Mamie Gayle English Cisneros, March 30, 1979 to September 29, 2021.
Mamie was unforgettable! She filled any room she was in. She had flair, style, courage and passion. The Mamie who we will remember was beautiful inside and out; she was light and laughter. She was a devoted friend, generous and kind. She loved her children fiercely. Her children, family, and friends loved her, too and will miss her for the rest of our lives.
Mamie was born in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and graduated high school in 1997. She didn’t particularly enjoy school, at least not the academic part, and upon graduation was ready and anxious to start living her ‘real’ life. She and a friend decided joining the military would give them the independence they sought, so she joined the Navy, retiring in 2016. Mamie achieved the rank of Petty Officer First Class as a Hospital Corpsman. Throughout her Navy years, her home base was the San Diego area, but she deployed to Kenya, Iraq, the South Pacific Islands, and served on the USS Carl Vinson.
Following Mamie’s retirement from the Navy she enjoyed time with her family and completed training in alternative medicine. She liked to cook, decorate, and shop. She had a gift for friendship and knew how to put on make-up while driving a car.
Mamie was preceded in death by her brother, Matthew English. She is survived by her children, Carlos Paredes, Elsie, Gus and Rocky Cisneros, husband Manuel Cisneros, her parents Dan and Cory English, sister Hannah Bernhard, brother Joel English, and numerous close friends, especially Andy and Melanie Paredes.