OBIT-Guadalupe F. De Leon

MISSION – Guadalupe F. De Leon, 72, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 25, 2014, at McAllen Medical Center.

Mrs. De Leon was born in Mission on Nov. 20, 1942, to Ernesto and Emilia Flores. She worked for many years with Mission Head Start Program.

Survivors include her husband, Ernesto De Leon; children, Jose, Leo, Mary, Noe and Isidro; siblings, Fernando, Ernesto, Armando, Yolanda and Gloria; and six grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers and a sister.

Visitation will be held on Monday, Dec. 29, from 5 to 9 p.m. with a 7 p.m. rosary at Memorial Funeral Home in San Juan. A funeral service will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 30, at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Mission. Interment will follow at San Jose Cemetery in Mission.