Obituaries

Jan 23, 2024

BROWNSVILLE, TX. – The Honorable René O. Oliveira, 68, our beloved father, grandfather, son, brother, cousin, and friend, entered into the glory of his eternal rest on Tuesday, the 23rd of January 2024. 

René was born and raised in Brownsville, Texas before attending The University of Texas at Austin, where he graduated both as an undergraduate and from The University of...

Jan 20, 2024

BROWNSVILLE, TX. - Hector Silva entered into eternal rest on Saturday, the 20th of January 2024 at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Brownsville surrounded by his loving family. He was seventy years of age.

Hector was born on May 23, 1953 in Brownsville, Texas, son of Marcelino B. Silva and Esther Noyola Silva. While in high school, Hector met the love...

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Jan 10, 2024

BROWNSVILLE, TX. - Albert C. Balli entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, the 10th of January 2024 at Valley Regional Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. He was sixty-one years of age.

Albert was born in Brownsville, Texas on January 28, 1962, son of the late Jesus Balli, Sr. and Dora Cortez Balli. He was a certified nursing assistant...

Jan 9, 2024

BROWNSVILLE, TX. —  Pedro Enrique Garza González entró en el descanso eterno el martes 09 de enero de 2024 en Olmito, Texas. Tenía setenta y cuatro años.

Pedro nació el 01 de abril de 1949 en Matamoros, Tamaulipas, México, hijo de Pedro Garza y Olivia González. 

La Misa Funeral se celebrará a las dos de la tarde del jueves 11...

Jan 4, 2024

BROWNSVILLE, TX. – Nuestra querida madre, Olga Pérez Espinosa, fue a encontrarse con Nuestro Señor el 4 de enero de 2024 a la edad de 93 años. Fue una madre maravillosa, siempre estuvo ahí cuando la necesitabamos y es amada entrañablemente por muchos familiares y amigos.

Nació el 24 de octubre de 1930 en Crystal City, Texas, hija de Rafael...

Jan 2, 2024

BROWNSVILLE, TX. – Leonard Neal Reese, affectionately known as Lenny or Len, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, the 2nd of January 2024 at Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville, Texas. He was sixty-eight years of age.

Leonard was born in Aransas Pass, Texas on August 19, 1955, son of John Paul Reese and Frances Deason Reese. The family later...

Dec 31, 2023

BROWNSVILLE, TX. - Rosa Linda Gomez entered into eternal rest on Sunday, the 31st of December 2023 in the comfort of her Brownsville residence surrounded by her loving family. She was fifty-two years of age.

Rosa was born in Brownsville, Texas on August 13, 1971, and raised by her late grandfather, Nemecio Perales. She attended local schools and went on...

Dec 24, 2023

 

BROWNSVILLE, TX. - Mary Rose Cardenas, 92, died December 24, 2023, in Brownsville, Texas. Born in Mercedes, Texas in 1931, Mary Rose Cardenas was the oldest of four children. Her father managed a hardware store and sold insurance in Brownsville where he raised his family. The family had no luxuries but managed despite the depression years.

Graduating from Brownsville...

Dec 20, 2023

BROWNSVILLE, TX. – Olga Gutierrez Gavito, our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, and friend passed away peacefully on the evening of Wednesday, the 20th of December 2023 – her 94th birthday. She was surrounded by her loving daughters, son-in-law, and grandchildren at her home in Brownsville, Texas.

Olga was born to Antonio Cavazos Gutierrez and Isabel Gutierrez Gutierrez in La...

Dec 18, 2023

BROWNSVILLE, TX. - Eva Flores Garza entered into eternal rest on Monday, the 18th of December 2023 in the comfort of her Brownsville residence surrounded by her loving family. She was one hundred and one years old.

Eva was born in Mercedes, Texas on June 16, 1922, daughter of the late Emilio and Genoveva Flores. She was raised in...

Dec 13, 2023

BROWNSVILLE, TX. - Elaine Dolores Jeffries Webster peacefully entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, the 13th of December 2023 in the comfort of her Brownsville residence surrounded by her family. She was ninety-four years of age.

Elaine was born on October 30, 1929 on the Island of Guanaja, the Bay Islands of Honduras where she grew up, one of six...

Dec 7, 2023

BROWNSVILLE, TX. – Maria C. Ortega entered into eternal rest on Thursday, the 7th of December 2023 in the comfort of her Brownsville residence surrounded by her loving family. She was ninety-two years of age.

Maria was born in Brownsville, Texas on November 21, 1931, daughter of the late Rafael Rodriguez Cantu and Rafaela Calderon Cantu. She was a...

Dec 6, 2023

BROWNSVILLE, TX. – Edelmira E. Hilton entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, the 6th of December 2023 in Brownsville, Texas. She was ninety-one years of age.

Edelmira was born in 1932 in Matamoros, Mexico. As we remember Edelmira, we celebrate a life well-lived, a love well-shared, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and a gracious soul, will forever live in...

Nov 24, 2023

BROWNSVILLE, TX. – Paul James Kozsuch was born in St. Clairsville, Ohio in 1924 and died peacefully in Brownsville, Texas, on Friday, the 24th of November 2023, just a few months before his 100th birthday. Throughout his many years, Paul was a devoted son, brother, a WWII Veteran, a husband, a father, an uncle, a grandfather, and a teacher.

He graduated...

Nov 21, 2023

BROWNSVILLE, TX. - Ernestina Quintana Loya entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, the 21st of November 2023 in the comfort of her Brownsville residence surrounded by her loving family. She was one hundred and three years old.

Ernestina was born in Mexico on August 26, 1920, daughter of the late Manuel and Guadalupe Hernandez de Quintana. She was a longtime...

Nov 19, 2023

BROWNSVILLE, TX. - Rosie M. Barrera entered into eternal rest on Sunday, the 19th of November 2023 peacefully in her residence surrounded by her family. She was seventy-four years of age.

Rosie was born on February 23, 1949 in Brownsville, Texas, daughter of the late Constancio Mendoza and Isabel Gomez Mendoza. Rosie was a devoted housewife and loving wife, mother,...

Nov 16, 2023

BROWNSVILLE, TX. - Margarita Escobedo entered into eternal rest on Thursday, the 16th of November 2023 in the comfort of her Brownsville residence. She was eighty-eight years of age.

Margarita was born on June 28, 1935 in Brownsville, Texas, daughter of the late Enrique and Victoria Maza Escobedo. She graduated from college in San Marcos, Texas and went into teaching...