Recent Obituaries

Forrest Jenkins

Jun 5, 2013

Forrest Ray Jenkins, 83, of Texas City, passed away peacefully on June 5th, 2013 at St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital after a brief illness. A Memorial Service will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at Northside Baptist Church 2802 Logan Street North, Texas City, with Rev. Clay Bowers and Bishop Delbert Herrin officiating. He was born on September 3,...

Travis Caron

May 30, 2013

Service Service EmkenLinton Funeral Home 5100 Emmett F. Lowry Expressway Texas City, TX  77592 Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:00 am

Gus Griffee

May 25, 2013

Gus Edward GE Griffee, 88 a resident of Texas City for more than six decades, passed away Saturday, May 25, 2013. Funeral services will be 2 PM Thursday, May 30 at the Emken Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Burial will follow at Grace Memorial Park in Hitchcock. There will be a visitation for Mr. Griffee on Wednesday, May...

Billie Fritch

May 22, 2013

Billie Wayne B.W. Fritch Billie Wayne B.W. Fritch, 61, of Santa Fe, Texas passed away Wednesday, May 22, 2013 surrounded by his family. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 25, 2013, at EmkenLinton Funeral Home in Texas City. Burial will follow at Forest Park East in Webster. Visitation will be from 5:00 7:00 p.m., Friday, May 24, 2013...

Edith Hansen

May 1, 2013

Edith Elizabeth Betty Hansen, 86, passed away May 1, 2013 in Friendswood, Texas. Services will be 2:00 p.m., Sunday, May 5th at EmkenLinton Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Galveston Memorial Park in Hitchcock, Texas. Visitation will be 1:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. She was born on January 17, 1927 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. Betty is preceded...

Thomas Watson

Apr 24, 2013

Thomas E. Watson Thomas Edward Watson, aged 93, of Texas City, Texas, passed away peacefully on April 24, 2013. Tom was born in Burton, Texas on August 8, 1919, the youngest of four children of John Francis Watson and Sophie Louise Fisher. Following his honorable discharge from the US Army at the end of World War II, Tom continued...

Gloria Hart

Apr 24, 2013

GLORIA JEANNINE HART Gloria Jeannine Hart, 73, went to be with the Lord Wednesday, April 24, 2013 with her family by her side. Jeannine was born February 23, 1940 in Teague Texas, to James O. Dutch and Florence Long Hart. Jeannine was cared for by her parents until their death. Afterwards her loving and devoted sister, Winona, cared for...

Emma Dela'O

Apr 20, 2013

Emma DeLaO Emma Saldua DeLaO, 88, of Dickinson, TX passed away Saturday, April 20, 2013 at her residence. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, April 25, 2013 at St. Marys of the Miraculous Medal in Texas City. Burial will follow at Grace Memorial Park in Hitchcock, TX. Visitation will be 5:00 7:00 p.m., with a Rosary beginning at 7:00...

Ted Holthusen

Apr 17, 2013

TED J. HOLTHUSEN Theodore John Frederick Holthusen Ol Dad was born on November 18, 1923 in Buck Grove, Iowa to John Jacob and Florence Nettie Fisher Holthusen. He passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 in Wichita, Kansas. He was preceded in death by his wife of 55 years, Jane Adeline Adkins Holthusen Ol Mom his parents and his...

William Toliver

Apr 14, 2013

William Toliver, Jr., 85, of Texas City, Texas passed away Sunday, April 14th, 2013 in Texas City. Services will be on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 2:00 P.M., at EmkenLinton Funeral Home in Texas City with Hector Rodriquez officiating. Burial will follow at Galveston Memorial Park Cemetery in Hitchcock, Texas. Visitation will be Tuesday April 16th, 2013 from 5:00...

Paul Sumrall

Apr 13, 2013

Paul H. Sumrall, 89, of La Marque, Texas, passed away on Saturday, April 13, 2013 in Texas City, Texas. Funeral services will be held 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at EmkenLinton Funeral Home. Masonic Graveside Services will follow at Grace Memorial Park in Hitchcock, Texas with Texas City Lodge 1118 officiating. Visitation will be 5:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M....

Trinidad Salazar, Jr.

Apr 10, 2013

Trinidad Sonny Salazar, Jr., born November 14,1945 passed away April 10, 2013 at his residence with his wife and son by his side. He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Elodia and son Philip mother Enriqueta Acosta sisters Suzanne Vasquez and partner John Diaz, Yadira Garza brothers Mario Acosta and wife Cindy, Angel Acosta and wife Alma...

Carrie Fritch

Apr 9, 2013

Carrie Fritch, 83, of Texas City passed away Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at St. Johns Hospital in Nassau Bay. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Saturday, April 13, 2013 at EmkenLinton Funeral Home with Rev. Michael Reed officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Park East. Visitation will be 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Friday, April 12, 2013 at...

John Stokes, Sr.

Apr 8, 2013

Born December 24, 1924 to George and Katie Freeman Stokes in Henderson, Texas went peacefully in his sleep on April 8, 2013. Mr. Stokes is preceded in death by his parents, wife Dorothy and son John, Jr. He is survived by his daughter Susan and husband Neal, his grandsons Jeff Simmons and wife Annie, Steven Simmons and wife Sherri...

Bobby Howeth, Jr.

Mar 29, 2013

Bobby Howeth of Dickinson, Texas passed away Friday, March 29, 2013 at his home. Graveside services will be Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at Galveston Memorial Park Cemetery. There will be a visitation and eulogy for Mr. Howeth on Tuesday, April 2 from 5 PM to 8 PM at the Emken Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Bobby Howeth was...

Marvin Hoff, Sr.

Mar 22, 2013

MARVIN WAYNE HOFF, SR. Marvin Wayne Hoff, Sr., 58, of Texas City, Texas joined his Heavenly Father Friday, March 22, 2013 at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, after a courageous battle with cancer surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at EmkenLinton Funeral Home in Texas City, Texas,...

Mary Summerlin

Mar 19, 2013

Mary Summerlin, age 91, longtime resident of La Marque, passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2013, after a long illness. She was born April 17, 1921, in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was preceded in death by her husband Lyons Pasco Summerlin, and her son Michael Dwain Summerlin. She is survived by her daughter Karen and husband Larry Muehe son Paul Summerlin...

Sylvia Norris

Mar 16, 2013

Service Graveside Service Galveston Memorial Park 7301 Memorial Drive Hitchcock, TX  77563 Tuesday, March 19, 2013 2:00 P.M.

Mabel Belk

Mar 16, 2013

There are those who give and know not pain in giving, nor do they seek joy, nor give with mindfulness of virtue They give as in yonder valley the myrtle breathes its fragrance into space. Through the hands of such as these God speaks, and from behind their eyes He smiles upon the earth. Kahlil Gibran Mabel Belk died...

Joy Avant

Mar 13, 2013

Joy Elaine Avant, 81, passed away at her home in Texas City on Wednesday March 13, 2013 surrounded by her children and grandchildren. Funeral services will be Tuesday March 19 at 10 AM at the Emken Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Burial will follow at Grace Memorial Park in Hitchcock. Visitation for Mrs. Avant will be Monday March...