Recent Obituaries
Sharon Counselman
Dec 25, 2016
Sharon Giffin Counselman of Sabinal passed away on December 25, 2016 at Medina Regional Hospital in Hondo at the age of 70. She was born on January 11, 1946 in Uvalde to Willis Clark and Estelle (Herring) Giffin. She married Rev'd Robert L. Counselman on June 5, 1970 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is survived by her husband of...
Frances King
Dec 21, 2016
Frances King of Leakey, formerly of Uvalde, passed away on December 21, 2016 in Pleasanton at the age of 88. She was born on August 27, 1928 in Crystal City to Raymond Nabours and Floye Pruitt Nabours. She married Edwin E. King in Batesville on June 6, 1948. He preceded her in death in 2010. She is survived by...
Doris Vanham
Dec 20, 2016
Doris Mahon Vanham of Uvalde passed away on December 20, 2016 at The Veranda at the age of 97. She was born on November 28, 1919 in Gonzales, TX to Ernest Clifton Mahon and Alice Elizabeth Pouncey Mahon. She is survived by a son, Mark Vanham of Uvalde; brother, Willis Mahon and wife, Mary of Dallas; three grandchildren, Riley...
Glyndolen Pitts
Dec 16, 2016
Glyndolen "Gwen" Fernice (Smith) Pitts, 88, passed peacefully in her home in Uvalde, TX on December 16, 2016. She was born on October 24, 1928 in Goforth, TX, the fifth of eight children of Henry Claude and Fern (Foster) Smith. She grew up in Chapman Ranch, TX where at 16 she quit school to work for the Southwestern Bell...
Rosa Flores
Dec 13, 2016
Rosa Gonzalez Flores of Uvalde passed away on December 13, 2016 in Uvalde Healthcare and Rehab at the age of 91. She was born on November 9, 1925 in Montell to Alejandro M. Gonzalez and Maria Carbajal Gonzalez. She married John Harris Flores in Camp Wood on February 13, 1946. He preceded her in death in 1949. She is...
Elise Kirchoff
Dec 12, 2016
Elise Gay Kirchoff of Uvalde passed away at her residence at the age of 70. She was born on June 30, 1946 in Orange Grove, Texas to Leroy and Brunhilde (Morisse) Kirchoff. She is survived by her sons, Jeff Millikin and wife, Kristine of Katy, Tom Millikin and wife, Leslie of Klein and Daniel Millikin and wife Jennifer of...
Doug Bradham
Dec 12, 2016
Forest Douglas Bradham of Uvalde passed away on December 12, 2016 in Uvalde Memorial Hospital at the age of 68. He was born on October 9, 1948 in Edinburg to O.P. Bradham and Billie Jean Hobbs Bradham. He married Elizabeth Kay Dobbins on December 19, 1980 in San Antonio. He is survived by his wife of almost 36 years;...
Trenton Davis
Dec 8, 2016
Trenton Wayne Davis of Hondo, formerly of Knippa passed away on December 8, 2016 at the age of 31. He was born on November 28, 1985 in Uvalde to Charles Davis, Jr. and Stana Marie Becker. He is survived by his father of La Pryor; mother, of Hondo; wife, Melody English Davis of Hondo; children, Connor Davis, Ty Davis...
Valente Mendoza
Dec 6, 2016
Valente T. Mendoza of Uvalde passed away on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at the Texsan Heart Hospital in San Antonio at the age of 84. Mr. Mendoza was born August 20, 1932 in Matehuala, San Luis Potosi, Mexico to Adeliado and Juanita (Torres) Mendoza. He married Herlinda Martinez in Villa de la Paz, San Luis, Potosi on January 1,...
Estella Leon
Dec 5, 2016
Estella De Leon of Uvalde passed away at the Amistad Nursing Home on Monday, December 5, 2016 at the age of 66. Ms. De Leon was born July 7, 1950 in Billings, Montana to Porfirio and Severiana (Aviles) De Leon. She is survived by four sisters; Carmen Morales, Gloria Rubio, both of Uvalde, Irma Hernandez and husband Pete of...
Irma Perez
Dec 4, 2016
Irma Ramos Perez of Uvalde passed away on December 4, 2016 at North East Methodist Hospital in San Antonio at the age of 80. She was born on July 7, 1936 in Uvalde to Leobardo and Carmen (Gonzales) Ramos. She married Ramon Martinez Perez in Uvalde on April 1953. She is survived by her daughters, Carmen P. Alvarado of...
Margaret Pace
Nov 30, 2016
Mrs. Margaret Gonzales Pace formally of Uvalde passed away on Wednesday, November 30, 2016 in Victoria at the age of 86. She was born on March 2, 1930 in Uvalde to Florentino B. and Anita (Talamantez) Gonzales. She married Tom Pace on April 6, 1953 in Seguin. Mrs. Pace is survived by two daughters, Dorothy Pace of Victoria and...
Oscar Moore
Nov 30, 2016
Oscar Townsend Moore of Utopia passed away on November 30, 2016 at Sid Peterson Hospital in Kerrville at the age of 98. He was born on April 2, 1918 in Vanderpool, Texas to Oscar Thomas and Minnie (Polvado) Moore. He enjoyed taking care of his goat herd, gardening, planting trees and the country life. He is survived by his...
Nicolas Ruiz Jr.
Nov 27, 2016
Nicolas "Nick" Ruiz Jr. of Uvalde passed away on Sunday, November 27, 2016 in San Antonio at the age of 68. Mr. Ruiz was born on March 9, 1948 to Teresa (Arredondo) and Nicolas Ruiz Sr. He survived by two sisters, Dora Ocasio of Uvalde and Minerva Smijkowski and husband Edmund of Chicago, Illinois; one brother, Henry Ruiz of...
Bettie Hale
Nov 26, 2016
Bettie Berniece Hale of Uvalde passed away on November 26, 2016 in Uvalde Memorial Hospital at the age of 91. She was born on September 19, 1925 in San Antonio to Lawrence Romney Riddle and Edna Van Pelt Riddle. She was raised in California and graduated from King City High School in King City, CA in 1943. She traveled...
George Wentz
Nov 24, 2016
George Linkhart Wentz of Uvalde passed away on November 24, 2016 at his residence at the age of 83. He was born on November 28, 1932 in Uvalde to Frank Elton Wentz and Cecil Eiband Wentz. He graduated from Uvalde High School, and attended Shreiner Institute and the University of Texas. He married Sherley Askew in Uvalde on May...
Peter Steigerwald
Nov 23, 2016
Peter Stuart Steigerwald of Uvalde passed away on November 23, 2016 at his residence at the age of 83. He was born on February 10, 1933 in Houston to Walter Herman Steigerwald and Bertha Mary Margaret Gross Steigerwald. He married Shirley Anne Heard in Uvalde in 1955. She preceded him in death in 2015. He is survived by a...
Ronald Deacon
Nov 22, 2016
Ronald Eugene Deacon of Uvalde passed away on November 22, 2016 at his residence at the age of 69. He was born on October 20, 1947 in St. Louis, MO to Harry S. Deacon and Lenora Putnam Deacon. He is survived by his wife of 30 years, Joanne Deacon of Uvalde; children, Emily Deacon of Uvalde, Andy Deacon of...
Warren Fulcher
Nov 21, 2016
Warren Thomas Fulcher of Uvalde passed away on November 21, 2016 in San Antonio at the age of 68. He was born on August 21, 1948 in Stephenville to Warren G. Fulcher and Christine Woolf Fulcher. He married Clara Watkins in Uvalde on November 7, 1971. He is survived by his wife of 45 years; daughter, Alicia Hearn and...
Maxine Howard
Nov 21, 2016
Edith Maxine Howard, 89, of Uvalde, died November 21, 2016 at her home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 26, 2016 at Rushing-Estes-Knowles Mortuary. The family will greet visitors on Friday, November 25, 2016 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00p.m. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery with refreshments to be provided at the Rushing-Estes-Knowles Family...