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Raul V. Fuentes


Raul “El Maestro” Villarreal Fuentes, 91, of Uvalde died on Nov. 11, 2020, at Uvalde Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Uvalde.

Visitation was held on Wednesday from noon to 9 p.m. at Hillcrest Memorial Funeral Home with a rosary recited at 7 p.m. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 2 p.m. today at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with interment following at Hillcrest Cemetery.

Fuentes was born in Mexico on April 5, 1929, to Irene Aurelia Villarreal and Raul Fuentes.

He was preceded in death by both parents; and brother, Jorge Villarreal Fuentes.

He is survived by three sons, Raul Fuentes Jr. of Victoria, Luis Alfonso Fuentes of Uvalde, and Jorge Vega Fuentes of Lubbock; three daughters, Maribel Fuentes and Avannia Ester Fuentes, both of Uvalde, and Aurelia G. Fuentes of San Antonio; sister, Yolanda Fuentes De Ramirez of Piedras Negras, Mexico; 23 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers are Raul Fuentes Jr., Jorge Vega Fuentes, Luis Alfonso Fuentes, John Diaz, Christopher Salinas and Guillermo Sanchez.

Hillcrest Memorial, www.hillcrestmemorialfuneralhome.com