Obituaries

Justin Kyle Joyce

Justin Kyle Joyce

Nov 1, 2014

Justin Kyle Joyce Justin Joyce, 16, of Wharton, Texas, passed away on Saturday November 1, 2014 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born July 4, 1998 in Wharton, Texas, the son of Kevin and Susan Korenek Joyce. Justin was raised in the Iago area and was a junior at Boling High School. He was very active in...

Adeline Josephine Macek

Adeline Josephine Macek

Oct 29, 2014

Adeline Macek Adeline Macek, age 74 of Wharton, passed away Wednesday morning, October 29, 2014, at her residence following a sudden illness. She was born on December 9, 1939, in El Campo, the daughter of the late Emil Poncik and Christina Zaskoda Poncik. Adeline was raised in the El Campo area and attended school there. Adeline worked as an Avon...

Augustine Espinosa, Jr.

Augustine Espinosa, Jr.

Oct 27, 2014

Augustine Espinosa, Sr., 68, of Glen Flora, Texas, passed away peacefully with his family at his side on Monday, October 27, 2014, at a Houston hospital following a lengthy illness. He was born July 13, 1946, in Bryan, Texas to parents Pete and Eloisa Guerrero Espinosa. Augustine was raised in the Glen Flora area and attended school there. He married...

Karl Maximillian Doetsch

Karl Maximillian Doetsch

Oct 26, 2014

Karl Maximillian Doetsch was born in Vienna, Austria on June 2,1941 to Ernestine Lehr Doetsch Hammock and Karl Heinrich Doetsch and passed away Sunday, October 26, 2014 at his home following a lengthy illness. His parents preceded him in death. At age 7 he and his mother came to the US settling in Virginia in 1948. Karl was a Life...

Stella Rivas Rodriguez

Stella Rivas Rodriguez

Oct 24, 2014

Mrs. Stella Rivas Rodriguez, of Wharton, Texas, died at 3:11pm on Friday, October 24, 2014, of cardiac arrest. She was a young 70 years old. Stella Rivas Rodriguez was born on July 22, 1944, in Wharton Texas and was the eldest daughter of Guadalupe Perez Rivas and Benito Rivas, Sr. Stella Rivas Rodriguez had been a widow of 9 months,...

Elizabeth Anne Richardson

Elizabeth Anne Richardson

Oct 18, 2014

Elizabeth Anne Richardson Elizabeth Richardson, 57, of Boling, Texas, passed away after a long, valiant battle against cancer on Saturday, October 18, 2014, at a Sugar Land hospital surrounded by her family. She was born June 13, 1957, in Wharton, Texas to parents James Robert and Barbara Anne Vandegrift Somers. Liz was raised in Boling and graduated from Boling High...

Emil Florian Petter

Emil Florian Petter

Oct 16, 2014

Emil Florian Petter Emil Florian Petter, age 96, of Wharton, Texas, passed away with his family at his side at his residence on October 16, 2014. He was born April 26, 1918 in Fayette County, Texas to the late, Willie F. Petter and Mary Mynar Petter. He married Lillie Korenek on November 8, 1948, in Nada, Tx. Lillie preceded Emil...

Susie Vega Luna

Susie Vega Luna

Oct 14, 2014

Susie Vega Luna Susie Luna, age 67 of Wharton passed away Tuesday afternoon, October 14, 2014. She was born on December 31, 1946 in Bay City, a daughter of the late Jesse and Nancy Escamilla Vega. Susie was raised in the Bay City area and graduated from Bay City High School. She later obtained her Registered Nurse License and started...

Georgia Mary Wicke

Georgia Mary Wicke

Oct 13, 2014

Georgia Mary Wicke Georgia Mary Wicke, age 98 of East Bernard passed away Monday morning, October 13, 2014. She was born on August 19, 1916 in La Grange, a daughter of the late Hugo and Vlasta Kubala Sevcik. Georgia was raised in the La Grange area and moved to the East Bernard area in 1928. She married Charlie P. Wicke...

Phillip Brian Ney

Phillip Brian Ney

Oct 13, 2014

Phillip Brian Ney, 71, of Lane City and formerly of Utah and Arizona, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 13, 2014, at a Houston hospital surrounded by his family. He was born December 12, 1942, in Spanish Fork, Utah to parents Joseph James and Arletta Buckley Ney. Phillip was raised in Utah and attended schools there. On May 27, 1988,...

Pat Keton

Pat Keton

Oct 4, 2014

Pat Keton, 80 of Boling, Texas, passed away on Saturday October 4, 2014, at his residence following a lengthy illness, surrounded by his family. He was born March 14, 1934, in Waco, Texas to the late Jerry and Addie Mae Bankston Keton. In 1947 his family moved to Wharton where he graduated from High School in 1952. During his youth,...

Sandra Zgabay

Sandra Zgabay

Oct 4, 2014

Sandra Zgabay, age 73 of Wharton passed away Saturday afternoon, October 4, 2014 at a Sugar Land hospital following a lengthy illness. She was born on August 23, 1941 in Utica, New York, a daughter of the late Gerald and Mildred Batsford Hanagan. Sandra was a raised in New York and graduated from school there. She married August Zgabay on...

Louis Bolt Spicer

Louis Bolt Spicer

Oct 3, 2014

Louis Belt Spicer Jr., 76, of Boling, Texas, passed away on Wednesday October 3, 2014, at his residence following a lengthy illness surrounded by his family. He was born January 14, 1938, in Bellville, Texas to the late Louis Belt Spicer Sr. and Mary Ella Haywood. Louis was raised in the Bellville area. He attended school in the Bellville area....

Isabel Mata

Isabel Mata

Oct 1, 2014

Isabel Mata, age 92, of Wharton, Texas, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 1st. He was the first of 17 children, born November 5th, 1921, in Lane City to the late Paul Mata and Isabel Casas Mata. Isabel was raised in Lane City. He married Lupe Valdez on October 24th, 1943 in Lane City before settling in Wharton. Isabel worked...

Peggy Sue Watkins

Peggy Sue Watkins

Sep 24, 2014

Peggy Sue Watkins, age 84 of Wharton passed away Wednesday afternoon, September 24, 2014 in a Wharton hospital following a sudden illness. She was born on December 04, 1929 in Beaumont, the daughter of the Fred Dillahunty and Ruby Dillahunty. Peggy Sue was raised in the Beaumont area and graduated from South Park High School. She stayed to be a...

Ila Nadine Guin

Ila Nadine Guin

Sep 23, 2014

Ila Nadine Guin, age 89, of Wharton passed away on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 in a Wharton care facility. She was born on April 5, 1925 in Cedar Park, Texas a daughter of the late John Abner and Eva Roberta Marshall Cox. Nadine was raised in the Wharton area and graduated from Wharton High School. She worked at Gulf Coast...

Richard "Butch" Harris

Richard "Butch" Harris

Sep 23, 2014

Richard “Butch” Harris Richard “Butch” Harris, 71, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 as a result of a brief illness, surrounded by his loving family. He was born February 8, 1943 in Waelder, Texas to Joel Maurice and Josephine Harris, Butch was raised in Chesterville, Texas outside of Eagle Lake. He told many stories of working in the...

Raymond Delgado

Raymond Delgado

Sep 17, 2014

Raymond Delgado, 66, of Beasley, Texas, passed away September 17, 2014, at his home following a lengthy illness. Raymond was born April 08, 1948 in Beasley, Texas to parents Jesus and Seferina Silva Delgado. Raymond was raised in the Beasley area and attended Beasley schools. Raymond worked as a welder and a mechanic. Raymond enjoyed fishing, gardening, working with his...

Judy Chambers

Judy Chambers

Sep 17, 2014

Judy Chambers, age 64 of Wharton and formerly of East Bernard passed away Wednesday morning, September 17, 2014 in a Houston hospital following a 4-year battle with cancer. She was born on December 31, 1949 in Eagle Lake, the daughter of the late Richard “Dick” Obenhaus and LaVerne Muesse Obenhaus. Judy was raised in the Eagle Lake area and graduated...

Robert Allen Kolojaco

Robert Allen Kolojaco

Sep 15, 2014

Robert Allen Kolojaco, age 70 of Boling passed away Monday, September 15, 2014 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born on November 14, 1943 in Newgulf, a son of the late John Boon and Martha McClosky Kolojaco. Robert was raised in the Newgulf, Texas and graduated from Boling High School. He married Martha Billington on January 2,...