Ramona Mireles Alvarez

Ramona is preceded in death by her mother, Maria Conception Rivera Garcia and father, Bartolo Mireles; her husband, Luis Tijerina Alvarez; daughter, Sylvia Alvarez Salgado; grandson's, Micheal Harwood and Jerry Lee Alvarez.

Left to cherish her beautiful memory are her children, Luis Alvarez Jr.(Janie), Robert Alvarez (Estella), Maria Luis Alvarez (Pete), Yolanda Alvarez, Yvonne Soliz (Roland) and Alfredo Alvarez; 17 grandchildren, Annette Rodriguez (Gerald), Ann Marie Mungia, Ronald Alvarez (Debbie), Priscilla Harvey, Roxanne Alvarez , Jorge Alvarez (Denise), Gilbert Carbajal, Melissa Salgado, Monique Soliz, Kristi Soliz(Rico), Roland Soliz Jr, Robert Alvarez Jr (Andrea), Ryan Alvarez, Robin Alvarez-Garza (Manuel), Arthur Alvarez (Heather), Anthony Alvarez, Lisa Montes; siblings, Jose Angel Garcia, Valentin Garcia (Eva), Maria Elena Silvas (Ignacio).

She had a beautiful family; seven children, seventeen grandchildren, thirty one great-grandchildren, thirty two great-great-grandchildren and two more due very soon.

She worked as a sales consultant for Avon for over 10 years. She had a heart of gold that was pure love for her family and friends. She was a wonderful mother, a remarkable grandmother, amazing great-grandmother, extraordinary great-great grandmother who was always there when we needed her. She also had three surviving siblings, many nieces, nephews, friends who loved her dearly.

Ramona lived as a devoted Catholic and was our family's prayer warrior and now our guardian angel. We are grateful for her support on laying the foundation in our faith and for her love on helping others. You can always count to receive a blessing from her each time we visited her.

She was a great cook, made everything from scratch and she kept our traditions alive for majority of her life. No matter what time you came to visit she would cook a hot meal. We are beyond thankful for her personal sacrifice without hesitation to help raise many of her grandchildren and great grandchildren with unconditional love in return. We all admired our Grandma Mona. She continued to encourage all of us throughout our lives.

She had as many old remedies to heal us when we were sick and had a strong passion for gardening and had the green thumb that gave life to all her plants. Her garden of paradise was with vibrant and colorful roses and favorite plant was hibiscus.

She loved music, she loved to sing especially when there were mariachi's performing. It brought so much happiness to her heart. To us she was the best blessing in the world.

There are many wonderful memories, her wisdom we gained and we will forever cherish and continue to honor her as the matriarch of the Alvarez family.

Family will be receiving friends and family at Funeraria Del Angel, 549 Cheyenne Street, Corpus Christi, from 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 with a Holy Rosary at 7:00 p.m. that evening.

A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 am on Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at Holy Family Catholic Church with a graveside service to follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Pallbearers for the services will be Roland Soliz Jr., Gerald Rodriguez Jr., Jacob Rodriguez, Justin Rodriguez, Randy Alvarez and Julian Urea. The Honorary Pallbearer for the services will be Maximilian Rodriguez.