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Matagorda County and the surrounding areas in the state of Texas

Josefina Diaz Guerrero

Josefina Diaz Guerrero

Aug 20, 2006

Josefina Diaz Guerrero, 72, of Palacios died August 20, 2006. She was born March 19, 1934 in Mexico to Jose and Juana Zavala Diaz. She had been a resident of Palacios for over 40 years and was a member or St. Anthony's Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Ramon Guerrero. Survivors include two...

Sandra Kay Rickaway

Sandra Kay Rickaway

Aug 16, 2006

Sandra Rickaway, 55, of Pleasanton, TX passed away Wednesday, August 16, 2006 in Jourdanton, TX. She was born May 18, 1951 in Bay City, TX to Roy Evans and Billie Dean Tyler Evans. Formerly of San Antonio, she was a resident of Pleasanton for the past year. Sandra was a Substitute Teacher for the Pleasanton and the Jourdanton School Districts...

Jack W. Falks

Jack W. Falks

Aug 12, 2006

Jack W. Falks, 68, of Palacios died August 12, 2006. He was born June 7, 1938 in Floresville, Texas to E. N. Falks, Sr. and Miriam Opal Baker Falks. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Palacios and a member of The Masonic Lodge. Survivors include his wife, Jessie McKissick Falks of Palacios; daughters Miriam Kay Falks...

Jeffrey Gordon Boots

Jeffrey Gordon Boots

Aug 12, 2006

Jeffrey Gordon Boots, 39, of Bay City, passed away Saturday, August 12, 2006. He was born February 10, 1967 in Norwich, NY to Earl Edwin Boots and Lorna Mae Martin Boots. He was a resident of Bay City for the past 21 years. Jeffrey is survived by his mother: Lorna M. Boots of Bay City; by his sister: Vicky Schafer...

Dolores A. Zepeda

Dolores A. Zepeda

Aug 9, 2006

Dolores A. Zepeda, 73, of Bay City died Wednesday, August 9, 2006 in Houston, Texas. She was born April 7, 1933 in La Costa, Texas to the late Bruno Arias, Sr. and Maria Vega Arias. She was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. She is survived by her husband; Isaac Zepeda, Sr. of Bay City, one daughter;...

Clara Sturm Dereese

Clara Sturm Dereese

Aug 6, 2006

Clara Sturm DeReese of Bay City passed away Sunday, August 6, 2006 at the age of 87 at Bay Villa Nursing Home. She was born March 20, 1919 to John and Elizabeth Sturm in Yorktown, TX and married her war time sweetheart, George DeReese, November 16, 1942. Clara was a member of Catholic Daughters and Holy Cross Catholic Church in...

Vada Lee Bunk

Vada Lee Bunk

Aug 3, 2006

Vada Lee Simmons Bunk, 89, passed away Thursday, August 3, 2006 at her home in Bay City. She was born August 21, 1916 in Simmonsville, TX to Rufus B. Simmons and Mary Elizabeth Ozment Simmons. She was a resident of Bay City for 60 years, and a member of the First Baptist Church of Bay City. She is survived by...

Luella Bender Ledwig

Luella Bender Ledwig

Aug 2, 2006

Luella Bender Ledwig, 78, of Bay City, Texas passed on to be with her heavenly Father, Wednesday August 2, 2006 in Houston, Texas. She was born February 8, 1928 in Cat Springs, TX. to the late Albert R. Bender and Vera Garling Bender. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and she was very involved in many local organizations...

Floydd Glynn Collier, Sr.

Floydd Glynn Collier, Sr.

Aug 2, 2006

Floydd Glynn Collier, Sr., 84 of Angleton, TX passed away Wednesday, August 2, 2006 in Lake Jackson, TX. He was born April 8, 1922 in Truscott, TX to Bartlett Hinton Collier and Pervis Mae Newman Collier. He was a former Lab Technician for the Markham Operations of Marathon Oil Company. He was a resident of Angleton for the past 5...

Jean Trull Herlin

Jean Trull Herlin

Jul 24, 2006

Jean Trull Herlin died July 24, 2006 in Palacios, Texas, three weeks before her 94th birthday. Born Margaret Jean Trull to Florence and B.W. Trull, Jean attended schools in Midfield and Palacios, graduating from Palacios High School in the Class of 1928. Jean's family valued education highly, so, despite the Depression, she graduated with a B.A. degree from the University...

David Victor Krumholz

David Victor Krumholz

Jul 23, 2006

On July 23, 2006, David Victor Krumholz age 95, passed away peacefully at his home with his beloved wife, Henrietta, by his side. He was a resident of Bay City, Texas for the past fifty seven years. David was born to Pearl and Sam Krumholz on February 11, 1911 in New York City. He then moved to Tyler, Texas, where...

Paula Zarate

Paula Zarate

Jul 20, 2006

Paula Zarate, 75 of Bay City, passed away Thursday, July 20, 2006 in Houston, TX. She was born April 2, 1931 in Buckeye, TX to Gregorio Zarate and Maria Ozuna Zarate. She was a life long resident of Matagorda County and a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. She is survived by her sisters: Amada Gonzales and Joyce...

Ignacia Cervantes Barron

Ignacia Cervantes Barron

Jul 19, 2006

Ignacia Cervantes Barron, 80, of Bay City, passed away Wednesday, July 19, 2006. She was born July 31, 1925 in Boling, TX to Tomasa Moreno Caballero and Reyes Cervantes. She was a resident of Bay City since 1974 and was a member of Nazareth United Methodist Church. She is survived by her Daughters and Sons-in-law: Esperanza & Daniel Dominguez of...

Alan A. "Andy" Anderson

Alan A. "Andy" Anderson

Jul 14, 2006

Alan A. (Andy) Anderson, of Sargent, TX, passed away on July 14, 2006 after a 2-year battle with sarcoma cancer. Andy was born in Stoneham, Mass., on July 30, 1928. He graduated from Stoneham High School in 1946, where he lettered in ice hockey and managed the basketball team. From hitchhiking cross-country to spending a season skiing in Sun Valley,...

Charles Waldorf Coombs, Iii

Charles Waldorf Coombs, Iii

Jul 12, 2006

Charles Waldorf Coombs, III, 46, passed away Wednesday July 12, 2006 at his home in Bay City. He was born March 19, 1960 in Jersey City, NJ to Charles Waldorf Coombs, Jr. and Sharon Campbell Coombs. He has been a resident of Bay City for the past 21 years, was employed as a Police Officer with the Fort Bend I.S.D....

Margery Noster

Margery Noster

Jul 11, 2006

Margery Noster, 85, of Bay City, passed away Tuesday, July 11, 2006. She was born October 12, 1920 in Sugar Valley to Walter Brown & Reba Whiddon Brown. She was a lifelong resident of Matagorda County, and a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Bay City. She is survived by her sons: Robert W. Noster of Bay City and...

Bobby Gene Brown, Sr.

Bobby Gene Brown, Sr.

Jul 10, 2006

Bobby Gene Brown, Sr., 81, died July 10, 2006 at Cypress Woods Care Center in Angleton. He was born March 16, 1925 in Richland, Texas to William Ulman and Jessie W. McCreary Brown. He was a member of the Baptist Church, a veteran of WWII, and was retired from Phillips Petroleum. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife...

Ev Marie Louisia Garza

Ev Marie Louisia Garza

Jul 9, 2006

Ev Marie Louisa Garza, infant daughter of Joe Santos Garza, Sr. & Rebecca Guerra Garza, died July 9, 2006 at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston. She was born June 27, 2006 in Houston. Survivors include her parents; paternal grandparents Joe John Garza and Maggie Segovia of Angleton; maternal grandparents Mary Lou and Rick Hampson of Bay City and Paul and...

Hazel Yvonne Bass

Hazel Yvonne Bass

Jul 7, 2006

Hazel Bass, 56 of West Columbia, passed away Friday, July 7, 2006 in Houston, TX. She was born February 15, 1950 in Bay City to Eston Stansell and Pauline Naomi Shannon Stansell. She has been a resident of West Columbia since 1980. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law: Lee Ann & David W. Riley of Bryan, TX; by...

Timoteo G. Zustaita

Timoteo G. Zustaita

Jul 7, 2006

Timoteo G. Zustaita, 56 of Bay City, passed away Friday, July 7, 2006 at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX. He was born January 24, 1950 in Dolores Hidalgo Guanajuato, Mexico to Refugio Zustaita and Maria Gutierrez Zustaita. He was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Bay City, and he was a loving husband, father and...

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