Local obituaries for Weslaco, Mercedes & Hidalgo County.

October 20, 2019

MY STORY &WORLD WAR II MEMORIESElmer Sigismund WolffMY STORY & WAR MEMORIESI was born on December 18, 1923, in Chicago, Illinois. My parents were Sigismund Wilhelm Wolff and Bertha (Meissner) Wolff. I had two older sisters born in Germany: Elitia (Lydia) born July 19, 1919, and Erna Elsie born January 25, 1922. Lydia died in 2009 and Erna died in...

October 15, 2019

October 15, 2019

WESLACO = Charles Taylor, 67, entered into rest on Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at his residence in Weslaco. Funeral arrangements pending.

October 15, 2019

October 14, 2019

Weslaco- Felix Garcia, Jr. 88, passed away at his home on Monday, October 14th, 2019. Felix was born in Donna, Texas to Felix Sr. and Guadalupe Galvan Garcia. He was a Donna Redskin, but left school early to join the United States Army. After being honorably discharged, Felix became a plumber and eventually a Master Plumber. He ran his own...

October 13, 2019

WESLACO - Barbara Puente entered into rest on Sunday, October 13, 2019 at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen. Funeral arrangements pending.

October 12, 2019

Theodore “Ted” Phillip Ellis, 55, earned his wings and reunited with his beloved grandson, Joaquin, on Saturday, October 12, 2019, after a courageous two year battle with cancer. Ted was born May 21, 1964, to Will “Bill” Paxton Ellis, Jr. and Patricia Green Ellis in Austin, Texas. He was their firstborn child, the first grandchild on both sides of the...

October 12, 2019

Weslaco- Nazario Peña, 77, passed away on Saturday, October 12th, at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen. He was born on February 5, 1942, to Nazario Peña Sr. and Delfina Cavazos Peña in Mexico. He migrated to Weslaco when he was a young teenager and spent the rest of his life in Weslaco, where he raised six children. He worked...

October 10, 2019

Robert J. Rektorik passed away at Valley Baptist Medical Center on October 10, 2019. He was born on September 28, 1939, to Julius Rektorik and Elizabeth Lollie Ermis Rektorik in Robstown, TX. An Eagle Scout and a graduate of Texas A&M, Bob served in the U.S. Army. He worked for 33 years as an agricultural engineer for the USDA Agricultural...

October 7, 2019

Alvin Smith, 88, died Monday, October 7, 2019, at his residence in Weslaco.

He was predeceased by: his parents, Homer Smith and Myrtle Braly Smith; and his siblings, Mildred "Millie" Hudgens, Ralph Smith and Billy Smith.

He is survived by: his children, Carla Shelton of Orange, Kelly Smith (Libby) of Weslaco, and Suzanne Reed (James) of Orangefield; his grandchildren,...

October 4, 2019

Weslaco- Felipa San Miguel, 87, passed away on Friday, October 4, 2019, at her home in Weslaco. Felipa was born on March 30, 1932, to Gilberto Gonzalez and Paula Puentes in Mexico. She moved to the United States and became a naturalized citizen in 1967.Felipa married the love of her life, Antonio San Miguel. Felipa was a hard worker and...

October 3, 2019

Weslaco- LaVerne A. Abbott, 92, passed away on Thursday, October 3rd, 2019 at John Knox Village in Weslaco. She was born in 1927 to Frank and Anna Jaros in Berwyn, Illinois. Laverne grew up in Berwyn. After graduating from high school, she attended the University of Illinois. LaVerne took the train to class and it was on that route where...

October 2, 2019

Elias Ibarra, 74, passed away on October 2, 2019. Burial will be Saturday, October 5th, 2019, at Sacred Park Cemetery in Mercedes.

September 28, 2019

KERRVILLE - Viola (Vi) Cannon Moreland, 99, of Kerrville, Texas is at rest in the arms of her Heavenly Father on September 28, 2019.She was the 4th child of A.C. and Lucy Cannon was born in Washington, Iowa on August 26, 1920. At age 10, she was baptized in the Disciples of Christ, Christian Church in Washington, Iowa and has...

September 27, 2019

Maria Jesusita De La Rosa Cantu Born: October 15' 1914 Died: September 27, 2019 Maria was born in Sarita, TX, on the Kennedy Ranch, to Manuel and Rosa Cadriel De La Rosa. She was orphaned at the young age of 4 and was raised by her maternal grandmother, Pelipa Cadriel who lived in Brownsville. She married Henry C. Cantu in...

September 27, 2019

WESLACO - Lieutenant Felipe Luna Jr. with Weslaco Fire Department, 56, passed away on Friday, September 27, 2019, at Knapp Medical Center in Weslaco.Felipe grew up in Weslaco and graduated from Weslaco High in 1981. He was passionate about helping others and went straight into the Fire Academy in Harlingen. Lt. Felipe would serve the Weslaco area as a firefighter...

September 26, 2019

WESLACO - Elida Reyna Sanchez passed away unexpectedly on September 26, 2019. She was born on April 14, 1933 in Weslaco, Texas to Octaviano Reyna, Sr. and Josefa Gonzales Reyna. She was preceded in death by seven siblings, Octaviano Reyna, Jr., Celia Salazar, Macario Reyna, Juanita Reyes, Rodolfo Reyna, Maria Arredondo, and Guadalupe Garza, and her beloved daughter, Ana Maria...

September 26, 2019

ELSA - Tomas Perez, 86, of Elsa, TX, passed away on September 26, 2019, in San Antonio, TXTomas Perez was born in Elsa, TX to Baldomera Cisneros Pérez and Vicente Pérez on December 29, 1932. He went to school in Edcouch - Elsa, TX. He married Teresa Puente Pérez on December 28, 1958. in Weslaco, TX. He attended Pan American...

September 23, 2019

Weslaco- Marilyn Farmer, 87, entered into the gates of Heaven on Monday, September 23, 2019. She was born on September 15, 1932, to James "Lucky" Williams and Eunice Mary Blunk Williams in Ottawa, Kansas. Marilyn was the second daughter in a family of three girls and two boys. They grew up in the small town of Ottawa, where she graduated...

September 16, 2019

Donna- Esperanza Herrera, 88, passed away at her home on Monday, September 16, 2019. Esperanza was born on January 24, 1931, to Leandro Herrera and Maria Granados in Coahuila, Mexico where she grew up with two older brothers. After Esperanza married and had nine children, she became a homemaker, raising the children and making sure the house was in order....