General News

María Elvira Curiel Lomelí

María Elvira Curiel Lomelí, the mother of Chapala’s incumbent mayor, died May 24 while undergoing treatment for a medical emergency at a Guadalajara hospital.

Beverly Jane Hunt (nee Evans), former co-owner of this newspaper, died on March 24, in a San Juan Cosalá nursing home at the age of 87.

Karyn Carpenter

After a long fight against cancer, Karyn Carpenter died on April 23 in Ajijic, the village she had made her home for several years.

Robbin Moore McGrath (nee Melchiorre, Del Nagro) died peacefully at her home on Monday, March 18^th after living in the shadow of cancer for the past year. Robbin was born in Joplin, Missouri on March 26, 1950 to Margie and Robert Gomer (deceased). She leaves one brother, Mark Gomer of Toledo, Ohio, husband Michael McGrath, and five grandchildren - Madeleine Moore, Bernice Bethke, Andrew, Dylan, and Taylor Campbell, all of Montgomery County, Maryland. Her daughter, Stacy Moore, preceded her in death in 2017. 

Mark Scott died suddenly at his home in Ajijic on Sunday, April 7, with his wife of 55 years, Bernice Scott, at his side.

Andree Hampson

Robbin Moore McGrath

Robbin Moore McGrath (nee Melchiorre, Del Nagro) died peacefully at her home on Monday, March 18 after living in the shadow of cancer for the past year.

Juan Navarro Navarro

Distinguished Ajijic artist Juan Navarro died at his home on Wednesday, February 21, succumbing to heart failure and complications from pancreatic cancer at age 65.