Isabel M (Lucero) Cordova

Isabel M. Lucero sadly left us on March 13, 2023; she was born June 15, 1946, in Pueblo, Colorado. She graduated from Pueblo County High School. By the time Isabel graduated, she had a long list of skills learned from her mother like canning, sewing, needle point, hanging laundry on the clothes lines, and she even learned how to skin rabbits at an early age, when she wasn’t being terrorized by her 2 brother’s she was always bailing them out of trouble, all while trying to enjoy the special things like gardening, cooking, and baking her favorite was rum cake, she was very fashionable and creative when it came time to match her outfits with her jewelry. She worked as a CNA at Parkview Hospital her favorite unit was pediatrics and also worked at nursing homes caring for the elderly she loved her jobs, when she decided to try a different career, she worked at the Pueblo Chieftain newspaper and had tons of fun working with Connie, Rosie, and Yolanda. She was not afraid of hard work, and developed an interest in power tools it became one of her many hobbies, because she lived alone for so many years, she thought she would remodel her own house, so she asked her friend and neighbor Orlando to teach her how to use them. She even painted her house one summer with a spray-gun, she was so creative in all that she did. She enjoyed being with family and friends, especially during the holidays. Thanksgiving was her favorite of all holidays because it would bring people together, but spending time with her sister Mary was her greatest joy! Who she loved so much and even considered her as her second mom. Although Isabel only had one son named Bill, she always had the neighborhood kids over, especially on taco night because she was such a good cook and welcomed everyone to join them for dinner. She loved her furry friends, over the course of the years she rescued dozens of cats, in fact, she got a tattoo of one of her cats named Ms. Ann. Her most recent furry companion named Mia who she has shared the last 14 years with will be laid to rest with her, she also had dogs, birds, rabbits, and made sure to feed her neighbors baby goats through the fence with a baby bottle because she thought they were too skinny, she also fed the neighborhood squirrels to make sure they weren’t left out. Another one of her happiest memories growing up was spending time with the Trujillo family that lived across the street from her, when they got together as kids they would jump the fence to go to Roselawn cemetery to play as if they were in the park or to pick berries so black berry pies can be made. One time she was rolling down a hill and unexpectedly was stopped by hitting a headstone with her head imagine explaining to her parents the golf ball sized knot on her forehead! Her parents’ advice was “shake it off” she would tell people to feel the indent on her skull and swore she had a concussion. One thing this says about her, she was tough! She often spoke of her time vacationing and traveling, the most memorable moment of one vacation was when she went to California and ate at Sal Pacino’s restaurant in West Covina meeting the owner and father of Al Pacino. Although she lived in Pueblo her entire life her son Bill decided she needed to be closer to him and in March 2019 he told her “Pack your stuff I am moving you to Denver”, he would stop by to see her every day after work they were very close. her favorite pass time had become watching T.V. crime shows she would call it “working” to solve crime, she also worked in the Emergency room helping people and pets, although never collecting a paycheck for watching these types of shows it was her way of making a difference in the world, but she knew once Bill walked in while she was solving crime and working in the ER. He would take the remote away and watch something less dramatic! She was devastated when he passed away in 2021 and never healed from that pain. Isabel was a beautiful person inside and out we will miss her dearly.

Isabel M (Lucero) Cordova

June 15, 1946 - March 13, 2023