Carolyn June Belarde of Washington D.C. passed September 13, 2016 after a lengthy illness.
Please take time to remember her enduring legacy of love, generosity, hope, resilience and determination. We look to the sky from this day forward and see her in the soaring of eagles, feel her in the whisper of the winds, and hear her in the sweet song of the birds. She is free. Into paradise may the angels lead her.
Carolyn was the fourth child born to Steve and Nora Belarde on June 27, 1946. She was mother to seven children.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Miguel Martinez; her third born child Baby Gilbert Trujillo, her brothers Bernard, Steve, Thomas, Lawrence, and Mark; and her brother-in-law Eddie Santistevan.
She is survived in death by her children (Robbie Padilla, Vincent Duran (wife Susan), Marty Trujillo (wife Alethea), Sylvia Trujillo, Edna Stone (husband Daniel), and Melinda Duran); her grandchildren (Louis Salas (wife Jen), Miranda Herberger (husband Alan), Sarah Carter (husband Bret), Colleen Salas (partner Gary De Leon), Robert Salas (fiancé Natalie Benavidez), and Karl Trujillo}; her great grandchildren (Robert Jr., Elijah, Atticus, Genesis, Jayleen, Josleen, and Miranda’s soon to be born baby). She is also survived by her siblings Eva Sandoval (husband Gene), Anna Santistevan, Beverly Smith (husband Rick), Kathy Spicola (husband Joe), Martin Belarde (wife Veronica), Nora Belarde, Fred Belarde (wife Peggy), Angie Fuqua (husband Terry), and David Belarde and a large and loving number of nephews and nieces.
In life, Carolyn stood in as a loving mother to many individuals over her lifetime up until the very end and her spirit will also endure with those who cared so tenderly for her and who she viewed as her children.
Her family extends a heartfelt thank you to her extraordinary caregivers and the dedicated team of health care providers of the Medical House Call Program at MedStar Washington Hospital for their medical care and family support.
Services are Saturday, September 17, 2016, 10 am at 811 Cameron Street, Alexandria, Virginia.
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Colorado service celebrating her life will occur in the Spring of 2017
In lieu of flowers, please forward donations to:
House Call Program
c/o Washington Hospital Center
Office of Philanthropy, Attn: Mona Rashidi
110 Irving Street NW, East Bldg, Suite 1001,
Washington, DC 20010
Indicate on the check that funds are to be directed to the House Call Program
