Harold Jonce Buchanan Sr.
1930-2020
Harold Jonce Buchanan Sr., 89, died May 30, 2020.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Lake Ridge Chapel in Lubbock. Interment will follow at 2:30 p.m. at Hillside Cemetery in Snyder.
Harold and his wife Genell owned and operated Buchanan Printing from 1968-1995.
Survivors include his wife, three children and their spouses, five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
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Orosia Mijares
1927-2020
Orosia Mijares, 92, of San Angelo died Tuesday, May 26, 2020.
The Holy Rosary was recited Thursday at Johnson’s Funeral Home in San Angelo on Thursday, led by the Lay Carmelites. The Mass of burial was held Friday morning at St. Joseph Catholic Church in San Angelo. Interment followed at Calvary Catholic Cemetery in San Angelo.
To all of her favorites she was known as “Mamo.” Her many friends knew her as “Rose.” Orosia was born June 25, 1927, in Wichita Falls to Isabel and Pedro Losoya. As an infant, the family moved back to San Angelo. She graduated from San Angelo High School and was awarded a one-year scholarship to San Angelo College. She married Carlos Mijares in 1947. They celebrated 44 years of marriage.
In 1954, they moved to Snyder, where they raised their four children. They owned and operated Carlos’ Little Mexico for 25 years. Together as a team, she and Carlos established and ran several successful restaurants in the area. They were members of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Snyder, where Orosia was very active in various church organizations.
In 1983, they moved back to San Angelo. As members of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Orosia served on the Altar Society and was also a Eucharistic Minister. She took communion to the homes of the elderly until she was 87, serving diligently in her church with a strong, unshakeable faith. She belonged to the family of the Lay Carmelite Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and was also a Cursillista.
Working alongside her husband at the restaurant was only a portion of her day. At home, she was a talented seamstress and spent hours crocheting. She excelled as a homemaker and caretaker for her family. She spent countless hours loving and caring for her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1991; her parents; parents-in-law, Catalina and Gregorio Mijares; her sisters, Jesusita Zamarippa and Eutemia Enriquez; and her brothers, Leopold Losoya, Louis Losoya and Enrique Losoya.
Survivors include four children, Charlie Mijares Jr. of San Angelo, Nita Rodriguez of San Angelo, Mary Perez and husband, Fred, of Sonora and Elizabeth Metcalfe and husband, Bill, of Waco; 11 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; 10 great-great grandchildren; a brother, Ramon Losoya of Waco; a brother-in-law Ruben Mijares and wife, Alice, of El Paso; and numerous nieces and nephews.
“She watches over the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed; Her husband also, and he praises her: ‘Many daughters have done well, but you excel them all.’ Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates.” — Proverbs 31:27-31
Pallbearers were John Moses, Gregg Mijares, Luke Sanchez, Jacob B. Perez, Stone Fernandez and Julian Mijares.
The family wishes to express their gratitude to the many caregivers at Brayden Park and Kindred Hospice.
Family and friends may sign an online guestbook at www.johnsons-funeralhome.com