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Carl Hilderbran, Sr.

Carl Hilderbran, Sr.

Feb 17, 2014

Carl Byron Hilderbran Sr., 86, died at his Uvalde residence on Monday, Feb. 17, 2014. He was born March 14, 1927, in San Antonio. Hilderbran, an Eagle Scout, attended Catholic and public schools in San Antonio. He graduated early from Brackenridge High School through special arrangements, having his mother sign papers to allow the then 17yearold to join the...

Alma Casey

Alma Casey

Feb 15, 2014

Alma Gertrude Casey of Uvalde passed away on February 15, 2014 at the age of 93. She was born on August 3, 1920 in Detroit, TX to John and Mary Free Hamelton. She married Orvel Vern O.V. Casey on July 18, 1950 in McAllen, TX. He preceded her in death in 2008. She is survived by two daughters, Arlene...

Edelmira Brown

Edelmira Brown

Feb 14, 2014

Ella V. Brown of Uvalde passed away on February 14, 2014 at Amistad Nursing Home at the age of 88. She was born on October 7, 1925 in Del Rio to Amancio and Ester De Leon Villarreal. She married Charles R. Brown, Jr. in Laredo on October 8, 1954. She is survived by her son: Joe Villarreal and his...

Maria Rubio

Maria Rubio

Feb 14, 2014

Maria Rubio of Uvalde passed away on February 14, 2014 in Uvalde at the age of 67. She was born on November 24, 1946 in La Pryor to Genaro and Francisca Ortiz Perez. She married Leocadio Rubio, Sr. in Uvalde on March 3, 1971. She is survived by her husband of 42 years, daughter Marisa Rubio, son Leocadio Rubio,...

Marivel Rios

Marivel Rios

Feb 13, 2014

Marivel Mari P. Rios of Batesville passed away on February 13, 2014 in Edmond, Oklahoma at the age of 42. She was born on January 20, 1972 in Crystal City to Tiburcio and Genoveva Padilla Rios. She is survived by her sisters: Amada Frayre and Olivia Aguirre, brothers: Tiburcio Rios, Jr., and his wife Maria J. and Federico Rios,...

Rosalie Hobbs

Rosalie Hobbs

Feb 13, 2014

Rosalie C. Hobbs of Uvalde passed away on February 13, 2014 at Uvalde Memorial Hospital at the age of 97. She was born on October 17, 1916 in Barksdale to Edward Atlee and Nettie Boales Coleman.She was a member of The Northside Baptist Church and she was acharter member of Frnaces Booth Chapter of Colonial Dames of the Seventeenth...

Rexton Rucker

Rexton Rucker

Feb 11, 2014

Rexton Raymond Rucker passed peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday, February 11, 2014. He is survived by one daughter, Marcy Kay Boales her husband Kipp Boales. Rex is also survived by three grandchildren one great grandchild, Trenton Kipp Boales wife Kimberly Boales, greatgrandson, Kaden Broyles, Trevor Dee Boales, Danielle Rae Rucker. He is also survived by two sisters one...

Joe Patton

Joe Patton

Feb 9, 2014

Joe Ray Patton, 75, of Uvalde died on February 9, 2014 at his residence. A memorial service will be held Thursday, February 13 at 2:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Lonnie Moore officiating. He was born on October 6, 1938 in Sabinal, Texas to Jack and Vera McCaslin Patton. Shortly afterwards the family moved to...

Eluterio Cazares Sr.

Eluterio Cazares Sr.

Feb 8, 2014

Eluterio Cazares Sr. of Batesville passed away on February 8, 2014 at Amistad Nursing Home at the age of 90. He was born on December 23, 1923 in Eagle Pass to Antonio and Maria Cantu Cazares. He married Santos Macias in San Antonio on March 29, 1954. He is survived by his wife of 59 years daughters, Diana C....

William Moffett

William Moffett

Feb 6, 2014

William Earl Moffett, 83, of 204 Chickadee Court, McCormick, SC, husband of Joan K. Moffett, died on Thursday, February 6, 2014 at his home. Born in Real County, TX, he was a son of the late William Ester and Lois Belle Kelly Moffett. Bill received his BA degree in Economics from The University of Texas and was a PhD...

Barbara Yaeger

Barbara Yaeger

Feb 4, 2014

Barbara Priss Jean Yaeger of Uvalde passed away on February 4, 2014 at her residence at the age of 64. She was born on September 10, 1949 in Marathon, Texas to George Stonehouse and Lora Alice Lee Page. She married Roger Yaeger in Hondo on August 14, 1984. She is survived by her husband of 29 years daughter, Misty...

Esperanza Chavez

Esperanza Chavez

Feb 3, 2014

Esperanza Hope G. Chavez of Uvalde passed away on February 3, 2014 at University Hospital at the age of 58. She was born on November 17, 1955 in Winters, Texas to Jose Carbajal and Maria Gutierrez Chavez. She was survived by her father, Jose Chavez sisters, Dionecia Lara and husband Carlos of Portales, New Mexico, Rebecca Chavez, Linda Chavez,...

Frances Sprott

Frances Sprott

Jan 28, 2014

Frances Hazel Sprott of Brackettville passed away on January 28, 2014 in Uvalde Healthcare and Rehab at the age of 88. She was born on October 13, 1925 in Gillette, AR to Frank and John Annie Kirshoff Leslie. She is survived by a son, Russell Nowell and wife, Patti of Brackettville grandson, Cameron Nowell and wife, Katie of El...

Alvin Connell

Alvin Connell

Jan 27, 2014

Alvin L. Connell of Uvalde passed away on January 27, 2014 in Amistad Nursing Home at the age of 85. He was born on September 10, 1928 in Dry Creek, TX to Ammon and Mary Hatley Connell. He is survived by a son, Donnie Connell and wife, Dorothy of San Antonio and three daughters, Donna Connell of Uvalde Dana...

Mary Dodson

Mary Dodson

Jan 27, 2014

Mary A. Dodson of Ft. Clark Springs passed away on January 27, 2014 in Uvalde Healthcare and Rehab at the age of 85. She was born on November 23, 1928 in Trinity, TX to Fred and Eunice Ethridge Bruce. She married Charles Ray Dodson in Houston on July 5, 1949. He preceded her in death in 2012. She is...

Jesse Moreno, Jr.

Jesse Moreno, Jr.

Jan 27, 2014

Jesse Torres Moreno Jr., 56, a resident of Kerrville for 22 years, died at his home on January 27, 2014 after a courageous 16year battle with Multiple Myeloma. He went to the afterlife to be with His Creator, grandfathers, and paternal grandmother. He was born in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas on October 23, 1957. He graduated from Uvalde...

James Gibbens

James Gibbens

Jan 26, 2014

James M. Gibbens, age 84, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 26, 2014 at his home in Montell, Texas. James is preceded in death by his wife of 49 years, Blanche, as well as his parents, 3 sisters and 1 brother. He is survived by his 2 sons, Rex Gibbens of Houston, TX and Mark Gibbens of Dallas, TX...

C.A. Buchanan, Jr.

C.A. Buchanan, Jr.

Jan 23, 2014

C. A. Buchanan, Jr., formerly of 416 Melody Lane, Uvalde,TX, passed away on the morning of January 23, 2014, at the Western Heights Care Center in Lander, Wyoming. He was born in Belton,Texas, September 7, 1928 to Charley Aaron and Minnie Caldwell Buchanan. He worked with Walter Heine in Uvalde drilling water wells and with his father clearing brush...

Joyce Causey

Joyce Causey

Jan 22, 2014

Joyce Marie Alley Causey of Seguin went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 in Seguin. She was born in Sabinal, TX to John Baxter Alley and Ruby Emerson Alley on October 4, 1926. She married Roland Knox Shad Causey on June 29, 1947 in Uvalde, TX at the Methodist Church. She graduated from Uvalde High...

Antonia Esparza

Antonia Esparza

Jan 21, 2014

Antonia Esparza passed away on January 21, 2014 in Uvalde at the age of 84. She was born on June 25, 1929 in Batesville to Julian and Rosa Rodriguez Rios. She married Jose Guadalupe Esparza in Crystal City. He preceded her in death. She is survived by her daughter Oralia Martinez and her husband Larry of La Pryor, son...