Ellen Cruz Onate Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

ELLEN CRUZ ONATE, AGE 45, PASSED AWAY ON NOVEMBER 20, 2014, AT HER HOME IN HARER HEIGHTS, TEXAS. BORN OCTOBER 11, 1969, AT DARNELL ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, FORT HOOD, TEXAS TO FRANK AND JOAN ONATE. ATTENDED SCHOOL IN KILLEEN ISD AND GRADUATED FROM KILLEEN HIGH SCHOOL 1990. PARTICIPATED IN SPECIAL OLYMPICS IN BOWLING, FIELD AND TRACK FROM 1978 THROUGH 1995. ATTEND LION’S CLUB CAMP IN KERRVILLE, TEXAS, FROM 1975 THRU 1985. VOLUNTEERED AT HAY BRANCH ELEM SCHOOL IN KILLEEN ISD. FROM 1990 TO PRESENT DAY. EMPLOYED AT THE CLEAR CREEK PX , FORT HOOD, TEXAS AS THEIR I.D. CHECKER AT THE SOUTH ENTRANCE FROM OCTOBER 23, 1995 TO PRESENT DAY. ELLEN INSPIRED MANY PEOPLE WITH HER ABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH SO MUCH DUE TO HER DISABILITY AND BEING CONFINED TO A WHEELCHAIR DUE TO A BIRTH DEFECT AT BIRTH. ELLEN WAS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY HER MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS, CARL AND NORA BENSON AND PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS JESUS AND CRUZ ONATE AND AUNTS AND UNCLES AND COUSINS FROM NEBRASKA. SURVIVORS INCLUDE PARENTS; JOAN AND FRANK ONATE, BROTHER JEFFREY AND NATALIE ONATE, SISTER SHARON AND BOBBY WEST, NIECE TAYLOR WEST, SISTER SUSAN AND GREG MAUZ. IN LIEU OF FLOWER PLEASE SEND DONATIONS TO TEXAS LIONS CAMP P O BOX 290247 KERRVILLE, TEXAS 78029 830.896.8500

Ellen Cruz Onate

October 11, 1969 - November 21, 2014