Obituaries

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...

Nov 12, 2023

BROWNSVILLE, TX. - Alfredo Gavito, our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and uncle, entered into the glory of his eternal life on Sunday, the 12th of November 2023, in Brownsville, Texas at the age of ninety-nine, surrounded by his loving daughters. He was a descendant and member of two of Brownsville's pioneering families having been born here on August 23, 1924,...

Nov 12, 2023

BROWNSVILLE, TX. - With humble acceptance of God’s will, we announce the peaceful passing of Margarita Margenau into eternal rest, on Sunday, the 12th of November 2023. Margarita passed away peacefully at the age of eighty-three at Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville surrounded by her loving family.

Margarita was born in Brownsville, Texas on December 6, 1939, daughter of...

Nov 5, 2023

Nov 3, 2023

BROWNSVILLE, TX. – Antonio Villarreal, Jr. entered into eternal rest on Friday, the 3rd of November 2023 at Valley Regional Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. He was seventy-eight years of age.

Antonio was born on February 3, 1945 in San Pedro, Texas, son of the late Antonio Villarreal, Sr. and Victoria Garcia Villarreal. He was a parishioner of...

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Oct 22, 2023

BROWNSVILLE, TX. – Carl S. Chilton, Jr., longtime Brownsville businessman, community leader and author, passed away on Sunday, the 22nd of October 2023, in Rowlett, Texas. He was one hundred years old.

He was preceded in death by his wife of sixty-five years, Ruth Lewis Chilton; daughter, Carla Ann Hannah; his parents, Carl Sr., and Gladys Chilton; his stepmother, Eula...

Oct 19, 2023

SAN ANTONIO, TX. - Dora Garcia Lopez entered into eternal rest on Thursday, the 19th of October 2023 in the comfort of her San Antonio residence. She was ninety-five years of age.

Dora was born May 8, 1928 in Raymondville, Texas, daughter of Santos Garcia and Estefana Carmona. A devout Catholic, her life was devoted to God and she served...

Oct 15, 2023

PORT ISABEL, TX. - Danny Edward Smith was born on December 26, 1952 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, son of William Harvey Smith and Mary Ellen (Seybert) Smith. Danny spent the days of his youth engaging in innocent childhood shenanigans and occasionally a little trouble. He graduated from Col-Hi in 1971. He apprenticed to be a mason and spent all his life...

Oct 15, 2023

SAN PEDRO, TX. – Mr. Santos Gonzales, ninety-three, of San Pedro entered into eternal rest on Sunday, the 15th of October 2023 in the comfort of his San Pedro residence surrounded by his family.

Mr. Gonzales was preceded in death by his loving and devoted wife, Carlota Nunez Gonzales; parents, Marcos and Maximiana Gutierrez Gonzales; a son, Freddie Gonzales; a...