Ramona B. Alegria, 94, passed away peacefully on May 8, 2008 at the Pavilions at Forrestal in Princeton.


She was born on Christmas Eve in Nicaragua, Central America. After graduating from El Colegio Frances in Granada, Nicaragua and marrying her beloved Carlos, the pair moved to Panama. They lived there during the time of World War II, as Carlos was working for the U.S. Army at the site of the Panama Canal. They moved to the United States in the late 1940's settling in New York City. From that point, Ramona spent the majority of her life as a New Yorker, coming to Princeton ten years ago


While residing in Greenwich Village, she and her husband started a chain of authentic Mexican restaurants called, Mexican Village. In the original Mexican Village, just steps away from NYU and Washington Square Park, she honed her skills as an innovative chef, developing and perfecting all the recipes contained on the restaurants menus.

She will truly be remembered as a generous friend, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother.

Predeceased by her beloved husband Carlos in 2001, she is survived by her two daughters: Ruth Alegria Lubin of Mexico City and Eve Yancy of Princeton, four grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Private services were under the direction of the Kimble Funeral Home, Princeton, NJ.