The Brownsville Herald - Online Edition OBITUARIES Obituaries, February 27, 2006 Roberta Kelch, 64, passed away Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006, at Valley Baptist Medical Center-Brownsville. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced by Delta Funeral Directors, 1300 E. Harrison St. (956) 542-2222. Elva Yvonne Lopez, passed away this past weekend in Brownsville. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced by Delta Funeral Directors, 1300 E. Harrison St. (956) 542-2222. Miguel Angel Moyeda, 26, passed away Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006, at Valley Baptist Medical Center-Brownsville. Visitation will be today, Monday, Feb. 27, 2006, at Dellta. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced by Delta Funeral Directors, 1300 E. Harrison St. (956) 542-2222. Alejandro 'Alex' Quintero, 59, of Brownsville, went into the Lords hands on Saturday, Feb.25, 2006, at Valley Baptist Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Funer-aria Del Angel Buena Vista, cemeteries, mausoleums and crematory 125 McDavitt Blvd. Brownsville, Texas 78521 (956) 541-5400 Dignity Memorial Provider. Aurora C. Salinas, of Laureles, Texas, passed away Friday, Feb.24, 2006. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Cecilia Catholic Chruch in Los Fresnos, Texas. Interment will follow to Los Cuates Cemetery, Los Fresnos, Texas. Funeral arrangements entrusted to the care of Thomae-Garza Funeral Directors of San Benito (956) 399-1331. MRS. ISABEL CHARLES Mrs. Isabel Charles passed away February 25, 2006 at Valley Baptist Medical Center-Brownsville. She was a native of Austin, Texas and had been a Brownsville resident since 1995. She was preceded in death by her parents, and her husband, Jose R. Charles. Mrs. Charles is survived by eight children, Juana, Jose, Esthela, Esther, Rosa, Josefina, Maria Isabel, and Hector Char-les. There will not be any local services. Mrs. Charles will be taken to Funerales del Valle in Valle Hermoso, Tamps., Mexico for funeral services. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Joe I. Treviño, Garza Memorial Funeral Home, 1025 E. Jackson St. (956) 542-5511. ARMANDO D. SOLIS Armando D. Solis, of Brownsville, Texas, went to eternal rest on Friday, February 24, 2006. Armando was born in Brownsville, Texas on February 7, 1917, to Rafael and Rafaela Solis. After graduating from St. Joseph's Academy, Armando served proudly in World War II with the United States Air Force. During his time of service, he was stationed in Fort Sam Houston, Texas, only later to serve overseas in Paris, France, and London, England. Upon his honorable discharge from service, Armando was awarded the World War II Victory Ribbon and the Good Con-duct Medal. On his return to Brownsville, Texas, Armando began a career in sales working for numerous years at J.C. Penney's and Anthony's Clothing stores while raising his family of three sons. In his later years, he continued to work at Marathon Litho and later at ICSS. Armando enjoyed serving his church as a member of Los Cursillos/De Colores at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral and at St. Thomas Catholic Church. Armando was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Maria Consuelo Gonzalez Solis; and by his only sister, Gemma Solis Villarreal. He is survived by his wife, Rita Margaret Nelson Solis; his three sons, Armando Raul Solis (Gracie Solis) of Corpus Christi, Texas; Mario A. Solis (Mary Coers-Solis) of Mission, Texas/Austin, Texas and Gustavo Javier Solis (Stella Solis) of Brownsville, Texas; one niece, Gemma Cantu (Uvaldo Cantu) of Harlingen, Texas and one nephew, Emilio Villarreal of Padre Island, Texas; five grandchildren, Nicole Solis of Oakland, Califonia; Andrew Solis (Niki Solis) of Colorado Springs, Colorado; Nicholas D. Solis of Austin, Texas; Julie Solis of San Antonio, Texas and Marcos A. Solis of Austin, Texas; two great-grandsons, Alexander and Joaquin Solis. Visitations will be held beginning at 3 p.m. with a holy rosary to be recited at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, February 28, 2006, at Darling-Mouser Funeral Home. Funeral Mass will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1, 2006, at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Buena Vista Burial Park. Full Military Honors will be conducted by the American Legion Post No. 43 Honor Guard. Pallbearers for Armando will be Uvaldo Cantu, Nicholas D. Solis, Victor Gonzalez, Andrew Solis, William Nelson, and Greg Maisel. Honorary pallbearers will be Marcos A. Solis, Eduardo Errisuriz, Ernesto Tamez and Emilio Villarreal. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Judith A. Alvarez, Darling-Mouser Funeral Home, 945 Palm Blvd., (956) 546-7111. ERIC SEBASTIAN MARTINEZ Eric Sebastian Martinez, 6, entered into heaven on Saturday morning February 25, 2006. Eric loved to play games like dancing, singing, and he gave love to all the people near him. He was very intelligent and a brave little angel. He will be missed dearly. Eric is survived by his parents Hector Martinez Jr. and Nidia Giselle Gonzalez, brothers Guillermo Andres Martinez "Andy" and Hector Martinez III; one sister, Frida Giselle Martinez, grandmothers Mary Martinez and Irma Alicia Gon-zalez, grandfather Hector Martinez Sr., and several aunts, uncles, and cousins. Services will begin today Monday, February 27, 2006, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and will resume tomorrow Tuesday, Febru-ary 28, 2006 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Funeraria Del Angel Buena Vista. A Mass will be celebrated on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Committal service will follow at Buena Vista Burial Park. Serving as Pallbearers will be, Guillermo A. Martinez, Mario Estrada, John Villanueva, and Jorge Martinez. Funeral services have been entrusted to the care of Funeraria Del Angel Buena Vista, cemeteries, mausoleums and crematory 125 McDavitt Blvd. Brownsville, Texas 78521 (956) 541-5400. The Brownsville Herald 1135 E. Van Buren Brownsville, TX 78520 956-542-4301 1-800-488-4301 © 2000 The Brownsville Herald