Josephine Cuevas

Josephine Cuevas, passed away peacefully in her home on Saturday evening, March 15, 2025, at the age of 102.

She was born the daughter of Balentine and Maria Tomasa (Hernandez) Alonzo on October 1, 1922, in Topeka, KS.

Josephine married Edmund D. Carmona and to this union, they had three children. She then married Ignacio Cuevas on June 3, 1973, and her family grew to nine as she took on a motherly role for Ignacio’s six children. Together, they shared 13 years of marriage before Ignacio’s passing in 1986.

Since birth, Josephine’s heart was with the Lord. She was a dedicated and devout Catholic her entire life, as a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. She was always willing to be active in the church and was a proud supporter from the start of Fiesta Mexicana starting in 1933.

Josephine held various jobs in her life but raising her family was the greatest role. Her impeccable gardening and yard skills kept her busy whether pulling weeds, planting flowers and maintaining a perfect yard. Josephine loved to cook for her family, listen to music especially big bands and taking spontaneous trips, traveling the United States. She lived a long, fruitful 102 years on this earth. Josephine will be remembered as a good, honorable woman who was always generous and kindhearted to all. She is now in the arms of her Lord and with family that has gone before her.

Survivors include a large, loving family that includes her children, Edmund Carmona, Jr., Dolores “Lola” Rangel, Mary “Mary Jo” Chavez, Richard Cuevas, Emilio Cuevas, Ignacio Cuevas, Jr., Rodolfo Cuevas, Rosemary Mentzer, and Thomas Cuevas. Other survivors include her brother, Julian Alonzo (Rosemary); as well as a loving extended family that includes numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren.

Josephine was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, John Alonzo, Martin Alonzo, and Jesse Alonzo; and two sisters, Cruz Carreon and Lupe Martinez.

She will lie in state on Thursday, March 27, 2025, from 5-8:00 P.M., with a rosary being prayed at 6:00 P.M., at Brennan-Mathena Funeral Home.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 A.M., on Friday, March 28, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery-Topeka.

Memorial contributions can be made in Josephine's memory to Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church and/or Midland Hospice Care. Contributions can be mailed or left with the funeral home.

To share a memory or to leave condolences, please visit, www.brennanmathenafh.com.

Arrangements entrusted to Brennan-Mathena Funeral Home, 800 SW 6th Ave., Topeka, KS 66603.