Guadalupe Quintana Alba Obituary (1929 - 2022)

Guadalupe Quintana Alba April 23, 1929 - December 24, 2022 Guadalupe (Lupe) Q. Alba, age 93, went home to be with the Lord on December 24, 2022. Lupe was born in Holtville, California on April 23, 1929, to Eliseo and Maria Isabel Quintana. Her family later moved to Canutillo, Durango and she returned to the United States at the age of 15. She then was a Brawley resident until the time of her death. Lupe married Henry Alba on October 3, 1954, and was married for 61 years. She enjoyed life as a homemaker and had three children. Later in life she enjoyed helping to care for her two granddaughters before and after school. Lupe attended Catholic mass regularly at St. Margaret Mary church and was proud to have the name Guadalupe because of her great love for Our Lady of Guadalupe. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and her son, Henry Alba Jr, and sisters Magdalena Sosa & Maria Luisa Quintana Reyes, and brothers Ricardo Quintana & Atenedoro Quintana. She is survived by her son, David Alba (Yvonne Alba), daughter, Veronica Robles (Frank Robles), and her granddaughters Katelyn & Sarah Robles all from Brawley, CA. She is also survived by her sisters, Gloria Tovar & Maria de Jesus Tovar from Dinuba, CA and brothers, Alfredo Quintana & Salvador Quintana from El Centro, CA, and many nieces and nephews. Services will be held on Friday, January 6, 2023, at St. Margaret Mary Church in Brawley, CA. Visitation/Rosary will begin at 8 A.M. and mass will begin at 9 A.M. with Father Bernardo Lara officiating. Mass will be followed by a funeral procession to Riverview Cemetery in Brawley, CA.