Aunt Lorraine. 

My heart is completely broken. What can you say about a person that has touched your life in so many ways? 

I’ve never really felt at home until you welcomed me into yours. I remember waiting by the window just to see your car pull up as a child. You can’t imagine how being with you and all of the Castaneda’s changed my world. Regardless of what I have written.. it could never be enough to honor who you were and what you have meant to me.

The love and kindness that exuded from you is irreplaceable! I love you beyond words & I pray that God covers our family. We need you Lord Jesus♥️

Love, 
LEONDA

It’s hard to believe you’re gone I will always miss you. I’m the women and mother I am today because of you. Thank you for all the little and big things you did to make growing up special. No matter what you were the person I could always turn to when I needed advice. Thank you for teaching me how to cook and for my love of coffee. I will always love you and I know you’ll continue to be there for me and you’re boys Enzo and Luka.

Lorraine, you always had a beautiful smile. You were always so sweet and kind and I never ever seen you mad or angry. You were always such a sweet, loving friend,  and I just can’t believe you gained your wings , I’m in disbelief. It’s very hard and I’m sure it’s very very hard for your family. Now you’re at peace no pain no suffering and all you have to do is now rest peacefully and beautiful heaven with our father I’m sure you’re with your dad and your mom. Now your family has you as another Angel. See you later.

There’s really no place to start because my Nana was amazing in every way possible. She was always a comfort person for me to talk to all I would have to do is walk to the next room over and let her know what was on my mind. Although it is our last time physically seeing you, it still feels like you’re here with us and I hope it feels like that forever. Having to say goodbye to you on my 18th birthday was and still really is hard to process. Someone i’ve had by my side since I was born leaving now that I enter adulthood has made me think about the person I will become in my future. I want to be just like my Nana, a kind, loving,  understanding, funny, and a hardworking woman. I want to take care of others like how she cared for all of us. I loved whenever she would talk about her childhood stories because I was always so curious to learn about her life. My Nana will forever be remembered and forever be loved. I will continue to celebrate her life because she was so full of joy and fun. And i’ll always remember the words she would tell me every time I would leave the house, “be smart and make good choices”.

Oh my Nana may you rest in paradise forever i love you so much, until we meet again.

Today is the day we say our final good byes to my Aunt Lorraine.  This is the way I want to remember her with her beautiful smile 🫶 I am forever thankful for her love that she shared with me and my family 🙏 I love you Aunt Lorraine forever and always .

You’re truly going to be missed. I appreciate you so much thank you for being so kind and beautiful to me. I loved when you would see me you would say Lorraine you have such a beautiful name and I said ditto Beautiful rest in heaven.♥️🥰♥️🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

Look at this beauty and how beautiful Aunt Lorraine looked in this picture. There’s so many things to say but one thing I want to say is I looked up to her in so many ways. Her strength, her beauty that shined from inside and out and most of all her ability to smile through all that life threw her way. There were so many memories that her and I shared together but one that I remember the most is going trick or treating (me, her & Richard) until our pillow cases were full. We would come home and trade and have a candy party. I’m so blessed to have been so close to her growing up and still until the day she went to heaven. Our kids grew up together and I will remain close to them because they are the closest to you. Until we meet again Aunt Lorraine 🕊️🫶

Aunt Merraine, 
The void left behind by your absence has been felt by every person you touched. Your unconditional love, incredible strength, and infectious smile and laugh are just a small glimpse of all that will be missed about you. You were the world’s best aunt and a second mom to me in so many ways. You were the FUN Aunt who played Madonna on full blast in the 4Runner, always had a house and car full of kids… the countless rides to and from school are some of my favorite memories! To this day, we still would laugh about the Oldsmobile catching on fire, Baby Doe crying over her homework, and the infamous home video of me throwing the hot potato at you because I was such a brat. I hold tightly to all  the memories and find comfort in knowing that you are in heaven, and that I will see you again. I love you endlessly, Nana Girl. 💜

Mom,
 The one thing i want to hear more than anything right now is “ Its’s all going to be okay Mama” thats what you would tell me at exactly the times i needed it the most and right now is one of those times. I’m going to miss doing literally everything together like watching all of our favorite shows, having coffee every morning, shopping, laughing with the kids, and most of all hearing your childhood stories while you cooked. Thank You Mom, thank you for life, thank you and My Dad for raising us as best as you could while also figuring life out yourselves, thank you for every single tiny thing you did to make our days special, and lastly thank you for your type of love which everyone knows was far beyond compare! I will forever love and miss you with all my heart and soul 💜

To my sweet Aunt Lorraine, thank you for being an amazing woman that I can and will always look up to. There’s so much to say and to thank you for and I just wish I could have told you all of that while you were here. To fill your shoes would almost be impossible to do, you had such a big, kind heart, always there for others as they should have been for you instead! But still you did it so gracefully and with kindness, always kept your doors open to those who needed it. I always wondered why you were so forgiving and always showed up still for some who might of not deserved it but that’s just the woman you were. That’s what made you so lovable and a person that this world can’t live without. You will forever be missed and always be remembered. Nothing will ever be the same without you but I hope that you will always be with us in some type of way. Thank you for everything, I love you forever Aunt Lorraine!

Dear Nana,
I will forever cherish the time I was blessed to have shared with you. From the moment you told Vanessa you saw us of giving each other the “googly”eyes. To you being by my side for the birth of Ezra telling me everything was going to be ok with Vanessa. The both of us sitting there trying not to cry because we didn't want to make the other cry. You were the most unselfish person I ever met in my life, always forgiving, and never held a grudge. You truly treated me as one of your own since the day we met. I could not have asked for a better mother in law, I will forever miss you. I will keep you in my heart and make sure my children remember their Nana. 

I love you, Nana, 
Until we meet again 🙏🏽.

I’ll never forget how happy Aunt Lorraine was to be able to go to Hawaii for her daughter Vanessa’s wedding. It was the highlight of our year during Covid. I’m so blessed to have made those memories with her. This is something I will cherish forever. 🤙

Fun times in Hawaii, This was the best trip we have ever taken with Aunt Lorraine. Her daughter Vanessa’s wedding 🫶Memories that will last a lifetime !

Lorraine was a very special women, if you were part of her life you know how special she was. She was the person that if you needed help she would help. She cared for her friends like no other. She was a awesome mom to her kids and a wonderful mother-in-,law to my son. Who would if ever thought that we would be family through our kids. I have nothing but good memories of my friend Lorraine. We were two young girls together in the teen mother class at Canyon High we were babies having babies. I remember when we had our sons we would put them in the same crib t school and say they are going ro bebthe best of freinds. I have know Lorraine since like 4th grade be we became the best of friends when we were going be moms. We would talk about are baby daddies when they would act out and do dumb things and also when they would do nice things. We always stayed in touch. Even when me,my son  and his dad moved away, we always made it a point to visit Louie and Lorraine  when we would come back to see my mother-in-law cause they are special friends and then we  became family later on in life I will miss Lorraine  so much and I love her and thanks her for my daughter-in-law Vanessa who is truly her mother's daughter thats mini Lorraine. My friend will always  be in my heart were i know she carries me. R.i.P My friend and save a place for me. I love you girl.

💜 MOM,
There are a million ways to say “I Love you,” but none seem big enough for everything you’ve done for us. You were the true definition of a Mom & Nana. I was so lucky to have you as my mom. So strong, so loving, so caring & most of all so Beautiful inside & out. I will forever wish we had more time. All your laughs & memories will live on in my heart forever. I will make sure my boys know how Wonderful & Beautiful their Nana was. I will miss you forever & always.💜🦋

Please accept my condolences and prayers for her soul.

forever grateful for all that you did for me growing up all my favorite childhood memories always included you. I will miss you a lot and forever love you aunty Lorraine

Oh Aunt Lorraine, To go back in time and do it all over again, You were the BEST part of my childhood, from Maple to Shamrock to Felberg! There’s not a memory that stands out because they were all the Best when you were in them! This night we sang, we danced, we laughed! I love you to infinity and beyond! I want everyone that scrolls through my aunts memorial to know that she was a pure hearted , loving and humble woman! She gave with no conditions and judged nobody! She loved unconditionally! My only regret was not having more time! I love you! And I will see you again!

Aunty Lorraine with my little boy James Louie Mercado. I love and miss you so much Aunty Lorraine and I know you are with my dad your compadre enjoying coffee and donuts with Tata.

Mom and Aunty Lorraine with their grandsons, James and Eli.

Aunty Lorraine with my parents and Little Louie at Vanessa’s Quinceañera.

My dad and Auntie Lorraine young and ready for the world.

Aunt Lorraine , 
You are and forever will be an angel on earth and now up above always watching and taking care of everyone you love. I was blessed to have you in my life taking care of me and treating me as one of your own for so many years. Love you and your always in my heart <3

Lorraine, Grandma Jennie, Diane & me 🙏Familia 💕🪻💜✝️

Lorraine with me, Diane & Bob 💕✝️🙏

Aunt Lorraine you’re one of the sweetest souls we’ve ever known! My heart aches for your family. Heaven received a beautiful angel. We will never forget you. Love you forever!
Gone way too soon 🕊️

Lorraine and Aunt BeBe (Grace Marquez) 💕

An Evening,  with Diana Ross...and look who Lorraine & Diane run into ❤️

Girls just wanna have fun. 🥰💜
We will hold tight to these memories & take comfort in the LOVE we all shared! 

Love you forever, our Sweet Nana Girl 💜

You made every moment extra special… just by being YOU. 💜

Aloha 'oe, aloha 'oe
One fond embrace
A ho'i a'e au
Until we meet again…

Mucho Amor Auntie 💜🌺

Just want to say thank you Lord  for giving us a beautiful soul! A gift from you that not only was there for so many! But was there with open arms to anyone! She was a true example on how not to judge, hate, and never held a grudge against anyone! FORGIVENESS AND LOVE is how she carried on her life! She was there for me and my family in so many ways and was right there beside me when our first born Lawrence came to this world just me and her sitting in the hallway! She never left my side! We had a special bond me and her I love you and will always miss you 💯💜 my favorite aunt Lorraine… God has gained a beautiful Angel.

I have known you my whole life through the good and bad times and  I was to young to notice but i definitely needed every memory I shared with you and the family. I’m trying my hardest to not let it knock me down but it saddens me now that your gone but I know your up there watching over all of us rest in peace nana 💜💟

During a difficult time you took me and Precious into your home. Graduating high school would have been nearly impossible if you hadn’t. I was forever grateful. Everyone’s lives are going to be less brighter without you in them. Love you always Aunt Chica 💜

My Auntie, so beautiful inside & out. We will always remember the love you gave. Your door was always open, and you welcomed everyone with that gorgeous smile. I love you so much. Rest in heaven where you are at peace.

Memories that will be in my heart forever 💜 Rest in heaven to the most beautiful soul 🙏🕊️

OBITUARY

Lorraine Helen Olivas

6 July, 1969 – 8 January, 2026

Turner & Stevens Live Oak Mortuary & Memorial Park

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