Local Obituaries for Families in San Benito, Texas
Darlene Fultz Goodley
Oct 1, 2022
Darlene Fultz Goodley, 79, passed away September 30, 2022 while living in San Antonio in her son’s residence. She was born January 1, 1943 in Harlingen, Texas, along with her twin sister Arlene Fultz.
Darlene was a career beautician and the owner of Hair Affair in Harlingen, Texas. She was known for her compassionate, caring, and fun-loving...

Mary-Jane Power
Sep 30, 2022
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Richard "Dick" E. Croghan
Sep 30, 2022
On September 30, 2022, Richard “Dick” Croghan started his heavenly life with The Lord. He was met at the door by his son, Robert “Bobby”; his father and mother, Benjamin and Helen; his brothers, Robert and William “Bill; and his sister, Helen.
Still awaiting their time to join Dick are his loving wife, Alvina (Wentzel) Croghan; their...
John C. "Johnny" Boling, PhD
Sep 30, 2022
John C. “Johnny” Boling, PhD, passed away early Friday morning, September 30, 2022, in Harlingen, Texas at 83 years of age. He was born August 31, 1939 in Alexandria, Louisiana. He was raised in Donna, Texas and was a graduate of Donna High School.
From 1960 to 1962, Johnny worked at the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station...
Pamela Jean Lee
Sep 28, 2022
Pamela Jean (Cook) Lee peacefully passed into the arms of her Savior and Lord on September 28, 2022 at sixty-four years of age. She was born to Robert Lowell Cook and Dolores Mae Cook on July 12, 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Pamela was a licensed Radiographer and Emergency Medical Technician. She was a natural caregiver; she loved...

Pam J. Lee
Sep 28, 2022
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Warren F. Clark
Sep 26, 2022
Warren F. Clark died September 26, 2022 in Harlingen, Texas. Warren was born March 4, 1933 to the late James and Nellie Fuller Clark in Bloomington, Illinois.
He is survived by his loving wife, Grace; his children, Craig Clark of Montgomery, Illinois, John Clark of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Sara Clark of Iowa City, Iowa; and, eight...
Javier Salazar
Sep 25, 2022
Javier Salazar, 58, peacefully passed from this life on September 25, 2022. He was born October 15, 1963 to the late José and Rosa M. Salazar in Harlingen, Texas.
He owned and operated J&S Plumbing and had forty years of experience as a professional plumber. While Javier greatly enjoyed his chosen profession and the people that he...
Rufino Adames
Sep 25, 2022
Rufino Adames, 75, peacefully passed from this life September 25, 2022 in Harlingen, Texas. He was born to the late Apolonio and Eulogia Aguilar Adames on September 23, 1947 in Mathis, Texas.
In his younger years, Rufino worked in the construction trade. Among the construction projects on which he worked and of which he was very proud...
Enedelia Cano
Sep 22, 2022
Enedelia Gonzales Cano went to be with our Lord and Savior on September 22, 2022 surrounded by her loving family. Enedelia was born in San Benito, Texas on June 14, 1945 to Francisco and Amada Gonzalez. She was the youngest of twelve children and a proud graduate of Los Fresnos High School.
Enedelia married the love of...
Deloria Connell
Sep 20, 2022
Deloria Connell was born September 2, 1931 in San Antonio, Texas. Her parents were Stanley Deloria Smith and Agnes Haas Smith. Deloria lived in Corpus Christi and moved to Harlingen, Texas in 1959. At the age of seventeen, she met a young man, Archie Connell, at a VFW dance. They quickly fell in love and were married December 2,...
María Guadalupe Guerra
Sep 19, 2022
María Guadalupe Guerra, 89, peacefully passed from this life September 19, 2022. She was born June 15, 1933 to the late Higinio Guerra and Angelita Bueno Guerra in El Ranchito, Texas.
She loved playing bingo and loteria as well as music and dancing. However, her greatest enjoyment was spending time with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
...Ernesto E. Esparza, Sr.
Sep 16, 2022
Ernesto E. Esparza Sr., 85, of San Benito, Texas, peacefully entered heavenly paradise Friday, September 16, 2022, surrounded by his loving wife, Noemi Rendón Esparza, and his immediate family.
Neto, as he was known, was born August 21, 1937 in El Ranchito, Texas. He is preceded in death by his parents, Arnulfo and Margarita Esparza, Sr.; his...
Sarah M. "Sally" (Tracy) Russell
Sep 12, 2022
Sarah Memory Tracy Russell died Monday, September 12, 2022 at home surrounded by her husband of sixty-two years, James Dunn Russell, and her loving family.
Sarah, who was always known as Sally, spent her childhood in Concord, New Hampshire as the child of Dr. Ellsworth Morton Tracy Jr. and Ruth Vernon Memory Tracy. Life in her early...
Faiza Kishmish Naman
Sep 12, 2022
Faiza Kishmish Naman was born August 9, 1934 in Baghdad, Iraq to the late Kishmish Naman and Alice Mansour and was the eldest of her siblings.
Faiza graduated from Baghdad University with a degree in Pharmacy and practiced at several medical centers in Iraq. She and her sister, Wafa, survived the death of her parents and two...
Stephani Ann Waters
Sep 7, 2022
Stephani Ann Waters went to heaven Wednesday, September 7, 2022 after fighting the good fight with Leukemia. Her husband and daughters were by her side, holding her hands, when she passed.
Stephani was born August 16, 1952 in Baytown, Texas to the late Jennifer Alpha Kimball and John Pagan. She enjoyed successful careers with Xerox and General...
Samuel Salas Molina
Sep 7, 2022
Samuel Salas “Sam “Molina, 72, entered to eternal life with his Savior and Lord the evening of September 7, 2022. He was born to the late Rev. Pantaleón Molina and Anastacia Salas Molina on March 21, 1950 in Taft, Texas.
Sam was a graduate of Howard Payne University and was a retired elementary school teacher with McAllen...

Robert J. Michael
Sep 7, 2022
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Betty J. Cullen
Sep 7, 2022
Betty Joyce (Busbee) Cullen, age 93, of Rochester, New Hampshire and Harlingen, Texas was born in Norfolk, Virginia on September 5, 1929 and passed away, surrounded by family, on September 7, 2022 in Harlingen, Texas after several years of declining health. Betty was predeceased by her father Ferebee Edward Busbee and her mother Edna (Latimer, Busbee) Jones. Betty’s husband...
Beverly Lynn (Lytle) Culver
Sep 5, 2022
Beverly Lynn Culver, age 79, passed away on September 5, 2022 at 1:30 p.m.
Lynn, as she was known, was born on June 11, 1943, in Monticello, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Marvin Lytle and Lorraine Arrington Lytle.
Lynn enjoyed a career in the airline industry working for Trans Texas/Texas International/Continental Airlines in Houston...