OBIT – Higinio Casares

MISSION – Higinio “Gino” Casares, 72, passed away on Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, at his home in Mission.

Survivors include his children, Guillermo Casares of Mission, Oneida Valdez of Mission and Yvonne Casares of South Bend, Ind.; siblings, Adela Alvarez, Oralia De Anda and Virginia Erb; and 11 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Octavio and Vicenta Casares; son, Leo Dan Casares; and brother, Tomas Casares.

Visitation will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 6, from 1 to 9 p.m. with a 7 p.m. rosary at Ric Brown Family Funeral Home in Mission. A funeral mass will be held on Thursday, Sept. 7, at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Mission. Cremation follows.