All Obituaries

Maria Victoria Almendarez (Tola) esposa, madre, abuela y bisabuela falleció en Mayo Clinic – St. Mary Hospital en Rochester, Minnesota el 8 de agosto del 2022, a la edad de 70 años. Ella nació el 16 de abril 1952. Procedido por su hermana, Pola Santibañez, padre, Hipolito Santibañez, y madre, Maria Santibañez. Le sobreviven su esposo de 56 años de matrimonio, Jose J. Almendarez, sus 6 hijos, Jose (Terry) Almendarez, Norma (Pete) Chavez,...

Bertha, 45, passed away peacefully on July 27, 2022 at Valley Regional Medical Center surrounded by her family. Bertha was born in San Fernando Tamaulipas, México to Argenio Garza Sr. and Alicia Iracheta. Bertha’s mom passed away when Bertha was an adolescent, and her grandparents became her legal guardians, Papa Tino and Mama Chavela as she called them. Bertha immigrated to the United States at age 8, where she attended public school and graduated from James Pace High School....

Ricardo Rodriguez, 55, passed away on Sunday June 5, 2022 at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Brownsville. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Basquez; his children, Gloria Y Rodriguez, Gabriela Rodriguez, Ricardo Alexander Rodriguez, and Christian Eduardo Rodriguez; his siblings, Marco Antonio Rodriguez, Javier Rodriguez, Juan Francisco Rodriguez, Juan Arevalo, Gloria Margarita Martinez, Veronica Marcela Ceballos, and Claudia Lopez Perales; and his grandchildren, Poulette Rivera, Hector...

Maria de Lourdes Medina, 84, passed away at Valley Baptist Medical Center- Harlingen, in the comfort of her family at her bedside on May 19, 2022. Lourdes was a graduate of Villa Maria Catholic High School, and studied at Texas Southmost College.  Lourdes retired from the Brownsville Independent School District as a Paraprofessional; her love of children was exemplified with this job.  Her love of wood work led her to obtain her Carpentry License and Certification. Lourdes, was a...

Maria Magdalena Garcia Toland passed on May 14, 2022, at Valley Regional Medical Center at the age of 50. Maggie, a resident of South Padre Island, was Born in 1971 to Rafael Garcia and Esperanza Rios Garcia. Maggie grew up in Port Isabel, Texas where she graduated from Port Isabel High in 1991 and continued on to earn a cosmetology license and attend two years of college. Shortly after, she met her spouse, Cary Michael Toland and began a 24-year journey where she was blessed with two boys,...

Roy Edward Cantu, 77, went to be with the Lord on April 15, 2022 at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen. He was a lifetime resident of Brownsville. He is preceded in death by his parents, Juan and Maria Luisa Cantu; and his brother, Juan Cantu. He is survived by his children: Corina (Antonio) Guerrero, Rosario Cantu, Roy Cantu, Javier (Marissa) Cantu, Araceli (Adolfo) Lopez, and Peter (Nadia) Cantu, Roy Ornelas Cantu, Carlos Cantu, Christopher Cantu, Jaime Cantu, Amy Cantu, George,...