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Adelina T. Zepeda, 78, died Tuesday, February 27, 2024 in Adkins, TX. Adelina was born at home in Fairview, Texas, on a hot afternoon on July 25, 1945, to her parents Severiano and Teresa Farias Tejeda. Her Tia Genoveva Tejeda helped deliver her into this world. As a young girl, Adelina first learned Spanish until she attended the one-room local school in Graytown, Texas, where she learned English. Her best playmate was her lifelong best friend and sister Angie. It is important to note that Adelina was wicked fast with jacks. After graduating Floresville High School, she moved to San Antonio, Texas, to live with her big sister and brother-in-law Maria and Juan Mermeia. There, she worked at a loan finance company, and on the weekends, she loved to attend local dances with her sister and brother-in-law as chaperones. It was at one of these dances that Adelina met her future husband Raymond Zepeda, Sr. Their first date was after Adelina’s work shift one evening, when he met her outside the loan company to walk her to the bus stop a few steps away. They eventually married on October 11, 1966, and enjoyed a cake and hot chocolate reception provided by Adelina’s Tia Jesusa Benitez. After a short stint in Massachusetts while Raymond served in the army, they relocated to San Antonio before eventually moving to Stockdale, Texas, in 1973, to grow their family. In Stockdale, they became community leaders, supporting the local public schools and serving in numerous ways with their local parish St. Mary’s Catholic Church. They were married for 37 years, until Raymond’s passing on June 18, 2004. Adelina was a nurturer and compassionate mother and grandmother. She devoted her life to creating a home that was welcoming and loving not only for her small family of four, but also for her larger extended family. She was a master baker—her forte being pecan pie—but she was also an excellent cook. She loved nature—red cardinals, hummingbirds, roses, sunsets, full moons, rainstorms, ocean waves, ocean sand. But not frogs, definitely not snakes, or cats that made her trip or perros mugrosos. She loved needlework and sewing. She loved the piano and chair yoga and eating healthy. She especially loved taking notes—about how to remove stains, how to fertilize orchids, how she spent the morning. She was one to be busy because she loved doing so many things. Adelina spent her life nurturing her two children Raymond and Melinda, and then later, when her children had their children, she nurtured them: Marisol, Diego, Jalietza, and Jamila. For the grandchildren, there was no lunch that could not be delivered, no forgotten uniform that would be missed, no game or practice or appointment or recital or school program that she would not attend. She did it all first for her own children and then for theirs. What a blessing and joy she has been to her family! We are grateful for all the trips to South Padre Island, the time we spent playing games and celebrating holidays, the birthdays we shared together, and the endless phone calls and text messages daily, multiple times, our Mom-Mama-Grannie-Gru shared with us. While we grieve her loss immensely, we know that her spirit lives in us. Adelina T. Zepeda was preceded in death by her parents Severiano and Teresa Tejeda, her husband Raymond Zepeda, Sr., and their first child, Monica Zepeda. She is survived by her son Raymond Zepeda, Jr., her daughter-in law Lori Quintanilla, and her grandchildren Jalietza and Jamila; her daughter Melinda Zepeda and her grandchildren Marisol and Diego; her sister Angie T. Luna and brother-in-law Adolfo Luna, her sister Maria Mermeia, and numerous nieces, nephews, and friends. A funeral mass will be held Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at 11:00 AM at St. Benedicts Catholic Church 4535 Lord Rd. San Antonio, TX. Interment will follow at San Jose Burial Park, 8235 Mission Rd. San Antonio, TX. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Food for the Poor, one of the charities Adelina long supported.

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Adelina Tejeda Zepeda

July 25, 1945 - February 27, 2024