Eileen Marie Hernand-Lynch
Eileen Marie Hernand-Lynch
Eileen Marie Hernand-Lynch
Eileen Marie Hernand-Lynch, 76, passed away on September 19, 2024, at Hospice Juntos Contra el Dolor in Guadalajara, Mexico, following cancer treatment after months of initial recovery.
Eileen was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Francis and Gwendolyn Lynch. She grew up in Northwest Missouri and attended Mount Alverno Academy for Girls in Maryville, Missouri. At 16, she moved to Mexico City to join the Eucharistic Missionaries of Saint Teresa, where she completed her novitiate. She later earned a Registered Nursing Diploma from the Mexican National Institute of Cardiology.
After a brief return to the United States, Eileen returned to Mexico, where she married Javier Hernand Curiel of Mexico City. Together, they started and managed a clothing manufacturing business. Over the years, the couple was involved in several business ventures, including spending several years in Southern California and time in Maryville, Mo., in the garment industry and nursing.
Eileen worked as a nurse in Mexico and the U.S., finding particular joy as a charge nurse at St. Francis Hospital, Maryville, and a nursing home in El Toro, California. For the past twenty years, she taught English as a foreign language. Eileen was a dedicated teacher offering personalized lessons using a unique method she developed. Her deep devotion to her faith earned her the affectionate title of being “more priestly” than many of her religious peers. She donated countless hours to charity and religious work, including at the Hospice Juntos Contra el Dolor.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Javier Hernand Curiel. She is survived by her son, Javier Juan Diego Hernand-Lynch, of Guadalajara; her brother, Dr. Brian Lynch, of Chicago, Illinois; and her sister, Julie, of Independence, Missouri.
In accordance with local customs, services are held within 24 hours of her passing.
Those wishing to send condolences may contact the family at [email protected] (Brian Lynch) and [email protected] (Julie Lynch)
