Area Obituaries

Baldemar CantuMISSION – Baldemar Cantu, 66, passed away on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, at Mission Regional Medical Center. Virgil Wilson Mortuary of Mission is in charge of arrangements. Delia ChavezALTON – Delia Chavez, 71, passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2019, at Mission Regional Medical Center. Virgil Wilson Mortuary of Mission was in charge of…

Baudelia AguilarMISSION – Baudelia (Aguilar) Aguilar, 80, passed away on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, at her home. Alberto AlvarezMISSION – Alberto R. Alvarez, 64, passed away on Saturday, April 13, 2019, at McAllen Medical Center. Maria BarreraPALMVIEW – Maria H. Barrera, 96, passed away on Saturday, April 13, 2019, at her home in Palmview Dr.…

Modesta AnayaPEÑITAS – Modesta San Juanita Anaya, 56, passed away on Sunday, April 7, 2019, at Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen. L & I Funeral Home in Peñitas was in charge of arrangements. Maria DiazMISSION – Maria Apolinar Diaz, 94, passed away on Sunday, April 7, 2019, at her home in Mission. Rosario GalconMISSION…

Avelina EspinozaMISSION – Avelina Espinoza, 46, passed away on Sunday, March 31, 2019, at Mission Regional Medical Center. Ruth GonzalezMISSION – Ruth Gonzalez, 55, passed away on Wednesday, February 27, 2019, at her home in Mission. Florence LandesMISSION – Florence Landes, 94, passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, at Mission Regional Medical Center. Juanita…

MISSION – Jesusa M. Ramirez, 89, passed on Monday, March 25, 2019, at her home. Mrs. Ramirez was born on Nov. 2, 1929, in Los Ramones, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. She moved to the Rio Grande Valley as a child and married Leonel Ramirez Sr. on May 14, 1946. They had seven children whom she raised…

EDINBURG/MISSION – Salvador “Chavalo” Peña Jr., 72, went home to our Lord Monday, March 25, 2019, at Edinburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Pena was born on Feb. 13, 1947, in Mission. Survivors include his sisters, Librada Garza, Hortencia Ramirez and Nilda Segura, all of Edinburg. He was preceded in death by his parents, Salvador Sr.…

MIDLAND/MISSION – Helen Ann Schlothauer Bird left her earthly life behind on Thursday, March 28, 2019, at home in Midland, Tex. She was a native of New Jersey, born in Mays Landing, on February 5, 1923, to Carl and Elizabeth (Waterson) Schlothauer, the fourth of six children. She was the last surviving sibling at her…

MISSION – Sandra Salinas, 58, passed away on Tuesday, March 19, 2019. Survivors include her husband, Manuel Salinas Jr.; children, Yesenia Carrales, Yvette Salinas and Michelle Salinas; siblings, Luis Garza, Gustavo Garza, Nora Perez, Aurelia Robledo, Gracie Salinas and Sylvia Wilson; and two grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Maria de Jesus…

MISSION – Salvador “Chavalo” Pena Jr., 72, passed away on Monday, March 25, 2019, at Edinburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Peña was born on Feb. 13, 1947, in Mission. Survivors include his sisters, Librada Garza, Hortencia Ramirez and Nilda Segura, all of Edinburg. He was preceded in death by his parents, Salvador Sr. and Maria…

PEÑITAS – Norman Noe Garza, 65, passed away on Saturday, March 16, 2019, at Comfort House in McAllen. Mr. Garza was born on Dec. 8, 1953, in Vincennes, Ind. He graduated from La Joya High School in 1972 and from the University of Texas in Arlington. Survivors include a son, Norma Garza Jr.; step-daughter Krystal…