Elena Rivera de Duran

Funeral Mass for Elena Rivera de Duran, 87, of Jacksonville, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday Aug. 7, 2007 at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, Jacksonville with Father Freddy C. Penaloza officiating under the direction of Thompson Funeral Home, Jacksonville. Burial will be held at Meador Cemetery, Jacksonville.

Mrs. Duran died Aug. 4, 2007 at the Hospice of East Texas, Tyler. She was born Sept. 28, 1919 in Barcelona, Durango, Mexico.

She was a homemaker and committed Catholic.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Macedonio Duran and son, Adolfo Duran.

Survivors include her sons, Daniel Duran of Mexico and Roberto Duran of Jacksonville; daughters, Maria de Jesus Ortiz of Jacksonville and Rosalinda Duran also of Jacksonville; 22 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. with a Rosary at 7 p.m. at the funeral home in Jacksonville.

August 6, 2007

Information from The Jacksonville Daily Progress