OBIT – Roberto Bazan Jr.

PALMVIEW – Roberto “Betito” Bazan Jr., 68, passed away on Friday, Jan. 26, 2018, at his home in Palmview.

Mr. Bazan was born in McAllen on Sept. 3, 1949, to Roberto and Enedina Bazan.

Survivors include his children, Roberto Bazan III of Mission, Rita Bazan of Palmview and Ruben Bazan of McAllen; siblings, Adela Peña, Adelina Alaniz and Connie Muñoz of Palmview; and four grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; maternal grandparents, Leandro and Alejandra Garza; and paternal grandparents, Nicasio and Adela Bazan.

A funeral mass was held on Jan. 30 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Mission. Burial followed at Valley Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

Serving as pallbearers were Jack Lester, Joe McLaughlin, Edelmiro Garcia, Lalo Villarreal, Hector Gandaria, Juan Salinas, Juan Treviño, Javier Treviño, Gerardo Alaniz, J.J. Peña, Sergio Muñoz Jr., Jaime Lopez and Rey Garza.