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Odilia M. Gonzales
May 13, 2024
Sonora- Odilia M. Gonzales, age 84 of Sonora passed away Monday, May 13, 2024. Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 10:00a.m. at St. Ann's Catholic Church. Interment will follow in Sonora Cemetery. Survivors include her husband Santiago Gonzales, Sr., and sons Jimmy, Frankie and Luie Gonzales.
Edward Leroy Burke
May 13, 2024
Eldorado- In Loving Memory of Edward L. Burke (“Eddie”) August 16, 1938 – May 13, 2025 Edward L. Burke, lovingly known as “Eddie” and “Eddie Lee,” departed his earthly home on May 13, 2025, at the age of 86, to join our Heavenly Father and reunite with his beloved wife Myrtie. Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 24, 2025...
Cheryl Lock
Apr 28, 2024
Cheryl Emfinger Lock went to be with her Savior on Sunday, April 28th, 2024. She was born on January 13th, 1947, to Bernice and Thurman Emfinger in New Braunfels, Texas. Thurman was stationed in Japan after World War 2. He was killed in a plane crash while serving in Japan when Cheryl was 3 years old. Cheryl spent most of...
Sammye Ruppeck
Apr 24, 2024
Sammye Ruppeck, 80, of San Angelo, Texas passed away on April 24, 2024. She was born on October 13, 1943, to Johno and Thelia “Nook” Mayo in San Angelo, Texas. When Sammye was 7 years old, her father and mother moved her and her brother Johnny Mayo Jr. to the Luedecke Family Farm that her mother grew up on outside...
Ila Mae Baker
Apr 15, 2024
Ila Mae "Tootie" Baker Ila Baker, 82, went to be with her Lord and Savior on April 15, 2024. Ila was born to Jerrell and Ila Young in Fort Worth, Texas, on November 22, 1941. She attended school in Jal, New Mexico, where she made lifelong friends who were like family to her. After high school, Ila attended business school...
Dora Ione Mankin
Apr 10, 2024
Dora Ione Grissom Mankin March 10, 1935 – April 10, 2024 Dora Grissom Mankin was born to William Langly and Ina Earl Grissom on March 10, 1935 in Cross Plains, Texas. She passed from this life on April 10, 2024 at home in Eldorado, Texas. She was the oldest of seven siblings and said in her final years that she...
Rudolfo Perez
Apr 10, 2024
Sonora- Rudolfo "Rudy" Perez, age 78 passed away Wednesday April 10, 2024. Funeral services will be on Saturday April 13, 2024 at 10:00 AM. Survivors include brother Ray Villegas and daughters Pat Arebalos and Terry Alvarado. DOB 12/17/1945
Christabel "Christy" Sauer Hutson
Mar 19, 2024
Christabel “Christy” Sauer Hutson New Iberia– Funeral services will be held for Mrs. Christabel “Christy” Sauer Hutson, 83, on Thursday, March 21, 2024 at 5:00PM at the David Funeral Home Chapel of New Iberia with Brother Geran Maples officiating. Visitation will be held at David Funeral Home of New Iberia on Thursday, March 21, 2024 from 1:00PM until the time...
Rex Ann Friess
Mar 16, 2024
Rex Ann Friess, 83, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 16, 2024 at The Springs Memory Care Facility in San Angelo, Tx. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 23, at 2 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Sonora, TX with Pastor Mark Brechin officiating. Graveside services will follow at the Sonora Cemetery , under the direction of...
Georgia Juanice Orr
Mar 15, 2024
Juanice Orr October 16, 1939 – March 15, 2024Juanice Orr passed peacefully in her sleep Friday, March 15, 2024, in San Angelo, Texas surrounded by family, succumbing to several simultaneous conditions that proved too much for her body to continue to manage.Juanice was born Georgia Juanice to George and Della Mae Williams in McCulloch County, Texas on October 16, 1939....
Sue Hudson
Mar 10, 2024
Saundra Sue Shanks Hudson, 79, passed away on Sunday, March 10, 2024, in Eldorado, Texas. She was a loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, and friend. One of her greatest treasures in this life was being “Mamaw.”! Sue was born in Decatur, Texas, to Elbert Joel and Lodema Viola Saunders Shanks on December 12, 1944. As the youngest of...
Santiaga Garcia Chavez
Feb 22, 2024
Eldorado- Santiaga Garcia Chavez, age 87 of Eldorado passed away on Thursday, February 22, 2024. Funeral services were held Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. at Our Lady Of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Interment was in Eldorado Cemetery. Survivors include sons Oscar and Freddie Chavez and daughter Christina Chavez.
Jimmie "Dod" Clayton James
Feb 16, 2024
Jimmie Clayton (Dod) James 1945-2024 Jimmie Clayton (Dod) James was born October 31, 1945 in McCamey, Texas the son of Jimmie Tommie James and Edith Faught James. On Friday, February 16, 2024, he entered eternal life with his wife of forty-two years by his side. He grew up in Rankin, Texas and graduated from Rankin High School. May 1969 he...
Basilisa Gonzalez
Feb 15, 2024
Eldorado- Basalisa Gonzalez, age 87 of Eldorado passed away Thursday, February 15, 2024. Funeral services were held Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 12:30 p.m. at Our Lady Of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Interment was in Eldorado Cemetery. Survivors include sons Raul Gonzalez, Uber Gonzalez, Ramon Gonzalez, Jr., Rodolfo Gonzalez, and Jesus Auden Gonzalez, and sisters Enedina Rodriguez and Merehilda Dominguez.
Joshua Hastings Jr
Feb 1, 2024
Eldorado - Joshua Hastings, Jr., age 83 passed away Thursday February 1, 2024. Funeral services will be held Wednesday February 7, 2024 at 10:00 AM at St Luke's Missionary Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Eldorado cemetery. Survivors include sons Leonard Hastings, Johnny Factor, George Factor; daughters Brenda Lacy and Nancy Terry and sister Rosetta Lozano.
Pete G Romero Sr
Jan 31, 2024
Sonora - Pete G Romero, Sr., age 73 passed away Wednesday January 31, 2024. Funeral services will be held Saturday February 3, 2024 at 10:00 AM at St Ann's Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Sonora cemetery. Survivors include sons Pete Romero Jr, Lee Romero, Shaun Romero and sister Lidia White.
Michael Wayne Dillard
Jan 25, 2024
In Loving Memory of Michael Wayne Dillard It is with a heavy heart that we announce the news of Michael Wayne Dillard's passing on January 25th, 2024, at the age of 69. Born on May 24, 1954, in Lubbock, Texas, Mike was the beloved son of Byerl and Mona Dillard, and loyal brother to Monte and Suzy. Mike was a...
Oscar Martinez Sanchez, Sr.
Jan 17, 2024
Sonora- Oscar Martinez Sanchez, Sr., age 69 of Sonora passed away Wednesday, January 17, 2024. Graveside services will be held Friday, January 19, 2024 at @ 2:00 p.m. in Sonora Cemetery. Survivors include sons Oscar Sanchez, Jr., and Miguel Sanchez, brothers Carlos and Juan Sanchez, and sisters Irma Sanchez, Aneida Talamantes and Ida Sanchez.
Juan Guerra
Jan 12, 2024
SONORA, TEXAS. Juan E. Guerra passed away peacefully in San Antonio, Texas, on January 12, 2024, surrounded by his family., at the age of 90. He was born in Bastrop, Texas on March 30, 1933. Juan worked as a ranch hand for many years. On March 24, 1952, he married his wife, Elida Gomez Guerra, who preceded him in death...
Ralph Michael Freed
Dec 29, 2023
Sonora- Ralph Michael Freed, also known as Mike, age 61 passed away peacefully on December 29, 2023 in Del Rio, Texas. Memorial services will be held Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at the John and Mildred Cauthorn Depot in Sonora. He was born on November 28, 1962 in Tucumcari, New Mexico. Mike , a generous and impartial individual,...
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