WESLACO - Sylvestre Valdez, 69, passed away on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, at Knapp Medical Center in Weslaco. Sylvestre was born in Bishop, Texas to Inez Valdez and Guadalupe Ramirez. He married his wife Marta when they were young adults and they settled in Weslaco where they raised nine children together. Sylvestre was a very hard worker, loving husband, and father. He loved to watch movies, westerns and Spanish movies were his favorites.