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Nana Carrillo
AUSTIN, Texas - Nana Sue (Hargrave) Carrillo, 70, died June 5, 2023, in Houston.
Born in Manila, Philippines, while her father was stationed there as a United States Army signal officer, she spent her childhood in Eureka, California, and graduated from Eureka Senior High School.
After graduating from Sonoma State University where she studied psychology and art, Nana worked in the advertising department of Macy’s in San Francisco. It was there that she met her husband Rene Carrillo. They were married from 1977 until his death in 2018.
In 1978, Nana and her family relocated to the East Coast where they lived in Darien, Connecticut. In 1981, she and her family moved to Bluff Point, New York, and lived there for 25 years.
She graduated from Empire State College in 2003 with a Masters in social policy and worked in county government while she lived in Bluff Point, ultimately retiring as a deputy commissioner and Youth Bureau director for Yates County.
After retirement, she and her husband moved to Overland Park, Kansas, until 2015. She and Rene then moved to San Antonio, Texas, to be close to their children and grandchildren. She spent her final years in Austin, Texas.
Nana loved to paint natural scenes and landscapes using pastels and enjoyed traveling to exhibit her art during her retirement. She was affiliated with many art societies and has been featured in juried shows and exhibitions in the southwest since 2013. Some of her favorite pastel pieces can be viewed at nanacarrillo.com.
Nana was preceded in death by her parents Amos Walter Hargrave and Leta Colleen (Converse) Hargrave; and her husband Rene Carrillo.
Survivors include: her children Nino Carrillo and wife Susie, Pilar Taylor and husband Peter; grandchildren Taylor Carrillo, Avery Carrillo, Olivia Carrillo, Maya Taylor, Hugo Taylor; and her brother Amos Blynn Hargrave and wife Michele Bergman of Lawrence Kansas,.
A memorial service will be held at Saint Christopher’s Episcopal Church in Austin, Texas in the fall.