Priscilla Eunice (Valdez) Aguirre, 82, of Denver, Colorado, passed away on October 22, 2025 at St. Anthony’s Hospital surrounded by the love of her family. Priscilla’s warm presence and laughter will be dearly missed by all her family and loved ones.
Priscilla, the oldest of six children, was born on January 19, 1943, in Monte Vista, Colorado, to Juan and Brenilda Valdez.
While attending Monte Vista High School she played the clarinet in the marching band and graduated in 1962. After graduating from Adams State College in 1967 with a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education, Priscilla worked as an elementary school teacher in both Socorro, New Mexico and Denver, Colorado for over 30 years retiring in 2004.
In her younger years, she worked at the A&W, JC Penney, and in the ticket booth in the Vali Theater and in the media center in college.
On February 15, 1969, she married Rueben Aguirre in Soccorro, New Mexico and they both taught at Garfield Elementary School.
They later moved to Denver, Colorado.
Priscilla was known for her love of people, scrapbooking, genealogy and reading. She enjoyed visiting with family and friends, working on crossword puzzles, jig-saw puzzles, and word searches; collecting stamps and coins. Priscilla also sang in the chorus of Canta Colorado at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church.
Priscilla enjoyed telling stories and making people laugh. She often made up her own songs and sang them to everyone’s delight and laughter. She especially enjoyed spending time and traveling with her grandchildren Jaidy, Benny and Elvie; her daughter Anna, son Eugene, and his wife Leticia.
Priscilla treasured family gatherings and holidays shared with her extended family.
Priscilla was a devout Catholic and regularly attended Mass until she was unable to do so, thus she started watching it on TV. She had a deep faith in God and she often said that God will always protect her and her family.
She also often reminded her family that God was everywhere. One of her favorite sayings of the Bible was that God does not abandon a widow and her children.
In her later years, she was blessed to be cared for with devotion and compassion by her daughter, Anna. Anna dedicated herself entirely to her mother’s care providing comfort, love, and companionship until her very last moment.
Survivors include her two children, Anna Aguirre and Eugene (Leticia) Aguirre, three grandchildren, Jaidy, Benny, and Elvie Aguirre all of Lakewood, Colorado; two brothers, Rudolph Valdez of Monte Vista, Colorado, and Samuel (Linda) Valdez of Alamosa, Colorado; one sister Marcella Chavez of Monte Vista, Colorado, one sister-in-law Eva Valdez of Lakewood, Colorado, close cousins Lucille Chacon of Lakewood, Colorado, and Frances Perea of Monte Vista, Colorado and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
Priscilla was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Rueben Aguirre, brother LeRoy Valdez, sister Matilda Valdez, brother-in-law Pete Chavez, sister-in-law Kathryn Valdez, and nephews Jerry Valdez and Giovanni Ortiz.