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Local Obituaries for Families in San Benito, Texas
Robert Lee Wright
May 25, 2007
Harlingen: Robert Lee Wright, 64, passed away Friday, May 25, 2007 at Sunshine Haven in Olmito. Robert was born July 25, 1942 in Lamesa, Texas to Arthur Raymond and Letha Wright. He proudly served his country in the Military and owned and operated a Barber Shop and Barber Colleges in Harlingen and McAllen, prior to going into road construction. Robert...
Dorothy Meade Fowler
May 25, 2007
Dorothy Meade Fowler Harlingen, Texas: Dorothy (Dodie) Meade Fowler, 92, who died in Harlingen on Friday, May 25, 2007, was born August 1, 1914 to John and Margaret Cowles Ohrt at Baldwin, Long Island, New York. She graduated from Tulsa Central High School, attended Oklahoma College for Women and received a B.A. degree from the University of Michigan, where she...
Marie E. Salisbury
May 24, 2007
Harlingen, TX: Marie Evelyn Dumont Salisbury, who was born Martell, Iowa, in June 6, 1910, educated and lived in Pharr, Texas, died on Thursday, May 24, 2007. She resided in Harlingen, Texas, Rio Grande Valley, from 1936 until her death. She was married to Carl Gartin Salisbury for fifty years, who preceded her in death in 1980. Her parents, Rosemond...
William G. Tallon
May 20, 2007
HARLINGEN: William G. Tallon, 78, passed away on Sunday, May 20, 2007 at his residence. William was born April 1, 1929 in Lamar, South Carolina to Paul K Tallon, Sr. and Annie Gopfert. He graduated from high school in 1947. After high school he worked on the railroad until he joined the Air Force. After serving 25 years in the...
Nelldean Alley Kenney
May 20, 2007
HARLINGEN, TX: Nelldean Alley Kenney departed from this earth on May 20, 2007 in Harlingen, she was 77. Nelldean was born in Crystal City, TX on July 22, 1929 to James Westley and Sallie Barbara Alley. She and her family moved to Harlingen in 1941 where she attended Harlingen schools and graduated from Harlingen High School in 1946. After graduation,...
Freda M. Mills
May 20, 2007
Harlingen/Tyler,TX: Freda M. Mills, entered her eternal home on Sunday, May 20, 2007 in Tyler, Texas as the age of 85. Freda was born on April 23, 1922 in Charleston, Texas. On December 24, 1937 she married Charlie Ray Mills, who survives her. Charlie and Freda were married 69 years. Freda lived in Harlingen over 60 years. She was a...
Dan E. Manix
May 16, 2007
Harlingen/Palm Valley: Dan E. Manix passed away at home on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 after a courageous two year battle with cancer. Dan was born on October 28, 1957 in McAllen, Texas to Dan and Glenda Manix. Dan, one of triplet brothers, grew up in Rio Hondo, Texas graduating from Rio Hondo High School in 1976. After high school, Dan...
Hazel Wright
May 12, 2007
Harlingen, TX: Hazel (Bryan) Wright, age 92, died on May 12, 2007, at her home in Harlingen, Texas, surrounded by her loving family and friends. She was born April 12, 1915, at what is now known as Bryan’s Corner, Oklahoma, and spent her early years at Perryton, Texas, with her parents, W.C. and Beulah Bryan, brothers Wesley and Louis and...
Roberta Lois McLelland
May 7, 2007
Harlingen: Roberta Lois Chaudoin McLelland, born July 20, 1917 in Harlingen, died in her home in Harlingen, May 7, 2007. “Lois” was 89 years old. Lois’s family was one of the early families in Harlingen where her parents met and married in 1910. Her father, Louis Mackey Chaudoin, was killed in the line of duty as a border patrolman when...
Toni Lyn Gonzales
May 6, 2007
Harlingen: Toni Lyn Sasek (Davenport) Gonzales went to be with the Lord May 6, 2007 at the age of 47. A resident of Texas for 35 years, she was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on January 27, 1960. Toni received her Bachelor of Science degree from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, TX as an Occupational Therapist. Through her love of...
Charles R. Hurd
May 4, 2007
Laguna Vista, TX: Charles “Chuck” Hurd, 73, entered into eternal rest on Friday, May 4, 2007 after a courageous battle with Lung Cancer. He was born March 4, 1934 in Wynona, OK to Milton Hurd and Eileen Kearns Hurd. He and his wife, Jean relocated to South Padre Island, TX in 1995 from San Diego, CA after their retirement. Chuck...
Lloyd George Brotzman
May 3, 2007
Lloyd George Brotzman, 79, died Thursday, May 3, 2007 at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen, Texas. Born December 8, 1927 in Sebastian, Texas, Lloyd went through the Rio Hondo school system, attended Southwestern University and the University of Texas at Austin as a Naval Air Caden, and then attended Texas A & I University after discharge from the Navy. ...
Grant O. Snider
May 3, 2007
Grant O. Snider, 50, passed away Thursday, May 3, 2007 at his residence in Harlingen. Grant was born in Magnolia, AR on January 6, 1957. He attended St. Paul Lutheran School thru K-6th, Coakley Jr. High 7th thru 9th and Harlingen High School 10th thru 12th. While in school Grant played football, basketball and track. He was a member of...
Ed A. Goike
May 2, 2007
Ed A. "Candyman", 97, passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2007 at Valley Baptist Medical Center. Ed was born on September 5, 1909 in Gainesville, Texas to John and Ella Goike. His family moved to Harlingen in 1923 and he worked at the Compress from then unitl 1934. He then owned and operated Ed Goike Pump Service from 1941 until his...
Clifford E. Muir
Apr 30, 2007
Dateline: Harlingen: Clifford E. Muir, 90, passed away Monday, April 30, 2007 at Twinbrooke Nursing Home in San Benito, Texas. Cliford was born on June 23, 1916 in Hurley, NM to Orin Vance Muir and Louise Paige Muir. He grew up in the Hurley, NM area and later attended college in California for 3 1/2 years. Shortly after attending college...
Henry Porter Griffin, Jr.
Apr 21, 2007
HARLINGEN/HOUSTON: Henry Porter Griffin, Jr. passed peacefully on April 21, 2007 in Houston due to cancer at the age of 92. He is survived by his children Bill Griffin of Dallas, Barbara Griffin of Houston, and Carolyn Davis (Rick) Williams of Houston, and his grandchildren Lauren Davis, Lindsey Davis, Christine Williams (Daniel) Selvidge, and Mike (Sara) Williams all of Houston,...
Elizabeth Ann (Betty) Scheopner
Apr 18, 2007
Harlingen, TX: Elizabeth Ann (Betty) Grotzinger Scheopner, 85, passed away peacefully in her sleep at her residence on Wednesday, April 18. She was born in Sedalia, Missouri to Walter Joseph and Katherine Margaret Grotzinger on November 5, 1921. She moved to La Feria in December, 1921 by train when she was 6 weeks old. She worked for the Ration Board...
Capt. Wiley Mahurin
Apr 17, 2007
Bayview: Capt. Wiley. Mahurin, 95, passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at Valley Baptist Medical Center. Capt. Wiley was born on October 11, 1911 in Rifle, CO. He was a longtime resident of the Port Isabel and Los Fresnos area. He had a great love of fishing and for 35 years was a riverboat captain and the owner/operator of Captain...
Glen D. Trent
Apr 17, 2007
Dateline: Harlingen: Glen D. Trent, 91, passed away on Tuesday. April 17, 2007 at Harlingen Medical Center. Glen was born May 19, 1915 in Hammon, OK to Minnie Lou Stinson Trent and John Irvin Trent. He proudly served in the US Navy. He was a signal man on a Merchant Marine Ship and crossed the Atlantic Ocean 22 times. He...
Armenia H. Plum
Apr 17, 2007
Dateline: Harlingen: Armenia H. Plum, passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at her residence in Harlingen. Armenia was born January 15, 1906 in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin to Harry and Emily Mooradian. She graduated from Fort Atkinson Wisconsin High School in 1922. Then she attended Milwaukee Downer College from 1923 to 1925 and she graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in...
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