Kingsville, Texas Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Kingsville, Texas & Surrounding Areas
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Ruben Alegria
Aug 14, 2015
Ruben E. Alegria, age 57, a resident of Kingsville, Texas passed away Friday, August 14, 2015 in Corpus Christi, Texas. He was born November 21, 1957 in Kingsville. Ruben worked in the oilfield industry. He was preceded in death by his mother, Dora Alegria; and brother, Rudy Alegria. Ruben is survived by his son, David Phillip Saldana (Angelica) of...
Donald Cooper
Aug 12, 2015
Donald M. Cooper, age 70, a resident of Kingsville, Texas passed away Wednesday, August 12, 2015 in Kingsville. He was born August 17, 1944 in Kilgore, Texas to Dalton Morris Cooper and Mary Elizabeth Pitner Cooper. Donald was a graduate of Paschal High School, Fort Worth, Texas and attended Texas Tech College, Lubbock, Texas. He was employed for Exxon/Mobil...
Ernesto Salazar
Aug 11, 2015
Ernesto "Neto" Davila Salazar, age 66, a resident of Kingsville, Texas passed away Tuesday, August 11, 2015 in Corpus Christi, Texas. He was born November 14, 1948 in Kingsville to Flavio Salazar Sr. and Maria Davila Salazar. Mr. Salazar was employed for Van Fleet Construction as a carpenter for many years. Afterwards, he was employed for Kleberg County in...
Lester Elliott
Aug 9, 2015
Lester C. Elliott, age 61, went to be with our Lord on Sunday, August 9, 2015 in Bishop, Texas. He was born July 23, 1954 in Corpus Christi, Texas to Roy Elliott and Caroline Salisbury. Elliott had been employed by Van Fleet Construction for many years. Lester was a good husband, brother, brother-In-law, uncle, friend. He loved spending time...
Betty Brooks
Aug 4, 2015
Betty Jane Brooks passed away on August 4, 2015 in Austin, Texas surrounded by her family. Betty was born March 23, 1927 in Charleston, WV to Rose and Clarence Shrewsbury. She was the third of five children and is survived by her sisters; Dorothy Songer of Charleston, WV and Frances (Jack) Trittipo of Estero, FL. Betty married Garold Lawson...
Bob Boswell
Aug 3, 2015
Bob Edward Boswell, age 85, went to be with the Lord on Monday August 3, 2015. He served with the US Army. Bob had farmed most his life in the Bishop area and had retired from the Celanese Planet as a supervisor after 35 years of service. Bob will be dearly missed by all who knew him. He is...
Jose Munoz
Jul 31, 2015
Jose L. Munoz Jr., age 73, a resident of Kingsville, Texas passed away Friday, July 31, 2015 in McAllen, Texas. He was born June 8, 1942 in Bishop, Texas to Jose Munoz Sr. and Juanita Loredo Munoz. Mr. Munoz was employed for the King Ranch for 30 years until his retirement. He was preceded in death by his wife,...
Pastor Lopez, Iii
Jul 30, 2015
Pastor Nick Lopez III, age 38, a resident of Kingsville, Texas went to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 30, 2015 in Kingsville. He was born February 25, 1977 in Falfurrias, Texas to Nicolas Lopez Jr. and Irma Mata Lopez. Nick was a 1995 Premont High School graduate and attended Texas A&M University - Kingsville. He was an...
Yolanda Alaniz
Jul 29, 2015
Yolanda M. Alaniz, age 64, a resident of Grand Prairie, Texas and a former resident of Kingsville, Texas passed away Wednesday, July 29, 2015 in Grand Prairie. Yolanda was born August 25, 1950 in Kingsville to Cristobal Martinez and Consuelo Garcia Martinez. Mrs. Alaniz was employed as a secretary for a lawyer's firm until her retirement. She is survived...

John Morales
Jul 28, 2015
John David Morales, age 49, a resident of Kingsville, Texas passed away Tuesday, July 28, 2015 in Corpus Christi, Texas. He was born November 11, 1965 in Kingsville to Dionicio and Maria Morales. He was a dispatcher for Heart Ache Trucking. He enjoyed hunting and bar-b-quing with his brothers. He was devoted to his daughter - loved us all...
Charlene Gunter
Jul 27, 2015
Charlene went to join God on 27, July 2015, at 2:00 p.m. after a valiant eleven and one half year battle with cancer. She was born July 5, 1947, to Horace Samuel and Mildred Elizabeth Zook Menchey in Altoona, Pennsylvania, who predeceased her. She graduated from Allegheny College in 1969 with a bachelor's degree in communications and was a...
Mercedes Cortez
Jul 27, 2015
Mercedes H. Cortez, age 93, a resident of Kingsville, Texas passed away Monday, July 27, 2015 in Kingsville. She was born September 24, 1921 in Kingsville to Pedro Hernandez and Maria Infante Hernandez. Mrs. Cortez was a member of St. Martin's Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gilberto G. Cortez; daughter, Teresa San Miguel; son,...
Wilson Martin
Jul 25, 2015
Wilson B. Martin, 84, a resident of Riviera, Texas passed away peacefully in his home on Saturday, July 25, 2015. He was born to Parson Martin and Inez Chase Martin in Saxis, Virginia on August 10, 1930. He graduated in 1947 from Atlantic High School, Atlantic, Virginia. After Martin graduated from high school, his vocation became hunting and fishing...
Ovidio Pena
Jul 24, 2015
Ovidio H. Pena, age 78, died July 24, 2015. He was born in Kingsville, TX, to Alfonso and Maria Huerta Pena. Ovidio served with the US Air Force and retired from Naval Air Station Kingsville with the Civil Service. He is survived by his beloved wife of 56 years, Celia Benavidez Pena; two sons, Daniel Pena and Jody (Kellye)...

Tommy Rone
Jul 24, 2015
Visitation Turcotte-Piper Mortuary Chapel 205 General Cavazos Blvd. Kingsville, TX 78363 Sunday, July 26, 2015 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Service Funeral Service Turcotte-Piper Mortuary Chapel 205 General Cavazos Blvd. Kingsville, TX 78363 Monday, July 27, 2015 3:00 p.m.
Elida Villarreal
Jul 22, 2015
Elida M. Villarreal, age 85, went to be with the Lord on July 22, 2015 with her beloved family at her side. She was born on April 14, 1930 to Cristobal and Carmen Martinez in Kingsville, Texas. Elida retired as a legal secretary for Rayston, Razor, Vickery and Williams Attorney's at Law in Brownsville, Texas. She had been a...
Annabelle Garza
Jul 17, 2015
Annabelle M. Garza, age 59, a resident of Kingsville, Texas passed away Friday, July 17, 2015 in Houston, Texas. She was born November 2, 1955 in Fort Worth, Texas to Carmen H. Martinez and Tomasita Vecchio Martinez. Mrs. Garza was employed as Deputy Director for Administration for Probation in Kleberg County until her retirement. She also was a Kingsville...
Rebecca Trevino
Jul 14, 2015
Rebecca Sandoval Trevino, age 94, a resident of Kingsville, Texas passed away Tuesday, July 14, 2015 in Kingsville. She was born November 8, 1920 in Sejita, Texas to Armando Sandoval and Lilia Guerra Sandoval. Mrs. Trevino was employed at Peerless Cleaners and Dunkin Donuts in Corpus Christi, Texas until her retirement. She was of the Catholic faith. Mrs. Trevino...
Dr. Scott
Jul 13, 2015
Robert Charles Scott, Ph.D. passed from this world on July 13, 2015 to join the celestial choir. Well, he probably picked up the baton to conduct the choir. Born on July 23, 1935 in Wolf Lake, IN, to Robert Hudson Scott and Madeline Fowler Scott, Bob was raised in the suburbs of Chicago and knew he was destined for...
James Koehler
Jul 11, 2015
James "Jimmy" F. Koehler, age 57, passed away on July 11, 2015. Jimmy worked for H & V Equipment. He enjoyed surfing, fishing, baseball and hunting. Jimmy was an 18 year member of a 12 step program, which included a large network of close friends throughout the state of Texas. He also was involved in prison ministry in Duval...