Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Reverend Stratman Jr

Reverend Stratman Jr

Sep 7, 2012

Rev. Joseph L. Stratman, Jr., 61, passed away in the early morning hours of September 7, 2012. He was born in Galveston on June 14, 1951, to Joseph L. and Elizabeth Doyle Stratman. He was ordained a Catholic priest of the Diocese of Beaumont on April 16, 1977 by Bishop Warren Boudreaux. Father Joe has served at Our Lady...

Cecil Gregg

Cecil Gregg

Sep 7, 2012

Cecil Mann Gregg, 88, of League City, passed away Friday, September 7, 2012, at Harbourview Care Center. Graveside services will be held 10:00 A.M., Saturday, September 8, 2012, at Forest Park East Cemetery in Webster. Arrangements are being handled through EmkenLinton Funeral Home in Texas City. Cecil was born August 21, 1924 in Los Angeles, California. He was an...

Augusta Green

Augusta Green

Sep 6, 2012

Augusta Beene McCoy Green Augusta was born on March 2, 1935 in Mexia, Texas and she became an angel on September 6, 2012 in Texas City, Texas. She was Coowner of Bills Wrecker Service in Texas City. Augusta had a great life and will always be missed by the loved ones she leaves behind. She was preceded in death...

Margie Bornsheuer

Margie Bornsheuer

Sep 3, 2012

Margie Juanita Bornsheuer, 86, of Texas City, passed away Monday, September 3, 2012, at Friendship Haven Healthcare. She was a working woman. She was a mother and a housewife. God bless her soul.

Stanley Horn Sr.

Stanley Horn Sr.

Sep 2, 2012

Stanley Wayne Van Horn, Sr., 62, of Texas City, passed away Sunday, September 2, 2012, at his residence. Visitation will be 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., Friday, September 7, 2012 at EmkenLinton Funeral Home in Texas City. Stanley was born January 20, 1950 in Texas City, TX. He retired from Dow Chemical where he was a process operator for...

Gloria Williams

Gloria Williams

Aug 29, 2012

Gloria M. Zemer Williams, 84, of Texas City, Texas, passed away on Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at the Army Residence Center in San Antonio, Texas. Mrs. Williams was born March 5, 1928 in Paulina, Louisiana. The daughter of LeRoy and Elva Laiche Zemer, she was a devoted wife, mother, daughter and sister. She was a graduate of Central High...

Juanita Jaramillo

Juanita Jaramillo

Aug 22, 2012

Juanita Jaramillo, 77, of Texas City, passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2012, at Mainland Medical Center in Texas City. Funeral services will be held 9:00 A.M., Saturday, August 25, 2012, at Shrine of the True Cross Catholic Church in Dickinson with Father Paul Felix officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Park East Cemetery in Webster. Visitation will be at...

Roman Garcia

Roman Garcia

Aug 15, 2012

Roman Alexander Garcia, 19, of Texas City, passed away Wednesday, August 15, 2012, at Texas City. Funeral services will be held 10:00 A.M., Monday, August 27, 2012, at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Dickinson, Texas. Visitation will be 4:30 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., Saturday, August 25, 2012 at EmkenLinton Funeral Home in Texas City.

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Melba Moore

Melba Moore

Aug 14, 2012

Melba Elane Jordan Moore, 86, was born June 15, 1926 in Turkey Creek, Louisiana to Ernest and Bethel Jordan, and passed away Tuesday, August 14, 2012, at Mainland Medical Center in Texas City, Texas. She and her family moved to Baytown, Texas when she was eight years old. As a young woman, she played snare drum in the Robert...

William Brooks

William Brooks

Aug 5, 2012

William Gregory Greg Brooks, 52, of Texas City, passed away Sunday, August 5, 2012, after a long battle with cancer. Greg was born March 14, 1960 in Lawton, Ok. He was a commercial fisherman by trade. He is preceded in death by his father Bobby Joe and mother Billie Ruth Brooks. Survivors include his wife Dora Gastian Brooks his...

Quinto Tijerina

Quinto Tijerina

Aug 4, 2012

Quinto Kito Hernandez Tijerina, 81, formerly of Texas City, passed away Saturday, August 4, 2012 in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Kito was born March 7, 1931 in Sinton, TX. He was a veteran of the US Army a lifelong member of the Texas City Masonic Lodge since 1975, where he served as Past Master a member of the Texas...

Sally Asher

Sally Asher

Aug 1, 2012

Do not stand at the water and weep I am not there I do not sleep, I am the diamond glints on snow, I am the sunlight on your garden, I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the mornings hush, I am the swift uplifting rush Of pelicans in circling flight I am the soft star...

Rodolphe Pepin

Rodolphe Pepin

Aug 1, 2012

We love Him because He first loved us. 1 John 4:910 Rodolphe Rudy Hector Pepin Peace I leave with you My peace I give to you not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid John 14:27 Rodolphe Rudy Hector Pepin, 90, of Texas City, passed...

Inell Schmidt

Inell Schmidt

Jul 31, 2012

Inell Nellie Rose Schmidt, age 83, entered Heavens gates on July 31, 2012, at Mercy Health Center in Hot Springs, Arkansas where she was a resident of Fountain Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation. She was a longtime member of St. Marys Catholic Church in Texas City, TX. Inell was born March 11, 1929 to Paul and Annie Marie Renken of...

Claude Akers

Claude Akers

Jul 30, 2012

Claude Lee Akers, 89, of Texas City, passed away Monday, July 30, 2012, at Mainland Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, August 1, 2012, at Memorial Lutheran Church, 2021 29th Street N, Texas City, TX 77590. Burial will follow at Forest Park East Cemetery in Webster. Visitation will be at 9:30 A.M., Wednesday, August 1,...

Muriel Galley

Muriel Galley

Jul 20, 2012

Muriel E. Galley, 86 passed from this life into Heaven, Friday, July 20, 2012. She was born on May 18, 1926 in Sydney, Maine to James and Violet P. Williams. Muriel attended the Colburn Classical Institute in Waterville, ME. She was the wife of an American Veteran and traveled with her husband across the United States working for the...

Ruth Wesley

Ruth Wesley

Jul 19, 2012

Inez Wesley, 82, of Texas City, passed away Thursday, July 19, 2012, at her residence. Graveside services will be held 10:00 A.M., Saturday, July 21, 2012, at Alta Loma Cemetery, 7613 FM 646, Santa Fe, TX 77510. Arrangements are being handled by EmkenLinton Funeral Home in Texas City. Inez was born February 23, 1930 in Arcadia, TX. She was...

Saville Silva

Saville Silva

Jul 12, 2012

Saville Shane Silva July 5, 1975 July 12, 2012 Shane was born July 5,1975 in Houston, Texas. On July 12, 2012 he went to meet his maker and be with his beloved grandparents and parents Celedonio Sal Silva and Anita F. Silva who have preceded him in death. He is survived by his brother Shannon Silva as well as...

Dennis Payne

Dennis Payne

Jul 8, 2012

Dennis James Payne, 74, died July 8, after a long struggle with Parkinsons disease. Born in London, England May 23, 1938 he came to America with his family in 1948 as they settled in La Marque, Texas. He is survived by his wife Janice his daughter Terry Lynn and soninlaw Jerry Stallard, his son Scott and daughterinlaw, Jeanne Payne...