Floyl Charlene Guzman of South San Francisco, California passed away in South San Francisco on December 6, 2025.

Charlene was born in Bakersfield, California on August 14, 1936 to Charles Alfred Cook and Dessie Zoe Allen. She attended Campbell High School and Heald Business College studying Business and received an AA degree from Skyline College. She worked at Schlage Lock as a Correspondence Specialist for 34 years.

Charlene enjoyed travel, visiting with friends and family and playing with her grandsons. Charlene was honored with a key to the City of San Francisco for her dedicated work at Schlage. 

She is survived by her daughter Arian Guzman, son-in-law Jeremy Collins, grandsons Mitchell and Quinn, her sisters Dorothy Burt, Kate Henderson(Cal) and Sandra Weitzel, her brothers Charles Cook(Paula) and Alec Cook(Darlene), and many beloved nieces and nephews.  Charlene was predeceased by her husband Raul J. Guzman, her parents Charles and Zoe Cook and her sister Patricia Varner.

We’ll be scattering Charlene’s ashes on Monday, March 30th, 2026 from Sausalito, California.  Please contact Arian Guzman if you’d like to join.