Alejandra Hernandez Diaz, 87 of Waco passed away surrounded by her family Monday, August 27, 2018.
Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 29 at Pecan Grove Funeral Home Chapel with Rosary at 7:00 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10:00 a.m. Thursday, August 30 at St. Joseph Catholic Church Bellmead the Rev. Albert Ruiz officiating. Burial will follow at Mart Cemetery.
Mrs. Diaz was born August 10, 1931 in Seguin, TX. She married Cirilo Ortiz Diaz in 1945. She was a homemaker whose greatest love was her children. She loved to sew and make curtains, aprons, pillowcases, etc which she would give to her loved ones. She also loved to bake her “pan del rancho” which also was given to anyone who asked for it. “Grandma loved to tend to her chickens, plants, and flower garden.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years Cirilo, their son Cirilo Jr., sister Antonia and her husband Fortunato Diaz, and brother in-law Rumaldo Diaz, two nephews, John and German Diaz, and granddaughter Christina Diaz.
She leaves to cherish her memory her children: Lupe Diaz and wife Virginia, Carmen Ruby and husband Scott, Robert Diaz and wife Mary, Domingo Diaz and wife Ruth, Jesse Diaz and wife Debbie, Candido Diaz and wife Pam, Elonore Bishop and husband Mike, Tina Chavez and husband Martin, Felix Diaz, Teresa Morales and husband Arturo, Alexandra Jones and husband Rob, nephew Candelario Diaz and wife Debbie, niece Ann Maldonado and husband Domingo, niece Stacy Diaz, as well as 26 grandchildren, 59 great grandchildren, and 6 great, great grandchildren plus many great nieces and great nephews.