Priscilla Buenaventura Baltazar

Priscilla Buenaventura Baltazar passed away on December 13, 2021 in Grapevine, Texas. She was 86 years of age.

Visitation: 6 to 8 pm Sunday, December 19, 2021 at Lucas Funeral Home in Keller. Prayer of the Rosary: 12:30 pm Monday, December 20, 2021 at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Keller. Funeral Mass: 1:00 pm Monday, December 20, 2021 at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Keller. Click here to watch the recorded Funeral Mass.

Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family asks donations be made to Unbound, an international nonprofit that puts the needs of the marginalized and vulnerable first. They work with people of diverse faith across 19 countries to challenge poverty in new and innovative ways. Visit www.unbound.org for donations.

Priscilla was born on October 24, 1935 to Celestino Buenaventura and Justa del Rosario in Negros Oriental, Philippines. She attended the Southern Island School of Nursing in the Philippines, the Philippine Women’s University, as well as University of Illinois. Priscilla is a member of the Daughters of America, the American Nurses Association, and the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.

She loved ballroom dancing and traveling around the world with her husband, Fabio. She also spent much of her free time volunteering with her church to visit nursing homes and feed the homeless. Her volunteering was truly international as she also assisted with medical missions around the globe.

She is preceded in passing by her parents; her son, Stephen, her sisters, and her brothers.

Priscilla is survived by her husband of 57 years, Fabio; her daughters, Fanny and husband, Phil, Angie, Karen and husband, George, Toni and husband, Mark; and seven grandchildren – Olivia, Rachel, Michael, Emma, Nathan, Erika and Isaac.