Leonila Tapia Reyes
Obituary
Leonila Tapia Reyes died on June 14. She was 73.
Mrs. Tapia Reyes was born on Sept. 30, 1948 in Michoacán, Mexico to Jesus Tapia Tellez and Maria Trinidad Juarez Tapia. She relocated in the 1980s to Pajaro, where she and her husband of 50 years Juvenal Reyes purchased their first home. In 1994, they moved to Portola Heights in Watsonville.
Mrs. Tapia Reyes worked in agriculture for Reiter Berry Farms until 1999. During the pandemic, she worked for Del Mar Frozen Foods Cannery. She liked to knit, crochet and connect with her friends. She would cook and clean, to help people. People remember her as a friend who was always willing to listen and give advice. Mrs. Tapia Reyes was active, dependable, a hard worker and was known as a "warrior."
She is preceded in death by her parents and five siblings and is survived by five siblings, her children; Marina Zarate, Martin and Jorge Reyes, four grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
A visitation was held on June 20 at Mehl's Colonial Chapel, followed by a Rosary. Mass was held at St. Patrick's on June 21. Burial took place at Valley Public Cemetery.
Published in The Pajaronian · June 24, 2022