Obituaries
Rodolfo Yanez
August 27, 2014
Rodolfo Yanez, Jr. passed away August 27, 2014. He was a loyal friend to all who knew him and a big Dallas Cowboy fan. He was retired, after 30 years of service, from the City of El Paso Parks and Recreation. He was preceded in death by his brother, Carlos Yanez. He is survived by his parents, Rodolfo and Maria...
Amada Bustamante
August 27, 2014
Amada Bustamante, 92, Visitation will be from 5:00pm to 9:00pm with a Rosary at 7:00pm on Friday, Septemeber 5, 2014 at Sunset Funeral Home Northeast. Scripture Service: 10:00am on Saturday, September 6, 2014 at Sunset Funeral Home Northeast. Graveside Service will follow at 11:30 am at Restlawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Armando T. Puertas
August 26, 2014
Puertas, Armando T., 75, Visitation: 4-9 p.m. Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at Sunset Funeral Home-Americas with a Vigil at 7:00 p.m. Funeral Mass: 10:00 a.m., Thursday, August 28, 2014 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church. Interment: Evergreen East Cemetery. Services entrusted to Sunset Funeral Home Americas.
Austin Pomeroy Gaylord
August 26, 2014
Austin Pomeroy Gaylord was born to Austin C. and Genevieve Gaylord in Pittsfield, MA on September 17, 1931. He passed peacefully from this life to join his beloved wife, Marlene, on August 26, 2014. Austin loved meeting people and visiting with them. He worked in sales for many years, but his true passion was square dance calling which he did...
Johnnie Elizabeth Carter
August 26, 2014
Johnnie Elizabeth Carter was born on September 27, 1925 and transitioned from this world on August 26, 2014 at 1:30am. Mom began her life in Tupelo, Mississippi the daughter of Bernard and Alberta Smith. She had 9 siblings, all preceded her in death. She was a student of excellence, graduating Spellman University as Valedictorian in 1949. She met a handsome...
Mary Kathleen Vega
August 26, 2014
Kathy Vega passed away on August 26, 2014. She was born in El Paso to Bill and Mary Jo Holik. Kathy graduated from Coronado High School and the University of Denver and was a foreign exchange student for a year in Costa Rica where she met her husband of 35 years, Armando Vega. They married in El Paso in 1979...
Miguel Angel Arzabala
August 25, 2014
Miguel Angel Arzabala,58 passed away Monday, August 25, 2015. Visitation will be from 4-9 pm with a vigil at 7 pm on Friday, August 29, 2014 at Sunset Funeral Home-East. Funeral Mass will be at 10 am Saturday, August 30, 2014 at St. Stephens Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Evergreen East Cemetery.
Robert Francis Simonet
August 25, 2014
Robert Francis Simonet, 74, Gathering of Remembrance will be from 6:00pm to 9:00pm with Military Honors and a Rosary at 7:00pm on Thursday, August 28, 2014 at Sunset Funeral Home Northeast. Interment will be Private.
Luis Romero
August 25, 2014
Luis Romero, Sr., 84 passed away on August 25, 2014, in Greeley, CO. He was born on June 21, 1930 in Garfield, NM. He enlisted in the US Army, and after completing his time in the service he moved to El Paso, where he met and married, Delia Armendariz Romero, the mother of their thirteen children. He was a retired...
Laura Lara
August 24, 2014
Laura Lara, 51, Visitation will be from 5:00pm to 9:00pm with a Rosary at 7:00pm on Friday, August 29, 2014 at Sunset Funeral Home Northeast. Funeral Mass will begin at 9:00am on Saturday, August 30, 2014 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Graveside Service will at 10:30 am at Restlawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Maria Rumalda Patterson
August 24, 2014
Maria Rumalda Patterson, 75, Visitation will be held from 11:00am to 12:30pm Thursday, August 28, 2014 at Sunset Funeral Home Northeast. Funeral Mass will begin at 1:00pm on Thursday, August 28, 2014 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Fort Bliss National Cemetery.
Uriel Martinez
August 24, 2014
Uriel Martinez, 71, Visitaion will be held from 5:00pm to 9:00pm with a Prayer Service at 7:00pm on Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at Sunset Funeral Home Northeast. Funeral Service will begin at 11:00am on Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at Sunset Funeral Home Northeast. Interment is Private.
Maria M. Mendoza
August 23, 2014
Maria M. Mendoza, 63, passed away on Saturday, August 23, 2014. She was a lifelong resident of El Paso. She retired from the El Paso Police Department after serving as payroll clerk for many years Mrs. Mendoza was preceded in death by her mother; Socorro Jimenez, husband; Gene Mendoza and sister; Martha Jimenez. She is survived by her brothers; Lorenzo...
Delfina A. Morales
August 23, 2014
Delfina Morales, 77, a Visitation will begin at 5:00pm with a Rosary at 7:00pm on Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at Sunset Funeral Home-West. A Funeral Service will be held at 11:00am on Thursday, August 28, 2014 at Sunset Funeral Home-West. Interment to follow at Memorial Pines Cemetery. Services entrusted to Sunset Funeral Home-West.
Donald Ray Kennedy
August 23, 2014
Donald Ray Kennedy, 67, of Greenville, Kentucky, passed away Saturday, August 23, 2014. Donald is survived by his wife Sun Yo Kennedy of 38 years, his sisters Karyn Courtney and Maryann Conforti, his sons William Alan and Donald Cho Kennedy, daughters Lisa Tippet and Sherri Meehan, and his eight grandchildren Camron, Jeremie, Nickolas, Aurora, Cassandra, Justin, Sarah and Mitchell. He...
Betty Jean Williams
August 23, 2014
Betty Jean Williams passed away peacefully in her sleep on August 23, 2014. She is survived by her husband, Bob, of 64 years; son, Bobby Williams, Jr.; dauhter, Catherine Carpenter; brother, Bill Sharp; two granddaughters and one great grandson. Betty was a member of Open Gate Church, where she was loved by all. She was also a 22 year cancer...
Wanda Mae Cost
August 22, 2014
With the deepest sadness, the Cost Family regrets to announce the passing of our beloved matriarch, Wanda Mae Cost. She is survived by her husband David, her four children, Phillip, Kyle, Rhonda and Kenny. As well as her six grandchildren, Anja, Tony, Hannah, Rachel, Ryan and Riley. Her love, laughter and generosity will be dearly missed by all. She now...
James C. (J.C.) Cox
August 21, 2014
James C. (J.C.) Cox Jr. went to reside eternally with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on August 21, 2014. J.C. was born in Pecos, Texas to James and Lillie Cox on January 12, 1925. His family eventually moved to El Paso’s lower valley where they farmed and where J.C. graduated from Ysleta High School. In 1943 he married Leona...
Josefa Petra Lopez
August 21, 2014
Josefa Petra Lopez, 93. Visitation will be held from 5:00-9:00 pm with a Vigil at 7:00 pm, Sunday, August 24, 2014 at Sunset Funeral Home-West. Funeral Mass will be held at 12:00 pm, Monday, August 25, 2014 at San Martin de Porres Catholic Church. Interment to follow at Memory Gardens of the Valley Cemetery. Services entrusted to Sunset Funeral Home-West.
Angela Torres Lara
August 20, 2014
Angela Lara, 64, a school counselor of El Paso, passed away August 20, 2014. She was born in Nogales, Durango, Mexico, on December 7, 1949 to Indalecio and Dolores Torres. Mrs. Lara was a graduate of Jefferson High School, the University of Texas at El Paso, and Sul Ross State University. She was a proud mother, grandmother and wife. In...