Josefa Silva Mendoza

April 29, 1950 - December 15, 2020

Josefa "Josie" Silva Mendoza, 70, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and dear friend, passed away on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 in a Dallas hospital. Visitation: 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at Guerrero-Dean Funeral Home, 500 E. Main Street, Grand Prairie, TX;, 75050 where a Rosary will be conducted at 8. A private burial will occur later. Josefa Silva Mendoza was born April 29, 1950, the daughter of Luciano Pineda Mendoza and Josefa Silva Mendoza in Colorado City, Texas. She enjoyed being a homemaker and the number 1 fan of the Dallas Cowboys. Her free spirit was often displayed in her love for singing and dancing. She was a joy to all who knew her. She always brought light into a room, and enjoyed engaging others in conversation. She never met a stranger. She loved her puzzles and coloring books. She was a real fighter, surviving over twenty-five years on dialysis before receiving a donor kidney. She enjoyed life 4 years after resuming a somewhat normal life again. She will be missed by her many friends, and her chihuahua, Pepe. Survivors: husband, Rafael Rios; daughters, Hilda Cardenas, Lorrie Torres and spouse Larry Watley; grandchildren, Brianna Hernandez and spouse Enrique Perez, Joshua Moreno; great-grandchildren, E.J. and Elena Perez; siblings, Rosa Olvera, Nina Mendoza, Francisco Mendoza, Jimmy Mendoza, Alfonso Mendoza and many nieces and nephews.