Eduardo “Eddie”

Deocampo Palisoc

Eduardo "Eddie" DeOcampo Palisoc, beloved husband, father figure "Tatay", grandfather "Lolo", Uncle, friend, servant of God, and faithful servant to his community, passed away peacefully on September 3, 2026, in Wichita Falls, Texas. He was born on October 17, 1939, in the Philippines to Emilio Palisoc Sr. and Potenciana DeOcampo.

A service will be held at the Henrietta Cowboy Church Cemetery on Sunday, September 20th at 1:30 pm, and a Celebration of Life will take place in the Philippines at a later date.

For 25 years, Eddie shared his life with his beloved wife, Belinda. Together, they built a life marked by faith, love, service, laughter, and an unwavering desire to be used by God to touch the lives of others.

Eddie retired from Siemens/Westinghouse, but retirement did not mean slowing down his purpose. After his retirement, he and Belinda returned to the Philippines, where they followed a vision God had placed on their hearts. There, they established the Cowboy Church of the Philippines and 100 Island Cowboy Christian Learning Center, serving children, families, and the surrounding community. What began with a vision became a mission: to touch lives, change lives, serve others, and show people how great God is.

But perhaps Eddie's greatest legacy was not a building or a school. It was the people whose lives he changed.

One special young lady, Alexis, remembers meeting Eddie in 1996, when she was only seven years old. She had grown up without a father, barely spoke English, and struggled to read—especially the Bible. Eddie and Belinda stepped into the spaces that were empty and became much more than people from church. They became family. Eddie became a grandfather figure, teaching her how to navigate life and, more importantly, teaching her about God.

He often told her, with his characteristic honesty and humor: "You're doing a good job, but you're doing it all wrong."

As a child, Alexis never understood what he meant. As an adult and a wife, she came to understand that even when we are doing our best and have good intentions, we still need guidance, correction, wisdom, and, above all, Jesus Christ.

That lesson stayed with her as it did with so many others.Eddie took joy in the people he loved. When Alexis traveled from the Philippines to Manila, then Dubai, and eventually to the United States, she always knew that when she returned home and attended church, Eddie would eventually take the microphone—often already in tears—and tell everyone how happy he was that she was home and how proud he was of the woman she had become.

Those moments reflected the heart of Eddie: he celebrated people. He invested in them. He prayed for them. He believed in them.

Eddie understood that ministry was not only what happened inside a church. It was how you treated people. It was how you loved your family. It was how you served your community. It was how you encouraged a child, corrected someone with love, celebrated someone's growth, and showed people through your own life what faith could look like.

Whenever people thanked Pastor Ed and Belinda for what they had done, they would often respond:

"We're just instruments of God in your life." Eddie said yes to being an instrument God could use.

His life was not perfect, and neither were the lives of those he loved. There were beautiful chapters and difficult ones, as there are in every life. But those who knew Eddie choose to remember that imperfections do not have the final word.

It is the goodness of God.

When we look at Eddie's life, we see the impact of a man who gave himself to God, to his wife, to his family, and to the people he was called to serve.

He leaves behind a legacy that cannot be measured simply by years lived or accomplishments recorded. His legacy lives in the people who still carry his lessons, his laughter, his faith, and his love.

To Belinda, he leaves 25 years of marriage, memories of dancing and laughter, a life of shared faith and service, and a mission that continues beyond him.

To his family and friends, he leaves countless stories.

To the children and families he served, he leaves a church, a school, and the example of a life dedicated to others.

And to the many people who called him Uncle Ed, he leaves something even more personal: the feeling of having been seen, loved, corrected, encouraged, and believed in.

There is comfort in knowing that you are finally home with the Jesus that you spent so much of your life telling others about.

Until we meet again.

To God be all the glory, great things He has done.