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Maria S. Roycroft
Maria S. Roycroft, 78, passed
away Monday, Dec 6, 1999.
Visitation was held and a rosary
was recited on Wednesday,
Dec. 8, 1999 in the Hernandez
Lopez and Sons Northside
Chapels, 800 Boston St. at San
Bernardo Ave.
Funeral services will begin at 8
a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 9, 1999
from the Hernandez Lopez and
Sons Northside Chapels. Holy
Mass will be celebrated at 8:30
a.m. at San Francisco Javier
Catholic Church.
Interment will then follow in
the Calvary Catholic Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direction
of Hernandez, Lopez
and Sons Northside Chapels,
800 Boston St. at San Bernardo
Ave., Laredo, (956) 723-2979.
Paula V. Hernandez
Paula V. Hernandez, 63, passed
away Tuesday, Dec. 7, 1999 at a
local hospital.
Mrs. Hernandez was born in
Litting, TX. She had been a resident
of Laredo all of her life.
She was preceded in death by
her parents, Ildefonso
Villanueva and Perfecta Blanco
Villanueva, by two sisters, Maria
Zambrano and Ramona Cervantes;
also by a brother, Julian
Villanueva.
She is survived by her husband,
Domingo T. Hernandez; children,
Juan Angel (Maria)
Hernandez, Anselmo (Erica)
Hernandez, Fernando
Hernandez, Armando
Hernandez, Domingo T.
Hernandez, Eduardo
Hernandez, Lydia (Abel)
Jimenez, Emma (Vicente Jr.)
Casarez and Alejandro
(Cynthia) Hernandez; 12 grandchildren;
one great-grandchild;
brothers, Porfirio (Amparo)
Villanueva, Pablo (Esther)
Villanueva and Jesus (Rosa)
Villanueva; sister, Santos (Jose)
Rodriguez; brother-in-law,
Francisco Zambrano; sister-in-law,
Armandina Villanueva; also, nephews,
nieces, other relatives and many
friends.
Visitation will be held Thursday,
Dec. 9, 1999 from 3 to 9
p.m. with a rosary being recited
at 7 p.m. in the Hernandez
Lopez and Sons Southside
Chapels, Loop 20 and Zapata
Highway.
Funeral services will begin at
8:15 a.m. on Friday Dec. 10,
1999 from the Hernandez Lopez
and Sons Southside Chapels.
Holy Mass will be celebrated at
8:30 a.m. at San Vicente de Paul
Catholic Church.
Interment will then follow in
the Laredo City Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direction
of Hernandez Lopez
and Sons Southside Chapels,
Loop 20 and Zapata Highway,
Laredo, (956) 723-7599.
Rosenda Salas
LA GRANGE, TX.— Rosenda
Salas, 89, formally of Dilley and
Laredo, TX. passed away
Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1999.
Her greatest and most important
accomplishment was being
a loving and supportive wife
and mother. Her faith was her
strength.
She was preceded in death by
her parents, Roman Guerra and
Rosenda Guerra Ramirez and
her husband, Eugenio Salas.
She is survived by her daughters,
Ylanda Garrett of Scottsdale, AZ.,
Norma Smith of La
Grange, TX.; nine grandchildren;
five great-grandchildren.
A private burial will be held in
the Laredo City Cemetery.
Donations may be made in her
memory to the Methodist Board
of Missions, c/o Oscar Garza
IV- Rio Grande Conference,
P.O. Box 3478, Alice, TX.
78333-3478.
Arrangements are under the direction
of Sergeant Memorial
Funeral Home, La Grange, TX.
Roberto Sanchez
Roberto Sanchez, 88, passed
away Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1999
at a local hospital.
Mr. Roberto Sanchez lived all
his life here in Laredo, TX. Mr.
Sanchez was a loving father and
grandfather. He will be greatly
missed by all those whose lives
he touched.
He was preceded in death by
his beloved wife, Guadalupe L.
Sanchez.
Mr. Roberto Sanchez is survived
by his children, E. J.
(Benita) Sanchez Sr., Andrea
(Domingo) Martinez, Maria
Bertha (Jose) Esparza, Roberto
(Esther) Sanchez Jr., Maria Guadalupe
(Omar) Mellado, Armando
(Delia) Sanchez; he is also survived
by 25 grandchildren; 83
great-grandchildren; 13
great-great-grandchildren,
nieces, nephews and other relatives
that will greatly miss
him.
A rosary will be recited on
Thursday, Dec. 9, 1999 at 7 p.m
at Joe Jackson Heights Funeral
Chapel, 719 Loring at Cortez.
Visitation will be held from 5 to
10 p.m.
Funeral services will be held on
Friday, Dec. 10, 1999 at 8:40
a.m. from Joe Jackson Heights
Funeral Chapel, 719 Loring at
Cortez to Blessed Sacrament
Catholic Church for a Holy
Mass at 9 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.
Selso Castillo
Selso Castillo, 79, passed away
Sunday, Dec. 5, 1999 in Laredo,
TX.
Visitation was held at the Hillside
Funeral Home Chapel on
Tuesday, Dec. 7, 1999 from 4 to
9 p.m. A prayer service was
held at 7 p.m.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1999 at 9:45
a.m. from Hillside Funeral
Home, 310 Hillside Road, to
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints, 1520 E. Hillside.
Service began at 10 a.m.
Interment followed at the City
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Mathew
Danner, James D. Danner,
Rodolfo V. Castillo Sr., Rodolfo
V. Castillo Jr., Roberto Salinas
and Ruben Salinas.
Honorary pallbearers were
Encarnacion Castillo and
Natalio Castillo.
Arrangements were under the
direction of Hillside Funeral
Home, Brad Jackson, Director.
Carmen Guerra
Carmen Guerra, 94, passed
away Saturday, Dec. 4, 1999.
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday, Dec. 7, 1999 at 10:15
a.m. from the Hernandez-Lopez
and Sons Northside Chapels,
800 Boston St. at San Bernardo
Ave. Holy Mass was celebrated
at 10:30 a.m. at Mother Cabrini
Catholic Church.
Committal services and interment
were held in the Laredo
City Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Evaristo Palacios,
Roberto Javier Palacios,
Jesus Palacios Sr., Jesus Palacios
Jr., Juan Palacios and Alex
Carrillo.
Honorary pallbearers were
Heriberto Carrillo, Evaristo Palacios
Jr., Javier Casarez, Russel
Hale, Ricardo Gomez, Juan Pablo
Morelett, Pedro Palacios,
Alfonso Palacios Jr., Ernesto
Rodriguez, Prudencio Estevis,
Eduardo Padilla, Luis Esteban
Padilla, Fernando Padilla, Jose
Villarreal, Jose Juan Villarreal
Jr., Jose Arce, Juan Carlos Arce,
and David Puente.
Arrangements were under the
direction of Hernandez, Lopez
and Sons Northside Chapels,
800 Boston St. at San Bernardo
Ave., Laredo, (956) 723-2979.
Consuelo Vasquez
HOUSTON, TX.— Consuelo
Vasquez, beloved mother,
grandmother, great-grandmother,
and great great-grandmother,
Passed away peacefully at
the age of 97 at home in Houston.
Her remarkable life spanned the
century. Born in Laredo, TX.
She was married 66 years to
L.R. Vasquez Sr., who predeceased
her. Asherton in Dimmit
County was her home for most
of her life.
She is survived by her son, Col.
(Ret.) L.R. Vasquez Jr., and wife
Olga of Washington, D.C.; her
daughters and sons-in-law,
Alicia and Joe Worley of San
Antonio, and Viola and Sam
Thornhill of Houston; grandchildren,
Joe Worley Jr., and
wife Alicia, Kerry, Victoria and
Jeb Stuart Thornhill of Houston,
Capt. Dan Vasquez, USAF and
wife, Yoko presently stationed
in Holland, David and wife
Claudia Vasquez of Houston,
and L.R. Vasquez III, Texas
Commissioner of Licensing and
Regulations and wife Martha of
Houston; great-grandchildren,
Robert Worley and wife Stacy,
Kristen Worley, Ryan Talbot
McElvenney; great great-grandson,
Robert Worley of Houston.
Mass will be held at St. Pius X,
1520 Harry Warsbach, San Antonio,
TX. on Wednesday, Dec.
8, 1999 at 1:30 p.m.
Interment will be at Ft. Sam
Houston National Cemetery,
San Antonio, TX. at 2:45 p.m.
Emma V. Torres
Emma V. Torres, 77, was born
on Feb. 22, 1922 in Cuidad
Guerrero, Tamaulipas, Mexico
and passed away on Dec. 6,
1999 in Laredo, TX.
She was preceded in death by
her parents, Homero Vela
Garcia, and Francisca Garza de
Vela, Erasmo Vela, Homero Vela,
Pablo Vela and other relatives.
She is survived by her husband
of 45 years, Antonio G. Torres;
children, Norma Alicia “Chata”
(Mitchell) Taylor, Antonio Torres Jr.,
Homero Torres, Hector
(Maria Rosa) Torres; grandchildren,
Michael, Kristina, Mark
Anthony, Claudia, Hector,
Bianca Torres, Mitchie, Stephen
and Gregory Taylor; brothers
and sisters, Miguel Angel Vela,
Lilia Varela, Bertha Salazar and
Maria Luisa Vela.
A rosary will be recited
Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1999 at 7
p.m. in the Hillside Funeral
Home Chapel. Visitation will be
from 4 to 9 p.m.
Services will be held Thursday,
Dec. 9, 1999 at 8:30 a.m. from
Hillside Funeral Home, 310
Hillside Road, to Holy Redeemer
Church. Mass is set to begin at 9
a.m.
Interment will follow in the
family plot of the Catholic Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direction
of Hillside Funeral
Home, Brad Jackson, director.
Jose Angel “Pepe” Palacios
Jose Angel “Pepe” Palacios, 73,
Passed away Saturday, Dec. 4,
1999.
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday, Dec. 7, 1999 at 8:15
a.m. from the Hernandez-Lopez
and Sons Northside Chapels,
800 Boston St. at San Bernardo
Ave. Holy Mass was celebrated
at 8:30 a.m. at San Luis Rey
Catholic Church.
Committal services and interment
then followed in the Calvary
Catholic Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Vidal Palacios
Jr., Tomas Palacios Jr., Victor
Tijerina Jr., Anselmo Robledo,
Jaime Gomez, Rito Palacios Jr.,
Roberto D. Palacios, Enrique
Salinas, Jose Luis Palacios, John
Mathies, Patricia I. Garza, and
Isabel Martinez.
Honorary pallbearers were Jose
Luis Palacios, Eduardo Salinas,
Ricardo Palacios, and Pedro
Reynaldo Palacios Jr.
Arrangements were under the
direction of Hernandez, Lopez
and Sons Northside Chapels,
800 Boston St. at San Bernardo
Ave., Laredo, (956) 723-2979.
Juan Garcia
Juan Garcia, 94, passed away
Friday, Dec. 3, 1999 at a local
hospital.
A rosary was recited on Sunday,
Dec. 5, 1999 at 7 p.m. at Joe
Jackson Springfield Chapels,
1900 Springfield. Visitation was
held from 5 to 9 p.m.
Funeral services will be held on
Monday, Dec. 6, 1999 at 10:30
a.m. from Joe Jackson Springfield
Chapels, 1900 Springfield,
to San Agustin Catholic Church
for a holy Mass at 11 a.m.
Pallbearers will be Juan Garcia
Jr., Daniel Garcia, Ismael Cabellero
Jr., Raul Guardiola Jr., Juan
Miguel Garcia, Oscar
Contreras, Mario Salcedo Jr.
and David Salazar.
Interment followed at the family’s
plot in the City Cemetery.
Arrangements were under the
direction of Joe Jackson Springfield
Chapels, 1900 Springfield.
Maria S. Roycroft
Maria S. Roycroft, 78, passed
away Monday, Dec 6, 1999 at a
local nursing home.
Mrs. Roycroft was born in Laredo
and had been a resident here
all of her life.
She was preceded in death by
her husband, John D. Roycroft,
Jr. who passed away Jan. 16,
1986; by two of her daughters,
Irma F. Kajioka and Gloria R.
Ibarra; also by a son-in-law,
Andres Ibarra.
She is survived by her children,
Jesse (Rosa) Factor, Hector J.
(Juana) Factor, Joe Baird, Mario
R. (Yolanda) Factor, James
(Elsa) Roycroft, Graciela R.
Garcia, Rosario R. (Santiago)
Martinez, Juan S. (Martha)
Roycroft, Belinda R. Delgado,
Antonio (Norma) Roycroft,
Antonieta R. Perales and Maria
Ana (Alberto) Morales; 34
grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren;
cousin, Consuelo Q.
Schwartz; also, numerous nephews,
nieces, other relatives and
many friends.
Visitation will be held on
Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1999 from 3
to 9 p.m. with a rosary being recited
at 6 p.m. in the Hernandez
Lopez and Sons Northside
Chapels, 800 Boston St. at San
Bernardo Ave.
Funeral services will begin at 8
a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 9, 1999
from the Hernandez Lopez and
Sons Northside Chapels. Holy
Mass will be celebrated at 8:30
a.m. at San Francisco Javier
Catholic Church.
Interment will then follow in
the Calvary Catholic Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direction
of Hernandez, Lopez
and Sons Northside Chapels,
800 Boston St. at San Bernardo
Ave., Laredo, (956) 723-2979.