OBIT – Ramon Flores Bazaldua

MISSION – Ramon Flores Bazaldua, 85, passed away on Friday, March 18, 2016, at his home in Mission.

Mr. Bazaldua was born in 1930 in Weslaco to Agustin and Isabel (Chabelita) Bazaldua and was raised in Teran, N.L., Mex. A resident of Mission and McAllen, he met his wife in California in 1955 and they married in November, 1958. He was a residential painter and occasionally traveled north to for seasonal farm work.

Survivors include his wife of 76 years, Maria Cruz Silva Flores; children, Francisco Bazaldua, Cesar Bazaldua, Rigoberto Bazaldua, Louie Bazaldua, Martha Garcia and Alma Garza; and 21 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.

A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, March 23, at 1 p.m. at Ric Brown Family Funeral Home in Mission. Burial follows at San Jose Cemetery.