Alfredo Robles Cota

Alfredo Robles Cota “Al” “Cota” “Tata Cota”, 74, entered into a world of peace on Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. Cota is preceded in death by his mother, Margarita Robles Cota; father, Jose Cota and grandson, Alfredo Cota IV. Alfredo Cota is survived by his loving wife of 54 years, Irene Felix Cota. He is also survived by 5 children, 13 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren: Cathy Cota and son Ramon Leon; Alfredo Cota Jr. (Debbie Vigil) Alfredo Cota III & wife Lisa (Julius and Justus) and Fabian Cota; Joe Cota (Lorraine) Corina, Crisha  (Amare and Ian "Bo"), Cassandra and Austin; Yvonne Hernandez (Antonio) and children Sabrina (Lily), Antonio Jr and Haille. Johnny Cota (Rianna) and children Ivangelina and Devante. Cota is survived by his siblings Melinda Loya, Joe Cota, Clemen Ballesteros, Nelly Cota, Arturo Cota, Martha Cota, Jesus Cota and his best friend Danny Cota (Linda). Alfredo acknowledged Tommy and Michael Cota as his own.

Cota was born in Cananea, Sonora on November 27, 1945. At the age of 13, Alfredo moved to Arizona with his father in hopes of a bigger dream. Our grandfather Jose, Tia Melinda and Cota settled into Tucson finding home and employment. Once they were settled in with the necessities, my grandfather purchased their home and eventually the entire Cota family was moved from Cananea into their home located in The Historic District on 3^rd Avenue.  Alfredo Cota was a hard worker. Always knew hard work was the path to moving forward in life. Alfredo’s first place of employment was at Haskell Linens. Soon after, he found a job opportunity as a miner at the young age of 20. He started his mining career at The Pima/Cypress mines and eventually spent the majority of his mining years at Magma Copper until its’ closure. Cota worked for a short period with Arizona Pipeline and Northern Pipeline until his health sent him into retirement. Retirement was great and he took full advantage. He enjoyed spending his days at home watching sports, reading the paper, and sitting in his special chair on the porch while listening to music. What brought him the most joy was watching his grandchildren play sports, attending family parties, and watching Cardinals football. Alfredo was a season ticket holder for 26 years! Whether it was spending a Sunday with him at Cardinals stadium or at his house watching the game, it was what he loved, what he lived for and What we all grew to love because of him. Alfredo’s love for football was obvious to everyone. The only thing he loved more are his grandchildren and great grandchildren, it was everything to him. The love for his wife was profound. The last two weeks of his life was making sure his wife, Irene was going to be ok. “Take care of your mom.”

A memorial service will be held Saturday October 24, 2020 at Martinez Funeral Chapel, 2580 S. 6th Avenue in Tucson.  Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Visitation is open to all family and friends. Martinez Funeral Home is allowing 50 people within the facility but is allowing a rotation. We respectfully request your consideration in allowing others to enter and pay their respect to the Cota family. Face masks are required to enter facility and please consider Covid precautions during this time. A gathering will follow at the Cota Residence and all are welcome to celebrate the life of a wonderful man.

The disbelief of your absence is painful. The impact you had in our lives is profound. You were a matriarch of our family that always had an experience to share, a lesson to teach or were just someone to sit and talk with. You welcomed everyone into your home and always had the best conversations with people. We never could tell if they were old or new friends as you were kind to all. Our family was full of riches to have someone like you in our lives. We will forever miss you!