Perlita Ligaya Vidad Raquel's Obituary
What a beautiful summer! Everything shimmering and golden and all that incredible bright light. Mom and Daddy have spent the last 25 years here, and even though they’ve lived in the city, this is their dream home. Last week Daddy promised Mom to get her out of the hospital and come home to Wahiawa. And they made it! My mother was a beautiful and intelligent lady and spent her last days here being surrounded by her children and grand-children. She died on early Sunday morning in the loving embrace of her youngest son. Mom was a queen and a fighter. Her strength and love for her family and the beauty in the world have touched many people with the incredible joy she felt for life. Long live the beauty that comes down and through and onto all of us.
Mrs. Perlita Ligaya Vidad Raquel, of Waialua, Hawaii, born on October 17, 1949 in Vintar, Ilocos Norte, Philippines, to the late Severina Vidad and the late Remigio Vidad, passed away at age 68 on August 19, 2018 in Wahiawa, Hawaii. She attended Leeward Community College and Waialua High School. She was in the Health and Human Services industry as the Care Home Administrator of the Raquel Care Home. Perlita was the loving wife of Loreto Reyes Raquel. She is survived by her sons, Loreto R. Raquel, Jr. and Don V. Raquel; daughters, Gwendolyn Kerry Raquel and Laverne Raquel-Arucan; brothers, Rolando Vidad, Porfirio Rayne Vidad, Remigio Vidad, Jr., Edward Vidad, and Dennis Vidad; sisters, Pilar Ballungay and Janet Vidad Coelho; and grandchildren, Gabriella K. Raquel-Little, Kayla Arucan, Nicole Arucan, Branden Raquel, Dillon Raquel, Austin Raquel, Cody Raquel, Colt Raquel, Angelei Raquel, and Ramzie Raquel. She was a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church. Services will be held at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church on Tuesday, September 18, 2018 Visitation: 10 am Mass: 11 am Burial: 1 pm Valley of the Temples.
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