OBIT-Porfirio Villalon

CUEVITAS – Porfirio “Pilo” Villalon, 84, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, at Mission Regional Medical Center.

Mr. Villalon was born in Cuevitas on Dec. 6, 1930, to Reginaldo and Paz Villalon. He was a U.S. Army veteran honorably discharged in 1960. He worked for the Water Boundary Commission in Falcon and worked as a lab technician for the Texas Department of Transportation of Highways until1992. After retiring, he worked part-time with Upper Valley Caliche.

Survivors include his wife, Consuelo Villalon; children, Belinda Winkler, Reggie Villalon and Esmeralda Villalon; brothers Domingo Villarreal II and Enrique Villarreal; and one grandchild.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Reginaldo and Paz Villalon; his first wife, Maria Elena Villarreal; and numerous siblings.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday Aug. 25, from 1 to 9 p.m. with a 7 p.m. prayer service at Lord and I Funeral Home in Sullivan City. The funeral will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 26, at 5 p.m. at the funeral home. Interment follows at Cuevitas Cemetery.