Area Obituaries

MISSION – Juan Martinez, 61, passed away on Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, at McAllen Medical Center.

ALTON – Maria B. Longoria, 76, di passed away on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, at her home in Alton

ALTON – Carmela Juarez Guerrero, 60, passed away on Monday, Feb. 4, 2019, at McAllen Medical Center .

MISSION – Harold Garner, 86, passed away on Monday, Feb. 4, 2019, at Waterford Gardens in Mission.

MISSION – Diana (Ruiz) Garcia, 56, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, at her home in Mission.

LA JOYA – Angel Luz Esquivel, 81, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, at Amara Hospice in Edinburg

MISSION – Agustina Cortez, 76, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, at McAllen Medical Center.

MISSION – Raquel Guzman Castro, 57, passed away on Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, at her home.

MISSION – Maria de Jesus Serna Reyes, 96, passed away on Wednesday, Feb.6, 2019, at her home in Mission. Survivors include her children, Rosa Limas, Guadalupe Reyes, Monce Reyes, Mary Cano, Diana Reyes, Jose Reyes, Ana Rosales, Delia Vecchio and Rene Reyes; and 33 grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in…

MISSION – Virginia Kopecki, 92, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019 in McAllen. Mrs. Kopecki was a longtime member of St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Mission. Survivors include her children, JoAnn Newton, John Kopecki, Jr., Betty Melhart and James Kopecki, and nine grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her…