Consuelo Bookman; Member of Pioneer Family

Consuelo “Connie” M. Bookman, a lifelong Ventura County resident, died Monday. She was 85.

Bookman was born May 20, 1913, in Ventura. She was a descendant of the Olivas family, which owned the Olivas Adobe, a 151-year-old home built by the Chumash Indians that has since become a museum.

Bookman also descended from a soldier who served on the Juan Batista de Anza expedition that established San Francisco Mission in 1776, according to her family.

Bookman was a retired loan department supervisor with Bank of America, where she was employed for 28 years. Prior to banking, she worked for eight years at Southern Counties Gas Co.

Bookman was a member of Los Californianos. She attended Our Lady of the Assumption church in Ventura, where she was a regular lector during the 11 a.m. Sunday Mass. Bookman was an avid traveler, her family said.

Bookman is survived by her husband, Harold J. Bookman of Ventura; two sisters, Rosemary Peters of Yerington, Nev., and Constance Haverkamp of Dallas, and a brother, Anthony Peters of Yucca Valley.

A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Joseph P. Reardon Funeral Home in Ventura. A Mass will be said at 8:45 a.m. Friday at San Buenaventura Mission in Ventura, with interment to follow at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park in Ventura.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a memorial contribution to any charity.