Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Candida Salcido

Candida Salcido

January 18, 2016

Candida Rascon Salcido of Fort Stockton passed away Monday, January 18, 2016 in Odessa at the age of 93 years. Candida was born on May 8, 1922, to Liborio Rascon and Estafana Gomez in Fort Stockton. She was a Guadalapana. Candida is survived by her daughter, Alicia Salcido; her son Domingo R. Salcido Jr. and wife Laura; her brother...

Pablo Quintela

Pablo Quintela

January 17, 2016

Pablo G. Quintela of Fort Stockton passed away Sunday, January 17, 2016, in Fort Stockton at the age of 79 years. Pablo was born on June 26, 1936, to Martin Quintela and Tomscit Gonzalez in Fort Stockton. A Mass of Christian burial will take place on Wednesday, January 20, 2016, starting at 10:30 a.m., at St. Joseph Catholic Church...

Manuel Garcia

Manuel Garcia

January 17, 2016

Manuel Frias Garcia of Fort Stockton passed away Sunday, January 17, 2016, in Odessa at the age of 81 years. Manuel was born on April 16, 1934, to Apolinar Garcia and Maria Frias in Marfa. Manuel is survived by his lifetime companion, Diana Duarte; his daughter in law Pam Queen; his children, May Lou Carrasco and husband Richard of...

Colina Baker-Ozuna

Colina Baker-Ozuna

January 8, 2016

Colina Yvonne Baker Ozuna of Fort Stockton passed away Friday, January 8, 2016, in Pecos at the age of 33years. Colina was born on April 14, 1982, to Preston Baker and Virginia Serapo in Fort Stockton. Colina is survived by her two sons, Damien Madrid of Midland, Ryan Pollard of Kermit; her three daughters, Deeja Garcia of Fort Stockton,...

Camilo Celaya

Camilo Celaya

January 6, 2016

Camilo Mongaro Celaya passed away Wednesday, January 6, 2016, in Fort Stockton at the age of 83 years. Camilo was born on July 18, 1932, to Pedro Celaya and Margarita Mongaro in San Vicente, TX. He resided in Fort Stockton for over 70 years. After 38 years, he retired from the Texas Highway Department. He loved to work, loved...

Maria Gonzalez

Maria Gonzalez

December 20, 2015

Maria Etelvina Gonzalez of Fort Stockton, passed away Sunday, December 20, 2015, in Fort Stockton at the age of 86 years. Maria was born on February 15, 1929, to Bivian and Arcadia Ramirez in Shafter, Texas. She was a retired food service worker for Fort Stockton ISD. She was a member of Guadalupana, Hija de Maria, Apostolado and a...

Margarita Sanchez

Margarita Sanchez

December 18, 2015

Margarita Celaya Sanchez of Fort Stockton, passed away Friday, December 18, 2015, in Fort Stockton at the age of 91 years. Margarita was born on June 10, 1924, to Federico Celaya and Maria Santiago in San Vicente, TX. Margarita is survived by her two sons, Federico C. Sanchez and Manuel Sanchez Jr.; her four daughters, Alvina S. Lopez, Irene...

Julia Mcintyre

Julia Mcintyre

December 17, 2015

Julia Patterson Deerfield McIntyre, of Fort Stockton, passed away Thursday December 17th, 2015, in McCamey at the age of 76 years. Julia was born on July 15th, 1939, to Haywood Comet Patterson and Idell Ocie Guthrie in Fort Stockton. Julia grew up on a ranch and had always loved the ranch lifestyle. She loved gardening and being with her...

John Martin

John Martin

December 7, 2015

John Edward Martin passed away Monday, December 7th, 2015, in Sanderson, TX at the age of 77 years. John was born on June 1st, 1938, to Johnny Martin and Nora Bell McCarty in Waelder, TX. He resided in Sanderson for thirty-one years. John is survived by his four sons, Scotty Martin and wife Donna of Luling, TX, Leonard Martin...

Francis Flores

Francis Flores

November 24, 2015

Francis Ontiveros Flores passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2015, in Fort Stockton at the age of 81 years. Francis was born on September 17, 1934, to Seferino Ontiveros and Dolores Moreno in Fort Stockton. Francis is survived by her five sons, Danny and wife Chris of Fort Stockton, Alex and wife Maria of Odessa, Ricky Flores of Midland, Adam...

Teodora Lopez

Teodora Lopez

November 23, 2015

Teodora Duran (Lola) Lopez passed away Monday, November 23, 2015, in Fort Stockton at the age of 86 years. Teodora was born on January 14, 1929, to Ismael Duran and Valentina Salazar de Duran in Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico. Teodora is survived by her husband Mario O. Lopez; two sons, Erbey Jesus Lopez and wife Blanca of St. Bernardino, CA,...

Ray Falcon

Ray Falcon

November 18, 2015

Reymundo "Ray" Moreno Falcon, of Fort Stockton passed away on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at age 83 surrounded by his loved ones. Ray was born January 31st, 1932. On October 20th, 1952, Ray joined the United States Army and was stationed in the Philippines and Korea from 1952 thru 1954. His military service and the people he met during...

Ysrael Hernandez

Ysrael Hernandez

November 16, 2015

Ysrael "Ray" Hernandez passed away Monday, November 16, 2015, in Odessa at the age of 82 years. Ysrael was born on October 26, 1933, to Miguel and Ramona Hernandez in Langtry, TX. Ysrael is survived by his daughters Elva Rodriguez and husband Tomas of Fort Stockton, and Patsy Quintela and husband Alfredo of Fort Stockton; his brothers, Ruben and...

Hillary Hodges

Hillary Hodges

November 4, 2015

Hillary Dee Hodges passed away Wednesday November 4th, 2015, in Fort Stockton at the age of 53 years. Hillary was born on January 24th, 1962, to Delmon and Vida Watson Hodges in Fort Stockton. She was apart of the Lions Club. Hillary was a member of the Church of Christ. Hillary is survived by her son Tate Slatton; two...

Jose Estrada

Jose Estrada

October 26, 2015

Jose De La Luz Estrada, age 76, passed away on October 26th, 2015. He was born on January 5th, 1939, to Maria G. Estrada. Jose is survived by his sons Alberto Velazquez and wife Elizama of Presidio, TX, Dora Velazquez of Ojinaga, Mexico, Sergio Estrada and wife Magdalena of Chihuahua, Mexico; his daughters Mercedes Estrada and husband Jorge of...

Thomas Warren

Thomas Warren

October 25, 2015

Thomas "Nunley" Warren, age 89, passed away on Sunday, October 25, 2015. He was born on February 11, 1926 to Dewy and Rose Warren in Valdosta, GA. He moved to Live Oak, Florida at the age of 3 and grew up as a shear crop farmer. He left High School in his senior year to join the Army for...

Augustina Villegas

Augustina Villegas

October 23, 2015

Augustina "Tina" Villegas, age 85, passed away on Friday, October 23th, 2015. She was a residence of Fort Stockton for 69 years after moving from Sanderson, Texas. She was a faithful member of the Saint Joseph Catholic Church. She was a girl scout assistant-leader, a band-aider for the Pride of Pantherland Band, and a supporter of the "Sheriff's Association",...

Alice Varner

Alice Varner

October 22, 2015

Alice Elizabeth Varner passed away Thursday, October 22, 2015, in Fort Stockton at the age of 80 years. Alice was born on November 6, 1934, to Fred Rodgers and Murtice Simpson in Gorman, TX. She has lived in Fort Stockton since 1955. She was part owner of Fraley Butane Company in Fort Stockton for thirty-four years and owner of...

Matthew Munoz

Matthew Munoz

October 6, 2015

Matthew Dominic Muñoz passed away Tuesday, October 6, 2015, in Fort Stockton at the age of 25 years. Matthew was born on November 15, 1989, to Armando and Veronica Munoz in Fort Stockton. Matthew was a hardworking young man. He worked in the oil rigs for several years, then went to work with Harley Davidson in Midland, TX. His...

Cathy Williams

Cathy Williams

September 16, 2015

Cathy Ann Williams passed away on September 16, 2015. She was born August 25, 1951, in San Angelo, Texas, to Byron and Liz Williams. She grew up in Ozona, surrounded by a large extended family, including one sister, nine cousins, ten uncles and aunts, and three grandparents. Cathy graduated from Ozona High School in 1970. She attended Texas Tech...