{"id":8764,"date":"2018-07-06T18:00:58","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T18:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=8764"},"modified":"2018-07-06T18:00:58","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T18:00:58","slug":"new-funeral-home-opens-doors-to-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=8764","title":{"rendered":"New Funeral Home Opens Doors to Public"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8756\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8756\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8756\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_1254.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_1254.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_1254-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_1254-405x270.jpg 405w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_1254-60x40.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8756\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of two chapels that accommodates up to 250 people. Photo: Tony Vindell\/LFN<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>by Tony Vindell\/LFN<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Los Fresnos area residents no longer need to go out of town to take care of their loved ones who have gone to another world.<\/p>\n<p>A new funeral home is about to open its doors to the public and it will offer competitive prices in an industry mostly dominated by large corporations.<\/p>\n<p>The average cost of burying the deceased averages from $5,000 to $7,000 in this part of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Angel Lucy\u2019s Funeral Homes has expanded its operations by opening its third site as the company has one each in Port Lavaca and Victoria.<\/p>\n<p>Owned by Cesar and Belia Ornelas, Angel Lucy\u2019s has a full line of burial services and packages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to have competitive prices,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8758\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8758\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8758\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_1958-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_1958-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_1958.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8758\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cesar &amp; Belia Ornelas, owners of Angel Lucy\u2019s Funeral Home. Courtesy Photo<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe also like to get involved locally in the community as we believe in giving back to the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the two years the building that houses the funeral home has been remodeled, the Ornelas have given several thousands of toys and shoes to needy children. The give-aways are handled through a local Baptist church and the school district.<\/p>\n<p>The Ornelas said they choose Los Fresnos because they like the people, the area and its excellent schools.<\/p>\n<p>As to the funeral house, Cesar Ornelas said it takes its name from the family matriarch, Lucia, who was a very loving person who cared for her community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter mom died in Port Lavaca, a local pastor said an angel has gone to heaven,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe named the funeral home and set up a foundation after her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The funeral home will hold a ribbon cutting at 6 p.m. this Friday and the Ornelas are inviting everybody to stop by at 1005 S. Arroyo Blvd.<\/p>\n<p>Juan Sierra is the manager and funeral director of Angel Lucy\u2019s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Tony Vindell\/LFN Los Fresnos area residents no longer need to go out of town to take care of their loved ones who have gone to another world. A new funeral home is about to open its doors to the public and it will offer competitive prices in an industry mostly dominated by large corporations. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8764"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8765,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8764\/revisions\/8765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}