6A The Monitor, www.themonitor.com FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2019 Sign the guestbook at WWW.THEMONITOR.COM/OBITUARIES OBITUARIES Gonzalo Velasquez ALAMO Gonzalo Velasquez, 63, went home to the Lord Wednesday, October 30, 2019, at Amara Hospice in Edinburg. Gonzalo was a resident of Alamo, TX for 35 years. He is going to be greatly missed by his family and friends. Mr. Velasquez is preceded in death by his daughter, Melissa Velasquez; and his parents, Jose Cruz and Rosa Velasquez.
He is survived by his loving wife of 41 years, Margarita C. Velasquez; a son, Isaac (Virginia De La Garza) Velasquez; two grandchildren, Alexia Isela and Bianca Adela Velasquez; ve brothers; eight sisters; numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews, on both sides of the family. Visitation will be held from 3 to 9 p.m., with a 7 p.m. prayer service today, November 1, 2019, at Memorial Funeral Home in San Juan. Funeral service will take place at 1 p.m.
Saturday, November 2, 2019, at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Val Verde Memorial Gardens in Donna. Funeral services are under the direction of Memorial Funeral Home in San Juan. Sign the guestbook at www.themonitor.com/ obituaries. FUNERALS Alma Diana Guajardo MERCEDES Chapel services will be held for Alma Diana Guajardo at 10 a.m.
Nov. 1, 2019, at Memorial Funeral Home in San Juan. Interment will follow at Mercedes Memorial Restlawn. Memorial Funeral Home of San Juan is in charge of arrangements. Eugenio Navarro McALLEN Funeral services will be held for Eugenio Navarro at 10 a.m.
Nov. 1, 2019, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in McAllen. Burial will follow at Roselawn Cemetery in McAllen. Rivera Funeral Home Inc. of McAllen is in charge of arrangements.
DEATH NOTICES Guadalupe Bazaldua WESLACO Guadalupe Bazaldua, 85, died Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019 at Orchard Park Nursing Rehabilitation. McCaleb Funeral Home of Weslaco is in charge of arrangements. Anselma Huerta SAN JUAN Anselma Huerta, 67, died Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019 at Mrs.
Huerta passed away at her home in San Juan. Amador Funeral Home Inc of Pharr is in charge of arrangements. Maria Magdalena Lara DONNA Maria Magdalena Lara, 70, died Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019 at Knapp Medical Center. Memorial Funeral Home of San Juan is in charge of arrangements.
Gabriel Rivera PALMVIEW Gabriel Rivera, 54, died Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019 at his residence in Mission. Ric Brown Family Funeral Home of Mission is in charge of arrangements. Victoria Saucedo EDINBURG Victoria Saucedo, 79, died Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019 at Edinburg Regional Medical Center.
Memorial Funeral Home of Edinburg is in charge of arrangements. Maria Schuliakewich MISSION Maria Schuliakewich, 60, died Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019 at at her residence in Mission. Ric Brown Family Funeral Home of Mission is in charge of arrangements. Gonzalo Velasquez ALAMO Gonzalo Velasquez, 63, died Wednesday, Oct.
30, 2019 at Amara Hospice. Memorial Funeral Home of San Juan is in charge of arrangements. Maria L. Zambrano ROMA Maria L. Zambrano, 60, died Tuesday, Oct.
29, 2019 at Mission Regional Medical Center. Rodriguez Funeral Home of Roma is in charge of arrangements. Mary Louise (Reilly) Zentgraf ROMA It is with great sadness that the family of Mary Louise Zentgraf announces her passing after a brief illness, on Monday, October 28, 2019, at the age of 88 years. She will be lovingly remembered by her son Erik and grandchildren, Monica, Francesca, and Robert, by her sister Emma, by numerous nieces and nephews, and extended family and friends Mary Louise was born in Roma, Texas on October 26, 1931, to James B. Reilly and Maria Salinas.
As a child, she attended school in Berino, NM and El Paso, TX. The family returned to Roma in 1943 where she attended schools until she graduated in May of 1950. She was hired temporarily at the Post ce in Roma and later joined the US Air Force where she was stationed in San Antonio, TX. After leaving the Air Force, she returned to Roma where she worked for the city and school for several years. In 1971 she started working for US Customs until she retired in 1991.
Mary Louise was an avid reader and enjoyed watching old movies. Family, friends, and others whose lives Mary Louise touched were invited to Sanchez Memorial Funeral Home in Roma, from 12 noon 9 p.m. on Thursday, October 31, 2019, with a rosary at 6 p.m. to be followed by the Chaplet of The Divine Mercy. The viewing will continue today from 10 a.m.
1:45 p.m. She will have a special Rosary Recited at Church at 2 p.m. Her funeral Mass will be held at 3 p.m. at Our Lady of Refuge Catholic Church in Roma, TX. Burial will follow at the Roma Cemetery.
Sign the guestbook at www. themonitor.com/obituaries. Apple TV Plus joins streaming wars, has Oprah but no catalog BY LYNN ELBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES As the streaming wars near a fever pitch and viewers are targeted from every vantage point Disney Plus has the Marvel and Star Wars brands! HBO Max counters with of and DC superheroes! Apple TV Plus could be cast as the highly pedigreed and improbable underdog. While the venture counts Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg among its rst wave of talent, Apple TV Plus launches Friday with just a handful of original programs. It also lacks a warehouse of old shows and franchise lms that can reliably draw nostalgic viewers and produce spinoffs, such as for Disney Plus and HBO newly announced of prequel, of the Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht, the former Sony Pictures Television presidents who are heads of worldwide video for Apple, say they are undaunted by the comparisons and optimistic about the future.
are working with some of the most tremendously talented people ever met working in entertainment Van Amburg said, and he sees them rising to the challenge of building an enterprise in general and for tech giant Apple in particular. an expression that we use here across the board at Apple: to Apple and do the best work of your actually what we ask of everyone who comes both opportunity and anxiety in being part of such a launch, said Kerry Ehrin, showrunner for the Jennifer Aniston-Reese Witherspoon drama Morning a huge amount of pressure, but you really live in that Ehrin said. drive yourself crazy because you start creating for, is this right, or is that gonna instead of just creating what you nd compelling and Aniston, also a producer for the series, calls it and exciting to be a part of something just beginning. building it all Besides Morning the starting lineup includes Jason Momoa and Alfre Woodard in the futuristic drama Hailee Steinfeld in a modern take on poet Emily Dickinson, a book-focused series from Winfrey, and the wildlife documentary Elephant Upcoming fare includes revival of additional Winfrey projects; the psychological thriller from M. Night Shyamalan (Nov.
28); drama series Be with Octavia Spencer (Dec. 6), and a movie starring Anthony Mackie and Samuel L. Jackson (in theaters in December, streaming in January). A subscription costs $4.99 a month, with usage allowed for up to six family members. Buyers of new Apple devices such as the iPhone and iPad get the streamer free for a year.
Among the competition, Disney Plus (launching Nov. 12) is $6.99 monthly, HBO Max (May 2020) is $14.99 and, among the existing services, as low as $5.99 a month for Hulu and $8.99 each for ix and Amazon Prime Video (which is included with a $119 annual Amazon Prime membership). There are deals to be had. Buyers of new Apple devices get a free year of Apple TV Plus and a seven-day trial is available without charge to all, enticements that mirror those of its competitors. For the new services, free promotions are key to building a subscriber base, while retaining them will be another challenge.
Apple TV Plus AP Jason Momoa, right, and Hera Hilmar in a scene from premiering Friday on Apple TV Plus..
