Obituaries

Mary Taylor Villarreal

April 8, 2012

Mrs. Mary Taylor Villarreal, 84, our beloved mother, grandmother, and greatgrandmother entered into the glory of her eternal life on Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012 at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Brownsville surrounded by her loving family. A native and lifetime resident of Brownsville, Mrs. Villarreal loved to volunteer her time and efforts to numerous organizations in our community....

Alice V. Garcia

March 30, 2012

Alice V. Garcia, 71, of Brownsville, Texas entered into eternal rest on Friday, March 30, 2012 at her residence. Alice is preceded in death by her husband Eutiquio G. Garcia, her parents Elenor and Charles Kaszanek her brothers, Charles J. Kaszanek Jr., Harry A. Kaszanek Happy, Carl Kaszanek Carly, and Richard Kaszanek Digie. Alice is survived by her Children...

Eve Freeman

March 30, 2012

Eve Freeman, 84, of Brownsville, Tx., entered into eternal rest on Friday, March 30, 2012. Visitation will be held from 3:00pm to 9:00pm Sunday April 01,2012 with a 7:30pm Funeral Service to be held in the West Chapel of DarlingMouser Funeral Home.

Visitation DarlingMouser Funeral Home 945 Palm Blvd. Brownsville, TX  78520 Sunday, April 1, 2012 3:00pm...

Juanita Lopez Solis

March 28, 2012

Juanita Lopez Solis, age 84, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend entered into the glory of her eternal life on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at her residence in Brownsville surrounded by her loving family. Juanita was born October of 1927 in Olivia, Texas to Esteban and Maria Lopez. Juanita worked at J. C. Penney for over 20...

Margie Lee Chaney

March 25, 2012

Margie Lee Hall Chaney passed away on March 25, 2012, at her home in Rancho Viejo. She was 83 years old. She was born February 6, 1929, in Wellington, Kansas to Gladys and Henry Hall. She was raised in Wellington with her two older siblings Charles and Patsy. Her father worked for more than 50 years for the Santa...

George J Garcia

March 24, 2012

George J. Garcia, 97, of Brownsville, our beloved husband, father, grandfather, greatgrandfather, and uncle, entered into the glory of his eternal life on Saturday, March 24, 2012 at Valley Baptist Medical CenterBrownsville with his loving family at his side. Mr. Garcia was a native and lifetime resident of Brownsville. He was a veteran of World War II having served...

Gloria C Newell

March 17, 2012

Gloria C. Newell, age 85, entered into eternal life on March 17, 2012 at Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born December 1926, in the home where she resided all of her life. Her parents were Francisca Panchita Cantu Campbell and Robert Lee Campbell. Gloria was raised by her mother because her father passed away when she was...

Olivia Cisneros Marks

March 16, 2012

Olivia C. Marks, 89, died peacefully on Friday, March 16, 2012 at Park Manor in The Woodlands, Texas. She was born July 1922, in Brownsville, Texas, the daughter of Rafael Longoria Cisneros and Santos Saenz Cisneros. Olivia spent most of her life living and working in Brownsville, Texas, where together with her husband, the late Jose A. Marks Sr.,...

Aurora Paredes Lopez

March 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

March 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

March 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

March 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

February 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

February 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

February 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

February 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

February 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

February 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

February 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

February 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...