Maria de Jesus Garcia
Obituary
Maria de Jesus Garcia died on September 10, 2023, at her home in Pajaro, California. She was 101 years old.
Maria was born on January 1, 1922 in Nochistlan, Zacatecas, Mexico to Martina Quezada and Jose Toribio Garcia. Maria moved to Pajaro in 1956 and became a part of the community. She worked at the Watsonville Canning and Frozen Food Company for 29 years.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two husbands Lorenzo Elias (1944) and Valentin Garcia (1963), and her daughter Paula Correa (2014). She is survived by her grandsons Marc and Martin Correa, great-granddaughter Christina Herrera, and great-grandsons Bryant and Logan Correa.
A graveside service will be held at Pioneer Cemetery on Tuesday September 19, 2023 at 11 am. Mehl's Colonial Chapel was entrusted with the arrangements.
Published in The Pajaronian · September 13, 2023