Misericordia Llanes Kyle

Misericordia Llanes Kyle was born March 06, 1938 in Dingras, Ilocos Norte, Philippines to Apollonia Valencia and Juan Llanes.  Misericordia (aka Cordy) passed away on May 28th, 2025 and was preceded in death by her husband Richard Hugo Kyle.  Cordy is survived by her daughter Karen Kyle, her son Robert Kyle and her oldest sister, Rebecca Duma.

Cordy was the youngest child of 6 children. As a little girl all the way up to adulthood, Cordy had experienced many challenges and heartaches. She grew up during the WWII Japanese occupation in the Philippines; both her mother and father died at the tender age of 6 years old and she survived early death of 4 siblings. Cordy met her husband, a WWII veteran, Richard Kyle in the Philippines after the war and married in Hong Kong and came to raise their children back in the United States, settling in Seattle, Washington.

In Seattle, Cordy was thriving, successfully earning a high-school equivalency exam and going to college to study as a nurse. She also volunteered regularly at the Veteran’s Hospital in Seattle. However life suddenly took a turn and she suffered the first of many nervous breakdowns from an unknown bi-polar condition which she battled much of her adult life.  Leaving and re-entering various long hospital stays was difficult for her and her family but as a family, they always stuck together and stayed close through everything. Thankfully for the past 35 years, she no longer had any more re-lapses and was able to enjoy life again uninterrupted by the illness.

Cordy was a devout Catholic and was a regular church attendee, primarily at Holy Family Church in West Seattle. She also loved to attend the senior luncheons at El Centro de la Raza in Beacon Hill where many of the other ladies spoke her native languages.  As a full-time homemaker, Cordy loved her two children very much and was quite involved in their lives into adulthood.  Cordy along with her husband Richard, loved cooking together, traveling, and playing and listening to classical music, however Cordy especially loved 50’s and 60’s music and loved to sing.

Very fond of cats, Cordy had helped raise and take care of many cats that her children brought home during her life.  She was very sad to have given away her last pet kitty:  “Baby” when she no longer could live by herself and moved into an adult family home in Des Moines, WA last year in 2024.   Another pastime she loved was watching game shows, still cooking dinner when her adult children came to visit her each week, and taking walks around the neighborhood.

She leaves behind heavy hearts and great memories of her very youthful spirit and her sweet smile; Cordy will be very missed.