Apolinaria Montañez "Pola" Montes

BROWNSVILLE, TX. - Apolinaria Montañez "Pola" Montes entered into eternal rest on Friday, the 13th of September 2024 at her Brownsville residence. She was 86 years of age.

Apolinaria was born on February 3, 1938 in Matamoros, Tamaulupas, Mexico, daughter of the late Tranquilino Montañez and Nabora Rios.

A wife, a mother, a grandma too, this is the legacy we have from you. You taught us love and how to fight, you gave us strength, you have us might. A stronger person would be hard to find, and in your heart, you were always kind. You fought for us all in one way or another, not just as a wife not just as a mother. For all us you have your best, now the time has come for you to rest. So go in peace, you have earned your sleep, your love in our hearts we will eternally keep. A legacy of love.

Preceding Apolinaria in death was her husband, Gilberto Montes; her son, Juan Montes; her parents, Tranquilino Montañez and Nabora Rios; and her siblings Maria Isabel Montañez, Guadalupe Montanez, Nabora Lerma, Andrea Juarez, and Beatriz Montañez Pecina (Jesus+).

Survivors include her children Gilberto Montes (Santa), Tomas Montes (Sandra+), Eva M. Lambert (Orlando), Manuel Montes (Yvonne), Maria Isabel M. Vo, Claudia M. Sandoval (Jose Alberto), and Rafael Montes (Esmeralda); her grandchildren Gilberto Montes III, Pola Montes, Gilberto Montes IV, Juan Lambert, Blanca Lambert, Antonio Lambert, Juanmanuel Montes, Fernando Montes, Vincent Thanh Vo, Victoria Sandoval, Daniela Sandoval, Alberto Sandoval, Matthew Montes, Nairobi Montes, Rafael Montes, and Sebastian Montes; her great-grandson, Jedediah Roan Montes; and her sister, Catalina Serrano (Tomas+).

Visiting hours will be held on Thursday, the 19th of September 2024 between the hours of twelve noon and nine o'clock at night, with a recitation of the holy rosary to begin at seven o'clock Thursday evening within the East Chapel of Darling-Mouser Funeral Home.

The Funeral Mass will be celebrated at ten o o’clock in the morning on Friday, the 20th of September 2024 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 555 W. St. Francis Street, Texas. Interment will then follow at the historic Brownsville City Cemetery.

Honored to serve as her pallbearers will be Juanmanuel Montes, Vincent Thanh Vo, Alberto Sandoval, Rafael Montes II, Gilberto Montes IV, and Juan Lambert.

Memories of Pola may be shared at www.darlingmouser.com.

Personalized funeral arrangements directed by Steven R. Hieu Bailey and Staff have been entrusted to the care of Darling-Mouser Funeral Home at 945 Palm Boulevard in Brownsville, Texas 78520, (956) 546-7111.