Adelina Cotaina Hudson

Adelina Cotaina Iturbide went home to Jesus on October 15, 2025. She was a dedicated and loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. Adelina was born in the small village of Badenas in the Province of Teruel in the country of Spain on February 18, 1933, and baptized on 22 February of the same year in the Town Church in Badenas. She spent her early life in the village going to school and helping her family in this rural community. Adelina moved to Zaragoza, Spain after graduation and lived with her Aunt and Grandfather. She met her future US Air Force husband on October 1961. Their first date was a dinner attended by people of her boyfriend’s office staff. After dating for over a year, they were married on 28 April 1963 in the Church of Santa Engracia in Zaragoza, Spain. In January of 1964 they moved to South Dakota (Ellsworth Air Force Base). She gave birth to her first son, and she became a US Citizen on 4 August 1966. The family moved to Sevilla (Moron Air Base, Spain), were she birthed her second son. The family then moved to Biloxi Mississippi (Keesler Air Force Base) where she gave birth to her daughter. After a year, her husband was deployed to Vietnam. Adelina remained with her children in Biloxi. Upon his return, the family moved to Eglin Air Force Base near Fort Walton Beach, Florida. One year later the family moved to La Paz, Bolivia for 4 years. Adelina integrated into a unique individual for diplomatic and military life. The family then moved to Fort Lee (Petersburg, Virgina). After two and half years the family moved to Madrid, Spain. Adelina and her husband remained in Madrid for twenty-nine Years. Adelina hosted many meetings/parties for the Spanish/American military forces, cementing the relationships between the Spanish Air Force and the US Navy Air Systems Command. Adelina was also a primary caregiver at various schools for infant babies of six weeks old to one year of age. She also made clothes for herself, unique designs, and fashionable styles. She enjoyed embroidery making many items that we still have in our home. Later in life she returned to sewing where she made many beautiful and elegant cross-stitched framed panels for friends and family. We are still honored to have a few of her creations hanging on the walls of our home. Adelina also hand stitched many clocks for children, with a special touch for her grandchildren. On October 2009 she returned to the US and established residence in La Plata, Maryland until her passing. She is survived by her husband of 62 years of marriage Theodore Stanely Hudson, her son Theodore Stanley Hudson II (Starla from Dothan, Alabama) and her daughter Maria Elena Deters (Scott from Indian Head, Maryland) and 4 Grandchildren, (Theodore Hudson III (Sunnie from Atlanta, Georgia) and Wesly Hudson (Britney from Dothan, Alabama) and Isabel and Luke Deters (Indian Head, Maryland) and 3 Great Grand Children (Hayes, Annichloe (Dothan Alabama), and Pennelope (Atlanta, Georgia) She also survived by her brother, Julio Cotaina Iturbide, from Teruel, Spain and many nieces and nephews in Teruel, Zaragoza, and Mallorca Spain. Interment will be at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date.

Adelina Cotaina Hudson

February 18, 1933 - October 15, 2025