Rebecca Mendoza

Rebecca Ela Lopez Mendoza of Waco passed away September 18, 2013 at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center. The family will receive visitors Friday, September 20 from 6 to 8 pm at Pecan Grove Funeral Home 3124 Robinson Dr. Waco, Tx. 76706. Services will be Saturday 21 at 1:00 PM at the funeral home.
She was a loving and caring wife, daughter, sister, mother and grandmother. On September 30, 1960, she married the love of her life Andrew Mendoza Jr. in Plainview, Texas. She had three sons Andy, Gilbert and Robert. She loved her flowers and plants. She enjoyed crocheting. Her grandchildren meant the world to her. She enjoyed living a simple life. Rebecca was born November 28, 1932 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas Mexico. She received her U.S. citizenship September, 1968. She came to United States at the age of 12 years old.
She was preceded in death by her parents; Arnulfo M. Lopez and Susana Lopez sisters; Anita Lopez Carter, Bertha Lopez Rogers.
She is survived by loving husband Andrew Mendoza Jr. of 52 years of marriage. They had three sons Andrew Mendoza III and son Elijah Rene’, Gilbert Mendoza and wife Cynthia V Mendoza daughters Giselle and Joanna, great-grandchildren Lexi Mendoza Garcia and Jesse Garcia Mendoza, Robert Mendoza and wife Donna sons Robbie, Jarrett, and Chris Pecina, great-grandchildren Rylie Mendoza. She is also survived by her sisters Ruth and husband Benny Mitchell, Noemi and husband Joe Cavazos, Rachel and husband Joe Camargo, Esther and husband Sone Monroe, Ofelia Lopez, Elizabeth Richardson, and one bother Arnold Lopez.