Maria was a loving, caring, strong, wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt and most of all grandmother.  She dedicated her life to running her restaurant Mana’s #2 alongside her late husband of 50 years Gilbert Sierra.  Within running her restaurant she accumulated numerous friends who turned into family.  Whoever crossed her path would be considered blessed because she was such a giving person.  She would give you her shirt off of her back or the last dollar in her pocket, she had the biggest smile and with the most contagious laugh.  A beautiful woman with a golden heart, she kept her family close and was never far apart. We will cherish our memories of you, everyday we’ll miss you more and more.  Yours is an example of an idyllic life to lead you were always there for us in times of need.  We will always love you and words cannot explain how we feel now that you are no longer with us, no longer in pain you shared half of a century with the love of your life now our grandpa is reunited with this beautiful woman,  his wife. 

She is preceded in death by her loving husband: Gilbert Sierra; parents, Theodoro Sr. and Germana Juarez.

She is survived by her daughters, Mary Ann Sierra, Jo Ann Owens and husband Mark, Barbara S. Castilleja and husband Joe, and Laura Sierra and husband Lee Moreno; brothers, Robert Juarez and wife Yolanda, Ted Juarez Jr. and wife Rachel, and Richard Juarez and wife Maria; grandchildren, Michael Moreno, Catherine Moreno, Sydney Sierra- Moreno, Angela Moreno, Rebecca Owens, Madison Owens, Jesse Castilleja, Joe Angel Castilleja, Jason Castilleja, John Castilleja, Elias Sierra-Moreno, Emma Sierra-Moreno, Makatie Sierra-Moreno, and Evan Sierra-Moreno; 8 great grandchildren; and with many more loving family and friends.

Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019 with Recitation of Holy Rosary held at 7 p.m., Los Angeles Funeral Home, 300 Cheatham St., San Marcos, Texas. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, Feb. 8, 2019 at St. John’s Catholic Church, 624 E. Hopkins St., San Marcos, Texas.  Interment will follow at San Juan Cemetery in, Reedville, Texas.

Serving as Pallbearers: Lee Moreno, Mark Juarez, Jesse Castilleja, Joe Angel Castilleja, Manuel Juarez, and Michael Moreno.

Serving as Honorary Pallbearers: Elias Sierra-Moreno, and Jason Castilleja.

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