16A | LAREDO MORNING TIMES SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2005 OBITUARIES EVARISTO ‘TITO’ ORTEGA IV Evaristo “Tito” Ortega IV, 21, passed away Friday, June 10, 2005, in Boerne, Texas. He was born and raised in Laredo, Texas, and graduated from J.B. Alexander High School in 2001. He was attending the University of Texas in San Antonio. He loved God, life, the outdoors, computers, and was a very generous person with everyone. Evaristo was a great son and friend to all. Tito, we love you very much. God bless you. He was preceded in death by his paternal great-grandfather, Evaristo Ortega. Evaristo is survived by his parents, Evaristo III and Diana E. Ortega; sister, Audry Ortega; brothers, Estevan and Edgar Ortega; paternal grandparents, Evaristo II and Socorro Ortega; maternal grandparents, Donald J. and Elena S. Provencher; paternal great-grandmother, Lilia Ortega; maternal great-grandparents, Adan and Gloria Coronado; niece, Emily Rodriguez Ortega; and other relatives and friends. A prayer service will be held Tuesday, June 14, 2005, at 6:30 p.m. in the Hillside Funeral Home chapel. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, June 15, 2005, at 8:30 a.m. from Hillside Funeral Home to Christ Worship Center, Hwy 59 and Casa Blanca Road. Service will begin at 9 a.m. Interment will follow in the family plot after the service. Arrangements are under the direction of Hillside Funeral Home, 310 Hillside Road. VICENTA R. MENDEZ Vicenta R. Mendez, 73, passed away Wednesday, June 8, 2005. Funeral services were held at 8 a.m. Saturday, June 11, 2005, from the Hernandez, Lopez and Sons Northside Chapels, 800 Boston Street. Holy Mass was celebrated at 8:30 a.m. at San Luis Rey Catholic Church. Committal services and interment were held in the Veteran’s Section of the Laredo City Cemetery. Pallbearers were Ramon Mendez Jr., Daniel Mendez, Jerry Gonzalez, Joe Luis Mata, Juan Ramos Jr., Rogelio Hernandez, Ramiro Ramos Jr. and Antonio Ramos. CESARIO ANTONIO CARRERA Cesario Antonio Carrera, 28, falleció a las 18:30 horas en esta ciudad en el seno de la Santa Madre Iglesia Católica, Apostólica y Romana. Su esposa, Claudia Sanjuana Zavala; sus hijos, Kevin Zavala, Kriss Carrera, Cesario Carrera; su madre, Blanca Alicia Gonzalez, hermano gemelo, Jesus Antonio (Yadira) Carrera; hermanos, Roberto A. Carrera, Jordan A. Carrera; suegros, Raul y Nicolasa Zavala, tios y tías, Santana (Alma) Carrera, Estela (Miguel) Hernandez, Fernando Hernandez, Maria Lourdes (Humberto) Carrera, Ana Carrera, Hilda Garza; sobrina, Denise Carrera, cuñados, Raul Arturo (Maribel) Zavala, Aida Zavala; abuela materna, Aida Elisa Zavala Vda. De Lara; GEORGE L. GARCIA Funeral services for George L. Garcia, 47, who passed away Saturday, June 11, 2005, are pending at Joe Jackson Heights Funeral Chapels, 719 Loring at Cortez. For further information, please contact (956) 722-0001. primos, Miguel Hernandez, Jose Arambula, Dora Zambrano y esposo, Juan Palomino, Charlie (Mary) Solis, Rene Hernandez, Baldemar Hernandez, Hilda (Cesar) Garcia, Priscilla Garza, Mayra Carrera, Erika Carrera, Anita Carrera; amigo, Juan Navarro y esposa; otros amigos y demás familiares. Con profundo dolor participan a usted y a su apreciable familia rogándoles eleven al ser supremo las oraciones que su piedad les dicte por el eterno descanso de su alma. El duelo se recibirá en Hillside Funeral Home, 310 Hillside Rd. Horario de visita dará inicio hoy domingo 12 de Junio del 2005 de 5 a 9 p.m. Se efectuara un rosario en la capilla a las 7 p.m. El lunes 13 de Junio del 2005 habrá una visita de 4 a 9 p.m. Se efectuara un rosario a las 7 p.m. El cortejo partirá el martes 14 de Junio a las 8:30 a.m. de Hillside Funeral Home para una misa en St. John Neumann Catholic Church. Misa dará inicio a las 9 a.m. Posteriormente partirán para el cementerio católico. Arreglos fúnebres están bajo la dirección de Hillside Funeral Home, 310 Hillside Road. PABLO ‘DAD’ CASAREZ JR. Pablo “Dad” Casarez Jr., 60, passed away Tuesday, June 7, 2005, at his place of residence. Mr. Casarez was born in Laredo, and had been a resident here all of his life. He was preceded in death by his parents, Pablo and Mercedes Casarez. He is survived by his wife, Josie Rosales Casarez; daughter, Linda Casarez (Ricardo Lopez Jr.); sons, Rey (Linda) Casarez, Cesar Casarez, Luis Casarez (Claudia Villarreal), Pablo Casarez III and Carlos Casarez; grandchildren, Linda Lee Casarez, Antony Casarez, Luis Gerardo Casarez Jr.; 22 grandchildren; one great-grandson; brothers, Ramon (Aurora) Casarez, Francisco (Consuelo) Casarez and Pedro (Diana) Casarez; sisters, Elena Alva, Alicia (Manuel) Cruz and Evan- gelina (Lalo) Villarreal; and numerous family members and many friends. Sandy Alva was raised as a daughter by Mr. and Mrs. Casarez. Visitation will be held Sunday, June 12, 2005, from 4 to 9 p.m., and a rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. in the Hernandez, Lopez and Sons Northside Chapels, 800 Boston Street. Funeral services will begin at 8:05 a.m. Monday, June 13, 2005, from the funeral home chapel. Holy Mass will be celebrated at 8:30 a.m. at San Luis Rey Catholic Church. Interment will follow in the Calvary Catholic Cemetery. PARIS — Jose Beyaert, the 1948 Olympic gold medalist in road racing and a longtime coach of Colombia’s national team, died Saturday in a hospital where he had been treated for various health problems, his son said. He was 79. At the 1948 Olympics in London, Beyaert won a bronze medal in the team time trial for France as well as his gold in road racing. He was well-known in Colombia for winning that nation’s tour in 1952. Beyaert stayed in Colombia for most of his life, working as a coach and radio commentator, his son said. The Beyaert family remained in Colombia until nearly five years ago, when they fled that country’s conflict, which pits leftist rebels against right-wing paramilitary factions and government forces. Jim Exon LINCOLN, Neb. — Jim Exon, a Democrat who served two terms as governor and three terms in the U.S. Senate for Nebraska, died at a hospital Friday of natural causes, his family said. He was 83. The broad-shouldered sena- Angelita Campos Muñoz, 92, passed away Thursday, June 9, 2005, in a local hospital. Mrs. Muñoz was born in San Francisco Del Rincon, Guanajuato, Mexico, and had been a resident of Laredo for most of her life. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Ana Maria Perez and by her son, Alfredo Perez. She is survived by her sons and daughters, Juana Price, Zeferina Torres, Fidel (Josefina) Perez, Francisco (Graciela) Perez, Alberto Perez, Juan (Maria) Campos, Eugenia C. (Amadeo) Arismendez and Maria (Santiago) Moncivaiz; numerous grandchildren and greatgrandchildren; and sister, Justina Muñoz. Visitation will be held Sunday, June 12, 2005, from 3 to 9 p.m. and a rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. in the Hernandez-Lopez and Sons Northside Chapels, 800 Boston Street. Funeral services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 13, 2005, from the funeral home chapel. Holy Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church. Interment will then follow in the Calvary Catholic Cemetery. Bulgarian opera singer Dimitrova dies at 64 By VESELIN TOSHKOV ASSOCIATED PRESS Colombian racer, coach dies of health problems ASSOCIATED PRESS ANGELITA CAMPOS MU ÑOZ tor, nicknamed “Big Jim,” started in the Nebraska Democratic Party as a precinct worker and was its chairman when he made his first bid for public office, winning the governor’s election in 1970. Exon was elected to the Senate in 1978, serving through 1996. He was the only Nebraskan besides George Norris, the architect of the state’s one-house Legislature, to win five consecutive statewide elections. Exon remained a familiar face on the campaign trail in his later years, throwing his endorsement behind his party’s top candidates. Vasco Goncalves LISBON, Portugal— Vasco Goncalves, a former prime minister who played a key part in the 1974 April revolution that toppled 30 years of right-wing dictatorship in Portugal, died Saturday, the Portuguese government said. He was 83. Gen. Goncalves was prime minister of four socialist provisional governments between 1974 and 1975 before being ousted by a more moderate wing in late 1975. A controversial politician, he was responsible for nationalizing banks and insurance companies following the April revolution. SOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgarian opera singer Ghena Dimitrova, a soprano who sang on the world’s foremost stages, died Saturday. She was 64. Dimitrova died in a hospital in Milan, Italy, according to the Bulgarian National Opera. The cause of death was not disclosed. Dimitrova, who was born May 6, 1941, in the Bulgarian village of Beglezh, studied voice at the Sofia Music Academy and made her professional debut in 1965 as a soprano at Sofia’s National Opera. In subsequent years she performed at Milan’s La Scala, the Vienna State Opera, the Paris Opera, Berlin’s State Opera, London’s Covent Garden and New York’s Metropolitan Opera. Elvio Giudici, one of Italy’s leading opera critics, said that what was remarkable about Dimitrova’s voice was its power and extension. “She was capable of great extension, great energy,” Giudici told The Associated Press in Italy. Giudici said Dimitrova’s style was particularly suited for dramatic performances, but added she was “very versatile.” “She was a very generous singer,” Giudici added in a telephone interview. “She did not propose original interpretations, she did not open new horizons, but rather walked on the path of consolidated tradition.” When Dimitrova first appeared at the Metropolitan Opera in 1987, it was in the title role of Puccini’s “Turandot,” a part that requires tremendous vocal power and high notes that can cut GHENA DIMITROVA through the heavy orchestration. “She is a wonder,” wrote Manuela Hoelterhoff, the Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic of the Wall Street Journal, in her review. “Years of singing the ice princess in Vienna, Verona and Milan have hardly blunted her penetrating soprano or diminished her range.” Dimitrova also will be remembered for her performances in “Aida,” “Il Trovatore,” “Tosca,” “Cavalleria Rusticana,” “Manon Lescaut,” “Macbeth” and “Othello.” One of the highlights of her career was her appearance as Abigaille in Giuseppe Verdi’s “Nabucco.” Dimitrova was considered a national hero in Bulgaria, and the state news agency BTA reported that a fund will be established in Dimitrova’s name to support young opera talents.