Maria Cleofas Segovia Meza

1929 - 2018

Maria Cleofas Segovia Meza obituary, 1929-2018

Maria Cleofas Segovia Meza

1929 - 2018

BORN

1929

DIED

2018

Maria Meza Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Sep. 14, 2018.
Maria Cleofas Segovia Meza, age 88, passed away on September 13, 2018. She was born on September 25, 1929 in Falfurrias, Texas to Alejandro and Amada Zapata. Maria was the wife of a WWII Veteran, married for 25 years.

Maria is preceded in death by her parents and son, Joseph Meza, who passed away in May 1980.

She is survived by her two siblings, Manuela Segovia Villarreal from Corpus Christi, Texas and Jacinto Segovia from San Jose, California; children, Concepcion Macias (4 children), Walter Meza (2 Children), Maria Elena Meza (4 children), Frances Sanchez (4 children), Edward Meza (3 children), and Francisco Meza (1 child); 18 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, and 3 great-great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, September 20, 2018 at Memory Gardens Funeral Home from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. with a Holy Rosary to be held at 7:00 p.m. that same evening. Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Friday, September 21, 2018 at Holy Family Catholic Church at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery.

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