ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2025,  VERONICA MARIE BRUCKER, LOVING DAUGHTER, SISTER, MOTHER OF THREE, AUNT, GRANDMOTHER, COUSIN AND FRIEND, PASSED AWAY AT AGE 46, IN SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA.

VERONICA WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 3, 1978 IN INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA.   SHE GREW UP IN SAN PEDRO, WHERE SHE ATTENDED TAPER AVENUE ELEMENTARY, DANA JUNIOR HIGH, AND TOBERMAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER FOR HIGH SCHOOL.

VERONICA HAD A WAY OF SOLVING A PROBLEM BY APPROACHING IT WITH A "DO IT YOURSELF" ATTITUDE. THAT WAS BECAUSE SHE HAD THE ABILITY TO USE HER CREATIVITY AND IMAGINATION TO FIND SOLUTIONS THAT WITH HER HARDWORK AND "USE WHAT YOU GOT" ATTITUDE SHE WAS ABLE TO MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING. SHE ENJOYED SPENDING TIME WITH HER DAUGHTERS AND GRANDSON. VERONICA WAS KNOWN FOR HER QUICK WIT, HER INFECTIOUS SMILE, HER COMEDIC JOKES AND HER KIND AND COMPASSIONATE GO GETTER SPIRIT.

SHE IS PREDECEASED BY HER MOTHER ELIZABETH MARTINEZ AND FATHER DAVID BRUCKER. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER THREE CHILDREN MONIQUE CANTU, NICALETTE BRUCKER, AND ELISALEE BRUCKER, HER SISTERS VICTORIA RUELAS, AUDREY RODERICK, BROTHER ADAM RODERICK,  STEPFATHER RICHARD RODERICK, GRANDSON BOBBY RODRIGUEZ JR.,    SIX NEPHEWS AND TWO NIECES.