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Raul Portillo Obituary
October 18, 1929 â€" March 3, 2022
Raul (Ruly) Portillo was a Navy veteran, devout Catholic, and friend. Most importantly, he was a devoted husband and family man. Born in El Paso, Texas to Raul and Guadalupe Portillo, he was the eldest of 7. After graduating from high school, Ruly served our country during the Korean conflict. He returned, graduated from Texas Western College (now the University of Texas, El Paso) and married his true love Enriqueta (Keta) Rodarte on December 11, 1954. They grew a devoted family of four children: Charlotte, Raoul, Martin, and Gabriel, and moved to Albuquerque, NM in 1975. Their children found true loves of their own (Fernando, Christine, Sharon, and Janice), and blessed "Grandpa Ruly" with 10 grandchildren (Stephanie, Gilbert, Anna, Katrina, Elyse, Veronica, Kaylee, Alejandro, Amanda, and Ashley) and 18 great-grandchildren. In addition to immediate family, he is also survived by two brothers (Andres and Juan Portillo) and one sister (Lupe Carcerano), a devoted sister-in-law (Celmira Narvaez), and many loving nephews, nieces, and lifelong friends from New Mexico, Texas, California and beyond who are sorry to bid him adios.
A rosary service will be held at FRENCH-Wyoming on March 24th at 5:00 pm. A funeral mass will be held at Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church on March 25th at 1:00 pm.
The family encourages you to wear a mask if you have not been fully vaccinated. If you are
experiencing Covid-like
symptoms, please do not
attend due to the number of elderly and children who could be exposed.
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