Evelyn "Ebbie" Layne
Mar 4, 2012
Evelyn "Ebbie" Johnston Cook Layne, 89, of Blairsville, Georgia passed away Sunday, March 4, 2012. She was born February 25, 1923 in Bay City to the late Earl & Johnnie Benge Johnston. Survivors include her daughters Sue Daniel (Sumner), Laura Grantham and Kathy Macinnes (Neil); sister Frances Miller; brother Gene Johnston; five grandchildren, Mark and Blake Daniel, Emily Jobson, Matt...
Marie Kathryn Morris
Feb 27, 2012
Marie Kathryn Morris, 97, of Blessing passed away February 27, 2012. She was born December 14, 1914 in Cestern, TX to the late Frank Hlozek & Frances Berdecka Hlozek. Her husband Emil John Morris preceded her in death. Survivors include daughter Rose Marie Maroul & husband Jimmy of Dickinson; son Lawrence Morris & wife Carol of San Antonio; grandchildren John...
Mildred Tolbert Seifert
Feb 27, 2012
Mildred Tolbert Seifert, 90, of Bay City, Texas passed away Monday, February 27, 2012 at Emeritus in Sugar Land, Texas. Mildred was born November 23, 1921 in Luling, Texas to Jesse A and Mary Agnes Tolbert. Mildred was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Her family was blessed with her unconditional love. Mildred was an active member of...
A. W. Younts Jr.
Feb 26, 2012
A.W. Younts, Jr., passed on February 26, 2012, at the age of 81 with his family by his side. He was beloved by his family and embraced them as well; he will be sorely missed. Born on the High Plains in Cone, Texas, to Arthur Younts and Lois Fuller Younts, he later drove farm tractors and did "men's work" in...
Annie Teer Mardis
Feb 26, 2012
Annie M. (Ann) Mardis , 92, of Bay City passed away February 26th at the Matagorda House. She was born July 26, 1919 in Preston, Mississippi to Frances & Virgil Teer. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother & her husband of 61 years, C. O. Mardis whom she has missed so much. She is survived by...
Nan Gutierrez Garcia
Feb 22, 2012
Nan Gutierrez Garcia, 52, of Bay City passed away Wednesday, February 22, 2012 in Houston. She was born July 1, 1959 in El Campo to Alonzo Lonnie Gutierrez & Mary Nancy Perez . Nan was a longtime resident of Bay City, and a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church of Bay City. She is survived by her husband...
Rose Lee Williams
Feb 21, 2012
Rose Lee Polensky Williams, 91, of Bay City passed away February 21, 2012. She was born August 23, 1920 in Hungerford, TX to the late Antone Michael Polensky and Mary Ann Luczak Polensky. On November 23, 1940 she married Lonnie Williams. They were married for 70 years. She was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church and loved her garden,...
Mercedes Montoya Soto
Feb 17, 2012
Mercedes Montoya Soto, 82, of Bay City passed away February 17, 2012. She was born September 23, 1929 in Kendleton, Texas to the late Jose Villanueva and Apoliana Gamez Villanueva. Her sisters Delores Longoria and Celia Lara preceded her in death Survivors include her husband Filiciano Soto of Bay City; sons Jimmy Able Soto & wife Lillian of Rockport, Daniel...
Bob "Captain" Wakefield, Sr.
Feb 15, 2012
Bob "Captain" Wakefield, Sr., 82, went to be with his Lord after a short illness on Wednesday, February 15, 2012. Bob was born on July 4, 1929 in Bay City, TX. to the late William and Vallie Sparks Wakefield. Bob was an avid fisherman and hunter at the bay-shore camp he built. He was a man that took a little...
Antonia Lee
Feb 13, 2012
Antonia "Toney" Lee, 83, of Blessing passed away February 13, 2012. She was born February 14, 1928 in Snook, Texas to the late Lukas Antone Prihoda and Apolena Geraldine Mader Prihoda. She loved spending time with her family. She also loved flowers and operated a nursery out of her home for several years. Her husband Melvin Lee, sister Lena Prihoda...
Luceile Huebner Wilkinson
Feb 8, 2012
Luceile H. Wilkinson, 94, of Bay City passed away February 8, 2012. She was born February 1, 1918 in Matagorda County, Texas to the late Marion Taylor Huebner and Lillian Hurst Huebner. Her husband Bob Wilkinson, brothers Top Huebner, Bob Huebner and Raleigh Huebner and daughter-in-law Peggy Wilkinson all preceded her in death. Survivors include daughter Martha Wilkinson Lake &...
Jerry James Peter
Feb 6, 2012
JERRY JAMES PETER, age 86, passed away peacefully after a valiant battle with congestive heart failure, in Bay City, Texas, on February 6, 2012, while surrounded by his family. Born in Wallis, Texas, on April 22, 1925, to Louis William Peter and Bessie Rose Parma. After graduating from Wallis High School in 1942, he worked at Todd Shipyard in Galveston...
Christine Elizabeth Franzen
Feb 6, 2012
Christine Elizabeth "Shelby" Franzen, 38, passed away on February 6, 2012 in College Port, TX. Christine was born on August 21, 1973 in Union City, Indiana, daughter to Sam Shelby and Gail Shelby. Loving wife, daughter and mother. Survived by her husband Thomas Franzen; son, Samuel Fulton, daughter, Elizabeth Dannels; mother, Gail Shelby, father, Sam Shelby; sister, Melissa Shelby; step-sister...
August "Gus" Leissner
Feb 6, 2012
August Lewis (Gus) Leissner, 49, of Markham, passed away Monday, February 6, 2012 at Memorial Herman Hospital in Houston. Gus was born in Corpus Christi, Texas on November 23, 1962 to parents Charles Lewis and Iona Mae Pearse Leissner. He grew up in Gonzales, Texas and was a graduate of Bay City High School. He was a loving husband and...
Louis Rangel
Feb 5, 2012
Louis Rangel, 92, of Bay City passed away February 5, 2012. He was born June 20, 1919 in West Columbia, TX to the late Francisco Rangel and Clementa De Santerio Rangel. He worked for Dow for many years. His wife Romana Rangel, three sisters and one brother all preceded him in death. Survivors include daughter Teresa Rangel of Bay City;...
Edna Hazel Hamlin
Feb 3, 2012
Edna H. Hamlin, 98, of Palacios passed away Feb. 3, 2012. She was born Oct. 20, 1913 in Duke, Oklahoma to the late John F. Queen and Mary Duncan Queen. She was a longtime member of the Church of Christ and a Charter Member of Queen-Hamlin VFW Post 2467 Ladies Auxiliary which was established in 1950. She was preceded in...
Pauline Schulte
Feb 2, 2012
Pauline Schulte, 81, of Bay City passed away February 2, 2012. She was born February 4, 1930 in Alberta, Canada to the late Joseph Francis Roneche & Mildred Marie Mill Roneche. Survivors include her husband Winston Hugo Schulte of Bay City; daughter Georgia Keane & husband Mike of Bangkok; sons Robert York Schulte of Houston & Bruce Schulte & wife...
James Gerold Milliff
Jan 28, 2012
James Gerold "Jerry" Milliff of Wadsworth, Texas was born to Lawrence and Edith Moberly Milliff on February 4, 1932 in Ridge, Texas. He went to be with his Savior on January 28, 2012. He enlisted in the Navy shortly after his graduation from high school. Jerry served his country on the USS Yorktown, USS Norton Sound, and USS Antietam during...
Freddie J. Dornak
Jan 27, 2012
Freddie J. Dornak passed away peacefully at home on January 27, 2012. Born on August 10, 1935 in Blessing, Texas, he attended first grade at Blessing and the remaining years at Holy Cross Catholic School in Bay City and graduated from Bay City High School in May 1953. He enlisted in the US Air Force in July 1953 and married...
Roberta Kay Anthis Ripke
Jan 25, 2012
Roberta Kay Anthis Ripke Roberta was born on August 3, 1945 in Temple, Texas to Joseph Horton Anthis Jr. and Mable "Bobbie" Hansen Anthis. She passed on January 25, 2012 at the age of 66 at her home in Palacios, Texas after a lengthy and courageous battle with lung cancer. Roberta is survived by her son Richard "Ricky" Ripke and...
