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