Local Obituaries for Beeville, Three Rivers, and George West, Texas
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Janis Bluhm
Jan 19, 2015
Janis Coquat Bluhm, 68, of Three Rivers, passed away on January 19, 2015 after a long battle with kidney disease. She was born September 2, 1946 in Denton, Texas to Joseph Alexander Coquat and Janet (Musick) Coquat. After graduating from Tuloso Midway High School in Corpus Christi, she attended Mary Hardin Baylor University and received a Bachelor's degree in...
Marcos Cruz
Jan 16, 2015
Marcos U. Cruz, 76, passed away on Friday, Jan. 16, 2015. He was born in Three Rivers, Texas on Feb. 22, 1937, to Aniceto and Antonia Urrabazo Cruz, Sr. He was raised in Three Rivers and married Alice Benavides. Marcos was a hard worker and retired after being employed for over 30 years with the City of Three Rivers....
Louis Brandt
Jan 15, 2015
Louis C. Brandt, 80, of Beeville, died Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015. Mr. Brandt was born Jan. 4, 1935, in DeWitt County to Edna (Stehle) and Louis Henry Brandt. He married Barbara Essary in Refugio County on April 4, 1959, and was a retired oil field compressor mechanic. He worked for Republic National Gas and H&D Operating and was a...
Abraham Ladesma
Jan 15, 2015
Abraham "Abe" Ladesma, 82, of Beeville, died Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015. Mr. Ladesma was born March 24, 1932, in San Juan, Bato, Sur Philippines to Beatriz (Postres) and Simeon Ladesma. He married Lydia Buena in the Philippines on May 5, 1963, and was the owner and operator of Abe's Air Conditioning Service. He was retired from the U.S. Navy....
Etainne Harrod
Jan 8, 2015
Harrod Ardith Etainne Harrod, 87, passed away Jan. 8, 2015. Mrs. Harrod was born Dec. 24, 1927 to Walter Lee and Mae (Gillum) Carter in Teague. She married Daniel Harrod on July 7, 1944 in Three Rivers. She retired after many years as a Live Oak County librarian. She was preceded by parents; husband, Daniel Harrod; three sisters, Sybil...
Charleen Brown
Jan 6, 2015
Charleen (Charlie) Reagan Brown born March 8, 1926 in Clareville, Texas, passed away January 6, 2015 at her home in George West. Charlie was preceded in death by her parents, Pryor and Louise Reagan; three brothers, Clyde, Gene and Pat Reagan; and her beloved husband, Tige Brown. Her love of God, family, nature, community, and their land were unwavering...
Mary Zamzow
Jan 6, 2015
Mary V. Zamzow, 68, of Three Rivers died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015. Mrs. Zamzow was born to Vestine and Luella Braune Franke on April 10, 1946 in Live Oak County. She married Lawrence Zamzow June 26, 1965 in Three Rivers. and was a retired teachers assistant for Three Rivers ISD. She was preceded in death by her parents. Survivors...
John Steele
Jan 3, 2015
John Saunders Steele, 84, passed away on January 3, 2015. He was born January 16, 1930, in Kingsville, Texas, to John S. and Ethel (Parrish) Steele. He married Margaret (Peggy) Griffin on August 18, 1951, in Seguin, Texas. He served in the United States Air Force. Afterwards Mr. Steele worked as a deputy with the Bee County Sheriff's Department....
Marion Smith
Dec 31, 2014
Marion Edward Smith, 87, passed away on December 31, 2014. He was born January 6, 1927 in Bonanza, Arkansas to Arrie and Sarah Earlene (Barnes) Smith. He married Lena Mae Reiland on March 24, 1951 in Bruni, Texas. She preceded him in death on January 9, 2014. Mr. Smith joined the U.S. Navy in 1944 after graduating from High...
Waymond Franke
Dec 30, 2014
Waymond "Billy" Franke, 79, passed away on December 30, 2014. He was born September 26, 1935 in Bee County, TX to Walter A. and Annie E. (Rosebrock) Franke. He was a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church and a retired farmer and bulldozer operator. He was preceded in death by his parents; and brother, Marvin Franke. He is survived...
Elizabeth Hernandez
Dec 27, 2014
Elizabeth Genara Hernandez passed away on December 27, 2014 at the age of 51. She was born September 18, 1963 to Saturnino Hernandez and Genara Caballero in Three Rivers, Texas. She was a member of River of Life Worship Center and was a resident of Three Rivers, Texas for her entire life. She was employed with the Three Rivers...
Charles Woodward
Dec 25, 2014
Charles Maurice Woodward, 92, of Three Rivers died Thursday, Dec. 25, 2014. Mr. Woodward was born July 22, 1922, to Oscar Edwin and Sue (Forgy) Woodward in Corsicana. He married Verna Lee Edge on Sept. 17, 1946, in Three Rivers. He was an operator for Mobil Oil Kitty Plant for 30 years and a deacon for First Baptist Church....
Guss Kunze
Dec 24, 2014
Guss Arnold Kunze passed away on December 24, 2014 at the age of 94. He was born March 28, 1920 to Carl Herman Kunze and Ada Ethel Landrum in Riesel, Texas. He married Betty Florence Martens on November 24, 1945 in Falfurrias, Texas. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. He was a resident of Beeville, TX,...
Rachel Littlejohn-Diebel
Dec 24, 2014
Rachel was born June 14, 1922 in Wellingborough, England. She passed away on December 24, 2014. She was the eldest of three children. Her two brothers, Norman and David, predeceased her. She was studying to become a doctor in 1938 at Cambridge University, when World War II broke out. Upon testing by the British government, she was drafted and...
Carol Scotten
Dec 23, 2014
Carol Lea Scotten, 72, passed away December 23, 2014. She was born November 29, 1942, in Galveston, Texas, to Carvel and Marjorie (Roberts) Dement. She married James Scotten in Beeville in 1962. She was a member of Faith Lutheran Church and retired as a claims adjuster from Brooke Insurance after more than 20 years. She was a member of...
Nona Bonifay
Dec 19, 2014
Nona Trois Bonifay, age 95, surrounded by family, left this world on December 19, 2014 to go to be with our Lord. Trois was born in Taft, Texas on September 6, 1919 to Vernie R. & Lillie Glasson. She was a graduate of Taft High School and attended Draughons Business College in Corpus Christi. She married Loren Council in...
James Pugh
Dec 19, 2014
James F. (Jim) Pugh, 83, passed away on December 19, 2014. He was born on September 2, 1931 in George West, Texas to William F. and Dora (Grover) Pugh. On April 7, 1953 he married Helen Elizabeth Hoelscher in Violet, Texas. In enlisted in the U.S. Army on July 1952 and was honorable discharged on June 1960. He was...
Guadalupe Ruiz
Dec 18, 2014
Guadalupe (Lupe) Ruiz, 78, passed away on December 18, 2014. She was born on November 22, 1936 in Campbellton, Texas to Santos and Julia (Rodriguez) Garcia. In 1959 she married Robert Ruiz, Sr. in Campbellton, Texas. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. She had worked at Tasty Cream and was retired owner of Sunrise-Sunset Restaurant and...
Douglas Crawford
Dec 17, 2014
Guadalupe "Lupe" Ruiz, 78, passed away on December 18, 2014. She was born on November 22, 1936 in Campbellton, Texas to Santos and Julia (Rodriguez) Garcia. In 1959 she married Robert Ruiz, Sr. in Campbellton, Texas. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and was retired owner of Sunrise-Sunset Restaurant and Tasty Cream. She is survived by...
Helen Dugat
Dec 16, 2014
Ruth Dugat passed away peacefully Tuesday morning in the care of her two daughters. She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Byron Sidney Dugat; her mother, Maude B. Rigall; her father, CR Rigall; and brother, C.R. Rigall Jr. She is survived by her four children, daughter, Helen Dickensheets and husband Richard of Alvin Texas, son,...
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