Felicitas “Fely/Sammy” Maghirang Villanueva, of Pensacola, FL passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at age 82 after a brief illness.

Born October 30, 1943, in the City of San Pablo, Philippines. Felicitas was the oldest of five children of Leocadio and Zayda Maghirang. Fely was a straight A student and earned her nursing degree from University Nueva Caceres in Naga in 1962. She immigrated to the United States in 1966 and began working at Grant Hospital in Chicago where she met her husband, Leopoldo Villanueva, and married him on November 25, 1967. The couple had five children.

In 1976 they moved to Pensacola, where her husband joined a family practice and they raised their children. Fely started working again as a registered nurse at West Florida Hospital. She also worked as a childcare provider at For Kids Only. Eventually, she worked with her husband at his private practice for two decades.

Fely was a long-time member of St. Paul Catholic Church and a supporter of the Filipino-American Association of Pensacola. She was an avid bowler and bowled in the Church bowling league for many years. She prayed the rosary every day and was a devout Catholic. She loved playing mahjong with her close friends.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Leocadio and Zayda; her brother, Josilito; her sister, Ruby; her son, Leopoldo, Jr.; and her husband, Leopoldo.

Fely leaves behind her children, John Paul (Kimberly), Michael, Mark, and Raela; her grandchildren, John Paul H, Oliver (Christian) and Leopoldo (Aaron); her sister, Reyna and her brother, Daniel; as well as many nieces and nephews in the Philippines.

A visitation will be held from 5:00pm - 7:00pm Thursday, October 22, 2026, at Harper-Morris Memorial Chapel. A rosary will be prayed at 10:30am prior to the Funeral Mass that begins at 11:00am Friday, October 23, 2026, at St. Paul Catholic Church, Pensacola, FL. Interment will follow at Bayview Memorial Park.

Pallbearers will be her sons and grandsons.