Area Obituaries

MISSION – Juan Lozano Jr., 59, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, at McAllen Medical Center.

MISSION – Tiburcio Islas, 55, passed away on Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, at Memorial Hermann Medical Center in Houston.

MISSION – Valara Ellen Horak, 98, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, at Mission Regional Medical Center.

MISSION – Elwood A. Hedin, 78, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, at his home in Mission.

MISSION – Norma Garza, 58, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2019, at Mission Regional Medical Center.

MISSION – Jayce Daniel Flores, infant, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019, at Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen.

MISSION – Areopajita Duran, 68, passed away on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, at McAllen Heart Hospital.

MISSION – George Thompson Helle, 87, of Mission, passed away Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, at Rio Grande Regional Hospital. Mr. Helle was born in 1931, in Yonkers, N.Y. His family moved to the Rio Grande Valley in 1947. He graduated from Mission High School in 1949, attended Pan American College and worked for Sun Oil…

MISSION – Edward Ray Cottrell, 74, passed away on Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, at McAllen Medical Center. Mr. Cottrell was born in Indianapolis, Ind., in 1944. He was a Vietnam veteran serving as a U.S. Air Force as a supervisor with the military police and was a Sentry K-9 handler. He retired from Southwestern Bell…

MISSION – Julita Zukowska, 46, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018, at her home.