Alicia Fuentes

Our dear mother, Alicia Fuentes, was called to rest and passed in her sleep the morning of October 29, 2020 at the age of 90 years old. One of six siblings, she was born to Maria Hernandez and Lino Fuentes in McAllen, Texas on October 5, 1930.

Mom graduated from McAllen High School graduating as valedictorian. She worked at Woolworth and a dental office after high school. After getting married in McAllen, she moved with her family and three sons to Victoria, Texas before settling in Austin in 1967.

Mom worked for AISD as a community representative, for the State Comptroller's Office and at the State Capital as an assistant to Senator Judith Zaffirini. She also volunteered for St.Vincent De Paul and Catholic Ladies of Charity. Mom was a good mother who loved her sons and always prayed for their well being. Being a devout Catholic, she attended St. Louis Catholic Church and St. Mary Cathedral after moving to Austin.

She was ahead of her time in healthy eating and had many books on healthy living and positive thinking

and was a role-model for many of her nieces. She loved to dance and liked to listen to live music at Central Market Austin. Mom was a unique person and was independent minded, never going against her beliefs.

She is preceded in death by her parents; and her siblings, Manuel Fuentes, Benancio Fuentes, Baselina Fuentes, Antonio Fuentes and George Fuentes. She now joins them in eternal rest.

She is survived by her three sons, Alex F. Zapata and wife, Cathy, of Arlington, Texas, Aaron Zapata and wife, Lorrie, of Lago Vista, Texas, and Adrian Zapata of Austin, Texas; two grandsons, Nathan Zapata and Zachary Zapata and wife, Luz, of San Antonio, Texas; and great grand-daughter, Camila Zapata; as well as numerous nephews and nieces.

Mom will be missed, always loved and a part of us, as we are a part of her.