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On June 25, 2025, Alicia Borrego took her final breathe after a battle with illness. She was surrounded by members of family and friends who were there to support her on her new journey. Alicia was born June of 1944 in San Antonio, Texas to Phillip Borrego and Virginia Jasso. She grew up in Elmendorf and in San Antonio, Texas surrounded by several brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles and spent a great deal of time on her grandfather's farm. She attended Harlendale High School. Alicia was best known for her gentle spirit. She touched many people through out the duration of life, encouraging and lifting others. She had an amazing ability to give of herself and an abundance of unconditional love. She had a calm demeanor and a wonderful sense of humor. She knew how and and when to speak up for herself and was woman to be reckoned with. A wise soul, she was her own woman. Working hard to reach a goal was a natural trait for Alicia. She started her work life at a young age in the hot cotton fields picking along side her parents. She never gave up on anything. She retired from her work life at the age of seventy after devoting forty years of employment to the State of Michigan. She bought a home in Elkhart, Indiana where she spent her retirement years and then bought a home in Elmendorf, Texas as her final resting place. She was strong, bold, courageous and after many years of arduous work, successful. Alicia lived life to the fullest always keeping herself busy. She enjoyed spending time in her garden getting her hands in the dirt, growing plants, and talking to her trees. She would stroll or bike local trails with her kids and grandkids. And she especially loved fishing, often being the last one pulled off a boat or dock because she wanted one more cast. She was committed to her family attending many birthdays, graduations, births, and weddings. She played softball on a women’s league for many years and raised her daughters to do the same. Alicia volunteered as a mentor for troubled teens and was an outspoken advocate for migrant farmworkers. She loved music, dancing, being outdoors and animals. Alicia’s wish in life was to see all her kids raised to be happy, healthy and to outlive her-which she achieved. She also wished to one day return to her home state Texas to be near her family and the area she grew up. Which she also did. Alicia was married for 22 years to her former husband John Lopez, also of San Antonio, Texas. They moved to Benzie County, Michigan where they raised six children. She is preceded in death by her parents Philip Borrego and Virginia Jasso, sisters Isabel (Chavela) Borrego and Yolanda Borrego and brothers Sonny Borrego, Manuel Borrego, and Gabriel Borrego. Alicia is survived by her children Johnny Lopez, Alicia Rusch (Daniel Rusch), Michelle Lopez (George Shumate), Norma Kite (Jason Kite), Marisa Lopez and Fernando (Freddy) Lopez. Alicia is also survived by her grandchildren, Eleesa Bengsten, Martyn Harrison, Jordan Lopez, Caleb Lopez, Rebekah Golden, Rachel Donohue, Matthew Macomber, Mya Macomber, Devin Smithwick and Jacob Reed along with several great-grandchildren. Alicia was close to her sisters and could often be found on the porch sharing laughs and humor, exchanging recipes, and listening to music and dancing. She is survived by sisters Dahlia Aguero, Janie Barras, Gracie Hall, Stella Conavachelo. Two brothers George Borrego and Philip Borrego also survive her. Alicia passed on June 25, 2025, at Hospice the Abode of San Antonio. She will have a brief service and viewing on Sunday, June 29, 2025, from 1:30pm-5pm at Mission South Chapel, San Antonio, Texas. In lieu of flowers donations can be made in memory of Alicia Borrego to the National Arbor Foundation.

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Alicia Borrego

June 13, 1944 - June 25, 2025