Local Obituaries for Families in San Benito, Texas
Nina Dunlap
Feb 21, 2010
La Feria: Nina Jean Dunlap, 80, passed away Sunday, February 21, 2010 at Retama Manor Nursing Home in Harlingen. Nina was born on March 17, 1929 in Utopia, TX to Sylvester and Emma Mazurek. She was Valedictorian of her high school class at Utopia, TX in 1946. Nina had many interest, but her most treasured one’s were traveling to many...
Milton Jones
Feb 16, 2010
Harlingen, TX: G. Milton Jones, 87, passed away February 16, 2010 at Harlingen Medical Center. Milton was born February 10, 1923 in Poplar Bluff, MO to Herbert and Mae Jones. He moved to the Valley in 1949 to get out of the snow and cold weather of Indiana. Milton began his career as a general repair mechanic with a box...
Arthur B. Busbey
Feb 11, 2010
HARLINGEN, TX: Retired Col. Arthur Bresnahan Busbey, Jr., passed away in the early morning hours of Thursday, February 11, 2010, in Harlingen, TX. Arthur was born in Longview, TX, on April 27, 1922 to Arthur B. and Mollie Busbey. Col. Busbey was raised in Dallas, TX, where early on he developed life-long hobbies of raising and breeding tropical fish and...
Ms Adriana "Dee" Alvarez
Feb 10, 2010
Adriana ‘Dee’ Alvarez 20, entered into eternal rest on February 10, 2010. Adriana is survived by Parents Alicia and Gabriel Alvarez. Sisters Alma Alvarez, Diana Alvarez and Alice Alvarez of San Benito. Pfc.Adriana Alvarez, proudly served her country. Adriana is the first servicewoman to die in the Iraq war. The family will be having public visitation on Friday, February 19,...
Gerry A. Sweet
Feb 10, 2010
Harlingen: Gerry A. Sweet, 72, passed away Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at Valley Baptist Medical Center. Gerry was born on October 23, 1937 in Colorado City, Texas to Mardel and Geraldine Feaster. She was a former resident of Irving, Texas before moving to Harlingen in 1991. Gerry had a passion for volunteer work and fulfilled that passion with the VBMC...
Arnoldo A. Montalvo
Feb 9, 2010
Arnold Montalvo Arnold Montalvo, age 73 passed away on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010. Mr. Montalvo is preceded in death by his parents; Mr. Dionicio Montalvo and Mrs. Ameli Montalvo. He is survived by his loving wife; Irene Montalvo, Daughters; Eda Eloisa (John) Barrientes, Monica M. (Ernesto Jr.) Ortega, and Melinda M. (Baldemar) Guerrero, all of San Benito. Grandchildren; Ernesto Ortega...
Patricia A. Cox
Feb 9, 2010
Harlingen, TX: Patricia Ann Cox, 69, passed away Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen. Patricia was born in Joplin, MO on November 16, 1940 to Floyd and Beatrice Cline. She was a former resident of the Neosho area and a former resident in and around the Chicago area for over 45 years. She was a...
Lawrence J. Phillipp
Feb 8, 2010
La Feria, TX: Lawrence John Phillipp, 88, passed peacefully into his new life Monday, February 8, 2010 at Harlingen Medical Center with family members at his side. Lawrence was born on April 5, 1921 in La Feria, Texas, the first born son of Albert and Sophie Phillipp. He was a farmer all his life and loved the land he worked....
Betty W. Rountree
Jan 31, 2010
Harlingen, TX: Betty Jane Rountree, 81, beloved mother and grandmother, passed into the hands of the Lord on Sunday, January 31, 2010, with her family at her side. She was born on March 6, 1928, in Birmingham, Alabama to Herbert and Dorothy West. After graduating from high school in Washington, D.C. in 1946, Betty attended Touro Infirmary Nursing School in...
Richard J. Steeno
Jan 30, 2010
Harlingen, TX: Richard J. Steeno, 89, passed away Saturday, January 30, 2010 at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen, TX Richard was born in Cleveland, Ohio on June 18, 1920 to Frank and Sylvia Steeno. He was a graduate of the Ohio State University with a degree in Horticulture. He then joined the U.S. Army where he served for many...
Annie Lee Young-Bunton
Jan 26, 2010
Warrenton/Harlingen, TX: Annie Lee Bunton, 96, of Warrenton passed away Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at Oak Springs Nursing Home. She was born on April 22, 1913 to William Lee Shelton of Kildare, TX and Ethel Irene Williams of Lafayette, AL. Annie Lee and her sister Redonia, moved to the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas in the mid 1930’s. Annie...
