Maria Patricia Juarez passed away on February 24, 2018 at the age of ninety-five. Maria lived most of her life in Laredo, Texas. She was born on March 17, 1922 in San Antonio, Texas and grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas. She married Eduardo Buena Juarez in Corpus Christi in 1936, moved to Laredo in 1943 when her husband was transferred by the Texas Mexican Railroad as telegraph operator. In 1976, Maria became a small business owner opening Mari’s Wholesale an artificial flower shop in Laredo. She later worked for Laredo Independent School District as food services ticket clerk at Nixon High School Annex and Buenos Aires Elementary School for seventeen years. Maria was a kind and gentle person with a curious mind and creative soul. She loved reading, music, and was a great story teller. She is survived by her four children Eduardo Donaldo Juarez, Velia Vilma Flores and her husband Juan Flores, Clemente Xavier Juarez and his wife Adela S. Juarez, and Juan Hugo Juarez and his late wife Julia A. Juarez. She is preceded in death by her first child Eduardo Buena Ventura Juarez Jr. in 1937 and her husband Eduardo Buena Juarez in 1970. Maria is also survived by a large extended family including grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Friday, March 2, 2018. The family invites everyone to join them in the celebration of Mass at San Luis Rey Church, 3502 Sanders Ave., at 10:15 am. Interment will follow immediately after mass to the Calvary Catholic Cemetery.

Funeral service arrangements are under the care of Nieto Funeral Home & Crematory, 802 Coke St. Laredo, TX 78040. Condolences can be expressed to the family online at www.nietofuneral.com.