Felice Cardenas

June 9, 1932 – April 29, 2025

Felice Cárdenas, 92, passed away on Tuesday, April 29th, 2025, in Midwest City, OK. She was born on June 9th, 1932, in Uvalde, TX to Crecencio and Feliciana (Gonzales) DeHoyos. Felice was a wonderful and loving person who valued her family. She married her husband, Antonio, when she was 15 years old and became a mother shortly thereafter.

As a mother, she loved and cared for her three children while Antonio deployed all over the world. She taught them how to love others and she showed them the importance of family togetherness. She continued that legacy when she helped raise her grandchildren and became a big part of their lives. Felice’s grandchildren dearly loved, admired, and respected their grandma. Felice and Antonio served missions in the Dallas, TX and the Oklahoma City, OK temples for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for many years. Felice loved the Lord and served Him with her whole heart. She wanted to instill the importance of the gospel in her family. Felice enjoyed attending church each Sunday to worship the Lord, served wherever needed, and cherished visiting with her friends. She was headstrong and worked hard in all that she did.

She was a friend to all and radiated happiness, which made it easy for people to love her. Felice loved her family and her friends and treasured her time with each of them.

Felice was preceded in death by her husband, Antonio Cárdenas; her parents, Crecencio and Feliciana; and her siblings, Crecencio, Leonardo, and Esperanza.

Survivors include her sister, Blanca Espinosa; children, Dolores Longoria, M.J. Cárdenas, and Larry Cárdenas; grandchildren, Joseph Alonzo, Lorelei Corona, Andrea Pierce, Antani Cárdenas, Bryant Cárdenas, Noah Cárdenas, Jessica Aguilera, Matthew Cárdenas, and Sarah Cárdenas; great grandchildren, Timothy Alonzo, Challen Alonzo, Krysta Alonzo, Anna Alonzo, Louis Alonzo, Kolbe Alonzo, Mario Corona, Cecelia Corona, Miguel Corona, Daniel Cárdenas, Mateo Cárdenas, Chloe Cárdenas, Isabella Aguilera, and soon to be born Citlali Aguilera; great-great grandchildren, Elias Alonzo, Kelani Alonzo-Nerney, and Lola Alonzo-Nerney.

To know Felice was to love her and she will be missed dearly.

A viewing for Felice will be held Sunday, May 4, 2025, from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM at Bill Eisenhour Funeral Home, 8805 NE 23rd Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73141.

A funeral service will occur Monday, May 5, 2025, from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 110 E Morningside Dr, Midwest City, OK 73110.

A burial will occur on Monday, May 5, 2025, from 3:30 PM to 3:45 PM at Arlington Memory Gardens, 3400 N Midwest Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73141.