Cecilia Cora Reyes 's Obituary
Cecilia Cora Reyes, age 99, of McLean, VA passed away on Monday, July 17, 2017 at, Beebe Healthcare, Lewes, DE. She was born in Guayama, Puerto Rico on Tuesday, July 9, 1918, daughter of the late Bautista Cora and Nicolasa (Texidor) Cora.
Cecilia worked for Health Insurance Program (HIP) in New York City for several years. She also was a homemaker raising her beautiful family. An active member of Los Padres Foundation in McLean, VA, Cecilia loved volunteering her spare time to help those who needed her. Cecilia loved cooking and entertaining, as well as traveling to various destinations. She enjoyed mentoring and was the love counselor of the family. Cecilia was a true matriarch, making her family’s needs and happiness her priority. She was an adoring and devoted mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend, who was deeply loved and will be missed by all who were blessed to know her.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Reyes was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 60 years, Carmelo Reyes Barina in 1997; her two daughters, Carmen Reyes Weese and Evelyn Reyes; and her 4 sisters and 4 brothers. She is survived by her son: Carmelo Reyes Cora of Victorville, CA; her daughters: Lillian Reyes Rios and her husband Edgar, of McLean, VA, Damaris Reyes Molina and her husband, Paul of Fontana, CA, and Miriam Reyes Laureano of Richmond, VA; her grandsons: Richard Weese of Springfield, WV, Stanley Weese of York, PA, London Reyes of Yonkers, NY, David Reyes of Anaheim, CA, Jaiya Figueras of Long Beach, CA, and Samuel Tirado of Reston, VA; her granddaughters: Donna Weese Widener of Shrewsbury, PA, Frances Laureano of Bronx, NY, Candice Fathi of Ashburn, VA, and Salyn Tirado of Atlanta, GA; her great-grandsons: London Reyes, Michael Reyes, Maxwell Weese, Richard Weese, Shawn Widener, Randy Widener, Justin Weese, and Donnie Weese; her great-granddaughters: Michele Laureano Lathan, Amaris Rios Campos, Becky Keller, Eva Weese Hevel, Kaitlyn Weese, Maggie May Weese, Mandy DeFani, Kristan Weese, and numerous other great-grandchildren; and her sisters: Elda Cora Rodriguez of San Juan, PR, and Socorro Cora Acosta of Ashburn, VA; and many others.
Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 7:00 PM, at Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Atkins-Lodge Chapel, 16961 Kings Highway, Lewes, DE 19958, where friends may call beginning at 3:00 PM. Interment will be held on Thursday, July 20, 2017 at 1:00 PM at Rosedale Cemetery, 350 E Linden Avenue; Linden, NJ, 07036.
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