Rebeca Alcazar Cordero

1928 - 2008

Rebeca Alcazar Cordero, 79, a resident of Merced County for 23 years passed away on January 17,
2008 at Alexander Cohen Hospice House in Hughson, California. Rebeca was born on January 21, 1928 at Los
Carricitos, Tumbiscatio, Michoacan, Mexico to the late Pedro and Donaciana (Cordero) Alcazar. Rebeca was a retired cannery worker of 10 years in an almond packing shed. She was very proud to have become a Mexican-American Citizen on July 17, 2006.
She was loved by her family and friends. We will always remember her stories she told, her laugh and the way she loved her children and grandchildren especially how she taught us right from wrong. What we will always remember most about her is the way she blessed her family through her spirit of goodness. She will be greatly missed.
Rebeca is survived by her children: Bertha Alvarez, Donaciano Montoya, Graciela Montoya, Carolina Montoya, David Montoya, Rebeca Montoya, Javier Montoya and Maricela Covarrubias. Also surviving are her three sisters, 20 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Public visitation will be held on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 from 2:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. with Recitation of the Holy Rosary to start at 7:00 p.m. at the chapel of Ivers & Alcorn Funeral Home located at 3050 Winton Way in Atwater. Mass of Christian burial is to be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church located at 330 Francis Street in Livingston with burial at Winton Cemetery District located at 7651 West Almond Avenue in Winton, California with Father Harvey Fonseca officiating all services.
All funeral arrangements are under the direction of Ivers & Alcorn Funeral Home in Atwater, California.