Margarita Suarez of Merida, Yucatan, was well known for feeding the stray dogs and cats that would show up at her home. Family members were stunned when the dogs suddenly appeared at the funeral parlor where Margarita's body was being kept.
On the day of the funeral, March 15, the dogs even formed a procession behind her hearse.
It is said that she was also known for taking a bag of food along when she went out so she could treat other strays she encountered. The funeral home workers denied ever knowing any of the dogs before.
When the workers realised they had come to pay their last respects, they let them in and they lay near her coffin.
They only left once Margarita's body was being prepared for cremation.