MODESTO, Calif. - The Alameda County Sheriff's Office is mourning its second COVID death in a week; 61-year-old Valerie Leon worked as a technician since 1997 and was most recently at the coroner’s bureau.Family members are unsure how she contracted the virus.
Leon had just come home from a road trip and had a high-risk job. The beloved employee leaves behind three sons and 13 grandchildren.“The Grand Canyon was on her bucket list and when she was there, she was beyond happy,” said Rochelle Perez, Leon’s granddaughter.Leon went on a spontaneous road trip with her grandchildren to the Grand Canyon in mid-July.
It would be the grandkids' last memory of her.“I was so blessed to have those memories with her and be able to go out on that trip.