Maria Leonor Arellano Rodriguez was born on April 3, 1935 in Rancho Los Tovares in San Miguel Allende, Guanajuato Mexico, she passed away the morning of May 24, 2020 in Chicago, IL at the age of 85.

The majority of her life was lived in El Rancho Los Tovares, Mexico, where she helped her husband Jose Maximino Arellano tend to their lands and raise their 16 children; Luis, Ignacio, Consuelo, Imelda, David, Guadalupe, Camilo, Reyna, Juventino, Jorge, Auxilio, Gerardo, Lucia, Roman, Alejandra, Rodrigo.

Later settled her roots in Chicago with her family but she did travel back and forth from Chicago to Rancho Los Tovares. The last 8 years of her life was in Chicago tending to her husband and being surrounded by her children and cherished by her grandchildren; Azucena, Israel, Erika, Lupe, Andre, Oscar, Leonor, Leydi, Hannia, Alondra, Diana, Dulce Maria, Alfonso, Claudia, Junior, Ivan, Jonathan, Monica, Veronica, Evelyn, Jennifer, Christopher, Michael, Jackie, Daniel, Melissa, Janet, Albeto, Adrian, Alfredo, Cristian, Bryant, Katherine, Kassandra, Sergio, Gabriel, Jorge, Dennis, Ariana, Kevin, Ana, Stephanie, Enrique, Mario, Hilario, Sandra, Hugo, Jose Ignacio, Inette, Diana, Michelle, Steve, Luz, Maria Guadalupe, Beatrice, Mercedes, Martin, Santiago, Emmanuel, Diego, Vanessa, Alex, Carlos, Ricardo, Magali, Natalia, Alvaro, Eduardo, Carolina, Gabriel, Angel, Lili, Isabel, Jorge Jr, Yazaira, Isai, Mateo, Aaron, Amalia, Roman II, Juliana; and her great grandchildren; Xionelly, Quinatzi, Thiago, Zoe, Camila, Emilio, Adrian, Citlalli, Sebastian, Maya, Valeria, Julian, Fabian, Madeline, Eduardo, Alondra, Arely, Alan, Nicolas, Verania, Hilda, Zaira, Jaimes Arellano Clement, Oscar, Omar Franco, Luis Maximino, Zuleikha Izel, Leonardo, Angelica, Isaac, Santiago, Luca, Oriana, Said, Valentina, Victoria, Justin, Alexia, Anthony, Giovanni, Giselle, Alex, Gianna, Nathan, Aubrey, Anais, Ezra, Diego, Nathan, Jacob, Julian, Elijah, Calvin, Isaac and Thiago.

She was a woman of faith; church and rosary was a daily routine for her. She might not be an official saint but she sure was close. She was a woman that did not want to waste anything due to her poor upbringing. You would never catch her throwing away food and if the clothing had holes, she would get her needle and thread and sew them up. She was a person that didn't like to fight or have disagreements. More like the verse from the bible, Ephesians 4:32 "And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another just as GOD also forgave you in Christ." She will be solely missed but to every single one of us she will be remembered.

Her viewing will be held Wednesday May 27, 2020 and on Thursday May 28, 2020  she will be laid to rest next to her husband and reunited with her son Luis.