All Obituaries

Leticia Barguiarena, 66, beloved daughter, wife, mother, cousin, and friend entered into the glory of her eternal life on Wednesday, October 9, 2019, at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen with her family at her side.   Lety, as she was affectionately known to all, was born in Brownsville, TX. She was a proud member of the BHS Class of ’72. She attended Texas Southmost College and then transferred to UT Austin. In May of 1976, she graduated with her BA is Sociology. Lety...

BROWNSVILLE, TX. – Agustin “Tino” Alcalá passed into eternal rest on Saturday, October 5, 2019. He was 90 years old. Agustin was born on October 31, 1928 in Brownsville, Texas; he was the fourth of five children born to Manuel Quintana and Guadalupe Hernandez. Upon the death of his mother in 1933, Agustin and his three unmarried brothers became the responsibility of his paternal aunt Donaciana Quintana de Alcalá, a resident of Brownsville, Texas. Donaciana...

BROWNSVILLE, TX. – Gloria Oralia C. Villarreal entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at the age of 84.   She was born in San Benito, Texas on January 14, 1935. She attended San Benito High School where she was elected the first Hispanic cheerleader in the school’s history. During her senior year, she served as head cheerleader and was voted high school sweetheart. Upon graduating from high school, she became a licensed vocational nurse before attending...

BROWNSVILLE, TX. - Dr. Ernesto S. Davila, local dentist of fifty-five years and a life-long resident of Brownsville, Texas, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, the 20th of September 2019.   He was born on the December 15, 1932 to Juanita Saldana and Jose Davila, both deceased. He was the eldest of ten. His surviving siblings are Delfino Davila, Graciela Perez, Ruben Davila, Hermlinda Garcia, and Yolanda Ramirez. He was preceded in death by his siblings Concepcion Davila, Nector...

BROWNSVILLE, TX. – Irene C. Gavito entered into the glory of her eternal life on Wednesday, the 18th of September 2019 at her residence in Brownsville, Texas. She was ninety-two years old.   Irene was an educator, a devoted wife, and an amazing and loving mother, grandmother, and soon to be great-grandmother. A devout woman of her Catholic faith, she was a longtime member of the historic Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Brownsville, Texas and attended mass every Sunday until she...

BROWNSVILLE, TX. - Heather L. Gonzalez, 50, of Brownsville, entered into eternal rest at Valley Regional Medical Center on Monday, September 16, 2019. She is survived by two daughters, Jacklynn T. Spiller and Michyle C. Spiller; her father, Ramon Garcia Gonzalez; a brother, Anthony S. Gonzalez; three nieces, Stephanie L. Caudle, Michaela Ann Gonzalez and Cheyenne R. Gonzalez; and two aunts, Aurora Figueroa and Emma Cancio. Memorial services will be held at a later date.

BROWNSVILLE, TX. – Mary Crigler Hicks of Brownsville, Texas died on Friday, the 6th of September 2019 at The Hamilton House in San Benito, Texas. She was born on November 13, 1925. She was ninety-three years old.   Born in Brownsville, she was a member of a founding pioneer family, whose roots reached back into the 1800s six generations ago. She graduated from Brownsville High School, class of 1943. Anything intellectually stimulating or challenging, she prized. In fact,...

BROWNSVILLE, TX. – Porfiria Klahn Canul entered into the glory of her eternal life surrounded by family on Tuesday, the 3rd of September 2019. She was ninety-seven years old.   After graduating from Villa Maria High School, Porfiria was a shipping clerk at McNair and Co. and then entered and ran the family business, Klahn’s Flower Shop of Brownsville. A devout Catholic, she was a founding member of St. Luke Catholic Church and the Altar and Rosary Societies. She was a...

Manuel C. Gallegos, 94, of Edcouch, entered into eternal rest at his residence on Sunday, September 1, 2019 surrounded by loving family. He was born in Linares, Nuevo Leon, Mexico and was a farmer his entire life. He instilled in his children the importance of an education and hard work. When working as migrant farmworkers in Michigan, he never had his children miss a day of school to leave early or by returning late at the end of the summer. Left to eternally treasure their memories of...

Harlingen, Texas - Judy Fruhling Levin 76, died Thursday, August 29, 2019, at La Hacienda Nursing Home in Harlingen, Texas.   A graveside service will be held at the Brownsville Hebrew Cemetery on Sunday, the 1st of September 2019 at ten o’clock in the morning.