Guadalupe Adelaida Zamora

Guadalupe Adelaida Zamora "Adelita or Adele" was born during the height of WW2 on May 29,1944. A cradle catholic, she spent her young childhood in Matamoros surrounded by the comfort, security and safety of family, where she wanted for nothing. Once she and her two younger sisters were of age my grandmother brought them back to Brownsville, Texas to attend school. Predominately having spoken spanish to that point and already determined, my mother learned english from listening to Rock and Roll. Her favorite phrases becoming, "Yes, you can" and "Where there's a will, there's a way." Always motivating others, she was an unstoppable force. There was no obstacle she couldn't overcome. She was a quick study and a go getter. She was also a singer, she started singing in public by middle school and even won 1st place in a contest. She was an honor student as well. Being a hard worker, she worked the majority of her middle and high school years not out of obligation, but simply because she could and she wanted to. She loved doing things her way. After she graduated high school, she continued working, sometimes spending the summers with my grandfather in the California fruit fields. She met my father in her 20s while they both worked in a furniture assembly store in Houston. He won her affections on their first date despite her bringing a friend along to make sure there was no funny business. Being irresistible as she was, my father married her 6 months later in a Catholic Church in Brownsville as she wanted. When we were children, she always spoke of her days of visiting her family's ranch every Easter and Christmas. She spoke of her love of the ranch lifestyle. Still instead of getting lost in the memories of her youth she always pushed forward, she focused on being a woman of action. She could do anything. She raised three children effortlessly. As a homemaker she always kept a beautiful home, she baked, cooked, gardened, she was a seamstress, a remodeler, once while very pregnant using a chainsaw to cut a doorway. She worked at a bank as an accounting clerk for many years. She volunteered at Church, she taught english speaking classes to immigrants and helped them to study to get their citizenships. She often cared for other people's children, sometimes donating toys and clothes. She opened her home to anyone who needed it. She attended mass every Sunday. She was a woman we will always remember as our daily inspiration to try harder and be better people. There was a time that her body could no longer keep up with her, she kept going on anyway. She started writing letters and sending cards to her loved ones. It was her favorite thing to do along with taking photographs of every moment of our lives, as if she could never get enough of us. When she could no longer go to mass, she watched it on the religious channel daily. She continued having faith with every passing day even as her body did not cooperate. She loved God above anything else. God, her children, her "honey", her friends, her garden and her cards and her letters. Toward the end, it seemed that even without sight, or hearing, or the ability to walk, she somehow maintained her inner light and her faith. An incredible inspiration to us all. She passed away on a Wednesday afternoon, June 3, 2020, after a long battle and with her she took her undying faith and all the love in our hearts. She leaves behind her loving and devoted husband Carlos Zamora, her eldest daughter Diana Zamora, her granddaughter Cadence Garcia, her daughter Liliana Zamora, grandson Aidan Dausey and son in law Bill Nygren, her youngest daughter Mariana Zamora Sulas, grandson Charles Zamora and son in law Travis Sulas, and sister Judith Araiza. Although she is reuniting with many loved ones who have already crossed over she leaves behind a trail of broken hearts as well.