OBITUARY – Alicia Ramirez

MISSION – Alicia Mendoza Ramirez, 68, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, at her home in Mission.

Mrs. Ramirez was born on April 19, 1950, in Diaz Ordaz, Mexico, to Alberto Sr. and Anita Mendoza. During her youth, she migrated with her family to work in the fields where she met her future husband, Juan Pablo Ramirez, in Hoopeston, Ill.

Survivors include her children, Alicia Beltran, Estela Guerrero and Leticia Flores; siblings, Alberto Mendoza Jr., Armando Mendoza, Amada Segovia, Anita Gonzalez and Aurelia Perez; and four grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents and a son, Daniel Ramirez.

A funeral mass was held on Jan. 10 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Mission. Burial followed at the San Jose Catholic Cemetery in Mission.

Pallbearers were Sebastian Guerrero, Israel Flores, Aaron Guerrero, Alexandria Tafolla, John Beltran, Armando Mendoza and Santos Camargo Jr.