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Matagorda County and the surrounding areas in the state of Texas
Armando G. Aguilar, Jr.
Aug 21, 2010
Spec. Armando Aguilar, Jr., 26, passed away August 21, 2010. He was born April 30, 1984 in Bay City, TX to Armando Aguilar, Sr. & Amelia Galvan Aguilar. He graduated in 2003 from Parkview Baptist in Houston. Spec. Armando Aguilar Jr. joined the military in October 2007 as a combat engineer and was assigned to 87th Sapper Company, 8th Engineer...
Regina Irene Evans
Aug 21, 2010
Regina Irene Evans, 85, of Bay City passed away August 21, 2010 in Bay City. She was born June 27, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to John Seymore and Bertha Durner Clark. Regina met and married Sam O. Evans Jr. in Philadelphia in 1942. After the war, they traveled throughout the country following the construction industry. They came to Texas and...
Marcus Mark Parten
Aug 19, 2010
Marcus "Mark" Parten, 56, went to be with his Lord Thursday, August 19, 2010. Mark was born September 11, 1953 in Bay City, Texas to Robert S. and Edith Edmonds Parten. Mark was a happy child, giving much love to his family. Mark is now experiencing through the hope we have in Christ an eternal life in heaven of no...
Gilbert Paul Sliva
Aug 18, 2010
Gilbert Paul Sliva, 86, of Bay City passed away August 18, 2010. He was born November 22, 1923 in Wallis, TX to the late Emil W. & Annie Hattie Pisklak Sliva. He was a devoted member of Holy Cross Catholic Church where he was always happy to volunteer for any duty. He served in the US Navy during World War...
Guadalupe Gonzales
Aug 17, 2010
Guadalupe Gonzales, 50, of Van Vleck passed away August 17, 2010. He was born Sept. 21, 1959 in Bay City, TX to Lorenzo Vega Gonzales & Mary Alameda Gonzales. His brother Lorenzo Gonzales, Jr. preceded him in death. Survivors include his parents; daughters Valeri Gonzales, Dina Gonzales, Stephanie, Natashia and son Tommy; sisters Gloria Rodriguez & Lora G. Huerta; brother...
Maria Concepsion Perez
Aug 16, 2010
Maria Concepsion Perez, 95, of Palacios passed away Aug. 16, 2010. She was born December 8, 1914 in Goliad, TX to the late Pablo & Santana Gonzalez Becerra. Her husband Trinidad Perez, Sr. & son Trinidad Perez, Jr. preceded her in death. Survivors include daughters Maria Luisa Gaitan & husband Daniel, Matilda Munoz & husband Frank and Maxine Perez; sister...
Judy Lee Nohavitza
Aug 15, 2010
Judy Lee Nohavitza, 56, of Katy, TX passed away August 15, 2010. She was born October 5, 1953 in El Campo, TX to the late Leo & Jean Karen Nelsen Nohavitza. She graduated with Honors from Bay City High School in 1972 with Honors from Stephen F. Austin University in 1976. She retired from the Crime Lab Division of the...
John Vance Lesikar
Aug 15, 2010
John Vance Lesikar, 65, of Deer Park, TX passed away August 15, 2010. He was born Jan. 20, 1945 in San Francisco, CA to the late John W. & Corinne Moss Lesikar. He worked as a pipe welder for Brown & Root for many years. His son Frank Gary Lesikar preceded him in death. Survivors include his wife Carolyn Sewell...
Raymond Allen Mitchell
Aug 15, 2010
Raymond Allen Mitchell, 74, of Palacios passed away Sunday, August 15, 2010 in Bay City. He was born May 23, 1936 in Crane, Texas to the late Royce R. & Mary Pastusek Mitchell. Mitch grew up in the Gulf Camps in the Odessa Area. He started his college career at Rice University, but ended up transferring to the University of...
Raymond Mitchell
Aug 15, 2010
Raymond Allen Mitchell, 74, of Palacios passed away Sunday, August 15, 2010 in Bay City. He was born May 23, 1936 in Crane, Texas to the late Royce R. & Mary Pastusek Mitchell. Mitch grew up in the Gulf Camps in the Odessa Area. He started his college career at Rice University, but ended up transferring to the University of...
Leila May Redden
Aug 14, 2010
Leila May Redden was born at home on November 4, 1911 in Mills County, Texas to Alonzo and Nevada Harris. A longtime resident of Baytown, she passed away on August 14, 2010 at Matagorda House in Bay City, Texas. She married Ollie G. Redden in 1935. She was preceded in death by her husband and her son Robert Jim Redden....
Ruth H. Pierce
Aug 13, 2010
Ruth H. Pierce, 94, died peacefully in her home in Blessing, TX on August 13, 2010. She was born in Palacios on July 21, 1916 to George A. Harrison and Lena S. Harrison. As a child, she lived on the family farm at Prairie Center, between Blessing and Palacios. Her father was a long-standing county commissioner during the difficult years...
Mary Lou Billington
Aug 12, 2010
Mary Lou Billington, 88, went to be with her Lord on Thursday, August 12, 2010. She was born August 24, 1921 in Bonami, Louisiana to the late John & Lula Jensen Davidson. She was a very loving wife, mother, and grandmother. Mary is survived by her loving husband of 69 years: Elmer Billington; 5 daughters: Christine Burwell, Martha Kolojaco &...
Tommy Schultz
Aug 11, 2010
Beloved husband and father, Tommy Schultz, 83, of Palacios passed away August 11, 2010. He was born June 25, 1927 in Houston, TX to the late Tom Awalt & Bertie Lee Thompson Schultz. He proudly served in the US Navy during WWII as a Seaman 1st Class on the USS Maryland. He was a devoted member of Caranachua Community Church;...
Reyes Vargas Jr.
Aug 11, 2010
Reyes Vargas, Jr. passed away Wednesday, August 11, 2010 in Houston. He was born on January 12, 1970 in Mexico to Reyes and Bernardina Mendoza Mendoza Vargas, Sr. He is survived by his loving wife of 20 years Laura Martinez Vargas; by his mother, Bernardina Mendoza Mendoza; by his daughters, Stephanie Vargas and Alexa Vargas; by his son, Reyes Vargas,...
Craig Zimmerman
Aug 11, 2010
Funeral services for Craig Zimmerman, 80, of Bay City will be 2:00 PM Sunday, August 15, 2010 at First Baptist Church with Dr. Michael Zimmerman assisted by Dr. Donnie Melton officiating. A private entombment will take place later. Visitation will be from 5pm to 8pm Friday, August 13, 2010 in the State Room of Davis-Greenlawn Funeral Home in Rosenberg. There...
Mable Bryan
Aug 8, 2010
Lida Mable Bryan, 101, of Bay City passed away August 8, 2010. She was born November 9, 1908 in Zama, Mississippi to the late John Martin Brown & Bessie Mae Thrasher Brown. She was a member of the First Baptist Church and had been a resident of Bay City since 1966. Her husband William D. Bryan, grandsons John Patrick Bryan...
Lillie Jo Sweeny
Aug 7, 2010
Mrs. Lillie Jo Sweeny Passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 7, 2010 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was born to Della Lee and Robert Campbell Burt on Sept. 4, 1915. She was 94 years old. Mrs. Sweeny grew up in Sweeny, Texas and had a long career as a Southwestern Bell telephone operator in the Bay City...
Elias Paz
Aug 7, 2010
Elias Guerrero Paz, 81, of Bay City passed away August 7, 2010. He was born April 16, 1929 in San Benito, TX to the late Phillipe & Leana Guerrero Paz. His wife Juanita Paz, stepson Joe Angelo Trevino, & sisters Victoria Paz and Petra Paz all preceded him in death. Survivors include daughter Susie Paz Morales & husband Juan; sisters...
Robbie Estelle Van Ness
Aug 5, 2010
Robbie Estelle Lloyd Van Ness, 85, reunited with her husband Bill in Heaven on Aug. 5, 2010. Robbie was born the sixth of seven children on Mar. 8, 1925 in Tennessee. Her family moved to Bay City when she was very young and she spent most of her early years in that area. She graduated from Boling High School in1943....
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