Kim A. Artiaga

Kim Artiaga was born on July 19, 1955 and passed away December 12, 2025 and is under the care of Zapata Funeral Home.

~ You may be gone from our sight but you are never gone from our hearts.

Kim Antoinette Artiaga was born on July 19, 1955 to Anthony and Lupe Artiaga and passed on December 12, 2025. She is lovingly survived by her children, Jason Artiaga-Castellanos and Drew Tabangcura. Her grandchildren, Noah Artiaga-Reyes, Jacob and Sophia Paul. Siblings Sally, Anthony, and Patrick, and her many cherished nephews, nieces, god children and treasured cousins.

Kim attended St. George Catholic School, Marshall Jr. High and graduated from Edison HS in 1973.

Kim built a respected career working at Pacific Bell that lasted over 21 years (1978-1999) Starting in Stockton as a DA Operator and with multiple promotions to Administrative Assistant in San Ramon.

Kim also worked at Humphreys University (2008-2016) in the Administrative Services Department. Kim made many lifelong friends throughout her time of employment that lasted over 50 years.

Kim was an advocate for animals in every way. Her compassion, protection and kindness was exceptional. She was known to stop what she was doing to care for a stray and no stray went hungry if she could help it. Kim especially loved and adored her dogs and their bond was unbreakable.

Kim’s love for her family and friends was immense. Always ready to listen. Always there to open her door. Always ready to give to someone in need. Always there if you needed a hug, to cry, or to laugh, all you had to do was call Kimmy and she would make it happen.

Always remembered….Always loved.

Kim is preceded in death by:

Her parents, Tony & Lupe Artiaga, her nephew Christian Harrison, and many beloved Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins.

Poems

And when great souls die,

after a period peace blooms,

slowly and always irregularly.

Spaces fill with a kind of

soothing electric vibration.

Our senses, restored, never

to be the same, whisper to us.

They existed. They existed.

We can be. Be and be better.

For they existed.

~ Maya Angelou

I Thought Of You Today

I thought of you with love today

but that is nothing new

I thought about you yesterday,

and days before that too.

I think of you in silence,

I often speak your name.

All I have are memories

and a picture in a frame.

Your memory is a keepsake,

with which I’ll never part.

God has you in His keeping.

I have you in my heart.

~ unknown author

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