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Matagorda County and the surrounding areas in the state of Texas
Arthur Lee Haskins
Apr 24, 2006
Arthur Lee Haskins, 71 of Palacios, passed away Monday, April 24, 2006 in San Antonio, TX. He was born January 6, 1935 in St. Louis, MO to Arthur & Mayme Hedge Haskins. He was a resident of Palacios since 1960, a member of the Masonic Lodge and was a Baptist. He is survived by his wife: Celia Maria Haskins of...
Robert Bricker
Apr 21, 2006
Robert Bricker, 84, of Bay City died April 21, 2006 at the Matagorda House Health Care Center. He was born September 21, 1921 in Eagle Lake, TX to the late William and Mattie Herrington Bricker. He was a resident of Bay City since 1947 and a member of St. Peter Lutheran Church. He served in the US Marine Corp during...
Larry D. Gibbs
Apr 18, 2006
Larry D. Gibbs, 46, of Bay City died April 18, 2006 at Matagorda General Hospital. Larry was born November 16, 1959 in Bay City, TX to Harrell Denson and Etta Jean Joines Gibbs. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and a life long resident of Bay City. Survivors include his mother: Etta Jean Gibbs; sister: Carol Sue...
Dorothy Johnson
Apr 17, 2006
Dorothy Johnson 86, of Bay City died April 17, 2006 at Matagorda General Hospital in Bay City. She was born March 3, 1920 in Yoakum, TX to the late Oscar Lamar and Alma Dean Rader Allen. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Van Vleck and a resident of Bay City since 1950. Survivors include: 2 daughters...
Ernestine Mae Krenek Dabelgott
Apr 16, 2006
Ernestine Mae Krenek Dabelgott 82, of Markham, TX passed away peacefully and anxiously joined her husband of 51 years on April 16, 2006 at her residence. She was born September 23, 1923 in Nada, TX to the late Theofield John and Hermina Skutca Krenek. Mrs. Dabelgott was an active member of St. Robert's Catholic Church in Markham and faithfully attended...
Sarah Ann Ryman
Apr 15, 2006
SARAH ANN "BOBBIE" RYMAN Sarah "Bobbie" Ryman, 83 of Bay City, passed away Saturday, April 15, 2006. She was born November 16, 1922 in New Camp, KY to William H. & Ruth Rohrbough Rector. She was a resident of Bay City for the past 60 years, a member of the First United Methodist Church, and was retired from the Bay...
Eloise Sexton
Apr 14, 2006
Margaret Eloise (Parten) Sexton Eloise Sexton, age 87 of Sweeny, passed away Friday, April 14, 2006. She was born September 13, 1918 in Silsbee, TX to Rev. John W. and Anna Fern Parten. She was an active member of First Baptist Church of Sweeny since 1960 prior to her illness and a Pink Lady at the Sweeny Hospital for over...
William Troy Kay
Apr 12, 2006
William Troy "Bill" Kay of Sinton, TX passed away on April 12, 2006 at the age of 60. Bill was born July 3, 1945 in Richmond, TX to John D. and Martha Meador Kay. He grew up in and around Van Vleck, TX where he graduated from high school. Bill was a Vietnam Veteran, having received a Purple Heart and...
Bertha Huston Dunsworth
Apr 11, 2006
Bertha Huston Dunsworth , 74, of Bay City, TX died April 11, 2006 at St. Joseph Hospital in Houston, TX. She was born September 25, 1931 in Galesburg, IL to the late Frank Charles and Irene Cordelia NcNeece Huston. Mrs. Dunsworth was a resident of Bay City since 1953 and was a very active member of the Word of Life...
Gardina Vavra Belcher
Apr 10, 2006
Gardina Helen Vavra Belcher, 93, of Bay City died April 10, 2006. She was born November 4, 1912 in Caldwell, Texas to Frank John and Johanna Popek Vavra. She retired as dispatcher for Hughes Aircraft in California; had been a resident of Matagorda County since 1978; and was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church and Holy Cross Altar Society....
Clyde Ashcraft
Apr 10, 2006
Clyde Ashcraft, 71, of Van Vleck passed away April 10, 2006. He was born April 17, 1934 in Live Oak, Texas to the late John Woodard and Annie Mary Ashcraft. He was a life long resident of Van Vleck where he farmed and ranched, a member of the Matagorda County Cattleman's Association, past director of the Matagorda County Fair...
George W. Morgan
Apr 10, 2006
George W. Morgan, 84, of Bay City passed away April 10, 2006. He was born April 10, 1922 in Norwood, North Carolina to George Stewart and Cora Ethel Wilhoit Morgan. He had been a resident of Bay City since 1978 and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. Survivors include his wife Miriam Ruth Morgan of Bay City; daughter...
David H. Maitland
Apr 9, 2006
David H. Maitland, 62, of Bay City passed away April 9, 2006. He was born June 2, 1943 in Greenville, Virginia to Andrew and Bessie Maitland. Formerly of Norfolk, Virginia, he had been a resident of Bay city for 5 years and was a member of Rhema Fellowship Church. Survivors include his wife Patricia Maitland of Bay City; three daughters...
Tom A. Godsey
Apr 5, 2006
Tom A. Godsey, 71, of Bay City died April 5, 2006 at his residence. He was born December 10, 1934 in Belton, TX to the late Ethridge Ezell and Roxie Love Mobely Godsey. Mr. Godsey was a resident of Bay City since 1977 and a former resident of Bryan, TX, and was a member of the Baptist Church. In 1995...
Annie Lipinsky Davis
Apr 2, 2006
Annie Lipinsky Davis, 86, of Bay City, Texas, died April 2, 2006. She was born June 18, 1919, in Westoff, Texas, to Stanley Thomas Lipinsky and Gertrude Hadamek Lipinsky. She married Ralph Stuart Davis on August 18, 1936 in Bay City, Texas. They were married for 52 years. Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Charles Stanley and Lana Davis of...
Mary Helen Guanajuato
Mar 31, 2006
Mary Helen Guanajuato, 56 of Bay City, passed away Friday, March 31, 2006 in Houston, TX. She was born May 22, 1949 in Bay City to Max Guanajuato, Sr. and Cayetana Lozano Guanajuato. She was a live long resident of Bay City and a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. She is survived by her sisters: Hope Guanajuato...
Willie Christine Ray
Mar 30, 2006
Willie C. "Chris" Jones Ray was born July 3, 1921 in Goree, Texas to Dibrell George and Jessie Myrtle Gulick Jones. She passed from this earth Thursday, March 30, 2006. Chris was a long time resident of Matagorda County, having resided in both Markham and Van Vleck for over twenty years. Chris served in World War II as an Army...
Katherine P. Elliott
Mar 29, 2006
Katherine P. "Tiddle" (Bundick) Mock Elliott Funeral services for Katherine Mock Elliott, 71, of Bay City, Texas are scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Friday, March 31, 2006 at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home in Bay City, Texas. She died Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at Herman Memorial Southwest Hospital in Houston, Texas. Burial will follow in Roselawn Memorial Park in Van Vleck, Texas....
Mary Ellen Peterson Bannert
Mar 19, 2006
Mary Ellen Peterson Bannert, 73, of the Carancahua community died March 19, 2006 at the Memorial Medical Center in Port Lavaca, TX. She was born November 20, 1932 in Carancahua to the late Gustav Emil and Mary Alice Slaughter Peterson. Mrs. Bannert was a life long resident of the Carancahua community and a member of the Church of Christ. Survivors...
Erna Jurek
Mar 19, 2006
Erna Jurek was born December 31, 1913 in High Hill, Texas to Edward Joseph and Emelie Wuerker Wick. She passed away March 19, 2006 at Bay Villa Health Care Center. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Edward Jurek, sisters Emelie Jurek, Matilda Shelton and Mary Wick and brothers Richard Wick and Alfred Wick. She is survived by...
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