Obituaries

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Joy Routh

Joy Routh

Sep 20, 2016

Joy Jean Routh of Uvalde passed away on September 20, 2016 at Retama Manor South Nursing Home in Victoria, Texas at the age of 85. She was born on August 13, 1931 in Mayes County, Oklahoma. She married Leon Routh on February 17, 1951 in Muskogee, Oklahoma. She worked at Central Power and Light for over 40 years. She...

Jose Gonzalez

Jose Gonzalez

Sep 20, 2016

Jose Refugio Gonzalez of Uvalde passed away on September 20, 2016 at his residence at the age of 94. He was born on July 4, 1922 in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico to Porfirio and Maria De Socorro (Saenz) Gonzalez. He is survived by his daughters, Irma G. Perez of Uvalde, Ana Julia Gonzalez of Carson, Nevada, Roxana Soto of...

Mary Gibson

Mary Gibson

Sep 19, 2016

Mary Lou Gibson of Uvalde passed away on September 19, 2016 at her residence at the age of 87 surrounded by family. She was born on August 10, 1929 in Burnet, TX to Lloyd Fry and Hazel Howell Fry. She married Robert Lee Gibson, Jr. in Uvalde on October 14, 1946. Mary retired from UCISD after serving as the...

Clemencia Pargas

Clemencia Pargas

Sep 18, 2016

Clemencia "Cleme" Pargas of Uvalde passed away on September 18, 2016 at Christus Sister Mary Hospice Center in San Antonio at the age of 87. She was born on September 23, 1928 in Blewett, Texas to Jose Jimenez and Clemencia (Sotomayor) Castro. She married Mariano Pargas on October 10, 1949 in Uvalde. She is survived by her daughters; Sylvia...

Jim Averill

Jim Averill

Sep 18, 2016

James Herbert Averill of Uvalde passed away on September 18, 2016 in San Antonio at the age of 84. He was born on February 28, 1932 in Del Rio to Mike Averill and Claire Miller Averill. Jim graduated from Del Rio High School in 1949 and Texas A&M College in 1954. He worked briefly for the Texas Highway Dept....

Constance Ibarra

Constance Ibarra

Sep 11, 2016

Constance "Connie" P. Ibarra of Uvalde passed away on September 11, 2016 at her residence at the age of 76. She was born on November 23, 1939 in Bakersfield, California to Gilberto and Ida (Feliz) Castillo. Connie retired from First State Bank of Uvalde after 38 years. She is survived by her sons, Daniel Ibarra and wife Lupe and...

Mary Chapoy

Mary Chapoy

Sep 10, 2016

Mary V. Chapoy of Uvalde passed away Saturday, September 10, 2016 at Uvalde Memorial Hospital at the age of 73. Mary was born on September 9, 1943 in Uvalde to Julia (Lopez) and Jose Vasquez. She married Jimmy Chapoy on July 19, 1966 in Uvalde, Texas. Mary retired from Rexall Drug after 45 years of service. She is survived...

Maria Hernandez

Maria Hernandez

Sep 9, 2016

Maria Del Carmen Hernandez formally of Uvalde passed away Friday, September 9, 2016 in Channelview, Texas at the age of 90. Ms. Hernandez was born on July 23, 1926 in Musquiz, Coahuila, Mexico to Sara (Menchaca) and Casimiro De La Rosa. She married Reyes Hernandez on June 24, 1944 in Musquiz, Coahuila, Mexico. She is survived by two daughters,...

Bill Smith

Bill Smith

Sep 8, 2016

Bill Lee Smith of Brackettville passed away on September 8, 2016 at his residence at the age of 68. He was born on February 25, 1948 in Uvalde to Hal Smith and Lula Mae McCullough Smith. He is survived by three sons, Bobby McMullin of La Pryor; Bryan Ivy of Ft. Worth; and Randy Ivy of Oklahoma; daughter, Rhonda...

Rigoberto Cervantes

Rigoberto Cervantes

Sep 2, 2016

Rigoberto Cervantes passed away on September 2, 2016 at the Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center at the age of 72. He was born on January 25, 1944 in San Ignacio de la Sierra Tepehuanes, Durango, Mexico to Manuel Cervantes and Maria Cervantes. He married Ana Maria Rodriguez on August 29, 1969 in Uvalde, Texas. He is survived by his...

Eloisa Mendez

Eloisa Mendez

Aug 29, 2016

Eloisa Reyes Mendez of Uvalde passed away on August 29, 2016 at her residence at the age of 83. She was born on November 19, 1932 in Fort Worth, Texas to Valentin and Aurora (Gonzalez) Reyes. She married Juanito Mendez in May 1980 in Saginaw, Michigan. She was a member of the Sociedad Funeraria Miguel Hidalgo organization for numerous...

Jack Welch, Jr.

Jack Welch, Jr.

Aug 23, 2016

Jack Cleveland Welch, Jr. of Uvalde passed away on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at his residence at the age of 65. He was born on March 26, 1951 in Uvalde to Jack and Mary K. (Piper) Welch, Sr. He is survived by his mother of Uvalde; daughter, Lindsay Patterson and husband Toby of Stafford, Virginia; son, Adam Welch and...

Yolanda Ortiz

Yolanda Ortiz

Aug 20, 2016

Yolanda R. Ortiz of Uvalde passed away on August 20, 2016 in San Antonio at the age of 70. She was born on May 4, 1946 in San Antonio to Enrique Ramos and Josefina Lopez Ramos. She is survived by three sons, Pete Ortiz and wife, Rita; Rick Ortiz; and David Ortiz; and four daughters, Yolanda Flores and husband,...

Juan Terrazas

Juan Terrazas

Aug 18, 2016

Juan Ernesto "J.E.T." Terrazas of Uvalde passed away at his residence on August 18, 2016 at the age of 68. He was born on December 14, 1947 in Del Rio to Juan H. and Guadalupe (Sandoval) Terrazas. He married Guillermina "Mine" Barrera in Del Rio. He is survived by his wife of Uvalde; daughters, Joanne Fernandez, Laura T. Chandler...

Maria Pruneda

Maria Pruneda

Aug 16, 2016

Maria Estella Sosa Pruneda of Uvalde passed away on August 16, 2016 at her residence at the age of 70. She was born on September 12, 1945 in Camp Wood to Juan and Andrea (Ruiz) Sosa. She is survived by her daughter, Dana Pruneda of San Antonio; sons, Danny Pruneda of San Antonio, Darrell Deason of Uvalde; sisters, Aida...

Arnoldo Garcia

Arnoldo Garcia

Aug 14, 2016

Arnoldo Garcia of Uvalde passed away on August 14, 2016 at his residence at the age of 62. He was born on June 15, 1954 in Saginaw, Michigan to Willie R. and Jesusita (Reynosa) Garcia. He married Evangelina Gonzalez on June 16, 1973 in Uvalde. He worked as a production manager for Alpine Packaging Inc. in Colorado Springs, Colorado....

Johnnie Hughes

Johnnie Hughes

Aug 14, 2016

Johnnie Mae was born to Mrs. Johnnie Crawford Cain & Mr. Jake Ervin Cain on July 25, 1933. She later came to know & love her step-father, William Thomas Bull. Johnnie Mae spent most of her life in South Texas, spending much time in both Dimmit & LaSalle Counties. At the time of her passing, she was a resident...

Jose Alvarez

Jose Alvarez

Aug 13, 2016

Jose M. "Indio" Alvarez of Uvalde passed away on Saturday, August 13, 2016 at his residence at the age of 64. Mr. Alvarez was born on November 16, 1951 in Nueva Rosita, Coahuila, Mexico to Catalina (Aguilar) and Manuel Alvarez. He married Beatriz Aguirre on February 19, 1993 in Uvalde. He is survived by his wife of 23 years,...

Juan Rios

Juan Rios

Aug 12, 2016

Juan Rios of Batesville passed away on Friday, August 12, 2016 in New Braunfels at the age of 65. Mr. Rios was born on February 4, 1951 in Batesville to Barbarita (Sambrano) and Domingo Rios. He is survived by his wife Suzanne Allen Rios of Batesville; two daughters, Adelita Rios of New Braunfels and Brittany Rodriguez of La Pryor;...

Greg Smyth

Greg Smyth

Aug 6, 2016

David Gregory Smyth was born in Uvalde, Texas, to Lewis Miller Smyth, Jr. and Mary Nell Robinson Smyth on May 3, 1937 and died on August 6, 2016. He was preceded in death by his parents, grandparents and several aunts, uncles and cousins and is survived by his children and grandchildren. Mr. Smyth's career included professional land surveying, heavy...