Reynaldo D. Padilla

Obituary Reynaldo "Ray" D. Padilla, 86, died November 16, 2014 in Peyton, CO. He was born July 8, 1928 in Taos, NM to Julio L. and Rebeca (Archuleta) Padilla. Ray was one of four children, plus another that was raised with them. He met Rose Baca as a young man, they married and had 11 children. They moved to Colorado Springs in 1965 to work and raise their children. He worked for Western Forge as a tool machinist and mechanic. Along with being a loving husband and father, Ray loved to play his guitar, which he played to his children all of the time. He also shared his love of Western Movies and John Wayne with them. Other things he taught his children was wrestling with the boys, while the girls gave him pony-tails, with lots of barrettes, and penciled in his eye brows and sideburns! He also enjoys Fords, Lawrence Welk and Dancing. Oh how he loved to dance to his Mexican music! But most of all, if you havent guessed, his favorite times were with his children, even if to go pick the veggies. Then there came the grandchildren and great grandchildren. Ray was already in heaven. He is survived by eight of his children and their spouses, Arthur 'Art' Padilla & Lisa, Becky Chavez, Lee Padilla, Hazel & Richard Marques, Loretta 'Lori' Pacheco, Marie 'Cindy' Luna, Myra Bernadette Padilla and Roberta 'Birdie' & Isidro Ramirez; daughter in laws, Pauline 'Irene' Rodriguez and Angie Vigil; grandchildren, Debbie & Lemuel Appodaca, Deidre Lafoe, Arthur Padilla, Jr., James & Emily Padilla-Romero, Hondo & Sabrina Padilla, Rebecca Sena, Michelle & Steven Maestas, Laura & Andrew Gallegos, Julian & Candie Padilla, Judy & Brian Trani, Benny & Denise Marquez, Samantha Marquez, Gilbert, Jr. & Nadine Pacheco, Elizabeth Pacheco, Lillian Pacheco, Joshua & Claudia Pacheco, Santiago Luna, Jr., Alejandro Luna, Julia Luna, Janai & Joseph Sotelo, Felicia & Eric Cherry, Valentino 'Tino' & Adrienne Barreras, Clarence Martinez, Moses Barreras, Lawrence Padilla, Jr., Julio Padilla, Bernadette & Chaz Todesco and Christopher & Kim Padilla; great grandchildren, Lisette, JR, Monica, Nathan, Elijah, Jerae, Layla, Aubrii, Ariah, Aaliah, Jamie, Jovony, Ocean, Camille, Carli, Dominique, Dominic, Jr., Carolina, Paloma, Calogena, Anthony, Jayden, Justin, Saphire, Jordan, Adalina, Xavier, Elias, Isabel, Vanessa, Dontae, Gabriella, Gabriel, Xiomara, Josiah, Elicia, Ylena, Joshua, Jr., Javian, Ariano, Vecente, Lorenzo, Ylisa, MaLaya, Marcus, Madison, Paige, Araceli, Dominica, Sofia, Santiago, Damian, Raymond, Lawrence, Jr., Jan, Brian, Amber, Julio, Jr., Michael, Erin, Amanda, Katlyn, Audrianna, Lacey, Christopher and Aiden; siblings, Frances Pacheco, Ofelia 'Mary' Aguilar, Larry Gonzalez and Dora Charmain. He was preceded in death by his parents, Julio & Rebeca Padilla; wife, Rose Padilla; two sons, James & Lawrence; grandson, Dominic, great grandsons, Jimmy Lee & Kenny Junior; and two son in laws, Moe Chavez and Gilbert Pacheco. http://cloud.muvee.com/openalbum/reynaldo_padilla/6ue1fxRTjGg Your browser does not support this video format. You should be able to view it in Chrome, Safari or Internet Explorer. Services Visitation Saturday November 29, 2014 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM Cappadona Funeral Home 1020 E Fillmore St Colorado Springs, CO 80907 Recitation of the Rosary Saturday November 29, 2014 11:30 AM Cappadona Funeral Home 1020 E Fillmore St Colorado Springs, CO 80907 Funeral Service Saturday November 29, 2014 12:00 PM Cappadona Funeral Home 1020 E Fillmore St Colorado Springs, CO 80907