Guadalupe M. Zboral, Sr.
Mar 28, 2010
Guadalupe M. Zboral, Sr., 81, of Bay City passed away March 28, 2010. He was born July 10, 1928 in Vanderbilt, TX to the late Frank & Trinidad Martinez Zboral. Survivors include his wife Tina Suniga Zboral of Bay City; daughters Connie Alameda of Bay City, Belia Gonzales of Bryan, Hope Galvan of Alvin, Regina Castro of Bay City, Cynthia...
Minnie Medina Zepeda
Mar 25, 2010
Minnie Medina Zepeda, 79, of Bay City passed away March 25, 2010 at Oak Manor Nursing Home in Flatonia, TX. She was born Dec. 17, 1930 in Northern Headquarters, TX to the late G. B. and Josephine Perez Medina. She was a lifetime member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW Post 2438 in Bay City. She was preceded in...
Myrtle Mary Burke Manna
Mar 24, 2010
Myrtle Mary Burke Manna, 89, of Bay City passed away March 24, 2010. She was born July 31, 1920 in Baytown, TX to the late Advia John and Rita Evans Burke. She grew up in Humble, TX where she graduated from High School and was very active in sports. She worked as one of the first female welders at the...
Rogerio G. "Roy" Rodriguez, Jr.
Mar 24, 2010
Rogerio G. "Roy" Rodriguez, Jr., 75, of Bay City passed away March 24, 2010. He was born Sept. 16, 1934 in Olmito, TX to the late Rogerio and Rosa Garcia Rodriguez. He was a member of House of Deliverance Church in Clute, TX. His daughter Rosa Lee Rodriguez Triana, son Benjamin Rodriguez and granddaughter Marie Bea Ortiz all preceded him...
Letha Yearwood Petersen
Mar 23, 2010
Letha Yearwood Petersen, 85, of Palacios passed away March 23, 2010. She was born in Edna, TX July 2, 1924 to the late Bethel Thomas and Olive Lucretia Shows Yearwood. She moved to Palacios in 1945 and worked for Central Power & Light for 20 years. In 1952 she married Irvin Petersen. Together they operated Petersen's Restaurant for many years....
William George King Jr.
Mar 23, 2010
After 88 joyful years of life, William George King, known to some as "Jr." and to others as "Bill", passed away on Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Antioch, California, due to complications following a brief illness. Jr. was born on October 27, 1921, in Houston to William King and Ruby Butt King but spent most of...
Evelyn Muriel Baker
Mar 19, 2010
Evelyn Muriel Baker, 87, of Bay City passed away Friday, March 19, 2010, at the Matagorda Regional Medical Center in Bay City. Evelyn was born in Lubbock on Dec. 20, 1922, to parents George and Nancy Jane Hughes Richey. She was a retired teacher and a faithful long time member of the Nichols Street Church of Christ in Bay City....
Kathleen Erna Sanford Strozier
Mar 18, 2010
Kathleen Erna Sanford Strozier, 90, of Bay City passed away Thursday, March 18, 2010 at her residence. Kathleen was born on August 18, 1916 in Non, Oklahoma, the middle child of Lorena Levina and Thomas Jefferson Sanford. From an early age Kathleen knew she wanted to teach so she received a BS degree from East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma...
Elizabeth Dowdy
Mar 17, 2010
Elizabeth "Betty" Dowdy, 85, of Van Vleck passed away March 17, 2010. She was born Oct. 16, 1924 in Bishop, TX to the late Oswald J. and Nora Koban Urban. She worked as a clerk for Kleberg County for many years. She and her husband retired to Startzville, TX near Canyon Lake and she had been a resident of Van...
Karen Jean Ramsey
Mar 16, 2010
Karen Jean Ramsey, 39, passed away March 16, 2010. She was born April 2, 1970 in Bay City, TX to Coy C. Ramsy, Jr. and Norma Jean Sherrer Ramsey. Survivors include parents Coy and Norma Ramsey of Bay City; brother Bruce Alan Ramsey & wife Patricia of Ganado and nephews Dean and Ben Ramsey. Both sets of grandparents preceded her...
John Martinez
Mar 16, 2010
John Martinez, 65, of Bay City passed away March 16, 2010. He was born June 24, 1944 in Egypt, TX to Ysidoro and Crecenciana Martinez. John worked as service foreman for the Bay City Gas Company for 30 years. He was a beloved husband, father, son, brother, father-in-law and uncle. John was always ready for an adventure and met no...
James Otis Sandefur
Mar 15, 2010
James Otis Sandefur, 94, of Bay City passed away March 15, 2010. He was born February 4, 1916 in Davidson, Oklahoma to the late Joseph Thomas Sandefur & Lee Nora Green Sandefur. He served his country in the US Navy during WWII, was a member of the First Baptist Church in Blessing and worked as a Barber for many years....
Frances Laverne Butler
Mar 14, 2010
Frances LaVerne Stewart Butler, 81, of Bay City, passed away in her sleep on Sunday, March 14, 2010. She was born March 18, 1928 in Mexico, Missouri, the daughter of the late Arnold Stewart and D'Arline Wray Stewart. She married Robert "Bob" W. Butler on December 22, 1946. She was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church of Bay...
Marilyn Ann Barlow Brown
Mar 12, 2010
Marilyn Ann Barlow Brown, 70, of Van Vleck, passed away Friday, March 12, 2010 in Houston, TX. She was born May 13, 1939 in El Campo, TX to the late Lois Ann Herreth Barlow and Charles Delbert Barlow. She was a life long resident of Matagorda County. She was the treasurer and an active member of the First United Methodist...
William Matthews Penny
Mar 9, 2010
William Matthews Penny, 91, of Bay City passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 9, 2010. He was born November 23, 1918 in Houston, TX the son of the late Molly Belle Matthews Penny & William L. Penny. Bill moved in 1929 with his mother, after the death of his father, to the ranch property they owned near Van Vleck. He...
Jane H. Wendt
Mar 8, 2010
Jane H. Wendt, 78, of Sargent, TX passed away Monday, March 8, 2010. She was born March 21, 1931 in Sargent, TX to the late Adolph & Beatrice Chambless Socha. Mrs. Wendt was a lifelong resident of Matagorda County and a member of the Apostolic Pentecostal Church in Bay City. Buelah Walker and Velma Clements baptized her in the name...
Jack Richard Bell Sr.
Mar 8, 2010
Jack Richard Bell, Sr., 74, went to meet the Lord on March 8, 2010. He was born in Lubbock, Texas on October 8, 1935, to Opal and J.R. Bell. Mr. Bell has lived in Palacios for the last six years and has become a familiar face in the community as he walked the Bayfront daily for much of that time....
Mildred Marie Baca
Mar 5, 2010
Mildred Marie Mayer Baca, 89, of Markham, TX passed away Friday, March 5, 2010. She was born November 19, 1920 in Van Vleck, TX to Robert Frank Mayer and Vinca Mikula Mayer. She was a lifelong resident of Matagorda County and a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church in Bay City. She was a loving mother and grandmother. She was...
Burton "Burt" William Post
Mar 2, 2010
Burton "Burt" William Post, 34, of Baytown, TX passed away Tuesday, March 2, 2010. He was born February 10, 1976 in Cincinnati, OH. He was a former resident of Bay City, a 1994 graduate of Bay City High School, and a former member of the Bay City Volunteer Fire Dept. He has resided in Baytown for the past 11 years,...
Jesse Jerome Hickl Sr.
Feb 28, 2010
Jesse J. Hickl passed away Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. He will always be remembered for his warmth and smile, and his devotion to his family and church. He was born in Frydek, TX on July 10, 1921 to the late John & Julie Pavlicek Hickl. The family later settled in El Maton, TX. He was a member of Holy Cross...
