Rosario Villarreal Port O’Connor – Rosario Villarreal, 94, of Port O’Connor, died Wednesday, March 20, 2011. She was born August 10, 1916, in Matagorda, to the late Jose Villarreal Sr. and Guadalupe Camacho Villarreal. She was a homemaker and a Catholic. She is survived by her niece, Anita Villarreal of Port O’Connor, and numerous other […]

Edward Kurtz Port O’Connor – Edward Kurtz, 83, of Port O’Connor, formerly of Victoria, passed away March 28, 2011. He was born on October 25, 1927 to Rudolf and Veronica Mikes Kurtz in Shiner. He served in the US Army Air Corps from 1946 to 1948. He was married in 1947 to Gussie Opela and […]

Sheldon K. Holder Rosenberg – Sheldon Kristapher Holder, 51, passed over to his Heavenly Father on April 1, 2011, following a short illness. He was born September 28, 1959, in Port Lavaca. Sheldon enjoyed his Huck Finn childhood in Seadrift, where he and his friends enjoyed roaming the fields hunting, exploring the waters, and fishing […]

Ruth R. Young, 85, of Port O’Connor passed away on Tuesday, March 15, 2011.  She was born March 8, 1926 in Weslaco, Texas to the late Vastine B. and Florence Goff Ross. Ruth was the food service manager for DeTar Hospital and a member of First Baptist Church in Port O’Connor. Survivors include her daughter, […]

Victoria- Jess William Busby, known as Bill Busby to his friends and family, passed away on Tuesday, March 15, 2011. He was born on Sept. 8, 1924, in Carl Junction, Mo., to Perry E. Busby and Maude Bandy Busby. Bill served proudly in the U.S. Navy during WWII in both the Atlantic and the Pacific […]