His nickname is Tweety
Born June 6, 1957
Died July 3, 2020
Urbano was with his wife Sheri for 30 years and they had 3 biological children Alexa, Zachary, and Jared. He was also a father figure to many, including Nakisha Perry and Joshua Hampton. He worked at the Excalibur Hotel & Casino for 29 years and was part of the Culinary Union for 46 years. Urbano recently retired in the summer of 2019. An avid lover of music, Steely Dan was his favorite band. Aside from his passion for music, he enjoyed golfing over the years and had a knack for fixing computers. One of his favorite things to say was that, "Machines really like me". Urbano loved to cook for his family and friends, it was his passion. He found cooking was a way to really relax. If he was having a bad day, he would go in the kitchen and start cooking and it calmed him down.
On March 9th of 2014 , his father Urbano Ornelas II passed away. Sadly, this year, on January 5th, his youngest sister Roberta Jean Runkle also passed.
He is survived by his adoring wife Sheri Ornelas, along with their children and their spouses- Alexa (Rafael), Zachary (Earl), and Jared. Along with his immediate family, he is survived by his mother Fannie Ornelas, as well as his siblings Jessie "Gogi" Cisco, Helen Beckstrom(Clayton), and Raymond Ornelas.
His services will be held at St. Christopher Catholic Church on July 13th at 11:30 a.m. Unfortunately capacity is limited to 50 attendees and has been reached.
If anyone would like to donate or send flowers, please reach out to Alexa on Facebook messenger. She can be found under "Alexa GO".
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