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Flavio Perez Duran, Sr.

Flavio Perez Duran, Sr.

September 29, 2024

Sonora- Flavio Perez Duran, Sr., age 86 of Sonora passed away Sunday, September 29, 2024. Funeral services will be held Friday, October 4, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Ann's Catholic Church. Interment will follow in Sonora Cemetery. Survivors include son Flavio Duran, Jr., sisters Juanita Duran, Anna Castro, Martha Garza, and Toni Charo.

Barbara Jane Newkirk

Barbara Jane Newkirk

September 15, 2024

It is with great sorrow that we announce that Barbara Jane Newkirk, 77, passed away Sunday, September 15, 2024. She lost her battle with cancer. Barbara Jane Newkirk was born June 26, 1947, in Corona, California. She was the oldest of three children. She had a sister Karen and brother Larry. She graduated from Duncan, Oklahoma High School in...

Delma Martinez

Delma Martinez

September 14, 2024

Delma Noriega, 60, of Sonora, Texas, gently left us to be with the Lord on Saturday, September 14, 2024. Born on February 10, 1964, Delma was the beloved daughter of Jose T. Noriega and Rosa Lumbreras Noriega. A cherished member of the Sonora community, she was affectionately known as Wera or La Wera de Sonora.

Delma was...

Martha Wallace

Martha Wallace

September 13, 2024

Martha Neal Wallace, our beloved Mammy, went home to be with her the Lord and Savior on Friday, September 13, 2024 at 94 years young in her home. Mammy was a one of a kind personality. She made friends wherever she went and never met a stranger. Born August 19, 1930 in Greenville, Texas, to Leo and Ada Mae...

Antonio Cantu Hernandez

Antonio Cantu Hernandez

September 11, 2024

Eldorado- Antonio Cantu Hernandez, age 69 of Eldorado passed away Wednesday, September 11, 2024. Funeral services will be held Friday, September 13, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. at Agape Assembly or God. Interment will follow in Eldorado Cemetery. Survivors include wife Norma Hernandez, sons David Elias and Edward Elias, daughters Diana Bautista and Alicia Hernandez, brothers Phillip Hernandez, Noe Hernandez,...

Joy J. Wiedenmann

Joy J. Wiedenmann

August 20, 2024

Joy Wiedenmann, of Eldorado, Texas passed away August 20, 2024. She lived a FULL life full of love, especially for her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. There wasn't anything she wouldn't do for her family. She was very wise in giving advice and consoling for whoever may need it. Joy grew up in Eldorado. She was the Talon Prom Queen and...

Margarita "Maggie" Noriega

Margarita "Maggie" Noriega

August 18, 2024

Margarita Guerra Noriega-best and lovingly known as Maggie and “Ama”-met our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, while surrounded by her beloved family on Sunday, August 18, 2024. Ama was giving to all. She was a devout Catholic and Guadalupana who stood ready to supply to any needs of the church. She knew and extended Gods love and grace in every...

Dorothy Jean Redman

Dorothy Jean Redman

August 7, 2024

Dorothy Jean Redman

1929-2024

Dorothy Jean Redman, a devoted matriarch who exemplified the Greatest Generation, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. She was surrounded by family and showered with love as she drew her final breaths. She was 95.

Jean, as she was known to many, was born...

Mayme Lee Green

Mayme Lee Green

August 5, 2024

Mayme Green September 16, 1927 – August 5, 2024

On September 16, 1927, God blessed Jessie and Robert Anderson with a beautiful baby girl they named Mayme.

Mayme attended school in Hardwood, Texas. She accepted God at an early age as her personal Lord and Savior and was baptized in the Baptist faith.

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Whitt Michael Martin

Whitt Michael Martin

August 1, 2024

Whitt Michael Martin, 17, passed away on Thursday, August 1st, 2024, at his home in Eldorado, Texas.

Services will be held on Friday, August 9th, 2024, at 10:00 AM at Brushy Top Cowboy Church in Eldorado, with a meal following for all who attend.

Whitt was born in Georgetown, Texas, on May 8th, 2007, and...

Brent Thomas Newkirk

Brent Thomas Newkirk

July 30, 2024

Brent Thomas Newkirk, 49, passed away in his sleep the night of July 30th.  Brent was a loving son, brother, and the favorite uncle of many nieces and nephews.  He has lived in Sonora since 1989.  Brent graduated Sonora High School 1993.  He has an Associate of Drafting from Texas State Technical College Sweetwater.  Brent worked as a journeyman...

Terry Surridge

Terry Surridge

July 29, 2024

Terry Surridge November 5, 1937 – July 29, 2024

Terry Surridge, age 86, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 29th, 2024, in Midland, Texas.

Terry was born November 5th, 1937 in Derby, TX to Juan and Rosa Ramos. She was the oldest of four siblings. She married Bobby Kinard and together had two children, Pat...

Florence Jane Lee

Florence Jane Lee

July 26, 2024

Jane Miller Lee

Florence Jane Miller (Lee) was born on May 26, 1932 in Marysville, Texas to H.W. Miller and Cressie Anglin Miller and passed away at home in Sonora, Texas on July 26, 2024, at the age of 92.

Jane married Joe Allen Lee on March 25, 2006, in Lubbock Texas.

Jane  ...

Marion Louise Porter

Marion Louise Porter

July 16, 2024

Marion Louise Simmons Porter was born February 15, 1940 and died July 16, 2024. Mother always knew hard work. She grew-up in a logging community only to move to a coal mining community. She endured many hardships which only led to a strong woman with a never ending, unmatched work ethic. From West Virginia, Maryland, Ohio then Texas she...

Rosario "Rosie" Ovalle

Rosario "Rosie" Ovalle

July 3, 2024

Sonora- Rosario "Rosie" Ovalle, age 80 of Sonora passed away Wednesday, July 3, 2024. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Ann's Catholic Church. Interment will follow in Sonora Cemetery. Survivors include sons Rocky Costillo and Ruben Ynguanzo, brothers Armando, Alez and Frank Ynguanzo, and sisters Lolly Bernal and Anita Martinez.

Esmergilda "Mickey" Chavez

Esmergilda "Mickey" Chavez

July 3, 2024

Sonora

Esmergilda "Mickey" Noriega Chavez, age 90 of Sonora passed  away Wednesday, July 3, 2024. Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 6, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at Love Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Sonora Cemetery. Survivors include husband Tiodor R. Chavez, son Noe Chavez, and daughter Lilia Flores.

Dustin Patino

Dustin Patino

July 2, 2024

Sonora- Our beloved son, brother, friend, DP, and Pera went home to be with our Lord and Savior on July 2, 2024, at Shannon Hospital in San Angelo, Texas. Dustin Patino was born January 20, 1983 in Kerrville, Texas. Dustin was raised in Rocksprings, Texas until junior high. When he was going into his eighth-grade year, Dustin and his father,...

Gustavo S. Campos

Gustavo S. Campos

June 25, 2024

Sonora-

Gustavo Santos Campos, known affectionately as Tavo, passed away at the age of 79 on June 25, 2024, in San Angelo, TX. Born on June 3, 1945, in Del Rio, Texas, he lived a rich and fulfilling life marked by his service, faith, and love for his family.

Tavo was drafted into the Air...

Pansie Marie Jay

Pansie Marie Jay

June 19, 2024

Pansie Marie Castello Jay

September 30, 1935 – June 19, 2024

Pansie Marie Castello Jay, 88, died peacefully on June 19, 2024, in Fort Worth, TX surrounded by her family. Pansie was born on September 30,1935, in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Thomas Jackson & Mildred Leon Forehand Castello. She was the second of four children and...

Juan D Gauna

Juan D Gauna

June 9, 2024

Juan Gauna of Eldorado passed away on June 9, 2024, at the age of 96. He was born on August 29, 1927 to Librado and Dolores Gauna in a small ranch called El Rancho Del Corral de Piedra , 14 miles southwest of Eldorado TX. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 75 years, Maria Hipolito Gauna...

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