Eileen Frances (Padilla) Ornelas

EILEEN FRANCES ORNELAS

BORN JANUARY 29, 1954 -DECEMBER 12,2025

A LIFE, LONG RESIDENT OF BELEN NM, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT HOME SURROUNDED BY LOVED ONES, SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER LOVING, DEVOTED, HUSBAND WHO WAS ALWAYS BY HER SIDE, REYES (RAY) ORNELAS, EILEEN HAS TWO SONS GABBY AND FRANCISCO (CISCO) ANDEADE AND A DAUGHTER SHARON ANDRADE. AND NINE GRANDCHILDREN AND FIVE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN WHOM SHE LOVED DEARLY.

EILEEN IS SURIVED BY HER FOUR SISTERS, MARGARET PADILLA (PETE), TINA GALLEGOS ANGELA PADILLA, AND VICTORIA PADILLA, AND ONE BROTHER FELIPE PADILLA. SHE ALSO HAS MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

EILEEN RAISED TWO OF HER GRANDSONS AS HER OWN REYES ANDRADE, AND CHARLIE CHAVEZ WHOM SHE ADORED.
EILEEN WAS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS DANIEL AND TRINI PADILLA.

SEVEN BROTHERS, FRANCISCO, JOE, JOHNNY, LAWRENCE, MICHAEL(KIKO), ROBERT AND ANTHONY PADILLA. FIVE SISTERS, SHIRLEY PADILLA, ESTHER LOPEZ, CYNTHIA, ANNABELLE AND ELIZABETH PADILLA.

EILEEN WAS A DEVOTED WIFE, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER AND SISTER AND AUNTIE. SHE ALWAYS MADE SURE THAT YOU FELT COMFORTABLE WHEN VISITING, SHE WOULD ALWAYS PREPARE SOMETHING TO EAT, SHE WAS A WONDERFUL COOK, YOU NEVER LEFT HUNGRY AFTER VISITING. EILEEN WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED FOR HER UNDERSTANDING AND COMPASSION FOR OTHERS. SHE HAD SUCH A GIVING HEART. SHE SHARED KINDNESS AND LOVE WITH EVERYONE. NO MATTER THE SITUATION SHE ALWAYS HAD A KIND WORD TO SAY TO ENCOURAGE YOU, SHE WAS SO EASY TO GET ALONG WITH, SHE MADE EVERYONE FEEL LIKE FAMILY. ALWAYS COMPLIMENTING EVERYONE ON HOW GREAT THEY LOOKED EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T FEEL THAT WAY. SHE SAW THE GOOD IN EVERYONE. EILEEN HAD A BEAUTIFUL SMILE TO GO WITH HER BIG HEART. SHE ALSO LOVED TO DRAW PICTURES, SHE LOVED ART.

EILEEN'S LAST WISH WAS TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR LOVE, SUPPORT. SHE WILL BE MISSED GREATLY, BY ALL WHO LOVED HER.

A VISITATION FOR EILEEN WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2025, AT 12:00 PM, AT NOBLIN FUNERAL SERVICE BELEN CHAPEL. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR EILEEN WILL TAKE PLACE AT A LATER DATE.

ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING HANDLED BY THE CARING PROFESSIONALS AT NOBLIN FUNERAL SERVICE BELEN CHAPEL, WHERE AN ONLINE GUEST REGISTER IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.NOBLIN.COM

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