Obituary for Silvia Maria Chiocco (Villela)
Silvia Maria Chiocco Villela, beloved spouse, dedicated mother, doting grandmother
and great-grandmother, age 70, a resident of El Paso, Texas, passed away Christmas
Day 2020 at Flowers Hospital.
A Funeral Mass will be held on Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at Saint Columba Catholic
Church with Father Jim Dane, Pastor, officiating and Glover Funeral Home directing. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Project Gabriel, 602 South Oregon Street, El Paso, Texas, 79901.
Silvia was born on August 7, 1950 to Dr. Hernan Villela and Rosa Hernandez in
Ocotepeque, Honduras. She graduated as a Primary School Teacher from “Instituto
Oficial Juventud Hondureña” in Honduras and from Troy University.
She dedicated her life to help others as a Dame of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, a
Director of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas and Director of Project Gabriel in El
Paso, Texas and Sacred Heart Parish. She served on the Board of Directors for Villa
Maria, a center for homeless women. She continued to help her U.S. Embassy family
and the poor as a Family Liaison Officer with the U.S. Department of State and with the
U.S. Agency of International Development.
She is preceded in death by her Father.
Survivors include her husband, Ralph Dominick Chiocco; a son, Ralph Dominick
Chiocco, Jr. (Annabella) of Seattle, Washington; two daughters, Grace Patricia Chiocco
Pérez (Stephen) of Collierville, Tennessee and Cecilia Maria Mathews Chiocco (Toby)
of Dothan; a brother, Dr. Roldán Villela; three sisters, Eva Maria Villela, Maria del
Carmen Harstaad Villela, Inés Zelaya Villela; eight grandchildren; two great-
grandchildren; and, several nieces and nephews.
Serving as active pallbearers will be Ralph Chiocco, Ralph Chiocco, Jr., Toby Mathews,
Nicholas Cedotal, Thomas Simpson, and Giovanni Divine.
Glover Funeral Home of Dothan has been entrusted with the arrangements. (334) 699-3888. Please sign the guestbook online at www.gloverfuneral.com
and great-grandmother, age 70, a resident of El Paso, Texas, passed away Christmas
Day 2020 at Flowers Hospital.
A Funeral Mass will be held on Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at Saint Columba Catholic
Church with Father Jim Dane, Pastor, officiating and Glover Funeral Home directing. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Project Gabriel, 602 South Oregon Street, El Paso, Texas, 79901.
Silvia was born on August 7, 1950 to Dr. Hernan Villela and Rosa Hernandez in
Ocotepeque, Honduras. She graduated as a Primary School Teacher from “Instituto
Oficial Juventud Hondureña” in Honduras and from Troy University.
She dedicated her life to help others as a Dame of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, a
Director of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas and Director of Project Gabriel in El
Paso, Texas and Sacred Heart Parish. She served on the Board of Directors for Villa
Maria, a center for homeless women. She continued to help her U.S. Embassy family
and the poor as a Family Liaison Officer with the U.S. Department of State and with the
U.S. Agency of International Development.
She is preceded in death by her Father.
Survivors include her husband, Ralph Dominick Chiocco; a son, Ralph Dominick
Chiocco, Jr. (Annabella) of Seattle, Washington; two daughters, Grace Patricia Chiocco
Pérez (Stephen) of Collierville, Tennessee and Cecilia Maria Mathews Chiocco (Toby)
of Dothan; a brother, Dr. Roldán Villela; three sisters, Eva Maria Villela, Maria del
Carmen Harstaad Villela, Inés Zelaya Villela; eight grandchildren; two great-
grandchildren; and, several nieces and nephews.
Serving as active pallbearers will be Ralph Chiocco, Ralph Chiocco, Jr., Toby Mathews,
Nicholas Cedotal, Thomas Simpson, and Giovanni Divine.
Glover Funeral Home of Dothan has been entrusted with the arrangements. (334) 699-3888. Please sign the guestbook online at www.gloverfuneral.com