Area Obituaries

PALMVIEW – Manuel Domingo Lopez, 91, passed away on Monday, Dec. 24, 2018, at Pax Villa Hospice in McAllen.

MISSION – Juan Eduardo Llanas, 60, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018, in McAllen.

MISSION – Gerald Joseph Illerbrun, 81, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018, in Pharr.

MISSION – Maria Hernandez, 89, passed away on Friday, Dec. 21, 2018, at her home in Mission.

MISSION – Jose Guerrero, 43, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018, at Doctors Hospital in Edinburg.

MISSION – Juan Jose Chapa Garza, 82, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, at Rio Grande Regional Hospital McAllen.

PEÑITAS – Eduardo Escobedo, 26, passed away on Monday, Dec. 24, 2018, at Mission Regional Medical Center.

MISSION – Maria De La Luz Alvarez, 68, passed away on Friday, Dec. 28, 2018, at Mission Regional Medical Center. Survivors include her children, Ruben Alvarez Jr., Alfredo Alvarez and Crystal Lozano; sister, Laura Vela; and 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ruben Alvarez Sr.; mother, Elma Villarreal;…

MISSION – Jose Sergio Cantu, 69, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2018, at Doctors Hospital in Edinburg.

MISSION – Lesly Barraza Vidales, 21, passed away on Dec. 23, 2018 at San Antonio Methodist Hospital. Survivors include her mother Lesly L. Vidales; fatherm Abel Barraza; and brothers, Abel Barraza and Rene Barraza. A funeral service was held on Dec. 27 at Funeraria Del Angel in Mission. Burial followed at Valley Memorial Gardens Cemetery.