Norma Alicia

Mercado

Norma Alicia Mercado, 60, entered the Lord's heavenly kingdom peacefully Wednesday morning, June 18, 2025, at Valley Baptist Medical Center surrounded by her loving family.

Norma was born on June 23, 1964, in Harlingen, Texas to Felipe Mercado & Ludivina Elizondo Mercado.

Norma loved to play loteria and buy scratch off lottery tickets for fun. She loved to listen to music and dance. The greatest joys of her life were her grandchildren whom she adored and loved. Norma was a loving, wonderful, & devoted mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, & friend.

She is preceded in death by her parents.

Norma leaves behind her loving family to cherish her beautiful memory, her three sons, James Vargas (Nicole Gonzalez), Erik Vargas (Alexis Medina), & Fred Mendez Jr.; grandchildren, Cata Leyah Vargas, Cynecia Vargas, Elizar Vargas, Armani Vargas, & Jacole Vargas; siblings, Efrain Eaton, Debbie Eaton, Elizabeth (Miguel) Rosales, Cynthia (Madrid) Salinas, & Lorena Padron (Marco Gomez); and aunts & uncles, Ofelia, Hermelinda, Maria, Florestella, & Miguel Jr., and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives, & friends.

Visitation will be held Sunday, June 22, 2025, from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. with the prayer of the Holy Rosary at 7:00 p.m. at Trinity Funeral Chapel of the Holy Spirit.

A funeral procession will depart Trinity Funeral Chapel at 9:30 a.m. Monday, June 23, 2025, for a Mass of Christian burial at 10:00 a.m. at Queen of Peace Catholic Church.

Interment will be held at Ashland Memorial Park Cemetery in Harlingen, Texas at 11:00 a.m.

Honored to serve as her pallbearers will be Efrain Eaton, James Vargas, Fred Mendez Jr., Erik Vargas, Miguel Rosales, and Charlie Carlos Estrada Jr.

With profound love and remembrance, the family of Norma Alicia Mercado have entrusted her funeral arrangements to Freddy & Lenny Elizondo-Funeral Directors/Owners of Trinity at Harrison Funeral Home, 1002 East Harrison Avenue Harlingen, TX 78550. You may contact us at (956) 364-2444 or visit us at www.trinityfunerals.com