OBIT-Maria De Jesus Cavazos

MISSION – Maria De Jesus Cavazos, 80, passed away Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014 at Mission Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. Cavazos was born April 15, 1934, in Reynosa, Tamps., Mexico to Jorge Alberto and Macedonia (Martinez) Elizondo.

Survivors include her husband, Ambrio Cavazos of Mission; sons, Arnoldo Cavazos of Mission, Cesar Cavazos of Irving and Omar Cavazos, Jorge Cavazos, Roberto Cavazos, Ezequiel Cavazos and Rene Cavazos, all of Mission; daughters, Aida Garcia of McAllen, Leticia Mendiola of Mission, Imelda Muñoz of Irving, Olga Cavazos of Edinburg, Belinda Zamora of Peñitas, Thelma Cavazos of Palmview, Maria De Jesus Fugate of Illinois, Annabel Guerra of Mission and Veronica Regalado of Mission; sisters, Maira De La Luz Zarate of San Juan and Aurora Crum of Alamo; and 50 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, Ambrio Cavazos Jr., and her parents.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 18, from 12 to 9 p.m. with a 7 p.m. rosary at Rivera Funeral Home in Mission. A mass will be held Wednesday, Nov. 19, at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Mission. Interment will follow at Valley Memorial Gardens in Mission.