Josefina Aceves Dewsbury

Josefina Aceves Dewsbury went home to be with the Lord in the early evening of August 12, 2024. She was born in Mexico City, MEXICO on March 24, 1937, to the late Alfonso Aceves and Maria Elena Elorza Aceves. She and her family had a successful family business making custom letterman jacket patches. She juggled working and school while she was growing up. Education was very important to her, and she was able to earn a degree in Bilingual Secretarial English/Spanish studies from Michigan College. This degree opened the door for her to be the executive bilingual secretary for Nacional de Cobre in Mexico City. She worked there until her marriage on March 4, 1974, to the late Edward Dewsbury. She and her husband moved to Mesa, Arizona and then later to his hometown in Church Hill, MD. Josefina had two daughters. Marian Stoltzfus, who married Richard Stoltzfus and blessed her with three precious grandchildren, Allysa, Dillon and Braden Stoltzfus. And Dawn Dewsbury, who married Jeffrey Jacobs and blessed her mom with one precious grandchild, Alexus Jacobs. Josefina loved her daughters dearly and lovingly pushed them to love God and live a life that was honoring to the Lord. She adored her grandchildren so much and was so proud of each of them. Her grandchildren were her greatest blessing in this life. She always wanted to give them the best gifts and couldn’t wait to spend time with them. She really loved to watch her grandbabies in their plays, recitals, games and any special event that they were involved in until her health started to decline. Stage 4 kidney failure, numerous strokes and dementia sadly changed her life. During this time, she would talk more and more about her mother that was in heaven and how much she missed her and wanted to be with her. She would also quite frequently talk about when she would go to heaven. She would say to look up at the moon and that she would be waving back. Her family can find peace knowing that she now has “the best seat in the house” to watch all the special events in their lives. She had a couple more jobs that she worked at. She was the church secretary for Capital Baptist Church in Dover, DE for many years and later became the secretary and bookkeeper for Stoltzfus Companies until her retirement. She also volunteered as a Spanish teacher to the elementary and high school students at Chestertown Christian Academy. Josefina Dewsbury always put her family first from childhood and throughout her life. Everything she did was always to the best of her ability. She was a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She had many struggles throughout her life and never let that defeat her because God was always her strength and help. She was smart, beautiful, kind, loving, protective, compassionate, understanding, selfless, a prayer warrior, faithful and an incredible example of living out her faith. She will be greatly missed by all that had the privilege of knowing her. There will be a celebration of life in Memory of Josefina Aceves Dewsbury on Sunday, August 18, 2024, at 3:00 pm at Fellows, Helfenbein, and Newnam Funeral Home, 130 Speer Road, Chestertown, MD 21620. A visitation will be held one hour prior from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to Compass Regional Hospice at 160 Coursevall Drive, Centreville, MD 21617. This incredible organization lovingly cared for Josefina the last year and a half of her life.

Josefina Aceves Dewsbury

March 24, 1937 - August 12, 2024