Alicia "Dolly" Garcia Valadez

Mrs. Alicia “Dolly” Garcia Valadez, 77, was welcomed to heaven by our Lord on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. 

Alicia was a loving person who lived her life devoted to her faith and family. She loved her garden, plants, and flowers. A devoted mother and grandmother, Alicia, treasured the time she spent with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, as she enjoyed cookouts, dancing and singing with them.

Sacrifice, love, and devotion are the hallmark of an extraordinary individual, and those virtues were certainly exemplified on the life Alicia lived.

Alicia will be remembered as a devoted bus monitor for Laredo Independent School District where she selflessly served the community with kindness and dedication for 15 years. 

She sacrificed so many things in her life in order to ensure that her family was well taken care of, without even complaining, because she did it out of love. Through her actions, she taught her family to put God first above all other things and treat others with kindness and respect. Her mother and Father’s legacy remained alive through the countless stories she proudly recounted with love and admiration to the new generations. 

Alicia was preceded in death by parents: Oscar Domingo Garcia and Alicia O. Garcia; and siblings, Oscar Domingo Garcia Jr., Gilda Garza.

Left to cherish her memory are her Beloved stepmother Antonia Garcia; children, Dereck (Linda) Soto, and Juan (Rebeca) Soto Jr grandchildren, Rebecca Renee Soto, Dereck Dean Soto Jr, Kimberly Ann Soto, Brandon Lee Soto, and Allan Luther Soto; great-grandchildren, Kendra Marie Gonzalez and Kendrick Matthew Gonzalez, Dereck Shakur Soto, Alizaye Rose Soto, and Allen Luther Soto Jr.; siblings, Dennis Dave Garcia, Brigitte Lynn Grant, Perry Jean Garcia, Barney Dean Garcia, Jacqueline Yvette Santos, Joel Garcia, Jeanette Garcia Paredes, Linda Lizette Agrahari, and Mayra Maritza Martinez. She is also survived by numerous nephews, nieces, cousins, and other loving relatives and friends. 

The family will be receiving condolences on Friday evening, September 13, 2024 from 5pm to 9pm at Joe Jackson Heights Funeral Chapel & Cremation Services, 719 Loring at Cortez.; where a Vigil for the Deceased and Rosary will commence at 7 p.m.

Funeral Services will be held on Saturday morning, September 14, 2024 departing at 7:40 a.m. from Joe Jackson Heights Funeral Chapels to Christ the King Catholic Church for a Mass of Christian Burial at 8am

Rite of Committal and Interment will follow at the family plot of the Calvary Catholic Cemetery. 

Pallbearers will be: Juan Soto Jr., Dereck Dean Soto, Rebecca Soto, Kimberly Soto, Joel Garcia, Allan Soto, Dennis Dave Garcia, and Dereck Dean Soto Jr.

The family would like to extend their most heartfelt gratitude to: Corpus Christi Medical Center, Doctor’s Regional Nursing Staff for their most compassionate care during her time of need.

You may express your condolences, share your favorite memories, and sign the guestbook online at: www.joejacksonfuneralchapels.com.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the care and direction of the funeral service professionals at Joe Jackson Heights Funeral Chapels & Cremation Services, 719 Loring at Cortez, Laredo, Texas 78040; (956)722-0001.