Anita Eloisa Cordova

October 18, 1943 - December 10, 2020

1943-2020 Anita Eloisa Cordova, age 77, passed away peacefully at home on December 10, 2020, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on October 18, 1943 in Belen, NM, where she was raised in a small house with 13 siblings. Anita met the love of her life in high school and they were married on February 11, 1961. They were inseparable from the beginning, always holding hands and enduring the smooth and rough patches together in a love that was rare and everlasting. Anita was a member of Our Lady of Belen Church, was married to Eusebio for 59 years. Together they had six children, eight grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. They traveled the world together always returning home to Los Chaves, where they lived in the same house since they wed. She was known as “my wife” not only to Eusebio but to family and friends. Anita was the glue that kept the family strongly bonded. She was the best wife, mother and grandmother, but more than that, a person who was always there for anyone and everyone. With a fresh pot of chile on the stove and food that was better than anyone’s, it was guaranteed that you would never leave the house with an empty stomach or heart. Anita was survived by her husband, Eusebio Cordova; children, Alice Robinson (Douglas), Carl Cordova (Lorena Gonzalez), Kenneth Cordova (Mellisa), Dorothy Cordova, Janet Cordova (John Lopez); grandchildren, Tomas Aldaz, Crystal Cordova, Ryan Cordova, Candice Cordova, Justin Cordova, Megan Cordova, Joshua Fisher, Amanda Fisher and Devin Robinson and seven great grandchildren; siblings, Pilar Willingham, Joe Sanchez, Joseph Sanchez, Albert Sanchez and Michael Sanchez. She is preceded in death by daughter, Sandra Cordova; parents, Nestor and Delfina Sanchez; siblings, Joann Sanchez, Rosendo Sanchez, Clorinda Chavez, Elena Chavez, Angela Olguin, Leroy Sanchez, Vicky Sanchez and Lawrence Sanchez. All services will be at Our Lady of Belen Catholic Church, arrangements through Romero Funeral Home. Please sign Anita’s online tribute at www.romerofuneralhomenm.com Romero Funeral Home, 609 N. Main St., Belen, NM