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MISSION - Rogelio Diaz Sr., 55, passed away Sunday, May 15, 2011 at Mission Regional Medical Center in Mission. He was born in Mission on November 14, 1955 to Jorge and Lidia Diaz.

MISSION - Gerald Van Hill, 83, died Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at Doctor's Hospital in Edinburg.
MISSION – Rosa S. Guerra, 84, died Friday, May 20, 2011, at Mission Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 24, at Primera Iglesia Bautista in Mission. Burial will follow at Garden of Angels Cemetery in Abram.
MISSION - Jesus Pecina Gonzalez, 63, died Friday, May 20, 2011, at Retama Manor Nursing Center in McAllen. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, May 23, at Flores Funeral Home in Mission. Burial follows at Garden of Angels Cemetery in Mission.
ALTON – Esther Zamora, 75, died Sunday, May 15, 2011, at her residence. A chapel service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 19, 2011, at Virgil Wilson Memorial Chapel in Mission. Burial follows at Lord & I Cemetery in Palmview.
MISSION - Guadalupe Bazan, 86, left to be with the Lord on May 17, 2011 at McAllen Heart Hospital.
She was born to Damian Ochoa and Cristina de Leon in Abram on October 1, 1924.
Guadalupe Barraza, 15, passed away Monday, May 16, 2011 at his residence. Born July 31, 1995 in Edinburg, he was a ninth grade student at Sharyland High School.
MISSION - Alma Lydia Rangel, 55, died Friday, May 13, 2011 at Retama Manor Nursing Home in Edinburg.
The funeral mass will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 17, at San Martin de Porres Catholic Church in Alton. Interment follows at Valley Memorial Gardens Cemetery in McAllen.
MISSION - Gerardo Mares, 41, passed away on May 14, 2011, at Mission Regional Medical Center.
MISSION - Rogelio Diaz Sr., 55, passed away Sunday, May 15, 2011 at Mission Regional Medical Center in Mission. He was born in Mission on November 14, 1955 to Jorge and Lidia Diaz.
Magdalene Evelyn Sekula Bledsoe, 88, passed away Sunday, May 15, 2011.
The fourth child of Edward and Barbara Sekula's nine children, Maggie was born on June 10, 1922 in Kosciusko. She moved with her family to the Valley where they settled with other Polish families in the settlement of McCook. She married James Bledsoe and had four sons, John, Jim, Bill and Bobby. She was a devout Catholic and an active parishioner at St. Jude's Catholic Church in Pharr for many years.
ALTON - Esther Zamora, 75, died Sunday, May 15, 2011, at her residence in Alton.
ALTON - MISSION - Alma Lydia Rangel, 55, died Friday, May 13, 2011 at Retama Manor Nursing Home in Edinburg. Visitation will be from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, May 16, p.m. with a 7 p.m. rosary at Ric Brown Family Funeral Home in Mission.
MISSION - Lydia Perez, 82, died Friday, May 13, 2011, at Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen.
MISSION - Gilberto Ochoa Jr., 59, died May 13, 2011 at his residence in Mission. Visitation will be Monday, May 16, from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. with a prayer service at 7 p.m. at Flores Memorial Chapel of Mission.
A funeral service will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 17, at Flores Memorial Chapel in Mission. Burial follows at San Jose Cemetery in Abram.
MISSION - Visitation for Severo Miranda will be from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. with a rosary at 7 p.m. Monday, May 16, 2011, at Rivera Funeral Home Chapel of Peace in Mission.
MISSION - Rogelio Diaz Sr., 55, died Sunday, May 15, 2011, at Mission Regional Medical Center in Mission.
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