Area Obituaries

ALTON – Eduviges Rodriguez, 92, passed away on Friday, Nov. 23, 2018 at Mission Regional Medical Center. Mr. Rodriguez was born on Oct. 21, 1926, in Mexico. He was the son of the late Abraham and Cristina (Garcia) Rodriguez. Survivors include his wife, Maria Rosa Gamez; 12 children; three brothers and three sisters; and 42…

PEÑITAS – Rosa Iliana Marquez, 49, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018, at Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen.Mrs. Marquez was born on Feb. 19, 1969, in McAllen, to the late Mario and Angelita (Rodriguez) Rincon. Survivors include her husband, Pedro Marquez; children, Iliana Marquez, Daniel Marquez and Gloria Marquez; siblings, Diana Carrizales, Lupita…

MISSION – John J. Jones, 74, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018, at his home in Mission. Mr. Jones was born in Dallas and grew up in Arlington, where he graduated from Arlington High School. He graduated from Baylor University and attended the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ken., and later earned a…

MISSION – Guadalupe “Lupita” Barrera, 88, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018, at Briarcliff Nursing Home in McAllen. Survivors include her children, Maria Luisa Lopez, Maria Guadalupe Hinojosa, Juan Barrera and Hector Javier Barrera; sister, Celestina Croom; and 16 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. A funeral mass was held on Nov. 26 at…

MISSION – Maria Gonzalez Serafin, 98, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018, at her home in Mission. Mrs. Serafin was born on Sept. 1, 1920, in San Miguel, Mexico, to the late Isabel Fructuoso (Serafin) González. She lived in Reynosa, Mexico, for most of her life until she moved between two daughters in Pharr…

MISSION – Angelita “Angie” Vela, 73, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018, at Comfort House in McAllen.

MISSION – Rita Vallejo, 86, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, at Solara Hospital in McAllen.

MISSION – Allan Schattschneider, 80, passed away on Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, at McAllen Nursing Center.

ALTON – Soledad H. “Marce” Perez, 87, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, at Waterford Gardens in Mission.

PALMHURST – Alejandro Palafox, 27, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, at his home.