Alex Sauceda

BELL CITY, Mo. -- Alex "Hondo" Sauceda, 72, of Bell City died Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2005, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo.

He was born Sept. 26, 1933, in Waco, Texas, son of Vidal and Susie Valdez Sauceda Sr. He first married Johnnie Katherine Canady July 22, 1959. She died Dec. 20, 1997. He later married Linda O'Hara Oct. 9, 2004.

Sauceda was a retired farmer.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Steve and Denny Sauceda of Oran, Mo.; two daughters, Lena McAlister and Kathy Taylor of Scott City; a stepson, Chad Cantrell of Bell City; and a stepdaughter, Tomi Phillips of Bell City.

Also surviving are five brothers, Elso, John and Vidal Sauceda Jr. of Oran, Raymond Sauceda and Tom Romas of Sikeston; seven sisters, Josephine Moreno of Nixon, Texas, Josie Turner and Sandra Turner of Oran, Dora Graham of Sikeston, Lupe Freeze and Mary Brown of Holly Springs, Miss., Betty Guzman of Morley, Mo.; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a stepgrandchild.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister and four brothers.

Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran after 10 a.m. today.

The funeral will be at 1 p.m. today at the chapel, with the Rev. Trish Eskew officiating. Burial will be in Friend Cemetery at Oran.