Obituaries

Aurora Paredes Lopez

Aurora Paredes Lopez

Mar 10, 2012

Aurora P. Lopez, 92, of Brownsville, TX our beloved sister and aunt entered into the glory of her eternal life on Saturday, March 10, 2012. She was a native and lifetime resident of Brownsville, having been born here on October 13, 1919 to Pedro Paredes and Dolores Vidal Paredes. She was a longtime parishioner of Immaculate Conception Cathedral. Aurora...

Elodia Tana Tijerina

Elodia Tana Tijerina

Mar 9, 2012

Elodia Tana Tijerina, 73, of Brownsville, Texas, our beloved sister, aunt, and friend entered into the glory of her eternal life on Friday, March 9, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah. After graduating from Pan American University, she became an elementary school teacher in Brownsville. She retired as a school teacher and devoted her life caring for her parents....

Dionicio Juan Gorena Iii

Dionicio Juan Gorena Iii

Mar 7, 2012

Dionicio Juan Gorena III, 60, went to be with his Lord and Savior, while in hospice care, on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 in San Antonio, Texas surrounded by his loving family. Dionicio Juan was a native and lifetime member of the Brownsville community. He was preceded in death by his loving parents, Dionicio Juan Gorena and Fidela Escobedo Gorena...

Florentina Castro Rodriguez

Florentina Castro Rodriguez

Mar 3, 2012

Mrs. Florentina Castro Rodriguez, 88, of Brownsville, our beloved mother, motherinlaw, grandmother, greatgrandmother, and greatgreatgrandmother entered into the glory of her eternal life at her residence on Saturday morning, March 3, 2012 surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Rodriguez was preceded in death by her husband Guadalupe S. Rodriguez, a son, Arnoldo Rodriguez and three daughters: Rosalinda Valdez, Evangelina...

Mark Anthony Ahumada

Mark Anthony Ahumada

Feb 29, 2012

Mark Anthony Ahumada, 37, formerly of Brownsville, our beloved son, brother, uncle, and friend entered into the glory of his eternal life on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at New York Presbyterian Columbia Hospital in New York City, New York. Mark was born in Brownsville in 1974 the oldest son of Patricio Pat Ahumada Jr. and Adriana Campuzano Ahumada. Mark...

Jose "Chuy" De Jesus Valencia

Jose "Chuy" De Jesus Valencia

Feb 29, 2012

Jose De Jesus Valencia, 57, of Brownsville, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville surrounded by his loving family after a brief but valiant battle against lung cancer. Chuy as he was known to all, was born in Ocotlan, Jalisco, Mexico. As a young man, he came to Matamoros and...

Michael "Mick" Louis Thirlwall

Michael "Mick" Louis Thirlwall

Feb 25, 2012

On Saturday, February 25, 2012, Michael Mick Louis Thirlwall, 63, of Brownsville, beloved father, brother, grandfather, and uncle entered into eternal rest while enjoying the Saturday night boxing matches at his brothers residence in Brownsville, Texas. Mick will be remembered by those fortunate to have known him as a kind, personable, and wise person with a great sense of...

Sonda Lou Sebring Torres

Sonda Lou Sebring Torres

Feb 22, 2012

Sonda Lou Sebring Torres passed away on February 22, 1012 after a courageous four year battle with cancer. She was a dedicated mother and a loving grandmother. She was born in Tyler, TX on September 19, 1946 to William Oscar Sebring and Billie Louise Payne Sebring. Sonda moved to Brownsville in 1969 to teach for the Brownsville Independent School...

Margarita Attaway

Margarita Attaway

Feb 20, 2012

Margarita Attaway, 76, passed away Monday, February 20, 2012, to be with our Lord. She was born October 30, 1935, in Brownsville, Texas to Tiburcio and Jacinta Navarro Perez. Known to her friends as Maggie, she was a lifetime resident of Brownsville,TX. She worked for many years at Model Laundry and was later employed with Brownsville ISD until her...

Alma Brise�O Barrera

Alma Brise�O Barrera

Feb 19, 2012

Alma Briseo Barrera, 80, of Brownsville, our beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend entered into the glory of her eternal life on Sunday, February 19, 2012 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. Alma, a lifetime resident of Brownsville, graduated from Brownsville High School in 1950. After raising a family, she returned to college and obtained her...

Joan Todd Walker

Joan Todd Walker

Feb 16, 2012

Joan Todd Walker, 82, of Brownsville, our beloved mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother, and friend entered into the loving embrace of her Lord and Savior on Thursday, February 16, 2012 at Spanish Meadows Nursing Home in Brownsville after a brief illness. Joan, a native of Maracaibo, Venezuela, had been a resident of Brownsville since 1931. She worked for the BISD as...

Maria R Fernandez

Maria R Fernandez

Feb 15, 2012

Maria R. Fernandez, 92, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and sister passed away on February 15, 2012 at Valley Baptist Medical Center Brownsville surrounded by her loving family. She was born May 6, 1919 to Daniel and Rosa Pequeo Ramirez in Brownsville, Texas where she lived all her life raising her children. Maria will always be remembered for...

Hilda Garcia

Hilda Garcia

Feb 14, 2012

Hilda Garcia, 88, of Brownsville, our beloved mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother, sister, aunt, and friend entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville. Mrs. Garcia loved to cook for her family and friends. Her flour tortillas were simply the best. Everyone looked forward to the basket of goodies that she made for...

Clarissa Hinojosa Garcia

Clarissa Hinojosa Garcia

Feb 12, 2012

Clarissa Hinojosa Garcia passed away on Sunday morning, February 12, at Valley Baptist Medical Center. She was 92 years old. Clarissa was born in Mercedes, Texas and graduated from Edinburg Junior College and Texas A and I in Kingsville, where she received both bachelors and masters degrees. She taught first grade for many years at Skinner Elementary School and...

Henry Alfred Bebon Sr.

Henry Alfred Bebon Sr.

Feb 11, 2012

Henry Alfred Bebon Sr., age 86, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, February 11, 2012 at Valley Regional Medical Center. He was born December 1925 in Brownsville to U. S. Army Sergeant Frank Bebon Sr. and Maria Mireles. Born into a military family, his father Frank Bebon, served in the Army and fought in World War I...

Ruy P Gomez

Ruy P Gomez

Feb 8, 2012

Ruy P. Gomez, 89, our beloved brother, uncle, and friend, entered into the glory of his eternal life on Wednesday, February 08, 2012 at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Brownsville, Texas surrounded by his loving family. Ruy was born in Alice, Texas in 1922, a descendant of a pioneer Alice ranching family. Ruy was a proud veteran of the...

Alice Rousset Mu�Oz

Alice Rousset Mu�Oz

Jan 27, 2012

Alice Rousset Muoz, 87, died on January 27, 2012 in the presence of her loved ones at her home in Fairfax, Virginia. Alice Rousset Muoz was born September 1924 in Brownsville, Texas to her parents Rosa Snchez and Alfred Rousset. She worked for Neisner Brothers for 23 years. In retirement, Alice relocated to Fairfax, Virginia. She enjoyed traveling and...

Catarina "Catita" Martinez Sanchez

Catarina "Catita" Martinez Sanchez

Jan 22, 2012

Catarina Catita Sanchez, 93, left this world to be with the Lord on the 22 day of January 2012 in Seguin, Texas. Catita as she was affectionately known to all was born in April of 1918 to Maria Colunga Martinez and Alfonso Martinez. She was a native and lifelong resident of Brownsville. Catita was a descendant of the Colunga...

Eutiquio Garcia

Eutiquio Garcia

Jan 20, 2012

Eutiquio Garcia, 75, of Olmito, Texas entered into eternal rest on Friday, January 20, 2012 at his residence. Mr. Garcia was preceded in death by his parents, Aniceto and Maria G. Garcia his siblings, Clemente, Hilario, and Francisca Garcia. He is survived by his wife, Alice V. Garcia their children, Kevin Monique Garcia, David Yvonne Garcia, and Kim Doug...

Theodore Niles Erickson

Theodore Niles Erickson

Jan 16, 2012

Theodore Niles Erickson, 70, born in Brooklyn, New York on July 26, 1941, died peacefully at his home on January 16, 2012. Mr. Erickson worked most of his career as a tooling engineer all over the country finally settling in Brownsville and retiring from Trico Technologies. He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry Francis Erickson and Lillian...