Adela L. Garza

Adela L. Garza, passed away peacefully at home, on July 23, 2025, at the age of 91. She was born in Brownsville, Texas to Octaviano and Manuela Loera on November 6, 1933, and grew up in Laureles, Texas.

Adela was married to Alberto Garza Sr. for 73 years. Together, they built Garza Farms, a producer of okra, squash, and many other crops and vegetables. Adela was a strong-willed woman whose determination helped lead to the success of Garza Farms. Adela was very active in the daily operations of the farm and would assist her husband Alberto by driving tractors, weighing vegetables, and even delivering crops to the packing sheds. She also managed all financial aspects of the farm. In addition to her work on the farm, she made the time to pick up all her grandchildren and their friends after school and take them to and from their extra-curricular activities. This brought her much joy. Mamo (as her grandchildren called her) was known to have a love for music and light up at the sound of mariachis.

During Adela’s free time, she enjoyed traveling to Las Vegas, Wendover, and Lake Charles, Louisiana to gamble and spend time with friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband Alberto Garza Sr., her son, Alberto Garza Jr and daughter in law Ruby Lee Garza; her parents Octaviano and Manuela Loera; her brothers, Raul, Graciano, Reymundo, Lucio, Rafael, and Pedro Loera; and her sisters Genoveva Loera Cisneros and Guadalupe Jaramillo.

Left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Mely Ybarbo (Johnny), Lydia De La Rosa (Oscar Sr.), Norma Longoria (Robert)(+), Anna Munoz (Ciro); grandchildren Oscar De La Rosa Jr. (Alicia), JD De La Rosa (Jovanna), Debra Flores (Joe), Val Longoria (Elvia), Erik Longoria, Alberto Garza III (Vivian), Laura Guerra (Fred), Krystal Lopez; 21 great-grandchildren; and 3 great-great grandchildren. She is also survived by her sisters Felipa Loera and Consuelo Torrez.

The family would like to thank her caretakers Guillermina Cardenas, Paula (Socorro) Torres, Yolanda Rodriguez, Egladelia Zamora, Carmen De La Fuente, and Diana Zuniga, as well as the Gentiva Hospice staff.

The Garza family will receive friends and relatives on Friday, July 25, 2025, from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Buck Ashcraft San Benito Funeral Home. A recitation of the Holy Rosary will begin at 7 o’clock Friday evening. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, July 26, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Benedict Catholic Church. Following the Mass Adela will be laid to rest at Mont Meta Memorial Park.

Honored to serve as pallbearers are JD De La Rosa, Oscar De La Rosa Jr., Erik Longoria, Val Longoria, Albert Garza III and Ciro Munoz.