector, Ralph & Mercedes. She had five grandchildren, Carrie, Hope, Barbara, Vincent & Marco. She also had four great grandchildren.
She spent most of her career as a Nurse in Tampa, later owned the Peter Pan Motel, spent a number of years as a stage actress, and proudly worked as a demo girl at Sam’s Club where she would frequently quote lines from The Price is Right. She was very outgoing, the one to get a party started, would start a conversation with anyone that would (or even wouldn’t) listen, and genuinely loved people. Ida would never hesitate to help someone in need. She was a comedian, a movie buff, and a mentor with many years of wisdom and stories.
Ida loved to remind us of when she met and had coffee with Eleanor Roosevelt & Walter Cronkite at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City where Walter made a flirtatious pass at her. She was heavily involved with the Democratic Party and very passionate about politics.
She always loved Superman and luckily for all of us, she’s in heaven now watching over and protecting us.
As she would always say, “Be good, and if you can’t be good, be careful!” We will always love you.
There will be a celebration of life service on Friday April 26th at 2:00pm at Callaghan Mortuary in Livermore, California with a family & friends gathering to follow at her home. In addition, a visitation will be held on Tuesday May 28th from 5:00pm-7:00pm at Boza & Roel Funeral Home in Tampa, Florida with a celebration of life service to follow. A graveside service will be held on Wednesday May 29th at 10:00am at Woodlawn Cemetery in Tampa.
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