This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ruiz, Paniagua, Urtado Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/9831 Message Board Post: Rockdale Reporter, Thur., 31 Aug 2006 Lifelong Rockdale resident, Herminia Ruiz, 81, died Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006 at Richards Memorial Hospital in Rockdale. Graveside services were held Saturday, Aug. 26 at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph Cemetery in Rockdale with Father Lonnie Urban officiating. Mrs. Ruiz, a homemaker, was born April 25, 1925 in Milano to Jeremias Paniagua and Antonia Urtado. She married Eusebio “Willie” Ruiz on April 27, 1946 in Cameron. Mrs. Ruiz was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church of Rockdale. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Eusebio “Willie” Ruiz; brother, Elis Paniagua. Survivors include two daughters, Helen Ruiz of Rockdale, and Martha Jeffcoat and husband Mark of Rockdale; two brothers, Luis Paniagua of Milano and Angel Paniagua of Florida; two sisters, Lupe Vasquez of Caldwell and Rosa Garcia of Groesbeck; six grandchildren, Stefan Ruiz, Victoria Ruiz, Joe Robert Reyes, Ashley Reyes, Sara Reyes, Callie Jeffcoat and Shelby Jeffcoat; four great-grandchildren. Pallbearers included Michael Zapata, Robert Zapata, Pat Zapata, Gabe Mujica, Christino Casias, Randy Robinson and Jim Laredo.