Obituaries

Kathryn Taylor Crockard, 89, passed away on Mother’s Day, May 10, 2026, in San Antonio, Texas. She was born July 9, 1936, in Rocksprings, Texas, and grew up alongside her sister Dorothy Jo before the family moved to Uvalde. She graduated from Uvalde High School in 1954 and earned an academic scholarship to Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, where she […]

Emmanuel Greg Del Toro, 4, of La Pryor died on May 3, 2026, at University Hospital in San Antonio. He was born Oct. 12, 2021, in Uvalde to Ashley (Ramirez) and Greg Del Toro. He is survived by his parents; paternal grandmother, Maria Del Toro; maternal grandmother, Rosa Ramirez, all of La Pryor; two sisters, Leeann Bermea of La Pryor […]

Salome Palos Diaz Jr, 91, of Fort Worth died Thursday, April 16, 2026, at home, surrounded by his loved ones. Known to many as “Chalo,” he was born Feb. 6, 1935, in Knippa to Hortencia ( Palos) and Salome Diaz. The family said he married the love of his life, Olga Arredondo on Dec. 30, 1956, in Uvalde. Together they […]

November 8, 1955 – April 20, 2026 Claudia Hobson Howard, 70, of Uvalde and D’Hanis, TX, died peacefully April 20, 2026. Born Nov. 8, 1955, in Loma Linda, CA., to Leah (Applebaugh) Hobson and Claude I. Hobson who preceded her in death. She grew up in the U.S., England and Morocco and graduated from high school in Bellevue, NE, earned […]

Doris Loraine (Herrmann) Oltmann, 80, of Abilene died on March 28, 2026, at Hendrick Hospice surrounded by her loving family. She was born March 24, 1946, in Litchfield, Illinois, to Fleeta Lorean (Nation) and Christopher Herrmann, and grew up on the family farm near Raymond, Illinois. She met her future husband, Philip Oltmann, through the 4-H Club during high school. […]

Shasta Tom, 100, of Leakey, passed away on April 30, 2026, at a care facility in Comfort. Shasta was born April 7, 1926, to James and Bertha (Goodwin) Gillum in Burnet. She was the 12th of 13 children; and early on they moved throughout Texas sharecropping during the depression years. The family moved to Leakey when Shasta was around 8 […]

Gloria Rodriguez, 88, of Uvalde died May 4, 2026, at her residence. Visitation is scheduled from 2 to 9 p.m. May 11, and a rosary will be recited at 7 p.m., at Rushing-Estes-Knowles Mortuary. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. May 12 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery. She was […]

Dolores Gonzales, 95, of Uvalde died on April 30, 2026, at North Austin Medical Center in Austin. She was born on Dec. 20, 1930, in San Antonio. She married Medardo Gonzales on March 13, 1953, in Uvalde. The family described her as a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, and friend who cherished her family above all else. […]

Jesus G. “Chuy” Garcia, 64, of Uvalde died on May 1, 2026, at Methodist Metropolitan Hospital in San Antonio. He was born on Oct. 1, 1961, in Ciudad Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico, to Lidia (Gomez) and Thomas Hood Waddill. He married Leticia Bueno on March 1, 1981, in Uvalde. He is survived by his wife, of Uvalde; two daughters, Jessica B. […]

Oswaldo Flores, 50, of Uvalde, Texas, completed his journey on earth on May 3, 2026. He was born on June 19, 1975, in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico, to Rosa Irene (Villarreal) and Jose Osvaldo Flores Mata. To know him was to love him. A father, son, husband, uncle, brother, friend – these are a few titles that he held but […]