Recent Obituaries

Robert Updegrove

Jul 15, 2015

R.C. (Joe) Updegrove passed away peacefully on July 15, 2015. He was 90 years old. Joe was born February 17, 1925 in Wortham, Texas. He was preceded in death by his parents, George Dewey Updegrove and Ida Anna Armke Updegrove, his wife of 54 years Ethel Ford (Pat) Updegrove, his brother Dewey Elwood Updegrove, brother-in-law Rufus (Chuck) Wilson, his...

David Leining, Sr.

Jul 14, 2015

David Michael Leining Sr., 63, of Texas City, passed away July 14, 2015. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m., Saturday, July 18, 2015 at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Hitchcock. Burial will follow at Mt. Olivet in Dickinson, Texas. Visitation will be 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., July 17, 2015 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City...

Hazel Slate

Jul 13, 2015

Hazel Slate went to be with our heavenly Father, July 13, 2015. Hazel was born March 17, 1929. She resided in Texas City for 64 years. She was employed by Monsanto Chemical Company for 33 years and was a member of the Northside Baptist Church. Hazel Slate is preceded in death by 3 grandchildren, Kimberly, Amy and Kevin; Sisters,...

Caroline Sumney

Jul 12, 2015

Caroline Sumney, 91, of La Marque, passed away peacefully Sunday, July 12, 2015 in League City. Graveside services will be held 10:00 a.m., Thursday, July 16, 2015 at Grace Memorial Park. Caroline Sumney was born June 29, 1924 in Galveston, Texas. She is preceded in death by husband, Oscar J. Sumney; sons, David O. Sumney and Glenn R. Sumney...

Michael Ling, Sr.

Jul 10, 2015

Michael was born in Silsbee, TX to Wallace Ling and Martha Smith. He was raised by in grandparents in Kountze, TX until he was 10 when he then moved to Port Bolivar, TX where he attended school, made life-long friends, and served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War with his best friend V.D. Kahla. Michael returned...

Connie Smith

Jul 9, 2015

Connie Moses Smith of Texas City passed away peacefully at the age of 93 on Monday, July 9, 2015. She was born to Richard Neal and Zelma Moses in El Paso, Texas on August 3, 1921. She grew up in Dallas and later Houston, where she graduated from Lamar High School. She married Dee James Smith in 1943, and...

Valena Junemann

Jul 9, 2015

Valena W. Little Junemann, 80, passed away from this life to her great reward on July 9, 2015. Valena was the fourth child born to Vera and Jack Weesner on December 26, 1934 in Frankston Texas. She Graduated from Bullard High School, near Tyler, Texas. Valena was married in the fall and started her family right away. After staying...

Evelyn Williams

Jul 8, 2015

Services for Evelyn Williams, 95, of Nacogdoches, Texas formally a long time resident of Texas City will be held at 2:00 p.m., July 16, 2015 at the First Church of Nazarene in Texas City, Texas. Pastor James Lewis officiating. Visitation will be from 1:00 - 1:45 p.m., before service. Evelyn was born in Arkansas on August 10, 1919, the...

Isabel Saragoza

Jul 8, 2015

Isabel Saragoza, 99, of Texas City completed her journey on earth peacefully on the morning of July 8, 2015 at home surrounded by family. She was born December 7, 1915 the precious daughter of Ysabel L. and Nasaia Melchor in Waelder Texas, a small farming town where she was raised with her 6 siblings. She married the love of...

Leroy Leonhardt

Jul 1, 2015

Leroy Elton Leonhardt, 82, of Texas City went to be with our Lord on July 1, 2015. Leroy was born on October 15, 1932 in Round Top Texas, the son of Jacob H. & Loraine Leonhardt. When Leroy was 15 his family moved from Round Top to Galveston where his father worked as a pipefitter for Amoco Oil Company....

Raymond Gerber

Jun 24, 2015

Raymond Walter Gerber died peacefully on June 24, 2015 at home, with his family at his bedside. He resided in Texas City, Texas since 1956. Ray was born in Dover, Oklahoma to parents Delbert and Helen Gerber and was blessed with a loving brother, Howard. Ray was a graduate of Oklahoma University holding both Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in...

Betty Bolton

Jun 24, 2015

Betty Jean Bolton, 86, of Texas City, passed away Wednesday, June 24, 2015. Funeral services will be held 10:00a.m., Monday, June 29, 2015 at Emken Linton Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Galveston Memorial Park. Visitation will be 9:00 a.m., Monday, June 29, 2015 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Betty Bolton was born July 7, 1928 in...

Robert Florance, Jr.

Jun 24, 2015

Robert Glenn Florance, Jr., 82, of Texas City, passed away Wednesday, June 24, 2015. Jr. led a full and joyful life. Born on March 24, 1933 in Hallock, Minnesota to Robert Glenn Florance, Sr. and Eleanor Colladay Jones as the eldest of seven children, Robert was a loyal, kind and loving presence in his family and community. Robert had...

Bejamin Cravy

Jun 23, 2015

Benjamin Jacob Cravy, 84, of La Marque, passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at his residence. Benjamin "BJ" Cravy was born June 18, 1931 in Rockdale, Texas to Henry "HC" Cravy and Ruby Mae Reed. He was a Printer and later became Manager for the Houston Chronicle where he retired after 26 years. He had a love for fishing...

Irene Coffey

Jun 15, 2015

Visitation EmkenLinton Funeral Home 5100 Emmett F. Lowry Expressway Texas City, TX  77592 Friday, June 19, 2015 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Service Funeral Service EmkenLinton Funeral Home 5100 Emmett F. Lowry Expressway Texas City, TX  77592 Saturday, June 20, 2015 10:00 a.m. Cemetery La Marque Cemetery La Marque, TX  77568

Jean Ashcraft

Jun 13, 2015

Jean Ashcraft, 91, of Santa Fe, passed away Saturday, June 13, 2015 at Clear Lake Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m., Thursday, June 18, 2015 at Emken Linton Funeral Home. Burial will be 1:00 p.m., Thursday at Bold Spring Cemetery in Livingston, Texas. Visitation will be 7:00 - 9:00p.m., Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at Emken-Linton...

Mitchell Chuoke

Jun 8, 2015

Mitchell Chuoke, beloved father, grandfather and great-grandfather passed away peacefully in his sleep at his residence on June 8, 2015. He was born on June 8, 1920 in Galveston to Mitchell and Josephine Chuoke, the eldest of three children. He grew up working at his father's filling station on 40th and Broadway. At the early age of sixteen, he...

Richard Shaner

Jun 7, 2015

Richard Shaner, 45, passed away Sunday, June 7, 2015 at his residence, after a long battle with cancer. Richard Shaner was born July 24, 1969 in Indiana but was a long time resident of Texas City. He was a cook for Denny's for over 20 years. He is survived by his wife of 20 years, Sandi Daniels-Shaner; son, Dillon,...

Linda Surratt

Jun 1, 2015

Linda Lee Surratt, 74, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 1, 2015. She was born in Houston, Texas at St. Joseph's hospital, on July 31, 1940, to Mary Olive and George Benson Doyle. She graduated from Steven F. Austin High School in 1958. Linda then went on to attend Steven F. Austin University where she met the love of...

Antonio Guerrero

May 31, 2015

Antonio "Tony" Guerrero of Texas City and Sugar Land, Texas, passed away on May 31, 2015, after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 86. Mr. Guerrero was born in Mexico City, to Francisco Guerrero and Felipa Espinoza. As a young man in Mexico he served in the military and was an avid alpinist. He spent most of...