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Call 956.797.5500 COMPLETE 26873 North White Ranch Rd. La Feria, Texas 78559 956.797.5614 Valleys Most All cremations are supervised by a licensed Funeral Director with care and dignity on site at our Crematory and Funeral Home! Other funeral homes charge up to $2,795 for Direct Cremations. Celita V. Lopez Celita V. Lopez went to join the Lord on Wednesday, February 1, 2012, in her residence in Houston.

Celita (Cuata) was born in Estacion Herreras, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, on June 8, 1911, and was 100 years young. Although she will be greatly missed, we know that she is in heaven rejoicing and praising the Lord with her parents Inez and Hilario Vela, her husband Arcadio, her six sisters, Candida (Enrique) Rodriguez, Lucinda (Federico) Farias, her twin sister, Celia (Carmen) Flores, Ofelia (Salomon) Salinas, Francisca (Jose) Benavides and Delfina (Carlos) Arjona; half brothers and sister, Genaro, Emilio, and Blasa Vela, and her grandson, Juan Manuel Balli who preceded her in death. As the sole survivor, Celita became the matriarch of her family showing care, compassion, and unconditional love to her nieces, nephews, their children, and grandchildren. Surviving to cherish her memories are her daughters Adelina Balli and Consuelo (Heriberto) Espinosa of Houston, TX, 11 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren, one great great granddaughter, and numerous nieces and nephews. Celita will be dearly missed by her loving family, friends, and all those whose lives she touched.

Funeral mass will be held today, Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 1:00 pm at St. Catholic Church in Pharr. Interment will follow at Palm Valley Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Pharr. Funeral arrangements are entrusted with Skinner-Silva Funeral Home of Pharr. Sign the guestbook at www.

themonitor.com/obituaries. DEATH NOTICES Leroy M. Boelkes HARLINGEN Leroy M. Boelkes, 82, died Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, at Harlingen Medical Center.

Skinner-Silva Funeral Home of Pharr is in charge of funeral arrangements. Jesus Ceja McALLEN Jesus Ceja, 61, died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, at McAllen Medical Center in McAllen. Amador Funeral Home of Pharr is in charge of funeral arrangements. Erasmo Gamez GARCENO Erasmo Gamez, 75, died Wednesday, Feb.

1, 2012, at the Rio Grande City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Hernandez Funeral Home of Rio Grande City is in charge of funeral arrangements. Vicente Landez PHARR Vicente Landez, 54, died Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, at McAllen Nursing Center. Skinner-Silva Funeral Home of Pharr is in charge of funeral arrangements.

Maria Dolores Moreno MISSION Maria Dolores Moreno, 84, died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, at Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen. Ric Brown Family Funeral Home of Mission is in charge of funeral arrangements. Bella Perez SAN JUAN Bella Perez died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, at Hospital at Renaissance in Edinburg.

Memorial Funeral Home of San Juan is in charge of funeral arrangements. Miguel Angel Saenz EDINBURG Miguel Angel Saenz died Friday, Jan. 3, 2012, at Mission Hospital. Memorial Funeral Home of Edinburg is in charge of funeral arrangements. You may sign the guestbook for any of the people listed below by visiting WWW.THEMONITOR.COM/OBITUARIES OBITUARIES TO SUBMIT AN OBITUARY Death notices and funeral announcements are provided free by The Monitor as a public service.

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The Monitor, www.themonitor.com SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2012 2B VALLEY STATE Ezequiel N. WESLACO Ezequiel N. 90, passed away on February 2, 2012 at Alfredo Gonzalez Texas State Veterans Home in McAllen, TX. He is preceded in death by his parents: Porfirio Maria Navarro his brothers: Alejandro Onesimo his sisters: Jesusita De Leon Guadalupe Oliva. He is survived by several nephews and nieces.

Visitation will be today Saturday, February 4, 2012 from 3 p.m. 9 p.m. with a Rosary at 7 p.m. Interment will follow at RGV State Veteran Cemetery in Mission, TX on Monday, February 6, 2012 at 10 a.m. Sign the guestbook at www.hawkinsfh.com.

Funeral services are under the direction of Hawkins Funeral Home of Weslaco. Sign the guestbook at www.themonitor.com/ obituaries. Estella Cavazos Holland Bright, sparkling Spanish eyes have closed. Estella Cavazos Holland passed away Jan. 29, 2012 with her family along with her caregiver of 60 years, Mrs.

Josefina Alvarez Longoria and Irma Mesa Zepeda by her side. Estella was from a Valley pioneer family, being a direct descendant of Don Jose Narciso Cavazos, grantee of the San Juan de Carricitos land grant established in 1792 by the King of Spain. Holdings of the Cavazos family in the Rio Grande Valley date back to 1760. Estella was born October 30, 1913 in Brownsville, Texas to Nicolas and Francisca Garcia Cavazos. She graduated from high school there at the age of 16 and immediately began her teaching career at Los Ebanos school while attending Southmost College.

She met her husband, Homer P. Holland, during the depression in 1935 when he came to buy cattle for Swift Packing Company at her ranch east of Santa Monica, Texas. They married six months later. In 1941 while working on her Degree in Education at Texas I College, Kingsville, the US customs department went to different colleges to recruit Spanish speaking graduates to become interpreters during WWII. The head of the Spanish department would only recommend Estella.

She was first assigned to the Laredo District office and, eventually was transferred to the Hidalgo District office and finished her tenure there until the end of the war. A lifelong educator for 65 years she began teaching in Brownsville in 1930 through 1936. After the war she taught in the McAllen ISD from 1945 until 1970. After the death of her husband she taught in a one room schoolhouse at the Norias Division of the King Ranch until 1982. She finished her teaching career at St.

Episcopal Day School in 1984. Estella strongly believed in her students ability to overcome any adversity. Many of her students are professional teachers and educators due to her dedication to excellence in education. She received many scholarships during her career. These included advanced studies in Modern Foreign Language while attending the University of Colorado, Boulder, George Peabody University in Nashville, Tennessee, and the University of Burgos, Burgos Spain.

She is survived by her son C. Stokely Holland of San Cristobal las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico and son Homer M. Holland and wife Carolyn of San Antonio, Texas; grandchil- dren, Nic Holland (Linda) of Austin, Texas, Sara Samantha Holland Patterson (Ralph) of Livermore, CA, Lisa Kothmann Cuevas of Baton Rouge, LA, twin brother, Michael Kothmann of Tacoma, WA, Heather Eidman Holland of Houston, TX, Hilarie Lenore Holland Garza of Brownsville, TX, Heidi Adele Holland Messick (Paul), of Seoul, S. Korea and Judah Benjamin Holland (Hillary) of Hallendale Beach, FL. She was preceded in death by her parents, seven siblings, her husband, Homer P.

Holland, her daughter Minnie Estelle Holland Kothmann, twin sister to Homer. M. Holland. Pallbearers include Nic Holland, Michael Kothmann, Mario Andres Garza, Mason Kothmann Cuevas, Judah Benjamin Holland, Dr. Ralph Patterson, Mike Trevino and Larry Buck Holland.

Honorary Pallbearers are General Richard Cavazos of San Antonio, Lloyd Parker, of Marble Falls and Lucas H. Hinojosa, of Red Gate, Texas. A special thanks go to her nieces Beatrice Trevino and sister Sylvia Trevino Hinojosa who faithfully looked in on their throughout her convalescence. Words cannot express the gratitude the family feels toward Allstate Hospice Angels Diana and Pamela Ramirez for the love and attention given Mrs. Holland.

Ever the educator, Estella last lesson was to teach all of us how to pass on with great expectations, dignity and grace. Visitation will be Monday, Feb. 6 from 10 at the funeral home. The funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday, Feb.

6, 2012 at St. Episcopal Church, 2500 N. 10th McAllen, TX followed by entombment at Roselawn Cemetery Mausoleum. Kreidler Funeral Home, Inc. is in charge of all funeral arrangements.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to St. Episcopal Day School or the charity of your choice. Kreidlerfuneralhome.com. Sign the guestbook at www. themonitor.com/obituaries.

Agustin Tovar Agustin Tovar died peacefully, on February 2, 2012, in McAllen, TX. Agustin was born on June 27, 1952 to Agustin and Mireida Tovar. Agustin was a great handyman and Mechanic and enjoyed traveling to California to spend time with his daughters, and grandchildren. Agustin will be greatly missed by all his family, and friends. He was preceded in death by his father Agustin Tovar, his brothers Francisco Tovar, and Lionel Tovar.

Agustin is survived by his mother Mireida Tovar of Donna, TX. His two daughters, Mireida Tovar and Vanessa Tovar of Wasco, CA. His brothers Joel Tovar of Donna, TX. Jose Luis Tovar of Idaho, Ricardo Tovar of Donna, TX; and five grandchildren. Visitation will be on Friday February 3, 2012 from 3:00 9:00 p.m.

with a holy rosary beginning at 7:00 p.m. Vaughan Funeral Home 1701 E. Business 83 Donna, TX. Funeral Mass will be today February 4, 2012 10:00 a.m. St.

Catholic Church Donna, TX. Interment to take place Val Verde Memorial Gardens, Donna, TX. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Vaughan Funeral Home. Sign the guestbook at www. themonitor.com/obituaries.

Agustin Dorado PHARR Visitation for Agustin Dorado will be from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. today, Feb. 4, 2012, at Skinner-Silva Funeral Home in Pharr. Guadalupe Flores PHARR Funeral Mass for Guadalupe Flores will be at 11 a.m.

today, Feb. 4, 2012, at St. Jude Catholic Church. Burial will be at Palm Valley Cemetery in Pharr. Amador Funeral Home of Pharr is in charge of funeral arrangements.

Juan Perez MISSION Funeral services for Juan Perez will be at 10 a.m. today, Feb. 4, 2012, at Ric Brown Family Funeral Home in Mission. Burial will be at San Jose Cemetery in Mission. Ric Brown Family Funeral Home of Mission is in charge of funeral arrangements.

FUNERALS A LICIA A. ALDWELL AND INDA TEWART ALL HE A SSOCIATED RESS DALLAS A Dallas teenager who was deported to South America under a false name never expressed concern during jailhouse phone calls that she was being ed as an illegal immigrant from Colombia. The more than two dozen recorded telephone calls reviewed by The Associated Press show 15-year-old Jakadrien Turner expected to be deported to Colombia yet did not complain of having no ties to the country. Instead, during several conversations she had with two men, she ed herself as Tika Lanay Cortez and discussed renewing her green card and having her passport and Colombian cation card sent to authorities. Yet, Turner claimed in a recent TV interview that she repeatedly tried to convince authorities she had lied when she initially ed herself to Houston police as Cortez, a 21-year-old Colombian national, after being arrested for shoplifting.

a certain point, I just gave up because I said it multiple times: Jakadrien Turner, 15 years old, and why am I Turner, who was returned to Texas last month, told Dallas television station WFAA, in an interview that aired Wednesday night. The Associated Press reviewed recordings of 25 telephone calls Turner made while in custody in Houston in April and May. A law enforcement cial who has listened to most of the calls and has been briefed on the case con- rmed the caller is Turner. The cial spoke on the condition of anonymity because the cial is not authorized to publicly discuss details of the case. During several of the phone calls, which ranged from a couple minutes to about 45 minutes, Turner frequently discusses having her passport and other doc- uments sent so she could be released.

The teen, who said she ran away from home in November 2010 because her parents were strict, told the TV station she fell in love with a cker who she said claimed to love her and threatened to kill her and hurt her family if she tried to escape. But after she was in custody and supposedl free of the alleged cker she continued using her alias, said the attorney who represented her in the theft case. far as I can tell, she was always listed as Tik a said William Rene McLellan, her Houston defense attorney. McLellan said that given the pretrial proceedings and that she was told of the immigration hold, was ample opportunity for her to change her story. mind-boggling she would go with In addition to stickin to her fake name, he said, she also gave an address in Colombia.

McLellan noted Turner chose to plead guilty, was sentenced to eight days with three credit but then was turned over to federal cials because the immigration hold. Immigration and Customs Enforcement cials say Turner never identi- ed herself as an American citizen. Though there are times in the recorded jailhouse phone calls when Turner laments being incarcerated, she is generally upbeat and often jokes with the two men. Deported Texas teen maintains alias in calls IKE UENTES HE AP Jakadrien Turner, 15, is seen Jan. 6 as she arrives from Colombia at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport in Grapevine.

Jakadrien Turner said she tried to convince authorities she lied about her identity..