Anita J. Padilla passed away on Sunday, February 23, 2014. Mommacita bonita you will be missed very much. We will miss your delicious enchiladas and homemade tortillas. But most of all your presence. God saw you were tired and called you home to rest. We will love you forever and we have our memories of you which no one can take away.
Anita was preceded in death by her husband Gilberto Padilla, parents Pedro and Elena Jacquez, her brothers Pascual, Pete, Arturo, Lelo and Joe Jacquez and sisiter Nina Delgado. She is survived by daughters Dora Armendariz (Robert), Ruth Ayala (Cayo), and son Gilbert Padilla (Cheryl). She had 7 grandchildren, and 6 great-grandchildren. Brother Manny Jacquez, sisters Fina Amador, Lupe Chacon, and Lela Villalobos, and many nieces and nephews. Visitation will be from 4--9 pm with a vigil at 6:30 pm Thursday, February 27, 2014 at Sunset Funeral Home-East. Funeral Mass will be at 8:30 am Friday, February 28, 2014 at St. Paul's Apostle Catholic Church. Interment will be at 10 am Friday February 28, 2014 at Fort Bliss National Cemetery. Services entrusted to Sunset Funeral Home-East.
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