Alicia G. Parra was born December 11, 1933 in Mexico and passed away at her home on June 25, 2020 her husband, Juan C. Parra was born December 21, 1933 in Mexico and passed away on Saturday, July 11, 2020. They were blessed to experience 63 years of marriage.
Juan and Alicia are survived by their children & spouses: Carlos & Maria Parra, Jose & Lupe Parra, Norma & Martin Lopez, Martha & Ken Garcia, daughter-in-law, Irma Parra.
Grandchildren & Spouses: Veronica & Miguel Angel Morales, Sylvia Parra, Elizabeth & Gustavo Zapata, Esmeralda & Michael Madrazo, Andrea & Kristian Marquez, Araceli Lopez, Roland & Alier Parra, Albert Parra, Cynthia Parra, Martin Lopez Jr, Jesse & Lupita Parra, Alice & Oscar Gomez, Lourdes Lopez, Lauren Garcia, Kenneth N. Garcia.
Great Grandchildren: Esteban & Evelyn Zapata; Emily, Abigail & Andrew Marquez; Alani & Julian Jose Gomez; Valerie, Miguel Angel Jr. & Jonathan Ray Morales; Angelina & Adrian Parra; Benjamin Parra; Lawrence & Jacob Martinez; Jiselle, Roland Jr. & Joel Parra; Mikey, Yadier, Giovanni & Giancarlo Madrazo
Alicia is also survived by her siblings: Ignacio Garcia, Maria Garcia Vasquez.
Juan is also survived by his 2 brothers, Arturo Parra and Gregorio Parra.
Alicia is preceded in death by parents, Valentin Garcia & Francisca Gutierrez Garcia, son, Mario Parra, and sisters and brothers.
Juan is preceded in death by his parents, Fermin Parra and Francisca Castaneda Parra along with several brothers and sisters.
Serving as pallbearers are Carlos and Jose Parra, Ken Garcia, Roland Parra, Martin Lopez Jr., Michael Madrazo, Albert Parra, Jesse Parra along with Kristian Marquez, Miguel Angel Morales, Gustavo Zapata, Horacio Martinez, Oscar Gomez, and Kenneth N. Garcia.
Alicia and Juan both enjoyed being surrounded by family and friends.
They volunteered at All Saints Catholic Church for over 30 years as ushers and eucharist ministers.
Alicia loved to gather, host and join in fellowship especially with friends and church members. She was passionately involved and engaged in ministerial and worship activities. She was a teacher in the Catholic Christian Education (CCE) program. She also enjoyed gardening and cooking. She maintained a very beautiful, generous, and humble lifestyle.
Juan held a deep appreciation for music. He enjoyed playing the musical instruments Guiro, wood claves, and maracas. His leisure activities included reading the newspaper and Spanish western novels. He also enjoyed completing crossword and word search puzzles. He was an avid baseball fan. His favorite team was the Houston Astros never he missed watching a game. He liked playing dominoes and billiards with friends and family. You could always count on Juan having sweet treats such as hard candies in his pocket for all to savor. He had a great sense of humor, was very playful and witty.
Alicia and Juan will be greatly missed by everyone that knew them and loved them.
