You have been the prayer warrior of the family.  I have been fortunate to have had you as my Mother in law these past 42years.  You have never failed us in your prayers or your  love.  I will miss you. love Hopie

What a privilege it was to be loved by you, grandma! I will miss our times together, both in my youth and adulthood. Thank you for being always being my cheerleader. You were always uplifting me in my accomplishments, no matter how  small.
I am so grateful you were still here to see me get married, and have Asher. I'm glad you got to see me happy before you left. 
I will cherish all of our times together. From summer swimming lessons, to getting Whoppers at Burger King after church on Sundays. My precious childhood memories, I will forever remember.
I'm going to be sad to visit Tucson, and not be able to see you, but I know we will be reunited someday! I love you Grams. Rest in Peace.

Today, March 21st, we celebrate the  life of a beautiful and great woman.  We have only the most wonderful memories of her at Maranatha Church of which she became the first member 40 years ago.  This year, Maranatha  is celebrating its 40th Anniversary which  is being referred to as our "40 years in the Desert" just like Moses and the Hebrews.  I don't think it's a coincidence that the Lord took Diana  during this very significant year.  She made it- she reached the land of Canaan!!  
She  was a treasurer for many years and also taught the Kindergarten class at Maranatha Academy, whIle I was a student there.   We called her Sister "Do" because of her initials on our school work.☺  I'll always remember her kindness toward me as I hung out with her daughter,  Lisa (a best buddy of mine).  Her life will always remain as an example of a fine, strong, virtuous woman.  We loved her dearly.  
Lilian Moreno-Serrano

Prayer to the family.
May Maria be dancing w/ God!

Mom,
We miss you so much!
You were a wonderful mother to us all, and a hard working mother too.
I feel so fortunate to have spent the last two years helping Lisa take care of you. You were like a mighty warrior, always marching forward, and claiming your healing, of which we know that God answered your prayer as He healed you of pancreatic cancer, but then right away, another cancer came on the scene, and God decided it was time to pluck His flower from the earth, and now you are gathered together with your loved ones that have gone on before. We will always have so many good memories of you with the family get-togethers, and we know we have a promise that we shall see you again in the sweet by and by. Until that time, we have such blessed memories, and we just thank God for letting you live as long as you did.
Your daughters-in-law and sons-in-law also learned to love you, and thank God for knowing you. 
You loved to read the Psalms, and knew many by memory, and you also loved your church and pastor, Bro. Moreno, and his wife, Linda, and would often hear their beautiful cd's of Gospel music while drifting off to sleep.
Though you were sick in body, your faith in God was made stronger by the trials of life, and you always praised God daily, knowing that the trials on this earth cannot be compared to the glory that God has in store for them that love Him.
The Lord also granted you the opportunity to travel to Jerusalem, and that too was a highlight of your blessed life. 
May God answer all your prayers that you had towards your children, and grand-children, and rest assured, it won't be long when we shall all meet again in heaven! Love you mom!From Georgia Cruz and family.

To Mom: I want to Thank You from the bottom of my heart for everthing you have done for me..You have been a mother to me after my mom went to be with the lord..with the love of the lord you filled that void and became my mother in Christ...you have taught me so many things serving the lord ..I loved to hear all the testimonys how God has used you..your ministry...you were my sister in the lord always guiding me in the right direction ..always giving the best advice ever dove tailing the bible..and how we would get together and pray for people and us and how the holy spirit would come down and give us a tremendous visitation that will ALWAYS stay in my heart forever..there is no words to express what I feel in my heart you are truly gona be missed but we will see you again one day soon..you are home in your mansion walking those streets of gold and praising God..I will not say good byes..I will see you soon in a twinkle of a eye and one of your favorite songs THE CANDLES HAVE BEEN LITE THE TABLE HAS BEEN SET JUST WAITING FOR YOU HIS CHOSEN ELECT...LOVE YOU ALWAYS YOUR DAUGHTER IN LAW  IRENE ORNELAS

my mama,how can i even start to write about the many wonderful things we have been through,thank you for showing me and all the kids to pray and thank GOD for all things ,you have been a strong soldier for God and your reward has now been handed to you.mom i remmember the times that you and your mom would get together and pray then you would have me play the guitar while you sang to the lord ,these things have been with me from youth and to this day it brought me joy to sing them with you  i will miss that  i so glad that God gave you to us for a mom your the best ever,you always gave your best, you spend 20 years visiting the prisons and the prisoners giving them what GOD has given you,mom you are so special you were a mom to others even to yours sisters, i know love has no bounderies mom i will miss you but what gives me conselation is that i know you are truely home and with your family, mom many memories you have left us we love you so much,israel will always remmember hs times with you you will always be his lunch buddy and irene will always remmember the wonderful times she had talking about the things of the LORD just a small drop of water in a ocean of memories       love you leo,israel and irene

my mama,how can even start to write about the many wonderful things we have been through,thank you for showing me and all the kids to pray and thank GOD for all things ,you have been a strong soldier for God and your reward has now been handed to you.mom i remmember the times that you and your mom would get together and pray then you would have me play the guitar while you sang to the lord ,these things have been with me from youth and to this day it brought me joy to sing them with you  i will miss that  i so glad that God gave you to us for a mom your the best ever,you always gave your best, you spend 20 years visiting the prisons and the prisoners giving them what GOD has given you,mom you are so special you were a mom to others even to yours sisters, i know love has no bounderies mom i will miss you but what gives me conselation is that i know you are truely home and with your family, mom many memories you have left us we love you so much,israel will always remmember hs times with you you will always be his lunch buddy and irene will always remmember the wonderful times she had talking about the things of the LORD just a small drop of water in a ocean of memories       love you leo,israel and irene

OBITUARY

Maria Diana Ornelas

July 7, 1934 – March 13, 2016

Funeraria del Angel South Lawn & South Lawn Cemetery

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