Obituaries
Burlon Levon Parsons
Mar 16, 2015
Burlon Levon Parsons, Jr.,67, of Wharton passed away unexpectedly Monday, March 16, 2015 at Gulf Coast Medical Center. He was born July 26, 1947 in Wharton to Burlon Sr. and Polly Whiddon Parsons. Burlon is survived by his loving wife of 45 years, Betsy Bentley Parsons; his sons Patrick Shawn Parsons of Wharton, Lee Parsons and his wife, Becky, of...
Leon Horelica
Mar 16, 2015
Leon Horelica, 92, of Boling Texas, passed away on March 16, 2015, at a nursing home in Needville after a valiant fight with Parkinson’s Disease. He was born November 25, 1922, in Fort Bend County to the late Steve Horelica and Julia Vecera Horelica. Leon was raised in the Wharton area. He attended school in Hungerford, Texas. He married Lorna...
Janie Wendel Prather
Mar 16, 2015
Mrs. Janie Mae Wendel Prather, 85, of Bay City died Monday, March 16, 2015, in Bay City, TX. She was born on February 16, 1930, in Wharton, TX, a daughter of E.J. and Francis Freid Wendel. Mrs. Prather was raised in Wharton, and was a resident of Newgulf, TX. She graduated from Wharton High School. Janie worked as a teacher’s...
Pedro Lopez Mireles
Mar 11, 2015
Pedro Mireles Mr. Pedro Mireles, age 91, of Wharton went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 11, 2015, in Houston, TX. He was born on April 21, 1923 in Bay City, TX, a son of the late Lorenzo and Florencia Lopez Mireles. Pedro was a longtime resident of Wharton. He attended Wharton schools. He worked at Sansings’ Grocery...
Martha Ramirez Rodriguez
Mar 6, 2015
Martha Ramirez Rodriguez, age 45, of Wharton, Tx, passed away Friday, March 6, 2015. She was born on February 7, 1970 in Wharton, Tx, the daughter of the late Guadalupe and Pauline Garcia Ramirez. She attended Wharton High School. Martha and her beloved husband Demencio Rodriguez were joined in matrimony on February 14, 2007. She made a career as a...
Mary Jane Denson
Mar 4, 2015
Mary Jane Denson, age 73, of Cypress, Tx, passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2015. She was born on December 29, 1942 in Borger, Tx, the daughter of the late Verlin and Olivette Hancock Noland. Mary Jane graduated from East Bernard High School in 1961. She made a career as a Contract Administrator in the Oil and Gas industry. In her...
James Everett Bruce
Mar 4, 2015
James Everett Bruce, age 67 of Wharton, Tx passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2015 surrounded by his family following a chronic illness. He was born on July 13, 1947, in Bay City, Tx, the son of the late James and Ruth Scott Bruce. James graduated from Sweeny High School in 1966. James joined the United States Army and served his...
Delores Mach Svatek
Mar 4, 2015
Delores Mach ‘Nanie’ Svatek, age 69, of Boling, passed away on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at a Wharton hospital following a brief illness. She was born on September 10, 1945, in El Campo, TX, a daughter of the late Justin Emil Mach, Sr. and Mildred Schulze Mach. Nanie was a longtime resident of Boling. She attended Boling schools and obtained...
Martha Jeanette Frankum
Mar 2, 2015
Mrs. Martha Framkum, age 67, of Wharton went to be with the Lord on Monday, March 2, 2015, in Wharton, TX. She was born on August 7, 1947, in Angleton, TX, a daughter of Gerald and Ellen Jenkins Kennedy. Mrs. Frankum was a longtime resident of Wharton. She attended Wharton High School. Martha’s life work was making a home for...
Joseph Charles Labay
Feb 24, 2015
JOSEPH CHARLES LABAY Joseph Charles Labay, 81, of East Bernard, passed away, Tuesday, February 24, 2015 following a brief illness at a Sugar Land hospital. He was born on July 2, 1933 in Nada, Texas, a son of the late Steve Labay, Sr. and Ludmilla Kaspar Labay. Mr. Labay was a longtime resident of Wharton County having graduated from Nada...
Walter John Jordan
Feb 24, 2015
Walter John Jordan, Jr., age 66, passed away at a Richmond hospital on February 24, 2015. Born to Walter and Ruth Hurley Jordan in Teaneck, New Jersey, on June 30, 1948, Walter lived in New Jersey until 1977, at which time he moved to the Houston area to pursue work as a landscaper. Walter learned landscaping skills from his father...
Hermelinda Alameda Ramirez
Feb 18, 2015
Hermalinda Alameda Ramirez, 64, of Wharton, Texas passed away on February 18, 2015 into the shadow of the Almighty. Born, November 19, 1950, in Hildalgo County, Texas, to Jose Alameda and Maria Lucas Ortiz Alameda. She was blessed to be a daughter, a sister, a mother, a grandmother, an aunt, a mother-in-law, a friend and sister in Christ to those...
Mary Miculka
Feb 16, 2015
Mary Miculka, age 92, of Hungerford, passed away February 16, 2015, at a Wharton nursing home following a lengthy illness. She was born on August 17, 1922 in Hungerford, Texas, the daughter of the late Joe Bartos and Annie Spurny Bartos. Mary attended public schools in Hungerford. She married Frank J. Miculka on August 6, 1946 in Hungerford, Texas. Mary...
Jeanene Louise Dittman Merka
Feb 16, 2015
Jeanene Louise Dittman Merka, age 79 of Wharton and formerly of Baytown passed away Monday morning, February 16, 2015 at her residence. She was born July 30, 1935 in Goose Creek, Texas, the daughter of the late Fred and Eva Dittman. After growing up in Baytown and graduating from Robert E. Lee High School in 1953, Jeanene married Albert Henry...
Bennie Joe Konvicka
Feb 15, 2015
Bennie Joe Konvicka Bennie J Konvicka, age 86, of Wharton died early Sunday morning, February 15, 2015 in Houston, TX, following an extended illness. He was born on January 19, 1929, in Fayetteville, Texas, a son of the late Frank and Mary Malek Konvicka. Bennie was a longtime resident of Wharton County. Bennie married Helen Kucera on February 9, 1953...
Nadine King
Feb 15, 2015
Nadine King, 84, of Wharton, Texas, passed away on Sunday, February 15, 2015, at an El Campo nursing facility following a lengthy illness. She was born August 14, 1930 in Sylvester, Georgia to the late Charlie and Ruby West. Nadine attended school in Georgia. She married B.D. King, Jr. on September 6, 1968. He preceded her in death on December...
Rev. Ruben Romero
Feb 15, 2015
The Lord has called his servant back home Rev. Ruben A. Romero, Sr. of Wharton, Texas on Sunday, February 15, 2015. Born in Oakville, Texas to the late Jose and Tempora Amaya Romero and raised in Pawnee, Texas. He married Delia Ramirez on October 24, 1970 in Bethel CLADIC Church in Wharton. He was a business graduate of TSTI in...
Maria Andrea "Andie" Solis
Feb 10, 2015
Mrs. Maria Andrea “Andie” Solis, age 68, of Rosenberg and formerly of Wharton died Tuesday, February 10, 2015 in Houston, TX, following a long illness. She was born on August 21, 1946, in Newgulf, daughter of the late Robert and Mary Driscoll Rodriguez. Andie was a longtime resident of Wharton County. She graduated from Boling High School and from Wharton...
Mary Lynn Jurasek
Feb 9, 2015
Mary Lynn Jurasek Mrs. Mary Lynn Jurasek, age 77, of Wharton, passed away peacefully Monday, February 9, 2015 in Wharton following a sudden illness. She was born on December 12, 1937, a daughter of the late Rudolph and Mary Ann Brenk Shoppa. Lynn grew up in Glen Flora, George West and Rosenberg Texas and attended Crescent Schools. She married Albert...
Frank Paul Rachunek
Feb 9, 2015
Frank Paul Rachunek Mr. Frank Rachunek, age 88, of Wharton passed away Monday evening, February 9, 2015 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born on June 15, 1926, in Hungerford, TX, a son of the late Frank and Mary Mikel Rachunek. Frank married Dorothy Mae Krenek on October 21, 1947 and she preceded him in death after...
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