Maria Adelaida Montenegro

Maria Adelaida Montenegro, 83, affectionately known as “La Weda” passed away on June 18, 2024 in Sacramento, California. 

Maria was born to Julio and Pillar Pena on December 15, 1940, in Reynosa Tamaulipas, Mexico. Maria immigrated to Winters with her former husband, Jesus and their two oldest children in the early 1960’s. She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers, one sister, and her adored, longtime companion, Alfredo Luevano.

Maria’s love extended to her children, Jesse (Margaret), Manuel (Stacey), Steven (Linda), Hector (Whitney), Julio and Lucy MacMahon. Her twenty grandchildren and nine great grandchildren remember her contagious laugh, her love and her legendary pots of beans and salsa. 

Along with raising a rambunctious family, Maria worked for Tuffs packing in Winters and then Hunts Wesson in Davis, where she was a trend setter as one of the first women truck drivers in the company.Maria enjoyed novelas, dancing, music, and gardening. (Her family teased her for watering the sidewalks).

Maria’s vivacious and fun loving personality endeared her to her family and many friends who will miss her tremendously. May she rest in The Lords everlasting peace.

Services for Maria “La Weda” will be held on Friday, July 26, 2024, 11:00 AM, St. Anthony Catholic Church 511 W. Main Street, Winters, CA. A reception will follow at St. Anthony Hall.