Nena was born in Uvalde, Texas 100 years ago on October 16, 1925. She passed away on November 25. 2025. She graduated from Fox Tech High School in San Antonio.  Nena Hernandez and Baltasar Ramirez were married January 25, 1948.

She received her Bachelor of Science Degree from Our Lady of The Lake College at the age of 38 as the mother of three young children in 1963. She received her Masters of Science Degree in counseling from OLLU in 1971. Nena was an educator all her professional life, she taught Spanish in middle school then high school in Uvalde, Texas.

After the family relocated to San Antonio in 1970, she worked at SAISD and then NISD as an elementary school counselor working her last assignment at Forest Hills Elementary. After retiring in 1987 she continued to tutor students at Forest Hills for an additional 22 years.

Nena was a woman of faith and integrity. She valued education and created two scholarships at SWTJC in Uvalde, Texas in honor of her mother Guadalupe Hernandez and her husband Baltasar L. Ramirez, for older students seeking to advance in their education. Nena was an inspiration to many and encouraged support staff and several of her friends to obtain their college degrees and several became teachers.

Nena was a fabulous cook and a world traveler. Nena traveled throughout Europe, Russia, Africa, the Far East, South America, Australia, the Holy Land, and throughout the United States. She would travel with several of her friends on tours and even went solo three times. Nena at the age of fifty, and her friend Ida backpacked in Europe for three weeks, sleeping on trains with only their AAA Tour books and an adventurous spirit to guide them.

Nena has many friends and several she considers family. She will truly be missed.

Nena was preceded in death by her parents, Guadalupe Valle Hernandez and Elias Hernandez; her husband Baltasar Luna Ramirez; and her siblings, Ignacio Hernandez, Santiago Hernandez, Ernesto Hernandez, Elias Hernandez and Aurora Gutierrez.

Nena is survived by her children. Margot (Bobby) Fernandez, Romelia (Raul) Elizondo, John B. Ramirez; four grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.

Visitation will begin on Wednesday, December 10th at 5:00pm with a Rosary to be recited at 7:00pm at the Angelus Chapel.  Funeral Mass will be offered on Thursday, December 11th at 8:45am at St. Luke's Catholic Church.  Interment will follow in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.