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Beatriz Degollado
Beatriz Degollado, 68, passed
away Monday, Dec. 13, 1999.
Funeral Services were held on
Friday, Dec. 17, 1999 at 10 a.m.
from the Hernandez Lopez &
Sons Funeral Northside Chapels,
800 Boston St. at San Bernardo
Ave. Holy Mass was celebrated at
10:30 a.m. at San
Martin de Porres Catholic
Church.
Committal services and interment
were held in the Calvary
Catholic Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Jesus
Degollado Jr., Raul Degollado,
Javier Degollado, Arturo Lopez,
Jr., Robert Gonzalez, and David
Cardwell.
Arrangements were under the
direction of Hernandez Lopez
& Sons Northside Chapels, 800
Boston St. at San Bernardo
Ave., Laredo, (956) 723-2979.
Estela R. Mendoza
Estela R. Mendoza, 66, passed
away Monday, Dec. 13, 1999.
A rosary was recited Thursday,
Dec. 16, 1999 at 7 p.m. at the
Hillside Funeral Chapel, 310
Hillside Road. Visitation was
from 4 to 9 p.m.
Funeral services were held Friday,
Dec. 17, 1999 at 8:45 a.m.
from the funeral home chapel
to San Martin de Porres Catholic
Church. Mass began at 9
a.m.
Interment followed in the family
plot of the Catholic Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Ernesto
Treviño, Mario Luna, Anthony
Santos, Joe A. Garcia, Robert
Gray, Roy Moreno and Francisco
Ramirez.
Arrangements were under the
directions of Hillside Funeral
Home, Brad Jackson, Director.
Valeriano Chapa
Valeriano Chapa, 96, passed
away in Corpus Christi, Texas.
A rosary was recited on Friday
evening, Dec. 17, 1999 at 7 p.m.
at Joe Jackson Heights Funeral
Chapels, 719 Loring at Cortez.
Visiting hours were held from 5
to 9 p.m.
Funeral services will be held on
Saturday morning, Dec. 18,
1999 at 9:40 from Joe Jackson
Heights Funeral Chapels, 719
Loring at Cortez to Christ the
King Catholic Church for a Holy
Mass at 10 a.m.
Interment will be at the family’s
plot in the Calvary Catholic
Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direction
of Joe Jackson Heights
Funeral Chapels, 719 Loring at
Cortez.
Jack Edwin Luft
ROCKPORT, TX.— Jack Edwin
Luft, 53, passed away Wednesday,
Dec. 15, 1999.
He was a resident of Rockport
for the past nine years. He grew
up in Corpus Christi and graduated
from Ray High School in
1964. He served three tours of
duty in Vietnam War with the
U.S. Marines. He was a sales
consultant for Cobalt Group out
of Seattle, Wash. Jack was a
“coastal cowboy”; he loved sailing,
fishing, hunting and horses
and was a master of all, just ask
him!
A head-on collision on Mustang
Island claimed Jack’s life. His
grieving wife, friends, and relatives
recall how Jack made everyone
feel so special. He had a
big heart...Everyone loved him.
Friends said that Jack Luft possessed
a charisma that drew
people to him. “He’s making a
lot of grown men cry right
now”, said a friend from Corpus
Christi, of the colorful and
generous Jack Luft.
He is survived by his loving
wife, Kay Segura Christian Luft
of Rockport, Texas; his brother,
Bill Luft of Laredo, Texas; two sisters,
Barbara (John) Griessen of
Johnson City, Texas and Beverly
Hulett of Dallas, Texas; nieces and
nephews, Steve and Wendy
Griessen of Austin, Texas., John
Griessen Jr., of Denver, Colorado,
Eric Hulett of Atlanta,
Georgia, Adriane and Dean Pilcher
of St. Louis, Missouri; and
six great nieces and nephews.
Memorial services will be held
at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18,
1999 at Charlie Marshall Chapel,
Rockport, Texas.
There will be a private family
interment.
In lieu of flowers, donations
may be made to the American
Cancer Society, Tri-City Unit,
4101 S. Alameda, Corpus
Christi, TX. 78411.
Arrangements are under the direction
of Charlie Marshall Funeral
Home Rockport, Texas,
1-800-428-2922.
Ventura Reyes
Mrs. Ventura Reyes, 70, passed
away, Thursday, Dec. 16, 1999
at a local hospital.
Funeral arrangements are pending
at Joe Jackson Heights Funeral
Chapels, 719 Loring at
Cortez. Please call 722-0001 for
additional information.
Beatriz Degollado
Beatriz Degollado, 68, passed
away Monday, Dec. 13, 1999 at
a local hospital.
Mrs. Degollado was born in San
Antonio, TX. She had been a
resident of Laredo most of her
life.
She was preceded in death by
two sisters, Manuela Torres and
Lorenza Zamora.
She is survived by her husband,
Captain, Jesus R. Degollado
(retired); children, Jesus R.
(Margarita) Degollado Jr., Esther
(Arturo) Lopez Jr., Raul
(Noemi) Degollado, Beatriz
(Roberto) Gonzalez, Javier
Degollado, and Estela (David)
Cardwell; 17 grandchildren; uncle,
Juan (Anita) Franco.
Visitation was held and a rosary
was recited on Thursday,
Dec. 16, 1999 in the Hernandez
Lopez & Sons Northside Chapels,
800 Boston St. at San Bernardo
Ave.
Funeral services will begin at 10
a.m. on Friday, Dec. 17, 1999
from the Hernandez Lopez &
Sons Northside Chapels. A holy
Mass will be celebrated at 10:30
a.m. at San Martin de Porres
Catholic Church.
Interment will then follow in
the Calvary Catholic Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direction
of Hernandez, Lopez &
Sons Northside Chapels, 800
Boston St. at San Bernardo
Ave., Laredo, (956) 723-2979.
Esteban Lozano Jr.
Esteban Lozano Jr., 62, passed
away Monday, Dec. 13, 1999 in
Laredo. He was born in Laredo.
A rosary was recited Wednesday,
Dec. 15, 1999 at 6 p.m. in
the Hillside Funeral Home
Chapel. Visitation was from 4 to
9 p.m.
Services were held Thursday,
Dec. 16, 1999 at 8 a.m. from
Hillside Funeral Home, 310
Hillside Road to San Francisco
Xavier Church. Mass was at
8:30 a.m.
Interment followed of the Catholic
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Sergio Lozano,
Alejandro Campos, Joe
Rodriguez, Osvaldo Guzman,
Esteban Lozano III, Esteban
Lozano IV, Gustavo Lozano
and Eduardo Ibarra.
Arrangements were under the
direction of Hillside Funeral
Home, Brad Jackson, Director.
Estela R. Mendoza
Estela R. Mendoza, 66, passed
away Monday, Dec. 13, 1999 in
San Antonio, TX. She was born
in Laredo.
A rosary was recited Thursday,
Dec. 16, 1999 at 7 p.m. at the
Hillside Funeral Chapel, 310
Hillside Road. Visitation was
held from 4 to 9 p.m.
Funeral services will be held on
Friday, Dec. 17, 1999 at 8:45
a.m. from the Hillside Funeral
Home to San Martin de Porres
Church. Mass is at 9 a.m.
Interment will follow in the
family plot of the Catholic Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the directions
of Hillside Funeral
Home, Brad Jackson, Director.
Jose Juventino Ramirez
ZAPATA, TX. — Jose Jueventino
Ramirez, 85, passed away
Thursday, Dec. 16, 1999 at Doctors’
Memorial Hospital in San
Antonio, TX.
Mr. Ramirez served in the U.S.
Army during World War II.
Mr. Ramirez is survived by his
son, Michael J. (Rachel)
Ramirez; brother, Eduardo E.
Ramirez; sister, Maria De La
Paz Ramirez Vielmann; grandchildren,
Eric, Melissa and
Monica; special niece and nephews,
Gregorio, Joe Eduardo and
Elva; also, other relatives.
A rosary will be held on Friday,
Dec. 17, 1999 at 7 p.m. at Rose
Garden Funeral Home, 2102
Hwy 83, in Zapata, TX. Hours
for visitation will be held Friday,
Dec. 17, 1999 from 6 to 9
p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 18,
1999 from 8 to 8:45 a.m.
The funeral procession will depart
at 8:45 a.m. for a funeral
Mass at 9 a.m. at Our Lady of
Lourdes Catholic Church.
Committal services will follow
at the Ramirez Cemetery in
Ramireño, TX.
Funeral arrangements are under
the direction of Rose Garden
Funeral Home.
Valeriano Chapa
Mr. Valeriano Chapa was a beloved
husband, father, grandfather
and great-grandfather. Mr.
Chapa was called to be with the
Lord on Wednesday, Dec. 15,
1999. He will be dearly missed
by all whose lives he touched.
He was born on April 14, 1903
in Agualeguas, Nuevo Leon,
Mexico. He and his family
moved to Laredo, TX in 1910.
He studied bookkeeping at a
business college in Laredo.
Mr. Chapa married Eduviges
Ramos in 1930. He worked as a
bookkeeper until he retired and
moved to Corpus Christi in
1966. While in Laredo, he and
his family were members of
Christ the King Catholic
Church. In Corpus Christi he
and his wife were members of
Most Precious Blood Catholic
Church.
Mr. Chapa was preceded in
death by his father, Cenovio
Chapa; mother, San Juana
Garcia Chapa; brothers, Felipe
and Pedro G. Chapa; sisters,
Angela Chapa and Regina
Blanco; son, Roberto A. Chapa
Mr. Chapa is survived by his
wife, Eduviges Ramos Chapa of
Corpus Christi, Tx.; children,
Edmundo (Margarita) Chapa of
Garland, TX., Elsa (William)
Jackson of Corpus Christi, TX.,
Sylvia (Eduardo) Hernandez of
Corpus Christi, TX.; grandchildren,
Rosalinda (Casimiro)
Barrera of Corpus Christi, TX.,
Raul Trevino Jr., of Austin, TX.,
Laura (Ron) Flores of Corpus,
Christi, TX., Yvette Chapa of
Dallas, David Chapa of Garland,
TX., Eduardo Hernandez
of Houston, TX., Monica (Jason)
Gantenbein of Corpus Christi,
TX. Mr. Chapa is also survived
by his great-grandchildren,
Casimiro Barrera, Jr., Adrian
Barrera, Sean Flores, Christopher
Flores, Chelsea Flores and
Matthew Gantenbein.
A rosary will be recited on Friday
evening, Dec. 17, 1999 at 7
p.m. at Joe Jackson Heights Funeral
Chapels, 719 Loring at
Cortez. Visitation will be
held from 5 to 9 p.m.
Funeral services will be held on
Saturday morning, Dec. 18,
1999 at 9:40 from Joe Jackson
Heights Funeral Chapels, 719
Loring at Cortez to Christ the
King Catholic Church for a Holy
Mass at 10 a.m.
Interment will be at the family’s
plot in the Calvary Catholic
Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direction
of Joe Jackson Heights
Funeral Chapels, 719 Loring at
Cortez.
