Elario Vasquez Banda, 85, of Sabinal died March 27, 2023, at Uvalde Memorial Hospital. He was born on Jan. 14, 1938, in Sabinal to Juanita (Vasquez) and Juan Banda.  He married Erlinda Cortez in Sabinal on Jan. 5, 1959. He is survived by his daughter, Adela Suttner and husband, Greg, of Waukesha, Wisconsin; sister, Elida Banda of Sabinal; brother, Juan […]

Myrna L. Blackwell Davis, 86, of Cuero passed away Monday, April 17, 2023.  She was born May 9, 1936 in Del Rio to Bedford Forrest ‘Blackie’ and Aline Carter Blackwell. She married Robert ‘Bob’ Clinton Davis on April 9, 1955 in Uvalde. She worked for Cuero Community Hospital as a nurse as well as the director of nursing for Cuero […]

Benito Valdez, 81, of Sabinal died on April 13, 2023, at University Hospital in San Antonio. He was born on Nov. 22, 1941, in Sabinal to Cresencia (Salinas) and Salvador Barreda Valdez. He married Dolores Musquez on Dec. 7, 1974, in Sabinal. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, of Sabinal; daughter, Belinda V. Gonzales of San Antonio; […]

Joaquin Fuentes Garcia Jr., 81, of Austin, formerly of Uvalde and Clewiston, Florida, died on April 12, 2023, at Seton Medical Center in Austin. He was born on June 2, 1941, in Uvalde to Maria Concepcion (Fuentes) and Joaquin Fuentes Garcia Sr. He married Rachel Kay Sanchez in Uvalde on Sept. 9, 1956. He is survived by his wife of […]

Mary Louise Boedeker, 73, of Uvalde died on March 25, 2023, at Amistad Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Uvalde. A memorial service will be held April 21 at 2 p.m. at St. Raymond Catholic Church in Leakey, and interment of ashes will follow at 4 p.m. in the Leakey Cemetery. The second of seven children, she was born in Bryan […]