Local Obituaries for Families in San Benito, Texas

Dec 25, 2006

Harlingen, TX: Natalie Jean Thompson, 73, passed away on Monday, December 25, 2006 at Sunshine Haven in Olmito.  Natalie was born November 13, 1933 in Estherville, Iowa to Adolph Joseph and Leona Josephine Origer.   She was owner/operator of Valley Steel & Pipe Company and retired in 1994. Natalie is survived by sons, Christopher A. Thompson and his wife Kimberly and...

Dec 21, 2006

Bill M. Farris of La Feria, Texas went to be with the Lord on December 21, 2006. He was born on September 6, 1930, in Llano, Texas. Bill was the fifth of nine children born to Terrell (Wad) and Elsie Farris.  He graduated from Llano High School in 1948 and attended San Angelo State College on a baseball scholarship.  He...

Dec 13, 2006

HarlingenTX: Mervyn C. Guy, 67, passed away Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at Valley Baptist Medical Center. Mervyn was born in Trinidad, W.I. on June 16, 1938 to Todman and Maydale Guy.  He had been a resident of Harlingen since 2003 moving here from Canada.  He was a Millwright by trade and loved to restore homes.   He will be remembered as...

Dec 11, 2006

HARLINGEN, TX: Willis J. Seward was born March 10, 1913, in Carstairs, Alberta, Canada and entered into eternal rest on Monday, December 11, 2006 at age 93.  He moved to the Rio Grande Valley at the age of 10.  He lived at Wilson Tract and later moved to La Feria where he lived and farmed until his recent move, in...

Dec 9, 2006

Harlingen/Rancho Viejo: Roberta Beveridge Ellis, 82, passed away Saturday, December 9, 2006 following a lengthy illness. Roberta was born in Grant, NE on October 14, 1924 and grew up in Tulsa, OK.  She attended the University of Tulsa, National University of Mexico in Mexico City and graduated from the University of Wisconsin in Madison in 1946.  There she was president...

Dec 9, 2006

Brownsville/Harlingen: Ophelia McMillan Gregory was born in Amity, Arkansas on October 14, 1904 to John Arch and Dovie Susan McMillan.  She passed away on Saturday, December 9, 2006 at Retama Manor Nursing Home in Harlingen at the age of 102. She was a resident of Little Rock, Arkansas until 1931, when she moved to the Lower Rio Grande Valley with...

Dec 4, 2006

SAN BENITO, TX:  LaVerne Hailey, 90, passed away Monday, December 4, 2006 at Harlingen Medical Center. LaVerne was born in Dyer County, TN October 11, 1916 to Hudie & Erice Austin.  She received Jesus as her savior at age 17.  She attended Union University, Jackson, TN and taught school at Tatumville, TN. On July 21, 1940 she married Millard Oren...

Oct 6, 1937

Cayetano G. Maldonado passed peacefully from this life on November 5, 2018 at the age of 81.  He was born in Lockhart, TX on October, 6, 1937 to Cayetano Maldonado and Paula Garcia.

Cayetano is survived by his wife, Marcia C. Maldonado; children, Raymond Castillo, Maria I. Maldonado, Ana M. (Anthony Torres) Maldonado, and Pearl Maldonado; eleven...

Mar 13, 1933

Harlingen, TX: Bonnie Elma Marie Chrisman, 76, formerly of White Lake, Michigan passed away on July 8, 2009 at her residence surrounded by her family. Bonnie was born March 13, 1933 in Fowlerville, MI to Wilmer and Mary Sharp.  She was employed with GM SPO in Drayton Plains, MI and retired after 25 years of dedicated service. Bonnie was a...

Ronald "Ron" Edward Zurlinden, a beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away on February 16, 2024, in Harlingen, Texas. Born on March 14, 1942, in Bay City, Michigan, to Clarence Zurlinden and Ruth Tesch. Ron lived a life full of passion and dedication to his family, work, and hobbies.

Throughout his 42-year career in the air conditioning...

Virginia L. Lane HARLINGEN, TEXAS Virginia Lane of Harlingen, age 89, went to be with her Lord and Savoir on August 6, 2008. Her husband, Joseph Lane, parents, Samuel and Clarcy Shingleton, her sister and brother, Marguerite and Willard Shingleton, and her children, Larry Hull and Shirley Ann Hull, preceded her in death. She is survived by her children, Patricia...

Houston, TX: Diana Smythe, 58, passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2008 in Houston, Texas after a short illness. Diana is survived by daughter, Stephanie Jenkins; son, Brad Jenkins; Husband, Doug Smythe and by her mother, Patty Wilson (Curtis) of Harlingen. Funeral services will be held at the Salem Lutheran Church, 22601 Lutheran Church Road in Tomball, TX, 2:00 PM, Saturday,...

San Antonio, TX: George “Hays” Gray Jr., passed away Tuesday, February 05, 2008 at his home in San Antonio with family at his side. Hays, 72, was born in Harlingen Texas in 1935 to George and Vera Gray.  Hays played football and graduated from Harlingen High School in 1953. Hays married Jo Ann Williams in 1955 and together they raised...