Maria del Refugio Renteria
Obituary
Maria del Refugio (Cuca) Renteria died on March 28 in Watsonville. She was 77.
Mrs. Renteria was born in San Isidro, Zacatecas, Mexico to Zacarias Chavez and Maria Muñoz on Aug. 23, 1944. She married the love of her life, Santiago Renteria, on Aug. 11, 1959, in Santa Rosa, Zacatecas, Mexico. She worked in the fields picking strawberries and other fruits. She also owned a strawberry farm and retail business for more than 40 years. She loved her husband, children, grandchildren, siblings, nephews/nieces, church and her wonderful friends.
Mrs. Renteria is preceded in death by her parents, her sister Lidia Ortega and her brother Guadalupe Chavez.
She is survived by her husband, her siblings; Socorro, Jesus, Joel and Guillermina, her children; Linda (Robert), Santiago (Olivia), Martha and Cris (Julia) and eight grandchildren.
Closed casket visitation will be on April 5 at 5pm with Rosary at 7pm at Ave Maria Memorial Chapel.
Funeral mass services will be held April 6 at 1pm at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Pajaro Valley Memorial Park. In honoring her wishes, there is no reception afterward.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the Carroll Family of Ave Maria Memorial Chapel.
Published in The Pajaronian · April 1, 2022