Amada R. Medrano

Dateline: Alice, Texas Amada Rodriguez Medrano, 88, of Alice, Texas went to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 19th 2024. As she peacefully entered the Lord’s hands, she was surrounded by her loving daughters. Amada, also known to many as Emma and Chacha, was preceded in death by her husband of 35 years Guillermo Medrano Sr., her son Guillermo Medrano Jr., her parents Pedro Rodriguez and Maria Guana Rodriguez, two brothers; Frank Rodriguez and Pedro Rodriguez, half brother Benito Leal from Austin, half-sisters Milly Rodriguez & Zulema Rodriguez of Seguin and her first two grandchildren; Amanda Marie and Larry Dwayne Trevino. She is survived by her daughters; Norma Doucette of Alice, Linda (Jesse) Jimenez of Alice, and Frances (Mike) Ayala of Banquete, 13 grandchildren and 41 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Amada was born on September 13, 1935 in Agua Dulce, Texas. Along side of her parents and three brothers, her family was a Migrant working family that traveled from state to state cultivating the crop of the season. At the age of 13 she acquired her Chauffer driver’s license to help in moving the three family trucks from location to location. She kept her chauffer license to the age of 70. At this time, she downgraded her license to a regular license. During all her years of driving, she had a perfect driving record with no accidents and no tickets. Amada had always been a hard-working woman. She was a housewife full time and during the summer she contacted out to the surrounding farmers and ranchers who knew her well. They knew she was dependable, kept her word, and met her deadlines. During those years she had a crew of 12 to 15 people that worked alongside of her. She would bid the fields to pick cotton, clean the fields before cultivating for a cleaner crop, and pickup hay bales and stock them in their barns and warehouses. She was not afraid of work, and they respected her for that. Amada had a sense of humor and thru her last days it was no different. Not only did she impact the family she touched the hearts of her nursing staff, each in a different way. In her last moments the staffed shared their stories with her daughters. A visitation will begin on Thursday, May 23, 2024 from 9AM until 10AM at the Central Revival Church on South Cameron St. in Alice, Texas with a Funeral Service to begin at 10AM with Pastor Jesse Fuentes officiating. Burial will follow in the New Collins Cemetery. Services entrusted to Roberson Funeral Home Alice.

Amada R. Medrano

September 13, 1935 - May 19, 2024