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Walter Pickett
Mar 27, 2023
Walter Ronald Pickett was born September 1, 1923 in Haynesville, Louisiana and passed away on March 27, 2023 at the age of 99 at Village on the Park, Friendswood, Texas. He was a long-time resident of Texas City until January 2016 when he moved to the Village.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m., Friday, April 7,...
Frances Weber
Mar 19, 2023
Frances Marie Weber, 92, of Texas City, Texas passed away peacefully on Sunday March 19, 2023, at Kindred Hospital Clear Lake.
Frances was born on March 14, 1931, to Doctors Wiley Raymond and Sophia Ann Towery in Yorktown, Texas. She graduated from Cuero High School and attended Southwest State Teachers College where she met her husband Lawrence...
Joe Kainer, Sr.
Mar 18, 2023
Joe Henry Kainer, Sr. passed away on Saturday, March 18, 2023. He was born August 9, 1941 to Henry Lawrence Kainer and May Lena Grohmann Kainer in Columbus, Texas.
Funeral Services will be held at 12:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at Emken Linton Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Galveston Memorial Park. Visitation will be 11:00...
Herman Toups, Jr.
Mar 12, 2023
Herman Thomas Toups Jr., age 73, of Texas City, Texas passed away peacefully with his family at his side on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at Baylor St. Luke's Hospital in Houston, Texas. A visitation with family will be held on Thursday, March 16, 2023 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., at Emken-Linton Funeral Home, 5100 Emmett F. Lowry Expwy, Texas...
Stephen Horner
Mar 5, 2023
Stephen Glenn Horner, formerly of Santa Fe, passed away peacefully on March 5, 2023, at the age of 72. Born on August 9, 1950, in Duncan, Oklahoma, Steve spent most of his childhood in Michigan before moving to Texas City as a teenager.
After graduating from Texas City High School in 1968, Steve attended Sam Houston State...
Martha Morris
Feb 22, 2023
Martha Ann Morris, 73, of Dickinson, formerly of Galveston, passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at Orchard Park Nursing Home following a lengthy battle with cancer and dementia.
She was born February 19, 1950 in Texas City to Rubert and Evon Byrd. She was the apple of their eye. She graduated from Texas City High School...
Leta Spier
Feb 18, 2023
Leta Jane Spier, 85, of Texas City, passed away Saturday, February 18, 2023, at Mainland Hospital. Leta was born June 6, 1937, in Edom, Texas to the late Oleta Minnie (McLamee) and Enlo Pernell Gray. She was a homemaker & childcare provider. She was known for her baking skills. She is preceded in death by her parents Enlo &...
Mark Sumrall
Feb 16, 2023
Mark Hulan Sumrall, age 69, laid down the working tools of life on Thursday, February 16, 2023, in La Marque, Texas. Mark was born August the 3, 1953, to Paul Hulan and Johnnie Mae Sumrall in Texas City, Texas. Mark graduated from La Marque High School in 1971 and enlisted in the United States Navy where he served his...
Paul Moore
Feb 12, 2023
Paul Howard Moore, 74, of Texas City, passed away Sunday, February 12, 2023, at Mainland Medical Center.
Memorial services will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday February 25, 2023, at Emken -Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Visitation will be an hour prior from 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Paul was...
Loretta Raska
Feb 11, 2023
Loretta Raska, 93, of Texas City and Tomball, passed away Saturday, February 11, 2023 at the Village of Gleannloch Farms Facility in Spring, Texas. She was born on April 9, 1929 in Sweet Home, Texas to Henry and Emilie Huehlefeld. She was the middle child of five children.
Loretta married Victor Raska of Yoakum on January 20,...
John Broadley
Feb 9, 2023
John Matthew Broadley, 69, of Pensacola, Fl. passed away on February 9, 2023 with his daughters by his side. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2018 and courageously fought it with all that he had until ultimately God called him home. He is preceded in death by his father and mother, Robert and Nathalie Broadley, brother Chad Broadley and...
Dr. Janis Frnka
Feb 2, 2023
Dr. Janis Frnka, 69, of Texas City, passed away on Thursday, February 2, 2023, due to complications from a prolonged illness. She was born on March 2, 1953, in Fort Worth, TX, and resided in Houston, TX for most of her life. She attended Robert E. Lee High School (Houston), the University of Houston and the University of Texas....
Rosendo Soliz, Sr.
Jan 29, 2023
Rosendo "Chendo" Soliz, Sr., 90, of Texas City, Texas passed away on Sunday, January 29, 2023 at his residence. Funeral Services will be held 6:00 p.m., Thursday, February 2, 2023 with a visitation from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Rosendo was born March 1, 1932 in Laredo, Texas. He was a Lay-Out(Blue Prints) person...
Arthur Mccann, Iv
Jan 26, 2023
Arthur Judson McCann IV passed away on January 26 after a two-year battle with metastatic prostate cancer. He lived his life to the fullest and was much loved by friends and family. Born in Texas City, Texas, to Arthur "Jud" McCann and Dianna Howell McCann, Judson graduated from Texas City High School in 1985. He married Lisa Kemp McCann...
Glenn Scoggins
Jan 26, 2023
Glenn Eldredge Scoggins, of Texas City, passed away on Thursday, January 26, 2023 in League City at the home of his daughter where he resided at the age of 90. He was born on September 14, 1932 in Jacksonville, Texas to Howard and Ethel Blake Scoggins. While attending Texas City High School Glenn met his sweetheart, Martha Sue Hunter....
Acele Garner
Jan 24, 2023
Acele Lee Earls Garner, 90, of Texas City, passed away Tuesday, January 24, 2023, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 1, 2023, at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Burial will follow at Forest Park East in Webster. Visitation will be 5:00-7:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 31, 2023, at the funeral home.
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Joseph Schoppe
Jan 23, 2023
On Monday, January 23, 2023 Joseph Friedrich Schoppe passed into the Kingdom of Heaven, greeted lovingly by his mother and father, and his Savior.
Visitation will be 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., Friday, February 3, 2023, with Funeral Services to follow at 7:00 p.m., Friday, February 3, 2023. at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City.
Joe Fred,...
Janice Dover
Jan 22, 2023
Janice Dover 58, of Texas City passed from this life Sunday, January 22, 2023 surrounded by family and friends. She was born August 3, 1964 and was a lifelong resident of Texas City.
Janice proudly supported NASA/Johnson Space Center as an Office Design Specialist. Janice loved working at NASA and especially loved working with her friend Jessie...
Jerry Hobbs
Jan 18, 2023
Jerry M. Hobbs of Friendswood, Texas passed away on January 18, 2023 after a long fought battle of illnesses following a stroke, he was 84.
Funeral services will be held 12:00 p.m., Friday, February 3, 2023 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. The family will receive visitors at the funeral home from 10:30 – 12:00 p.m.,...
Marian Parks
Jan 14, 2023
Marinel Parks drew her last breath at 1:14 p.m. on Saturday, January 14, 2023. She died peacefully in her sleep at her home in Texas City. “Marinel” was born Marian Dwynell McBurnett on October 27, 1927, in Robstown, Texas to Lee & Marian McBurnett of Petrolina, Texas, a farming community near Corpus Christi, Texas.
Marinel was in...
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