Obituaries
Mary Elizabeth Thurmond
Dec 5, 2012
Mary Elizabeth Thurmond Mary Elizabeth Thurmond, age 74 of Katy and formerly of Wharton died Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at a Houston hospital following a sudden illness. She was born on January 11, 1938 in Wharton, Texas a daughter of the late Virgil and Wilma Elizabeth Sherrill Thurmond. Mary attended Wharton schools. She enjoyed reading her audio books and being...
Billy C. Grissom
Dec 4, 2012
The Rev. Billy Cullen Grissom, age 77 of Wharton died Tuesday, December 4, 2012 in a Wharton Hospital following an automobile accident. He was born on April 13, 1935 in Weatherford, TX the son of the late William Cullen Grissom and Martha Altus Terry Grissom. He served as college chaplain of Sam Houston State Teachers College where he met, and...
John Alton Reed
Dec 2, 2012
John Reed, age 86 of East Bernard, passed away on Sunday, December 2, 2012, in Sugar Land following a brief illness. He was born on January 22, 1926, in Nottawa, Wharton County, Texas a son of the late John T. Reed and Maude L. Shoemaker Reed. John was a life long resident of Wharton County and graduated from East Bernard...
Manuel Cantu, Jr.
Dec 2, 2012
Mr. Manuel Cantu, Jr. age 66 of Boling died December 2, 2012 in a Houston Hospital following a brief illness. He was born on January 8, 1946 in Paige, TX the son of the late Manuel Cantu, Sr. and Carmen De Leon Cantu. Mr. Cantu was a resident of Boling most of his life and was Catholic by Faith. Mr....
Julia Garza
Nov 30, 2012
Julia Garza, age 83 of East Bernard, died Friday, November 30, 2012 at her residence in Wharton surrounded by family, following a lengthy illness. She was born on January 9, 1929 in Kenedy, Texas a daughter of the late Pedro and Concepcion Rios Ruiz. Julia was raised in the Kenedy area and attended school there. She married Lino Garza, Sr...
Elisa Angelica Webster
Nov 27, 2012
Mrs. Elisa Angelica Webster, age 36 of Wharton died Tuesday, November 27, 2012 in a Richmond Hospital following a heart attack. She was born on January 28, 1976 in Managua, Nicaragua the daughter of Alejandro Jose Vasquez and Francisca Gabriela Hernandez Torres Velaquez. Mrs. Webster has been a resident of Wharton for the past twelve years and was a member...
Robert Wittig
Nov 24, 2012
Robert Wittig, age 83 of Wharton died Saturday, November 24, 2012, in Houston following an extended illness. He was born on May 20, 1929, in Wharton the son of the late Clarence August Wittig and Frieda Henrietta Margareta Koch Wittig. Visitation was held on Tuesday night at the Wharton Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held TODAY, Wednesday, November 28,...
Lorena Julia Taylor
Nov 19, 2012
Lorena Julia Taylor, age 89 of Wharton died Monday, November 19, 2012 in Wharton at a nursing home following a short illness. She was born on August 5, 1923 in El Campo, TX the daughter of Joseph and Julia Reck Koudela. Visitation will begin at 5pm with a Catholic Daughters Rosary recited at 7:00 pm Sunday evening, November 25, 2012...
Donato Gonzalez
Nov 19, 2012
Mr. Donato Gonzalez, age 52 of Boling died Monday, November 19, 2012 in a Wharton hospital following sudden illness. He was born on December 12, 1959 in Huitzuco, Mexico, a son of Juaquin and Maria Betancourt Gonzalez. Mr. Gonzalez was a laborer. He enjoyed hunting and spending time with his son, Felipe. He was Catholic by faith and attended Mt...
Daniel James Low
Nov 16, 2012
Daniel J. Low Mr. Daniel James Low, age 55 of Houston and a former resident of Wharton died Friday night, November 16, 2012 in Lebo, Kansas following an extended illness. He was born on December 29, 1956 in McAllen, Texas the son of the late Herbert D. Low and Frances Hill Low. He was a long time resident of Houston...
Denise Yvonne Ferrel
Nov 16, 2012
Denise Ferrel Ms. Denise Yvonne Ferrel, age 24, of Wharton died Friday, November 16, 2012 at M. D. Anderson Hospital in Houston following a brief illness. She was born on June 9, 1988 in Wharton the daughter of Bernardino M. Ferrel and Mary Sue Pena Ferrel. Ms. Ferrel was a life-long resident of Wharton and a member of Mt. Carmel...
Trinity Fern Ray Hill
Nov 16, 2012
Trinity Hill Ms. Trinity Fern Ray Hill, age 11 of Wharton became an angel Friday night, November 16, 2012 in a Wharton Hospital following a brief illness. She was born on June 2, 2001 in Houston, TX the daughter of Michael Ray Hill and Alison Rae Seavey Hill. Trinity has been a life-long resident of Wharton and a former resident...
Virginia McVey
Nov 3, 2012
Mrs. Virginia Maud Yeamans McVey, age 85 of Boling, passed away peacefully Saturday, November 3, 2012 at her home following a courageous battle with renal cell cancer. She was born on June 3, 1927 in Gulf, Texas the daughter of the late Dewey Yeamans and Willie Christine Smith Yeamans. Mrs. McVey graduated from Boling high School in 1944 and was...
Veronica Bialas Mattheaus
Nov 2, 2012
Veronica Bialas Mattheaus Veronica Bialas Mattheaus, at the age of 97, returned to be with her Lord in Heaven on Friday, November, 2, 2012, after a brief illness. She was born on January 9, 1915 in Chappell Hill, Texas, to the late Vincent and Hedwig Mechalik Bialas. One of twelve children, Veronica and her family lived in Rosenberg, Texas as...
Maria Magdalena Rodriguez
Nov 1, 2012
Magdalena Rodriguez Miss Maria Magdalena Rodriguez, age 80 of Wharton died Thursday, November 1, 2012 in a Sugar Land Hospital following a brief illness. She was born in Mexico on May 27, 1932 the daughter of the late Jose Rodriguez and Soledad Rodriguez. Ms. Rodriguez was a life-long resident of Newgulf and Wharton and was a member of Our Lady...
Paul Michael Cenko
Oct 30, 2012
MICHAEL CENKO Paul Michael Cenko, age 27 of Houston and a former resident of Wharton died Tuesday night, October 30, 2012 in a Houston Hospital following a motorcycle accident. He was born on June 2, 1985 in Houston the son of Russell Joseph Cenko and Deborah Ann Franz Cenko. Michael graduated from Cy Falls High School in Houston in 2003...
Felicita Hernandez
Oct 30, 2012
Felicita Hernandez Mrs. Felicita Hernandez, age 82 of Wharton died Tuesday, October 30, 2012 in a Stafford, TX hospital following an extended illness. She was born on May 2, 1930 in Boling, TX the daughter of the late Pablo Martinez and Clotilde Caballes. Mrs. Hernandez has been a resident of Wharton since 2000 and a former resident of Boling and...
Allie Odean Reynolds
Oct 23, 2012
Mrs. Allie Odean Reynolds, age 85 of Wharton and formerly of Mississippi, died early Tuesday morning, October 23, 2012 in a Wharton nursing home following an extended illness. She was born on May 29, 1927 in Calhoun City, Mississippi, the daughter of the late Gilbert Estes Higginbotham and Lilly Idella Andrews Higginbotham. Mrs. Reynolds was raised in the Schlater, Ms...
Antonio Muniez
Oct 22, 2012
Mr. Antonio Muniez, age 70 of Boling died Monday, October 22, 2012 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born on February 1, 1942 in Wharton, a son of the late Edwardo and Antonia Garcia Muniez. Mr. Muniez was a longtime resident of Wharton County. He attended school in Wharton. Antonio served his country in the United States...
Elena Madaline Burrow
Oct 20, 2012
Elena Madaline Burrow’s birth was June 3, 1923 at 22 Rumsey Street, Seneca Falls, NY, at the home of her parents Nicholas Gallina and Elizabeth Bianchi Gallina. Her arrival brought unsettling news as the doctor asked her father to go and get the burial clothes. He feared the baby was stillborn. When her father returned, Elena had cried and tears...
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