Julia Mancha Montoya

Julieta (Julia) Mancha Montoya, age 79, passed away on May 15, 2016 in Austin. She was born on June 1, 1936 in Kerrville, Texas to Humberto and Gregoria (Lumbrese) Mancha. She attended Lanier High School in San Antonio.

She enjoyed new adventures, reading detective books, wearing the latest styles and eating good food. She attended the Promiseland Church. She worked and retired from the State of Texas in the DARS department as a clerical assistant. While working there she met her best friend, Bonnie Anderson.

Julia is preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Umberto Mancha. Those left behind to cherish her memory are her five children, son, Adolph and wife Paula Montoya, son Robert Ronald and wife Kimberly Teralyn Montoya, daughter, Linda and husband Lupe Moreno, son Roger and wife Pamela Montoya, and son, Mark and wife Lucille Montoya; her grandchildren, Anthony, Farrah, Johnathan, Josiah, Judea, Jedidah, Yvonne, Pola, Ezekiel, Elijah, Elihu, Kalei, Ephraim, and Deborah; great-grandchildren, Emilio, Selena, Antonio, Isebella, Jaylynn, Audrey, Brayden, Cayden, Jayden, Neesa, Aaron, Nattharika, Isabella, Daniella, Jordan, Isah, Ilisa, and Ivan; and her sisters, Elizabeth Phillips and Henrietta Stewart.

A Tribute to Julia from her family:

I knelt to pray but not for long, I had too much to do.

I had to hurry and get to work, for bills would soon be due.

So I knelt and said a hurried prayer, and jumped up off my knees.

My Christian duty was now done, my soul could rest at ease…

All day long I had no time to spread a word of cheer,

No time to speak of Christ to friends,

They’d laugh at me I’d fear.

No time, no time, too much to do, that was my constant cry,

No time to give to souls in need, but at last the time, the time to die.

I went before the Lord, I came, I stood with downcast eyes.

For in his hands God held a book; it was the book of life.

God looked into his book and said

“Your name I cannot find ~ I once was going to write it down…

but never found the time.”

Now do you have the time to pass it on?

Julia was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She will always be in our hearts.