Local Obituaries for Families in San Benito, Texas
Roberta B. Ellis
Dec 9, 2006
Harlingen/Rancho Viejo: Roberta Beveridge Ellis, 82, passed away Saturday, December 9, 2006 following a lengthy illness. Roberta was born in Grant, NE on October 14, 1924 and grew up in Tulsa, OK. She attended the University of Tulsa, National University of Mexico in Mexico City and graduated from the University of Wisconsin in Madison in 1946. There she was president...

LaVerne A. Hailey
Dec 4, 2006
SAN BENITO, TX: LaVerne Hailey, 90, passed away Monday, December 4, 2006 at Harlingen Medical Center. LaVerne was born in Dyer County, TN October 11, 1916 to Hudie & Erice Austin. She received Jesus as her savior at age 17. She attended Union University, Jackson, TN and taught school at Tatumville, TN. On July 21, 1940 she married Millard Oren...
Cayetano G. Maldonado
Oct 6, 1937
Cayetano G. Maldonado passed peacefully from this life on November 5, 2018 at the age of 81. He was born in Lockhart, TX on October, 6, 1937 to Cayetano Maldonado and Paula Garcia.
Cayetano is survived by his wife, Marcia C. Maldonado; children, Raymond Castillo, Maria I. Maldonado, Ana M. (Anthony Torres) Maldonado, and Pearl Maldonado; eleven...
Bonnie Elma Marie Chrisman
Mar 13, 1933
Harlingen, TX: Bonnie Elma Marie Chrisman, 76, formerly of White Lake, Michigan passed away on July 8, 2009 at her residence surrounded by her family. Bonnie was born March 13, 1933 in Fowlerville, MI to Wilmer and Mary Sharp. She was employed with GM SPO in Drayton Plains, MI and retired after 25 years of dedicated service. Bonnie was a...
Ronald "Ron" E. Zurlinden
Ronald "Ron" Edward Zurlinden, a beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away on February 16, 2024, in Harlingen, Texas. Born on March 14, 1942, in Bay City, Michigan, to Clarence Zurlinden and Ruth Tesch. Ron lived a life full of passion and dedication to his family, work, and hobbies.
Throughout his 42-year career in the air conditioning...
George "Hays" Gray, Jr.
San Antonio, TX: George “Hays” Gray Jr., passed away Tuesday, February 05, 2008 at his home in San Antonio with family at his side. Hays, 72, was born in Harlingen Texas in 1935 to George and Vera Gray. Hays played football and graduated from Harlingen High School in 1953. Hays married Jo Ann Williams in 1955 and together they raised...

Virginia L. Lane
Virginia L. Lane HARLINGEN, TEXAS Virginia Lane of Harlingen, age 89, went to be with her Lord and Savoir on August 6, 2008. Her husband, Joseph Lane, parents, Samuel and Clarcy Shingleton, her sister and brother, Marguerite and Willard Shingleton, and her children, Larry Hull and Shirley Ann Hull, preceded her in death. She is survived by her children, Patricia...
Diana Smythe
Houston, TX: Diana Smythe, 58, passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2008 in Houston, Texas after a short illness. Diana is survived by daughter, Stephanie Jenkins; son, Brad Jenkins; Husband, Doug Smythe and by her mother, Patty Wilson (Curtis) of Harlingen. Funeral services will be held at the Salem Lutheran Church, 22601 Lutheran Church Road in Tomball, TX, 2:00 PM, Saturday,...