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Local Obituaries for Families in San Benito, Texas
Virginia Mae Schulte
Nov 9, 2011
San Benito: Virginia Mae Schulte, 90, passed away Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at her residence. Virginia was born August 2, 1921 to Bruce and Emma Miller in Kansas City, MO. Virginia and her husband, Hank, whom preceded her in death owned and operated the Donie Chair Company for over forty years. They moved the company to Brownsville, TX in 1973....
Billie Palmer
Nov 9, 2011
Harlingen, TX: Billie Palmer, 87, passed away on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 in Weslaco, Texas. Billie was born May 2, 1924 in Minneapolis, MN to George and Violet (Smith) Bingley. She graduated from the Los Fresnos High School and Texas A & I in Kingville. Billie married Daniel Harvey Palmer in July 22, 1946. Early in her working career, she...
Betty Mae Cummings
Nov 8, 2011
Harlingen, TX: Betty Mae Cummings, 86, passed away on November 8, 2011 at Valley Baptist Medical Center-Harlingen. Betty was born April 17, 1925 in Hagerstown, Maryland to Joseph Groff and Esta (Moore) Groff. She graduated from Hagerstown High School in 1942 and shortly after the family moved to Harlingen. She married Jaret E. Cummings in 1978. Betty was co-owner and...
James F. Simmons
Nov 7, 2011
Harlingen, TX: James Franklin Simmons, 91, passed away Monday, November 7, 2011 at Retama Manor Nursing Center-Harlingen. James was born in Linden, Texas on May 8, 1920 to James & Ora Simmons. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Air Force with the Bombsight Maintenance from 1941-1945. James married Esther P. Bryant in December 1941 and was employed with...
Martha Vanessa Benavides
Nov 5, 2011
Brownsville, TX: Martha Vanessa Benavides, 32, of Brownsville, TX passed away Saturday, November 5, 2011 at Veranda Nursing Home in Harlingen. She was employed as a home provider; she attended college at UTB and was interested in culinary arts. Martha is survived by her children, Kennedi Leonor Benavides and Kathleen Celeste Healy; her father, Carlos Benavides; her mother, Maria Celeste...
Daisy R. Bernardo Curbelo
Nov 4, 2011
Harlingen, TX: Daisy R. Bernardo Curbelo, 72, passed away on November 4, 2011 at her residence. Daisy was born in Havana, Cuba on May 15, 1939 to Ricardo Bernardo and Adoracion Curbelo. She owned and operated her own kindergarten for 17 years in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Daisy later taught elementary and middle school in Miami, FL and retired after...
Domingo Vega
Nov 2, 2011
Harlingen, TX: Domingo Vega, 96, of Harlingen went to be with the Lord on November 2, 2011 at Veranda Nursing Center in Harlingen. He is survived by his loving wife of 69 years, Consuelo V. Vega; his children, Roberto (Linda) Vega, Mary Rodriguez and Norma Vasquez, RN; 7 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. Visitation will be held on Friday, November...
Cecilia Parra Huerta
Oct 30, 2011
San Benito, TX: Cecilia Parra Huerta, 94, entered into rest on Sunday, October 30, 2011 at Harlingen Medical Center. She was born on April 12, 1917 to Rodrigo Parra and Adaliada Huerta. Mrs. Huerta owned and operated Ceci’s Raspa Stand in El Jardin in San Benito for over 40 years and was a longtime parishioner of St. Joseph Catholic Church...
Gloria Antoinette Haley
Oct 28, 2011
Corpus Christi/Harlingen, TX: Gloria Antoinette “Tony” Haley, 81, passed away on October 28, 2011 at Trisun Healthcare Assisted Living in Corpus Christi. Tony was born October 2, 1930 in Corpus Christi, TX. She graduated from Raymondville High School and was employed by Sears, Gulf Welding Supply and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where she retired from in 1994. Tony was...
Shirley A. Carlson
Oct 27, 2011
Harlingen, TX: Shirley A. Carlson, 81, passed away on Thursday, October 27, 2011 at Retama Manor in Harlingen. Shirley was born April 17, 1930 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Earl and Abby Woodruff. She attended Humbolt High School in St. Paul, Minnesota and was an elementary school substitute teacher and a kitchen worker and a department store controller. Shirley helped...
Clarence E. Magouirk
Oct 23, 2011
San Benito, TX: Clarence Edward Magouirk, passed away from this life into the arms of his Lord and Savior on Sunday morning, October 23, 2011 at the age of 84. Clarence was born April 26, 1927 in Mill Creek, OK to Horace M. and Hattie Haskins Magouirk. As a baby his family moved to Hale Center, TX where spent his...
David T. Kiester
Oct 22, 2011
David Thomas Kiester died at sunset October 22, 2011 surrounded by his loving family. He was born July 25, 1925 in Mercedes,Texas to Carl F. Kiester and Bertha Boye Thomas. Until he was 16 years old he lived in La Feria at the family home at Parker Road and Kiester Lane (a street named in honor of his father, a...
Joe Ellsworth McCain
Oct 21, 2011
San Benito/Houston, TX - Joe Ellsworth McCain, Sr., passed away October 21, 2011 with his family by his side in Houston, TX. He was 84. Joe was born January 4, 1927 in San Benito, TX to G.W. and Myrtie McCain. He was the youngest and last surviving of 9 children. He attended Howard Payne University in Brownwood, TX with an...
Alannah Miranda Garcia
Oct 21, 2011
Harlingen, TX: Alannah Miranda Garcia, 3, of Harlingen, TX passed away Friday, October 21, 2011 at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen. Alannah is survived by her mother, Jessica Garza; her father, Daniel Garcia; her maternal grandparents, Yolanda (Luis) De La Garza Sierra and Saul (Ninfa) Garza; paternal grandparents, Norma Garcia and Rene Garcia; her uncles, Reymundo Garza and Rene...
Margarito Briones
Oct 20, 2011
San Benito, TX – Margarito (Mage) Galvan Briones, son of the late Catarina and Eugenio Briones, born on June 10, 1927, passed away peacefully in his San Benito Home on October 20, 2011 at the age of 84. He is survived by the love of his life, his wife of 59 years, Luciana G. Briones; his children, Juan (Ninfa) Briones,...
Mike R. Marquez
Oct 17, 2011
Harlingen, TX – Mike R. Marquez, 69, passed away on Monday, October 17, 2011 at Harlingen Medical Center. Mike was employed with numerous glass companies throughout the Rio Grande Valley as a glassman; he was a professional boxer in the 60’s; he enjoyed fishing and taking trips to Las Vegas. He is preceded in death by his parents, Lucio and...
George Wayne Elder
Oct 17, 2011
George Wayne Elder Harlingen: George Wayne Elder was born September 27, 1925, and was made a child of God through Holy Baptism. On October 17, 2011 George passed away at a local nursing home and the promise of eternal life was fulfilled. Born in Burlington, Iowa, George attended the University of Kansas and the U.S. Naval Flight School at Pensacola,...
Alonzo Cortez
Oct 15, 2011
Rio Hondo, TX – Alonzo V. Cortez, 80, entered God’s kingdom on Saturday, October 15, 2011 at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen. He is preceded in death by his eldest daughter, Marie Cortez; and grandson, Joseph Smith. Alonzo is survived by his cherished wife of 56 years, Dora Cortez; his loving children, Israel Cortez, Belinda Camarena, Elim Cortez and...
Carmen Garcia
Oct 13, 2011
Brownsville, TX: Carmen Garcia, 60, of Brownsville, TX passed away Thursday, October 13, 2011 at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen. Carmen graduated from San Benito High School and attended Texas Southmost College; she was employed with San Benito CISD for 34 years; she had devoted herself to making others happy, enjoying her granddaughter, traveling, shopping, and seeing what the...
Pedro Z. Rivera
Oct 13, 2011
San Benito, TX: Pedro Z. Rivera, 85 of San Benito passed away on Thursday, October 13, 2011 at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen. He was a lifelong resident of San Benito who enjoyed fishing, bar-b-cueing and spending time with his family; he proudly served his country during World War II in the US Army. He is preceded in death...
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