Category: Obituaries

Captain Larry C. Smith

Captain Larry C. Smith died at home in Port Isabel, Tx on January 18, 2013 with great friends and family beside him. Father, Grandpa , Great Grandpa, brother and best friend to many. In his early twenty’s he worked on the tug “Capt. Niday” actually towing some wooden barges loaded with sand, gravel and shell …

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James Franklin Odom

James Franklin Odom, 72, of Laguna Heights, Texas, passed away on February 15, 2013 at his residence. James was born on January 5, 1941 in Rosenberg, Texas. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War as a Supply Sergeant and earned an R.N. degree at the University of Puerto Rico. He later retired …

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Marvin Lee Herschberg

Marvin Lee Herschberg, 73, of Vero Beach, died March 7, 2013 at Indian River Medical Center, Vero Beach. Mr. Herschberg was born in New York, NY and has lived in Vero Beach since August of 2012 coming from Pawley’s Island, SC and South Padre Island, TX. He was a graduate of Brooklyn Tech High School …

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Guadalupe G. Cano

Port Isabel, TX — Guadalupe G. Cano, 89, of Port Isabel passed away on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at Retama Manor Nursing Home in Harlingen, TX. Guadalupe was born in Brownsville, Texas and a life time resident of Port Isabel, TX. She was well known and loved by all those who knew her. She was very generous to …

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Larry Ross Hartman

Laguna Vista, Texas- Larry Ross Hartman, 77 of Laguna Vista, Texas passed away Monday, March 4, 2013 at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen, Texas. In 1954 he graduated from Clinton High School in MI. He was employed at Borroughs Manufacturing in Kalamazoo, MI as a design engineer for 33 years. He designed the first …

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Darlene F. McBride

Funeral services for Darlene Frederick McBride, 85, will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 9, 2013, at St. Mary Catholic Church conducted by Rev. Thomas Dowdell. Burial will follow in St. Mary Catholic Cemetery. A time of visitation and support for family and friends will be Friday from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.; followed by a …

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Robert Lee Wafford

Robert Lee (“Bob”) Wafford, loving husband, father, grandfather, uncle, brother, and scoutmaster passed from this life to the next on January 28, 2013. After a heroic bout with a brain aneurysm, Bob joined Our Heavenly Father, his mother, his father, his grandparents and many other loved ones. He was born on May 4, 1933 in …

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Marilyn J. (Hager) Hultman

Age 82, Edina, MN, passed away on January 29, 2013, after a short courageous battle with brain cancer. Marilyn was born on June 24, 1930 in Hutchinson, MN and was raised in Silver Lake, MN where she graduated from high school. Marilyn enjoyed numbers, and after graduation from business school, worked in many positions utilizing …

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Dan Daigle

Dan Daigle of South Padre Island, Texas was born February 4, 1960 at Houma, Louisiana. He passed away Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at his home on South Padre Island at the age of 53. Dan was raised in the Houston area. He graduated from Sam Houston State University with a bachelor degree in criminal justice. …

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Matthew Gregory “Matt” Thornton

Matthew Gregory “Matt” Thornton, 43, of Laguna Vista, Texas, entered into eternal rest on Friday, February 1, 2013, at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen. Matt was born on November 14, 1969, in Austin, Texas, and moved with his family to the Rio Grande Valley as a child. He was a standout athlete at Weslaco …

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