Local Obituaries for Beeville, Three Rivers, and George West, Texas
Recent Obituaries

Eusebio Silva
Jan 27, 2015
Eusebio Silva, 80, passed away on January 27, 2015. He was born on January 3, 1935 in Skidmore, Texas to Donacino and Juanita (Grimaldo) Silva. He married Dominga Martinez on May 15, 1958 in Beeville, Texas. He served in te United States Air Force from 1955 to 1959. Mr. Silva was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and...

Cicero Blankenship
Jan 26, 2015
MR. CICERO J. "SMOKEY" BLANKENSHIP Cicero J. "Smokey" Blankenship, 91, passed away peacefully from his mortal life Monday, January 26, 2015, at the Community Hospice Center of Fort Worth, Texas. Smokey was dearly loved by family and friends. He was a veteran of WWII and felt great loyalty to his country and the cause of freedom. He was a...

Jose Gamez
Jan 25, 2015
Jose M. Gamez, 65, of George West, died Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015. Mr. Gamez was born April 23, 1949, in Live Oak County to Juan and Beatrice (Moya) Gamez. He was a retired laborer for the oil and gas industry. He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Delia Gamez. Survivors include a son, Ruben Gamez...

Frieda Hartzendorf
Jan 24, 2015
Frieda Rosalie Hartzendorf, age 73, passed away at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, January 24, 2015, in a nursing home in Beeville. She was born June 17, 1941, to Fritz and Marie (Kaltenbrunner) Hartzendorf in the old Thomas Memorial Hospital in Beeville. Frieda worked and lived her entire life in Beeville. She taught for 33 years at FMC Elementary School. She...

George Phillips
Jan 21, 2015
George R. "Bunky" Phillips George Phillips was born August 14, 1926 to Will & Christine Phillips in Alice, TX. He served in the 1st Engineers, A Troop 8th Engineers, attached to the 1st Brigade of the 1st Calvary in WWII where he was stationed in Japan. He loved horses and was a competent horseman. He was preceded in death...

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....

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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,...

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...