Maria Esperanza Moreida

​Alice, Texas ~ Maria “Espi” Moreida, went to the lord on May 11, 2023, at the age of 66. She was born on September 10, 1956, in Alice, Texas. Maria loved spending time with family and friends, she loved attending First Class adult day care center, she enjoyed playing chalupa, gambling at the casinos, and gardening. Maria was a loving wife mother, stepmother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend who will be deeply missed by all who knew her.

She is preceded in death by her husband Juan Moreida, her parents Cipriano and Maria Garcia, sister Angelita Chavarria, brother Joe Garcia.

She is survived by her two daughters Melissa (Ernie) Moreida Diaz, Yvette Moreida, two sons Noe (Dena) Moreida, Johnny Joe Moreida, one stepson Joel Ramirez, three sisters Dalia Garcia, Thelma Burch, and Lupita Garcia, one brother Mario Garcia, twenty-one grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, 4 loveable pet grandbabies, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Visitation will begin on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. with a Rosary to be recited at 10:00 a.m. at Mauro P. Garcia Funeral Home Chapel in Alice, Tx., Funeral Service will be conducted following the Rosary. Burial will follow at New Collins Cemetery.

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