Local Obituaries for Families in San Benito, Texas
Joyce Ann Valle
Dec 23, 2017
Joyce Ann Vallé, 78, passed away on December 23, 2017 in Harlingen, Texas.
Joyce was born Springport, MI on October 11, 1939 to Richard Edward and Reatha Margaret Bilbie. She graduated from San Benito High School. Later in life, Joyce became a nurse and retired San Benito Adult Day Care.
She is survived by her...
Lewis M. Levine
Dec 22, 2017
LEWIS MILTON LEVINE
OCTOBER 1, 1929 – DECEMBER 22, 2017
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Star of coach Stony Phillips’ Harlingen Cardinals’ illustrious winning streak teams in the late 1940s, LEWIS MILTON LEVINE excelled in track, was a homerun hitter for the baseball team, and captained both the football and basketball teams. He played on...
Mary Christine (McMillian) Svetlik
Dec 21, 2017
Mary Christine Svetlik, 88, peacefully slipped into eternal life on December 21, 2017 at her home with her family at her bedside. Mary Christine was born to Estel McMillian and Lila Mae Mullins McMillian on May 28, 1929 in Lexington, Kentucky. She was a secretary in the self-storage industry before her retirement.
Mary Christine is survived by...
Maria de la Luz (Quintanilla) Cerda
Dec 20, 2017
Maria de la Luz Cerda, loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed into eternal life on Wednesday, December 20, 2017. She was born in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico on May 7, 1944 to Ruperto Quintanilla and Guadalupe Sosa. Maria de la Luz married Joaquin Cerda with whom she shared life for 47 years. Joaquin and Maria de...
Wanda L. Gilchrist
Dec 19, 2017
Wanda L. Gilchrist, 85, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017, with her 3 children and a few close friends at her side.
Wanda was born in South Charleston, WV. She and her husband, Vince, moved to Brownsville, TX in 1960, where the family lived for many years. Vince was transferred to Victoria where he worked...
Thomas Read Williams III
Dec 18, 2017
Thomas Read Williams III, age 54, passed away on Monday, December 18, 2017 at his home in Harlingen, Texas. He was born October 24, 1963 in Harlingen, Texas to the late Dr. Thomas Read Williams II and June Williams.
He is survived by his mother June Williams, children Savanah N Williams, Ciara N. Williams and Logan Williams,...
Meredith Ann Weekley
Dec 18, 2017
Meredith Ann Lambe Weekley died Monday, December 18, 2017 in Harlingen, TX. She was 88.
Meredith was born May 9, 1929 in Detroit, MI, the daughter of Howard and Edith Lambe. She had one sister, Marcia Lambe Schupp.
Meredith and her family came to the Valley after her High School, graduation. She joined the Alamo...
Ethel M. Vainwright
Dec 18, 2017
Margaret Ethel Montgomery Vainwright, 87, passed away Monday, December 18, 2017, in Harlingen, Texas.
Ethel affectionately known as “Mammi” was born in Floresville, Texas on July 25, 1930, to H. Leslie Sellers and Ethel Patterson Sellers. Ethel was a long-time resident of the Rio Grande Valley, particularly Harlingen, where she and her husband Richard T. Montgomery raised...
Clara A. Kimbriel
Dec 18, 2017
Clara Kimbriel passed away on December 16, 2017 a few days short of her 85th birthday.
Clara Anne (Alcamo) Kimbriel was born on December 24, 1932 in Baltimore, Maryland to Vincent and Pietra Alcamo. She was the youngest of five and the only daughter. She joined brothers Joe, Tony, Lou and Frank. Clara was the daughter of...
Ruby W. Doubleday
Dec 17, 2017
Ruby Wright Doubleday passed away Saturday, December 17, 2017 at the age of 95. She was preceded in death by two husbands, Leroy V. Wright and Thayer E. Doubleday Jr. Also preceding her in death was her son Larry A. Wright, and great-grandson Shane A. Moeller. She was the last living of 9 children born to M.C. and Maud...
Francisca Perea Huerta
Dec 16, 2017
Our Mom, Francisca Perea Huerta, passed away on Saturday, December 16, 2017 at the Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen, Texas after a short hospital stay and a courageous battle against the effects of a sudden major stroke. Mom was a beautiful, independent and deeply religious lady. Because of her deep religious beliefs, she knew that one day our...
Monica D. Montemayor
Dec 15, 2017
Beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, Monica D. Montemayor, entered into eternal rest on December 15, 2017 in Dallas, Texas. She was born in San Benito, Texas to Jose Guadalupe Dominguez and Maria Elena Villarreal Dominguez on May 4, 1957.
Monica enjoyed to spend time with her family and loved to play bingo and poker.
Left...
Mary Anne Meyn
Dec 15, 2017
Mary Anne Meyn, 88, passed away Friday, December 15, 2017.
Mary Anne was born and raised in Wichita, KS on May 15, 1929. She worked as a vocalist for “Corky Edminster’s Corral Gang” at a radio station in Wichita where she eventually became the Women’s Program Director for radio station KANS for six years. She was a...
Jeremiah Eudelio Lee Orta
Dec 14, 2017
Jeremiah Eudelio Lee Banda Orta, 28, passed into eternal life on December 14, 2017. Jeremiah was born to Armando Orta and Rhonda Roxann Banda Aguilar in Harlingen, Texas on January 1, 1989. He was a graduate of San Benito High School and Texas State Technical College-Harlingen.
Jeremiah enjoyed football, basketball, powerlifting, and track & field. He participated...
Donald Arthur Hartman
Dec 13, 2017
Donald (Don) Arthur Hartman, loving husband, father, grandfather, and treasured friend, passed away on Wednesday, December 13, 2017. He was a resident of Fun N Sun RV Resort in San Benito. Don was born to Arthur Hartman and Violet Thompson Hartman on June 7, 1932 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Donald is survived by his wife, Jonay E....
Frederick Wilcox
Dec 12, 2017
Frederick Durck Wilcox, age 84, of Harlingen, Texas, passed away peacefully at his home on Tuesday, December 12, 2017. Fred was born on May 2, 1933 in Moweaqua, Illinois.
Following high school graduation, Fred served as a radio operator in the US Air Force, in Germany, for four years. He then graduated with a bachelor’s degree from...
Henry Willms
Dec 11, 2017
Henry Allen Willms, age 70, peacefully passed away Monday, December 11, 2017 in Harlingen surrounded by his family. Born August 1st, 1947 in Brownsville, TX to parents Norman and Geraldine Willms. Henry is preceded in death by his parents. Left behind to cherish his memories are his wife, the love of his life of 39 years, Gail Palmer Willms;...
Robert C Wells
Dec 11, 2017
Robert Carl Wells “Bob” was 77 and living in Harlingen, TX when he died on Monday, December 11, 2017.
Bob was born in San Benito, TX on September 24, 1940 and is preceded in death by his parents Elbert and Erdice Wells, his brothers Jay Wells and Jerry Wells. Bob lived in the Rio Grande Valley his...
