VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-07-18
“She was a big surfer, loved the water, loved the bay, and that’s why they put her ashes out there,”
Ralph Boisa · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-18
Ralph Boisa, who adopted Maria and eight other children, described Maria's love of the ocean as the reason family members chose to scatter her ashes in the San Francisco Bay.
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