Joyce Lorraine Koening
Jul 17, 2015
Joyce Lorraine Koening - Born on April, 11, 1928 and the Lord called her Home on July 17, 2015. She was loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend to all who knew her. Joyce was also a lifetime member of the VFW women's auxillary. She was a Christian woman and active member of the Trinity Baptist Church....
Ralph T. Swenson
Jul 17, 2015
Lt. Col. (Ret) Ralph T. Swenson, 97, of Haughton, Louisiana ended a long and productive life the morning of July 17, 2015. Born February 6, 1918, he was truly a member of this country's greatest generation living through depression, World War II, the Korean War, the cold war, and retiring from the United States Air Force toward the end of...
Sarah Ann Beekman
Jul 16, 2015
Sarah Ann Beekman, 28, has passed away at her home in Pearland, TX. She was born January 16, 1987 in Webster, TX to Thomas Russell and LaPaula Cooke Beekman. She had a passion for art, a love for animals, and was an amazing chef. Her spirit was one of kind and left traces of herself everywhere she went. Sarah is...
Doyle Oliver Mcgehee
Jul 15, 2015
Doyle Oliver McGehee left this world on July 15, 2015 to be with his Lord and Savior. He was born December 29, 1936 to Shelton and Dera McGehee in Bogalusa, LA. Doyle served in the Air Force where he played baseball and traveled to 19 foreign countries. His regular duties were as air force policeman. In 1970 he married Sandra...
Eva Cervantes
Jul 14, 2015
Eva Alameda Cervantes, 59, of Van Vleck passed away July 14, 2015. She was born September 28, 1955 in Bay City, TX to the late Belen Alameda and Narcissa Guerra Alameda. She was employed by Girling Health Care in Wharton. Survivors include her husband Ernest Cervantes; sons Ernest Cervantes, Jr. of Clear Lake, Mark Cervantes, Sr. of Bay City and...
Mildred Scroggins Martin
Jul 13, 2015
Mildred Scroggins Martin, 84, of Bay City passed away July 13, 2015. She was born June 9, 1931 in Houston, TX to the late Ernest Dual Scroggins and Edna Allene Spake Scroggins. She was a longtime member of Calvary Baptist Church and worked for many years at Bay City Bank & Trust. She was a Beautiful Woman inside and out....
Sallie Bernice Salas
Jul 12, 2015
Sallie Bernice Milner Salas, 75, of Bay City passed away July 12, 2015 after a long and courageous battle with Multiple Sclerosis. She was born May 23, 1940 in Bay City, TX to the late Harris "Zeb" Milner and Verda Ray Townley Milner. She graduated from Bay City High School in 1958 and then attended Texas A&I University in Kingsville....
David Mendoza
Jul 4, 2015
David Mendoza, 62, passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 4, 2015. He was born April 26, 1953 to parents Milton & Mary Mendoza. David worked for Dow Chemical for 22 years, after retiring he loved spending time working on & driving around in his beloved Pontiac Firebird Trans Am's and listening to Little Joe, his favorite singer. He also loved...
Catarina Ramirez Shepard
Jul 3, 2015
Catarina Ramirez Shepard, 83, of Bay City passed away July 3, 2015. She was born January 20, 1932 in Cedar Creek, TX to the late Candelario Alba Ramirez and Gertrules Luna Lerma Ramirez. She was a member of both Our Lady of Guadalupe and Holy Cross Catholic Churches and a life member of VFW Post 2438 Ladies Auxiliary and American...
Carrie Lee Hebel
Jul 3, 2015
Carrie Lee Hebel, 81, of Palacios, Texas passed away July 3, 2015. She was born in Palacios on June 20, 1934 to James Jesse and Myrtle Snider Hebel. Carrie spent 40 years (1956-1996) teaching at Eastside Elementary School in Palacios. Carrie is preceded in death by her parents and great nephew Joshua Allen Hebel. She is survived by her sister...
Dorothy Stafford
Jul 2, 2015
Dorothy Stafford, 91, of Van Vleck went to be with her Lord on Thursday, July 2, 2015 surrounded by family. She was born May 13, 1924 in Matagorda County to the late Bouldin Doc & Mildred Bickham O'Connell. Dorothy was a lifelong Methodist, and a charter member of Van Vleck United Methodist Church. She met her husband, Harry Stafford, in...
Margaret Karen Schmitt
Jul 1, 2015
Margaret "Peggy" Nielsen Schmitt , 66, of Bay City was born December 8th, 1948 in Seattle Washington, and was adopted by Lester and Ragnhild Nielsen. Several years after Lester's death, her Mother remarried and moved to Fort Dodge, Iowa. Peggy graduated from Fort Dodge High School in 1967. She attended business school in Des Moines, Iowa. There she met future...
Billy Brice Hamlin
Jun 29, 2015
Billy Brice Hamlin was born in Palacios, TX on July 20, 1933, to Orville Byron Hamlin and Willie Beth Hamlin. Billy and his family moved several times before settling in Palacios where he met the love of his life Dolly Ann Milam (Hamlin) and they married in December 1953. This marriage lasted until his death 61 years later. Billy is...
Alpha Lucille Calk
Jun 29, 2015
Alpha Lucille Calk,83, passed away June 29, 2015 in Bay City, Texas. She was born on April 15, 1932 to Harvey M. Green and Edna Andalee Ellis Green in Stowell, Texas. Lucy was preceded in death by her loving husband, Wade Thomas Calk, Sr. and brothers Albert Rosenbusch, Carl Rosenbusch, Ernest Ellis, Pete Green, Bubba Green and sister Pat Commilleau....
Irene Stidham
Jun 27, 2015
Irene Stidham, 96, of Palacios, passed away June 27, 2015. She was born May 16, 1919, in Pickton, Hopkins County, Texas to the late John Sumner Holley and Ida Valera Liner. She worked for many years at the Employer's Casualty Company in both Dallas and Houston. Her husband, Hershal Henry Stidham, son, Robert Lee Stidham, and siblings, Myrtie, Gordon (...
Donald Frost Hollar
Jun 27, 2015
Donald "Don" Frost Hollar, 88, of Gadsden, Alabama, joined his wife, Penny, in Heaven on Saturday, June 27, 2015. Don was born in his family's farmhouse near Gail, Texas on October 7, 1926. As a teenager he worked as a cowboy on a cattle drive, harvested wheat from Lubbock, Texas to Lincoln, Nebraska, worked at a hotel in Lubbock, and...
Jack Beasley Oldham
Jun 25, 2015
Jack B. Oldham went to be with his Lord on Thursday, June 25, 2015. He was the son of Thomas and Iva Oldham, born in Nome, Texas on April 29, 1926 and grew up in Houston and surrounding areas. Jack served in the U.S. Marine Corp during World War II from January 1944 to May 1946. He fought in the...
Charles David Petersen
Jun 21, 2015
Charles David Petersen, 15, of Bay City, Texas passed away Sunday, June 21, 2015. He was born on February 16, 2000 in Houston, Texas to Joseph and Farrah Buras Petersen. Charles is preceded in death Betty Buras, Curtis "Buddy" Roberts and Elvera "Beaky" Roberts. He is survived by his parents; brother Matthew Petersen; grandparents Benny and Rhonda Buras, Sr. and...
Allen Fiore
Jun 21, 2015
Allen Fiore, 27, of Bay City passed away June 21, 2015. He was born December 9, 1987 in Bay City, TX to Matthew Allen and Mary Houston Fiore. He is survived by his mother and step-father Mary Lea & Roy Palmer of Bay City; father and step-mother Matt & Tracey "Sunni" Fiore of Bedias, TX; his significant other Leashia Arndt;...
Selma Verline Barrett
Jun 20, 2015
Selma Verline "Jean" Barrett, 97, of Houston, passed away Saturday, June 20, 2015. She was born June 29, 1917 in Many, Louisiana to the late Henry and Ava Howard Brumley. Selma is preceded in death by her husband Delma Wayne Barrett; daughters Norma Jean Voitle and Sandy Frieda; son Delma Wayne "Buddy" Barrett, son-in-laws Eddie Voitle & Paul Hobbs, daughter-in-laws...
