Area Obituaries

MISSION – James Everett Schrader, 77 of Mission, passed away on Monday, March 4, 2019, at Waterford Gardens in Mission. Mr. Schrader was born in Bernie, Mo., to Thelma and Everett Schrader and graduated from Bernie High School. He served for 20 years in the U.S. Air Force. He moved to McAllen and became the…

MISSION – Isidra Lopez, 84, passed away on Friday, March 1, 2019, at Solara Hospital in McAllen. Survivors include her children, Jacinto Espinoza, Jose Espinoza, Maria Isabel Garza, Maria ElenaLopez, Agustin Lopez Jr., Encarnacion Lopez and Rosie Reyes; and 15 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Agustin Lopez. A…

MISSION – Gregorio “Shorty” Lopez, 86, passed peacefully on Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Mr. Lopez was born on Nov. 17, 1932, in Garciasville to Gregoria Davila and Alberto Lopez. Hemarried Juanita Moreno on Aug. 27, 1953, in Edinburg, where they lived in the 1960s and moved their family to the Sharyland school district area. He…

ALTON – Jose Luis Lomeli, 64, passed away on Friday, March 8, 2019, at Doctors Hospital in Edinburg. Mr. Lomeli was born on April 6, 1954, in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, to Jose Lomeli and Francisca Tovar Lopez. He worked as warehouse foreman with ECISD and retired after 35 years. Survivors include his wife, Maria…

MISSION – Limin Do, 57, passed away on Friday, March 8, 2019, at her home in Mission. Limin Do was born in Saigon, Vietnam, in 1962 to Shiou Fang Do and Luan Wang and lived in Taiwan from 1984 to 1987 before immigrating to the United States in 1988. A Rio Grande Valley resident for…

PALMHURST – Guadalupe Contreras, 72, passed away on Monday, March 4, 2019, at McAllen Medical Center. Mr. Contreras was married to Juanita Gonzalez on June 23, 1972, and served in the U.S. Army and was a Vietnam veteran. He was employed by Walmart where he retired after 18 years. He also coached team sports in…

PEÑITAS – Aurora G. Cavazos, 106, passed away Sunday, March 10, 2019 at Briarcliff Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in McAllen, Texas. She was born in Tabasco, Texas, on July 18, 1912, to Melecio Gonzalez and Andrea Silva. Aurora is survived by her children, Maria Helena (Emmett) Heimsoth, Sonia Aurora (Joe) Leal and Belinda Marie (Leo)…

MISSION – Kenneth Carl Wieneke, 93, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, at Mission Regional Medical Center.

MISSION – Maria E. Vasquez, 62, passed away on Monday, March 4, 2019, at Mission Regional Medical Center.

MISSION – Matthias Ziya Solis, infant, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019, at Mission Regional Medical Center.