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Matagorda County and the surrounding areas in the state of Texas
Belinda Anna Bueno Flores
Jun 12, 2022
Belinda Anna Bueno Flores, 60, of Bay City, Texas passed away Sunday, June 12, 2022. She was born November 5, 1961 in Kingsville, Texas to Demencio Bueno, Sr., and Esmeralda Lerma.
Belinda was a loving girlfriend, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, and friend. For the last 5 years she was an administrative assistant at Texas Sod. She enjoyed...
Adela Nava Oros
Jun 12, 2022
Adela N. Oros 92, of Bay City, TX, passed away June 12, 2022. She was born April 27, 1930 in San Benito, TX to the late Juan Nava and Refugia Castillo Nava.
She loved to sing and praise the Lord, read scriptures from her Bible and pray. She always loved to cook for her family and anyone...
Norma Gates
Jun 11, 2022
Norma Louise Gates, 97, of Bay City, TX passed away Saturday June 11, 2022. She was born January 20, 1925 in Fort Worth, TX to the late Walter Bickford and Willine Mead Bickford.
Norma was preceded in death by her parents; husband Eathel E. Gates; children Donald Lee Gates and Robert Gates;. She is survived by children...
Henry Lopez Perez
Jun 8, 2022
Henry Lopez Perez, 93, of Palacios passed away June 8, 2022. He was born on July 15, 1928 in Olivia, TX. to the late Ascencion and Anasticia Lopez Perez.
Henry met the love of his life, Trinidad, at a carnival in Palacios. They moved to Kemah and later to Houston where they made their home with their...
Ruppert Lee Charnick
Jun 7, 2022
Ruppert Lee Charnick, 84, of Bay City passed away June 7, 2022. He was born March 18, 1938 in Hampton, Virginia to the late Elmer Charnick and Elaine Jenkins Charnick.
Ruppert worked for Brown and Root Construction back in 1977 building STP. He then worked for Bay City ISD as maintence and groundskeeper till he moved back...
Ray Curnutte
Jun 4, 2022
Ray Curnutte, 88, of Markham, Texas, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, June 4, 2022.
He was born May 12, 1934, in Nowata, Oklahoma to Robert Orley Curnutte, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Camden Curnutte. He grew up in Bishop, Texas and moved to Wadsworth with his wife, Clara Myers Curnutte, who predeceased him on April...
Julio L. "Polly" Reyes, Jr.
May 29, 2022
Julio L. "Polly" Reyes, Jr., 81, of Bay City passed away May 29, 2022. He was born November 26, 1940 in Spurr, TX to the late Julio Reyes and Lucy Longoria Reyes.
For those who knew Polly, would know he learned many trades over the years. There wasn't anything he could not do. He was a master...
Guadalupe "Lupe" Ramirez
May 25, 2022
Guadalupe "Lupe" Ramirez, 68 of Bay City, passed away May 25, 2022. She was born December 11, 1953 New Gulf, TX to Juan Salazar and Isabel Chavez Salazar.
She loved to gamble in Louisiana and Las Vegas, she enjoyed cooking and spending with time family especially during the holidays, she also loved to listen to and dance...
Javier Eduardo Cruz
May 22, 2022
Javier Eduardo Cruz, 39, of Bay City, Texas, passed away Sunday, May 22, 2022. He was born on December 29, 1982 in Elizabeth, New Jersey to Carmen Chajon and Gilardo Javier Cruz.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Carmen Cruz. Survivors include his father, Gilardo Javier Cruz; brother, Noel Resto & wife Lilly O. Resto;...
Ruben Garcia
May 21, 2022
Quote: I want us to celebrate every day as though it were our first together. And I will delight in you all the days of our lives.
Ruben Garcia, 40, of Houston passed away May 21, 2022. He was born October 12, 1981 in Bay City to Raymond Garcia, Jr. and Angelita Escobar Garcia.
Ruben...
David Buschman
May 20, 2022
William David Buschman, 68, of Sargent passed away May 20, 2022. He was born September 11, 1953 in Flint, Michigan to the late William Vernon Buschman and Jeanette Paulsen Buschman.
He was a former Nuclear Planner/Scheduler at STP. He had been a resident of Sargent for the past 20 years.
In addition to his parents,...
Roxy Ann Wells
May 20, 2022
Roxy Ann Wells, 72, of Hemphill, TX passed away May 20, 2022. She was born January 27, 1950 in Bay City, TX to the late Thomas William Keller and Gertrude Pliske Keller.
She was a member of the VFW Post 2438 Ladies Auxiliary and enjoyed Bowling, Bingo and Slots.
In addition to her parents, she...
Mary Nancy Gutierrez
May 17, 2022
Mary Nancy Gutierrez, 82, of Bay City passed away May 17, 2022. She was born March 18, 1940 in Cuero, TX to the late Roman Perez and Antonia Garcia Perez.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Alonzo Gutierrez and children Johnny Soto, Nan Garcia, Gloria Trujillo and Brenda Bush.
...Ralph Oscar Brown
May 12, 2022
Ralph Oscar Brown, 74, of Palacios, TX passed away May 12, 2022 after a short illness. He was born on July 13, 1947 in Edna, TX to the late Oscar Homer Brown and Katherine Lenz Brown.
They moved to Palacios when Ralph was in the 7 th grade. He was privileged to have played for the Palacios...
Lazaro R. Marroquin
May 11, 2022
Lazaro R. Marroquin, 74, of Palacios passed away May 11, 2022. He was born August 18, 1947 in Edinberg, TX to the late Jesus Marroquin and Santos Resendez Marroquin. Lazaro's family moved to Palacios in the 50's, where he would eventually meet his bride, Herlinda, in the late 60's. After dating for a year, they married in 1970 and...
Kay Mallard Cox
May 10, 2022
Kay Mallard Cox, 83, passed away at the Legacy on Tuesday, May 10. She was born in on October 4, 1938, the daughter of Harry and Edith Mallard, then living in Clemville. The family spent the war years in West Columbia and then, in 1945, settled in Van Vleck, where Kay
attended public school. Following graduation, she...
Ruby Hahn Richardson
May 6, 2022
Ruby Hahn Richardson, 91, of Round Rock, formerly of Bay City, Texas, passed away on May 6, 2022, in Round Rock, Texas. She was born to John and Elsie De Reese Hahn in El Maton, Matagorda County on November 20, 1930. She joined siblings Johnnie, Elroy & Lorene on the family farm.
She began public education in...
Nancy Mccown
May 3, 2022
Nancy Chapman McCown, 86, of Austin, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. She was born on October 16, 1935 in Bay City, Texas to the late Edward H. Chapman, Jr. and Inez Sirmon Chapman.
Not only was Nancy a loving, caring, mother and grandma, she was a retired RN who worked...
Dennis Wayne Hamilton
Apr 28, 2022
Dennis Wayne Hamilton, 69, of Bay City passed away April 28, 2022. He was born August 14, 1952 in Bay City, TX to the late Jack Winston Hamilton and Geneva Mae Middleton Hamilton.
He was a retired pipefitter. He spent most of his time after retirement helping take care of his parents and caring for his dog,...
Betty Schurtz Bradley
Apr 25, 2022
Betty Katherine Schurtz Bradley, 75, of Markham, TX went to her Heavenly home April 25, 2022. She was born August 4, 1946 in Bay City, TX to the late Carl and Elfie Schurtz. She was a loving wife, a caring mother, and a proud Nanny. She was a devout Christian and served many years at First Baptist Church of...
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