Local Obituaries for Families in San Benito, Texas
Manuela "Manuelita" Perez
Mar 19, 2020
Manuela “Manuelita” Perez 85 passed away at home surrounded by family on Thursday, March 19, 2020. She was born in San Benito on August 28, 1934, to Mariano & Maria Parras Perez.
Manuelita was a proud graduate of San Benito High School, “once a Greyhound, always a Greyhound”. She was a lifelong member of St. Theresa Catholic...
Betty L. Veale
Mar 19, 2020
A Memorial Service for Betty will be held at a later date to be announced.
Josefa Aguirre
Mar 17, 2020
Josefa Aguirre passed peacefully from this life in Harlingen, TX at the age of 102. She was born to the late Ezekiel Arenas and Guadalupe Rodriguez on March 19, 1917 in Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Josefa enjoyed gardening and spending time with her family. She was of the Catholic faith and a member of St. Theresa Catholic...
Della Malone Blanchard
Mar 16, 2020
Della Mae Blanchard, age 96, passed away peacefully on Monday night (3/16/20) in the comfort of her own home in Harlingen, TX.
Della truly loved life and lived it to the fullest with her family and friends. Some of her favorite things were monthly family gatherings, weekly night games with her dearest loved ones, and traveling North...
Fern Chiles
Mar 15, 2020
Ruth LaFern “Fern” Horan Chiles, 86, peacefully passed away on Sunday, March 15, at her home in Harlingen, Texas. Fern was born November 10, 1933 in Ennis, Texas, one of seven children of Carl and Ruth Gambill Horan.
Raised in Ennis, Fern left after high school to attend college in Houston. She worked...
Daniel S. Martinez
Mar 12, 2020
Daniel S. Martinez,89, passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by his family on Thursday, March 12, 2020. He was born on December 3, 1930, in Taft, Texas to Juan Jose & Maria Solis Martinez.
Daniel S. Martinez owned, along with his wife, Martinez Shoes in San Benito, Texas for 43 years.
Mr. Martinez was...
Roberto Ruiz
Mar 10, 2020
Roberto Ruiz, age 73, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, March 10, 2020, in Harlingen, Texas. He was born on July 15, 1947 to Amador and Berta H. Ruiz Sr. Roberto graduated from Los Fresnos High School in 1967, and from University of Texas-Pan American at Brownsville in 197?. He proudly served as a member of the United States...
Justin Bonham Jones
Mar 9, 2020
A tribute is not available at this time for Justin Bonham Jones. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.
Ron Ericksen
Mar 6, 2020
A tribute is not available at this time for Ron Ericksen. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.
Robert E. Johnston
Mar 6, 2020
Robert Edwin (Bob) Johnston of Harlingen went home to be with our Lord and Savior on Friday, March 6, 2020, following 15 months of Pancreatic Cancer. Bob was born June 25, 1939 in Big Spring, Texas to Vernon C. & Doris Johnston.
He grew up in Harlingen and graduated from HHS in 1957. After high school, Bob...
Julia R. Perez
Mar 2, 2020
Julia R. Perez 88 passed away at her residence in San Benito surrounded by her family on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Julia was born on July 3, 1931, to Santiago & Guadalupe H. Rodriguez.
Julia retired from JCPenny after 23 years of service. She was a member of St. Theresa Catholic Church where she served in the...
Ann M. Wilson
Mar 2, 2020
Ann "Annie" Marie Wilson was 59 and living in Rio Hondo, TX when she died on Monday, March 2, 2020 of complications from cancer at her home.
Born in Appleton, Wisconsin to Geraldine and Joe Bob on December 4, 1960. She grew up in Rio Hondo and had two brothers and one sister. She married James Calvin...
Jung Ok Porter
Mar 1, 2020
Jung Ok Porter, known to friends as “June,” died peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, March 1, 2020 at the age of 84 due to health complications from Parkinson’s disease.
Born in North Korea, Jung Ok was the fourth of eight children. Her family’s world changed dramatically when communists began persecuting Christians in North Korea, leading her...
Dora Lee "Mama" R. Gutierrez
Feb 29, 2020
Dora Lee “Mama” R. Gutierrez 74 passed away at her residence surrounded by family on February 29, 2020 in Rio Hondo. She was born in Las Yescas on January 1, 1946 to Eliseo & Julia Ortega Rodriguez.
She was a homemaker and of the Catholic faith.
Mama was preceded in death by her parents Eliseo...
Ron Forbes
Feb 29, 2020
A tribute is not available at this time for Ron Forbes. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.
Bryan A Leyta
Feb 28, 2020
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Betty Lou McAlister
Feb 25, 2020
Betty Lou McAlister passed away peacefully on February 25, 2020 with loved ones by her side. She was born May 20, 1930 in Harlingen Texas to Ada and William McElwain and was a lifelong resident of the Stuart Place area.
She attended Pan American University and was employed for several years by Sears Roebuck in the Credit...
Katherine (Kathy) H. Barnes
Feb 25, 2020
Kathy Barnes died in Harlingen, Texas on Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from cancer. She was 75 years old.
Kathy was born in Long Beach, California in 1944 to Jack and Imogene Holt. She attended Will Rogers High School in Tulsa and then married William Ford Barnes of Weslaco, Texas. They moved to Harlingen in 1975 where Kathy...
Donald E. Giffen
Feb 24, 2020
Donald Emmett Giffen was a colorful person and led a colorful life spending most of it in Harlingen, Texas where he was born on the 25th of May, 1945. In his youth, given an allowance, instead of buying a toy, he would be elated with a three-way electrical switch. Once, on an Easter Egg hunt at a large farm,...
