Local Obituaries for Families in San Benito, Texas

Sep 27, 2015

Sep 27, 2015

LOS FRESNOS: Bob Shuckman passed away peacefully Sunday September 27th at Valley Baptist Hospital after a long illness.  He was surrounded by family.  He was 76. Robert (Bob) Lewis Shuckman was born on December 21, 1938 in Brownsville, Texas to Kenneth and Sula Hodges Shuckman.  He grew up in and was a life long resident of Los Fresnos.  He attended...

Sep 23, 2015

LA FERIA, TX. – Margarita “Mage” Villalón, age 84, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, September 23, 2015. She was born in La Feria where she resided for all of her life. Mage was a very active member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church where she served on the Santa Monica Society as president for 50 years. She was a...

Sep 22, 2015

SAN BENITO, TX. – Domingo “Ray” Cantú, born on September 22, 1946 in La Feria, Texas, died on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 surrounded by his family. He was 69 years old. Ray was a security guard, working for INS, Wackenhut, and Harlingen High School, and was also employed with Frito-Lay, Inc. and Rainbow Bread, Co. Aside from working, Domingo played...

Sep 21, 2015

SAN BENITO, TX. – Minerva Ratliff, born August 10, 1933, entered into eternal rest on Monday, September 21, 2015 at the age of 82. She is at peace and is no longer in pain. Her husband, Nelson Ratliff, Sr.; mother, Genoveva Gomez; brother, Alfredo Gomez; sons, Nelson Ratliff, Jr. and Charles Brown; and great-grandson, Jake Andrew Galvan, preceded her in...

Sep 21, 2015

Joe A. Rickert, Sr. Harlingen: Joe A. Rickert Sr., 94, was born in Mercedes, TX on February 10, 1921 and went to be with the Lord on September 21, 2015.  He passed away peacefully in his sleep. Joe was one of twelve children raised on a farm in the Mercedes area.  In addition to working as a farmer, he worked...

Sep 21, 2015

Rio Hondo, TX: Imogene Dealey, 80 passed away on Monday, September 21. 2015 at Harlingen Medical Center in Harlingen, Texas. Imogene was born on October 28, 1934 in Hickman, Kentucky to James C. Newman  and Nevada Summers Newman.  She served in the USAF where she was an Airman 1st Class as a Radar Tech.  She later worked as a para...

Sep 20, 2015

Harlingen, TX: Ethel Woolam Broman, beloved sister, aunt, mother, grandmother, friend, bridge-player, seamstress, and snazzy dresser, died on Sunday, September 20, 2015 at the age of 97. Ethel was raised during the Great Depression and often told the story of how she and her sisters would come home from school and have to pick cotton in the fields of San...

Sep 18, 2015

SAN BENITO, TX. – Maria Esther Mendoza, born on October 21, 1947 in Mexico, died on Friday, September 18, 2015 at Valley Baptist Medical Center. She was 67 years old. Survivors include her loving husband, Ricardo Mendoza; children Rosa Idalia Pedraza, Ricardo Mendoza, Jr., Griselda Gonzalez, and Juan Carlos Mendoza; sister, Nilda Sanchez Castro; niece, Alma Guerrero; as well as...

Sep 16, 2015

Sep 15, 2015

SAN BENITO, TX. Gregorio Beltran Lopez, "Gollo, George, Pepper G", 71, of Irving, Tx., passed away on September 15, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 pm, September 19 at San Benito Funeral Home, San Benito, Tx. Interment will follow at 1:00 pm, at Mont Meta Memorial Park in San Benito. Visitation will be held on Friday, September 18,...

Sep 15, 2015

Harlingen, TX: Ivan Scott, 87, passed away September 15, 2015 at Valley Baptist Medical Center.  Ivan was born in 1928 to Wilburn Scott and Gladys Ryan Scott in Iowa City, Iowa.  He served his country with the U.S. Army and the U.S. Coast Guard and was a Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Toledo. Ivan is survived by...

Sep 14, 2015

Rancho Viejo: Thomas (Tom) G. Roberts, 81, passed away on Monday, September 14, 2015 after a lengthy illness. Tom was born on July 26, 1934 in San Benito, TX to Oliver Truett Roberts and Elarene Elizabeth Norman.  He was a graduate of San Benito High School and later graduated from Texas A & M University with a B.S. Degree in...

Sep 14, 2015

Harlingen, Marble Falls, TX: Dorothy Madeley Taylor, age 89, a sixth generation Texan passed away September 14 in Marble Falls, TX. She is formerly a second generation resident of Harlingen, Texas.  She is survived by her loving husband of 64 years, Gene Taylor, sons Larry (Shirley) Taylor of Marble Falls, Robert Taylor of Dallas, and daughter Janelle Taylor of Buda,...

Sep 12, 2015

Port Isabel, TX: Shirley Irene (Petrie) Felter, 85, passed away September 12, 2015 at Harlingen Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after a lengthy illness.  Shirley was born December 7, 1928 in Pueblo, CO to Albert and Dorothy (Young) Petrie.  She married Robert “Bob” Felter on January 5, 1947.  Shirley was a housewife and co-owner of Lucky Lodge in South Fork, CO,...

Sep 11, 2015

SAN BENITO, TX. – Soila Reyna-Rodriguez left to be with our Lord on Friday, September 11, 2015. She was 92 years old. Soila was a lifelong resident of San Benito and was born in Bishop, Texas on September 12, 1922. She was a loyal employee of San Jose Pharmacy and later Medico Pharmacy, as well as an active member of...

Sep 7, 2015

Harlingen, TX: Loretta Janet Jones Daniell, 82, passed away September 7, 2015 at home. Loretta was born August 7, 1933 in Hillsboro, TX to Virgil Buck Jones and Amanda Lydia Merkovd Jones.   She graduated from Corpus Christi High and married Robert Leon Daniell.  Loretta worked for her husband (but she was the boss!) LOL.  She was a member of Beta...

Sep 6, 2015

Aug 30, 2015

Harlingen, TX: Frances “Jada” Rickert, 86, was born in Mayfield, Oklahoma on October 21, 1928 and went to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 30, 2015.  She passed peacefully in her sleep at her home. She was one of 10 children raised in the hardscrabble days of the Depression and Dust Bowl in Western Oklahoma.  She moved to the...

Aug 28, 2015

San Benito: Roberto R. Flores, 84, passed away Friday, August 28, 2015 in Ft. Worth, Texas after a short illness. Roberto was born on June 7, 1931 in San Roman, Texas.  He was a Sergeant in the United States Army where he proudly served during World War II.  He later retired from the Department of Interior-Bureau of Reclamation where he...