Obituaries

Mario Porras

Mario Porras

September 26, 2011

Mario Porras, 59, Visitation: 5-9pm, Vigil/Rosary: 6pm, Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at Sunset Funeral Home Northeast. Funeral Mass: 1pm, Thursday, September 29, 2011 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Interment: Memory Gardens of the Valley.

Maria C. Villarreal

Maria C. Villarreal

September 26, 2011

Maria C. Villarreal, 80, Visitation will be held from 5-9pm with a Prayer Service to begin at 7pm, Thursday, September 29, 2011 at Sunset Funeral Home Northeast. Funeral Services will begin at 12pm, Friday, September 30, 2011 at Sunset Funeral Home Northeast. Interment will follow at Desert View Cemetery in Chaparral, New Mexico.

Lorenzo V. Ortiz

Lorenzo V. Ortiz

September 25, 2011

Lorenzo V. Ortiz, 66, passed away Sunday, September 25, 2011. He was preceded in death by his parents, Simon and Juana Ortiz. He is survived by wife of 48 years, Esperanza Ortiz; sons; Javier and Lorenzo Ortiz; daughter, Sandra Shields; brother, Manuel Ortiz; 9 grandchildren; and 2 great grandchildren. Visitation will be from 5-9pm; Vigil/Rosary to begin at 7pm, Wednesday,...

Helen Martinez

Helen Martinez

September 25, 2011

Helen Martinez, 95, received her wings on Sept. 25th, 2011. She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Enrique Martinez. She is survived by her children: Elena Green, Patricia Rodriguez, Henry Martinez, Cynthia Gonzales and David Martinez; half sisters, Guadalupe Bloxdorf and Cecilia Castro. She has 16 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren. Visitation: 5-9 Vigil: 7pm, September 29,...

Elvira Luz Lujan

Elvira Luz Lujan

September 23, 2011

Elvira Luz Lujan , 86 passed away on Friday, September 23, 2011. Visitation: 3:00 pm -6:00 pm, at Sunset Funeral Home- Americas, With a Vigil at 7:00 p.m. at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church Tuesday, September 27, 2011. Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday September 28, 2011 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Interment: Fabens Cemetery....

Elmer Irvin Green

Elmer Irvin Green

September 23, 2011

Elmer Irvin Green passed away September 23 at his home in El Paso after a longtime illness. He was born June 17, 1925 on a Choctaw Indian reservation in Oklahoma. He is preceded in death by his adopted parents Elmer Dow and Osie Annie Green, wife Vivian Jo and ex-wife Mary Angela. He is survived by his ex-wife and a...

Robert M. Nelson

Robert M. Nelson

September 23, 2011

CPT Robert M. Nelson (U.S. Army Retired), 78, passed away Friday, September 23, 2011 in El Paso, Texas. Bob was born December 30, 1932 in Tacoma, Washington. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert William Nelson and Anne Elizabeth Cashion Nelson; his wife, Alice Boots Nelson (White); and his brother, Richard W. Nelson. He is survived by his...

Maria Esther Delgado

Maria Esther Delgado

September 22, 2011

Maria Esther Delgado, 76, passed away on Thursday, September 22, 2011. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Sunday, September 25, 2011 with a Vigil at 7:00 p.m. at Sunset Funeral Home-East located at 750 N. Carolina. Funeral Mass will be at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, September 26, 2011 at St. Ignatius Catholic Church. Interment will follow at...

Jerry Dean Draughon

Jerry Dean Draughon

September 22, 2011

Gone to his heavenly home to meet his precious Savior and Holy God, Jerry Dean Draughon, born June 14, 1938 in Springfield, TN passed away September 22, 2011 in El Paso, TX. Served four years in the U.S. Navy, 1955-59. Served seventeen years in the U.S. Army, 1959-76. He served as a Ships’ Radar Navigator, Radar Instructor, and in Military...

Lois R. Halford

Lois R. Halford

September 22, 2011

Lois Halford, 73, Visitation: 5-8pm, Vigil/Rosary: 6:30pm, Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at Sunset Funeral Home Northeast. Funeral Mass: 10:00am, Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at Christ the Savior Catholic Church. Interment: Fort Bliss National Cemetery.

Bruce Wayne Hunt

Bruce Wayne Hunt

September 20, 2011

Bruce Wayne Hunt September 22. 1948 – September 20 2011 After a long, gallant battle with many illnesses The angels delivered Bruce Wayne Hunt To his Heavenly Father. The son of Mary Bishop and Paul Hunt, Bruce accomplished many things in his life, But his most important, poignant accomplishment Was his deep love for his wife Heidi Hunt, His children...

Gloria Armendariz Guzman

Gloria Armendariz Guzman

September 19, 2011

Gloria Guzman, 78, Visitation: 5-9pm Vigil/Rosary: 7pm, Sunday, September 25, 2011 at Sunset Funeral Home Northeast. Funeral Mass: 10:00am, Monday, September 26, 2011 at Holy Trinity Cathoic Church. Interment: Private

Grace Wilcox

Grace Wilcox

September 18, 2011

Grace Wilcox passed away on September 18, 2011. She was a lifelong resident of El Paso and worked for the County of El Paso for eighteen years. Survived by husband, Frank Fernandez; daughters, Veronica Wilcox and Erika M. Wilcox; sister, Rosie (Tony) Castaneda; family pet Gizmo and Lucky; grandchildren, Danielle, Natalia, Enzi, Cash, Victor, Christian; sons-in-law, Pedro and Daniel. We...

Dolores "Lola" B. Felix

Dolores "Lola" B. Felix

September 17, 2011

Dolores “Lola” B. Felix, 78 went to be with our Lord on September 17, 2011. Mrs. Felix was a loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother and great grandmother. She is survived by her loving husband; Remigo A. Felix, son; Eddie Ochoa, daughters; Isabel (Daniel) Valdez, Sylvia (Donnie) Young, and Georgina (Scot) Randall, brothers; Joe, Ricardo, and Ernesto Badilla, sisters; Carmen Tellez,...

Elias G. Gomez

Elias G. Gomez

September 17, 2011

Elias Gomez, 76, Visitation: 5-9pm Vigil/Rosary: 7pm, Thursday, September 22, 2011 at Sunset Funeral Home Northeast. Funeral Mass: 11:30am, Friday, September 23, 2011 at Christ the Savior Cathoic Church. Interment: Fort Bliss National Cemetery.

Artemio Amaya Meza

Artemio Amaya Meza

September 17, 2011

Artemio Amaya Meza, 79 passed away on September 17, 2011. He is survived by his wife, Lorenza L. Meza; daughters, Diana Montoya and Debra Bailon; sisters, Margarita Minjarez and Enriqueta Dena; and 5 grandchildren. Visitation will be held from 5-9 pm on Thursday, September 22, 2011 at Sunset Funeral Home Northeast with a Funeral Service to begin at 7 pm....

Isidoro Padilla

Isidoro Padilla

September 16, 2011

Isidoro Padilla,93, passed away on Friday, September 16, 2011. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. with a Vigil at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, September 19, 2011 at Sunset Funeral Home - East located at 750 N. Carolina. Funeral Service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at Sunset Funeral Home - East. Interment...

Anna Harden

Anna Harden

September 16, 2011

Anna G. Harden, 79, born September 19, 1932 in Kansas City, Missouri passed away September 16, 2011 in El Paso, Texas. Mrs. Harden was preceded in death by her husband, William Harden; son, David Harden; and her parents, James Ricahrd Evans and Helen Ruth Young-Evans. She is survived by sons, William Murray and Albert Harden; brother, Charles Evans; sister-in-law, Charlene...

Ruth Ellen Kaerwer

Ruth Ellen Kaerwer

September 15, 2011

Ruth Ellen Kaerwer, 96, passed away peacefully on September 15, 2011 in El Paso, Texas. She is preceded in death by her loving husband, Bob Kaerwer. She is survived by her two sons, Bobby ( Diann) & George Kaerwer( Kay); daughter, Mary Ellen Pickrel ( Eddie); her five grandchildren, Melissa Holguin ( David), April Pickrel ( Eric), Andrew Pickrel, Sean...

Washington B. James

Washington B. James

September 15, 2011

Washington Beryl James, born on June 28, 1923 in Batesville , MS to John B. and Marie (Peoples) James, passed away on September 15, 2011. He was the next to the youngest of five children and only son. He was given the nickname “Bubba” from his sister Frances who could not say “brother” and it stuck with him throughout his...