Cedarvale  - Bay City Cemetery

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Joe Angel Salazar

Jose Angel Salazar

Funeral services will be held for Jose Angel Salazar, 18, of Bay City; 2 p. m. today (Monday) at Manuel [Emmanuel[ Baptist Church in Bay City.

Salazar died September 19, 1981 in Bay City.

Officiating at the services will be the Rev. Candido Gonzales.

He is survived by: father, Mateo Salazar of San Juan; mother, Maria Alvarado of Bay City; sisters, Janie Sifanta of Brownsville, Tommie Salazar, Carman Salazar, Virginia Salazar, Beatrice Martinez, all of Bay City; brothers, Raymond Salazar, Mateo Salazar Jr., Lupe Salazar, all of Bay City.

Burial will follow services at Cedarvale Cemetery.

Arrangements with Taylor Brothers Funeral Home, Bay City.

The Daily Tribune, September 22, 1981
 

Samuel Silva

Samuel Silva

Samuel Silva, 63, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 6, 1995 in Bay City. He was born April 18, 1932, in Bay City to Anastacio and Margarita Ochoa Silva.

Formerly of Bay City, he has been a resident of Houston for the past 20 years. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and a Veteran of the U. S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He was a retired Postal Clerk for the U. S. Postal Service.

He is survived by two daughters, April Silva of Houston, and Tonya Marrs of Huntsville; by a son, Alex Silva of Huntsville; by two sisters, Elulalia Garcia of Houston and Lucy Belasquez of San Antonio; and by three brothers, Steven Silva of Bay City, John Silva of Point Comfort, and Aurthur Silva of Waco.

He is preceded in death by two sisters, Margarita S. Garcia and Clara Rodriguez.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a. m. Saturday, Sept. 9, 1995 at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Danny Zepeda officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarvale Cemetery, Bay City. Pallbearers include Israel Garcia, Robert Belasquez, Pete Rodriguez, Jr., Roland Silvas, Fred Garcia, and Trey Marrs. Arrangements are with Taylor Bros. Funeral Home, Bay City.

The Daily Tribune, September 8, 1995
 

Arturo O. Silvas

Arturo Silvas

Arturo Silvas, 71 of China Spring, passed away May 17, 1997.

He was born Dec. 25, 1925 in Taft, Texas to Anastacio and Margarita Ochoa Silvas. He was a member of the Retiree Club of Alcoa, A. A. R. P., and the V. F. W. Post 2438, a veteran of WWII serving in the U. S. Army.

He is survived by two daughters, Rachel Ann Llanes of Bay City, Margarita Sanchez of Groesbeck, Texas, two sons, Rolando Silvas of Bay City, Arturo Silvas of China Springs, Texas; by two sisters, Elulalia Garcia of Houston, Lucy Belasguez of San Antonio; two brothers, Steven Silvas of Bay City and John Silvas of Point Comfort; 12 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p. m Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church with Rev. W. W. Branch officiating. Interment will follow at Cedarvale Cemetery.

Arrangement by Taylor Bros. Funeral Home, Bay City.

The Daily Tribune, May 20, 1997
 

Benita A. Solis

Benita Anguiano Solis

Funeral services for Benita Anguiano Solis, 77, of Bay City were at 2 p. m. Monday, June 29, 1998 at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home.

Interment was at Cedarvale Cemetery.

A Rosary service was at 7 p. m. Sunday, June 28 at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home.

Solis died June 27, 1998 at Matagorda General Hospital. She was born April 16, 1921 in El Campo to the late Gregorio and Virginia Rezo Anguiano.

She was a member of the Catholic Church, a resident of Bay City the past year, and a former long-time resident of Markham.

She is survived by two sisters, Susanna Castillo of Markham, and Concepcion Ramirez of El Campo; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Arrangements are with Taylor Bros. Funeral Home.

The Daily Tribune, Tuesday, June 30, 1998
 

Rudolfo G. Tejeda

Rudy G. Tejeda Sr.

Services for Rudy G. Tejeda Sr., 55, of Bay City will be held 3 p. m. Wednesday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with the Rev. Dan Morales officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarvale Cemetery in Bay City.

A rosary is scheduled for 7:30 p. m. today at the Taylor Brothers Funeral Home chapel.

Mr. Tejeda was born June 19, 1935, to Louis and Felipa Garcia Tejeda in Cuero and died April 21, 1991, at Matagorda General Hospital.

A resident of Bay City since 1951, he was employed by Craft’s Furniture for 30 years. He was also a member of the Catholic church.

He is survived by his wife, Delores M. Tejeda of Bay City; mother, Felepia Tejeda of Bay City; daughter, Corina Tejeda of Houston; son, Rudy G. Tejeda Jr. of Houston; and four brothers, Louis Tejeda, Ray Garcia, Prexie Garcia and Joe Garcia, all of Bay City.

Pallbearers are Ray Garcia, Prexie Garcia, Joe Garcia, Danny Medina, Dan Torres and ‘Louis Medina Jr.

Arrangements are with Taylor Brothers Funeral Home, Bay City.

The Daily Tribune, Tuesday, April 23, 1991
 

Faustino Lucio Torres          Florence Martinez Torres

Faustino L. Torres

Houston—Faustino L. Torres, 56, of Houston, died Saturday, May 17, 2003.

He was born Nov. 18, 1946, in Port Huron, Mich., to Guadalupe L. Torres of Bay City and the late Faustino B. Torres.

Survivors: son, Faustino M. Torres Jr. of Cleveland; mother; sisters, Amelia T. Perez of Needville and Connie T. Allen of Bay City; and brothers, David L. Torres and Benito L. Torres, both of Bay City.

Preceded in death by: wife, Florence M. Torres; father; and brother, Pedro L. Torres.

Visitation will be 5-9 p. m. tonight at Angeles Funeral Home chapel in Rosenberg.

Services will be 2 p. m. Thursday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Bay City.

Burial will be at Cedarvale Cemetery in Bay City. Angeles Funeral Home, Rosenberg, 281-341-7774.

The Daily Tribune, May 21, 2003

Florence Martinez Torres

Florence Martinez Torres, 52 of Houston, died May 1, 1996 at Memorial Southwest Hospital in Houston. She was born December 15, 1943 in Bay City to Jose Eusebio and Guadalupe Perez Martinez. She was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Houston and a resident of Houston the past 30 years, and a Medical Laboratory Secretary for Memorial Southwest Hospital.

A Rosary will be 7 p. m. Sunday, May 5, 1996, at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral Services will be 10 a. m. Monday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with  Rev. Edward Boren officiating. Interment will be in Cedarvale Cemetery.

Survivors include: Husband-Faustino Lucio Torres in Houston, Mother-Guadalupe Martinez of Bay City, Son-Faustino M. Torres of Houston, 4 Sisters-Gudelia Mendiola, Ester Martinez both of Bay City, Mary Alvarez, Janie Martinez both of Houston, two Brothers-Domingo Martinez and Stephen Martinez both of Houston. She was preceded in death by her father Jose Eusebio Martinez in 1978.

Arrangements with Taylor Bros. Funeral Home.

The Daily Tribune, May 8, 1996
 

Ida Mata Torres

Ida Mata Torres

A funeral Mass for Ida Mata Torres, 17, of Bay City, is scheduled for 10 a. m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, 1995, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with the Rev. Edward Boren officiating. Interment will follow at Cedarvale Cemetery.

A rosary will be said at 7 p. m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, 1995, at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home.

Mrs. Torres was born Nov. 11, 1977, in Corpus Christi to Alfredo and Olga Mata Medina and died Jan. 8, 1995, in Houston.

She was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church and was also a student at Bay City High School. She had lived in Bay City for the past 10 years.

Survivors include her husband, Benito Torres of Bay City; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfredo Medina of Corpus Christi and two brothers, John Antony Gary and Christopher John Gary, both of San Antonio.

Pallbearers are Willie Montoya, Timmy Davidos, Freddy Mejias, Sammy Garcia Jr., Robert Oros and Randy Rodriguez.

Arrangements are with Taylor Bros. Funeral Home of Bay City.

The Daily Tribune, January 10, 1995
 

Pete Lucio Torres

Peter Lucio Torres

Now that my life is coming to an end, a director wants to turn it into film, an hour and 40 minutes long. Would I agree to play myself, exaggerating my nervous tics and suffering in some aesthetic fashion? I should no longer bend over to write poems on my knees; instead, my forehead must shine and my pen scrawl my name with a flourish in the sky, while my nostrils widen and a thousand mirrors do me justice. I insist, no profiles, please, no flattering grins. As for my books, whose fidelity I now find questionable, they’d better by signed by some other poet.

Pete L. Torres, 48, of Bay City passed away June 28, 1997 at Hermann Hospital in Houston.

He was born April 12, 1949 in Port Huron, Michigan to Faustino and Guadalupe Lucio Torres.

He is survived by his mother Guadalupe Torres of Bay City; by one step-son, Robert Alonso and wife, Zulema Alonso of Bay City; by two sisters, Connie Allen of Bay City and Amelia Perez of Needville; by four brothers David Torrez of Bay City, Benito Torres of Bay City, Augustine Torres of Houston and Jose Lucio of Michigan; by two sisters-in-law Linda Torres and Ramona Torres both of Bay City; by one brother-in-law, Jimmie Perez of Needville; nieces Lori Torres, Connie Makara, Melinda Torres, Ramona Torres, Sylvia Torres, Sally Allen, Lucy Casey, Christina Torrez, Ariel and Ashley Makara and Erin Torres; nephews Officer David Torres of Galveston, Officer Chad Makara, Benito Torres, David Torrez, Jr., Paul Torres, Carlos Torrez, Walter Allen, Andrew Makara all of Bay City, and Luis Perez of Needville; special friends Kathleen Burke of San Antonio, Carl, Charlie, and Carlton Edwards, and Ollie Moore all of Bay City. He is also survived by a host of other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his father Faustino Torres, Sept. 1, 1981; niece Ida Mata Torres, Jan. 8, 1995 and sister-in-law, Florence Martinez Torres, May 1, 1996.

A rosary will be recited at 7 p. m. Tuesday, at Taylor Brothers Funeral Chapel. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday, July 2, 1997 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church with Rev. Edward Boren officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarvale Cemetery in Bay City.

Pallbearers include his nephews, Benito Torres, Chad Makara, David Torrez, Jr., Carlos Torrez, Paul Torres and Luis Perez.

Honorary pallbearers include his nephews Walter Allen, David Torres, Andrew Makara, and Luis Roberto Alonso.

Arrangements are with Taylor Brothers Funeral Home in Bay City.

The Daily Tribune, July 1, 1997
 

Amado B. Trevino, Sr.

Amado Blanco Trevino Sr.

Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a. m. today at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Bay City with the Rev. Edward Boren officiating. Burial will follow in Cedarvale Cemetery in Bay City.

Mr. Trevino was born Dec. 31, 1929, in Old Gulf to Jose Ramos and Maria Gertrudis Blanco Trevino and died April 4, 1994, in Bay City.

He was a member of the Catholic church, a lifelong resident of Matagorda County and a veteran of World War II.

Survivors include two daughters, Mary Jane Adams and Susana Sierra, both of Bay City; three sons, Amado B. Trevino Jr. and Jose Trevino, both of Bay City, and Ricky Sierra of California; two sisters, Guadalupe Saldana of Chicago and Julia Valdez of Bay City; four brothers, Charles B. Trevino, Antonio B. Trevino and Abel B. Trevino, all of Bay City, and Jesse B. Trevino of Houston; two stepbrothers, Lupe Herrera of Houston and Louis Herrera of Dallas and four grandchildren.

Pallbearers are Amado B. Trevino Jr., Jose Trevino, Ricky Sierra, John Valdez, Rodney Trevino and Ray Morales.

Arrangements are with Taylor Brothers Funeral Home of Bay City.

Daily Tribune, April 18, 1994
 

Charles Trevino, Jr.

Charles Trevino Jr.
Bay City Man Shot to Death on Avenue M
David Wolbrueck, The Daily Tribune

A 380year-old Bay City man was shot to death Friday night following a fight at a party at an Avenue M residence, Bay City police report.

Charles Trevino Jr. apparently died of a single gunshot wound to the right side of the back, the detective investigating the case reported Saturday morning. The victim was dead on arrival at Matagorda General Hospital, where he was taken by private vehicle following the shooting.

The detective said Trevino and another man were at a party in the 2100 block of Avenue M when a fight erupted between the two. Trevino stabbed the man he was arguing with, then began fleeing down the street when the stabbing victim pulled a gun, the detective said.

The man shot Trevino once with what police believe is a small-caliber handgun, possibly a derringer.

As of late Saturday morning, police had not arrested or charged anyone with the shooting, but indicated they had the names of possible suspects.

Police said they did not know what prompted the argument.

The shooting occurred at about 11:40 p. m. Friday. Trevino was transported to the hospital emergency room via pickup truck, where police said he was dead on arrival.

Justice of the Peace Ray O’Connell pronounced Trevino dead at 12:25 a. m. Saturday.

Police have ordered an autopsy on Trevino’s body. The investigation into the shooting is expected to continue through the weekend.

Trevino’s address is listed as 2208 12^th St., police said.

The Daily Tribune, July 10, 1988
 

Randy Trevino

Randy Trevino, 20, of Bay City passed away August 26, 1995 in Prairie Lea, Texas. He was born October 7, 1974 in Logansport, Indiana to Robert Lee, Sr. and Maria J. Rodriguez Trevino. He is survived by his wife, Cynthia Trevino of Bay City; by his mother and stepfather, Maria J. and Arnold Pulido of Austin; his father, Robert Lee Trevino, Sr. of Houston; his paternal grandparents, Carlos B. Trevino of Bay City and Connie Hernandez of Austin; one daughter, Kelsie Leigh Trevino of Bay City; two sons, Randy Trevino, Jr. and Raymond Joel Trevino both of Bay City; three sisters, Melody Trevino, Monica Pulido, and Amanda Pulido all of Austin; and two brothers, Robert Lee Trevino,Jr. and Abel Pulido both of Austin. Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 am Wednesday, August 30, 1995 at Taylor Bros. Funeral Chapel with Rev. Marvin Moore officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarvale Cemetery in Bay City. Pallbearers include, Moses “Mookie” Mattei, David Pena, Amado Nuncio, Porfirio Rodriguez, Alfredo “Freddie’ Gutierrez, and Chris Alvarado. Honorary pallbearers include, Louie Rodriguez, Bobby Charles, Johnny Charles, Arthur Villarreal, Sammy Nuncio, and Jesse Villarreal. Arrangements are with Taylor Bros. Funeral Home in Bay City.

The Daily Tribune, August 29, 1995