Update: Mary gained her wings at 3:25am this morning on October 27th 2025. She went peacefully in her sleep. Mary was born in Los Angeles, California. Mary spent the last 6 years of her life living in Sacramento and Carmichael, California. Leaving behind her 4 children Sarah Ybarra, Consuelo Velez, Danny Velez, and Kathleen Velez, Also her only two living siblings David and Frank. Mary’s parents were Francisco and Mary Acuna and siblings Samual Acuna, Robert Acuna and Mary Robinson. Mary has 17 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren and many niece's and nephews. We are still trying to honor her last wishes at this time. so if you feel lead to help we appreciate it no amount too big or too small as we are still trying to come up with money for her headstone. We like to thank everyone for all the love and support during this time. Thank you to all the ones who came to see her or called. Nothing has gone unnoticed. Burial will be set for December 11, 2025 at 2 PM. Our mother Mary loved purple and lavender so that’s what we will be wearing.

We are trying to raise money to honor our mother Mary Vela with her last wishes before she leaves us. Her wish is to be laid to rest where her parents and siblings are at Sacramento Memorial Lawn. So if your willing

to donate we would appreciate it very much nothing to big or to small or even a share to help us reach our goal. Our mother doesn’t have life insurance. If we can’t make this happen for her Consuelo has a backup plan that our mother will be laid to rest with her when Consuelo’s time comes. We will post updates with our process in making this happen so we could honor our mother the best way we can. Our mother is currently on hospice.

On Saturday Consuelo went to see mom and her right side of face was swollen. Apparently mom woke up like that and they weren’t sure what happened. They were going to get a hold of the nurse.

Consuelo went to see mom on Monday since we had a car wash on Sunday and didn’t make it over to check on her. Mom’s face was not as swollen like Saturday but was still swollen. Consuelo meant the nurse there. They said it wasn’t a tooth or a bite that it was her lymph nodes cause of an infection. Mom is still not eating but is still taking in some fluids. Mom is really tired and really confused and hard to understand when talking.

Consuelo and Anthony went to see mom today she was sleeping when they got there. They said mom fall right to sleep after her shower this morning and had just been sleeping. They stayed for a little while but mom didn’t wake up. Caregivers said she was doing ok just been really sleepy lately. Consuelo will go tomorrow to meet with the nurse to get up dates.

Consuelo went to see our mother yesterday and she just slept off and on. Didn’t really talk. When she did was hard to understand her.

Consuelo is with mom today and says mom is in and out again. Mostly sleeping. Mom is doing a lot more hallucinating seeing people and things and talking to people who are not there. Mom is really confused and at times gets upset and says she is going crazy. Spends time watching movies on her grandson Anthony iPad

Consuelo and Anthony went to see mom/grandma she was asleep but they woke her up to shower and change her. Mom told them that after Consuelo left yesterday she got sick and was throwing up. She was really really hard to understand when talking, confused and at one point said Anthony was someone else. She believes she is still living with Consuelo and Anthony downtown. She was in pain so Consuelo asked if they could give her something for it, so they did. She was in and out sleeping while they were there.

Sorry didn’t post updates last few days. It’s still the same tho with mom/grandma. She is sleeping off and on still but more sleeping than anything. She is still seeing things and people. Consuelo goes every day to sit with her sometimes for a few hours or all day. Still praying with her. Sunday she had a visit with her brother David and Maria as well. Yesterday she had a visit with her grandson Thomas and his family as well. Still not eating just mostly fluids and also had a few days of not feeling well and throwing up.

last two days Consuelo said mom/grandma has not been feeling good. Has been feeling nauseated and throwing up at times. Hallucinating is getting worse. They said it’s not making her uncomfortable or anything they should be worried about right now. Sleeping off and on still. Consuelo said today she was sleeping when she got there but had woken up probably about 5mins later. She looked tired but comfortable. She did try to eat soup at lunch but throw up a few minutes later. Then started complaining about pain by her heart so they gave her morphine. Consuelo stood with her tell she got comfortable and started to fall asleep. Consuelo prayed over mom like she always does before she leaves her.

Consuelo said mom/grandma is taking the morphine a little more now some days. She is still hallucinating seeing things and people and talking to people now there. Consuelo says it’s harder to sit there some days cause there is another person on hospice now and some days does nothing but yell about being scared and not wanting to die. Consuelo said sometimes mom/grandma can hear him yelling but try’s to comfort her when she does with putting oil and praying over mom/grandma. Consuelo said mom/grandma looked really tired and mom/grandma told her yes she was tired. Consuelo didn’t take no pictures today of mom cause was just trying to distract her from the man yelling.

Consuelo said when she got there mom/grandma was asleep. So she put flowers in a vase for mom/grandma by her bed. By time she was done mom/grandma woke up and seen the flowers. She was sleeping off and on while Consuelo was there. Consuelo sat with her for a few hours.