Obituaries

Vivian Franklin Salinger

Vivian Franklin Salinger

Mar 4, 2013

Vivian Salinger Mrs. Vivian Franklin Salinger, age 99 of Wharton died Monday, March 4, 2013 at her residence following an extended illness. She was born on January 23, 1914 in San Antonio, TX the daughter of the late William Franklin and Lillian Akabas Franklin. Mrs. Salinger has been a resident of Wharton most of her life and was a member...

Myrtle M. Krenek

Myrtle M. Krenek

Mar 4, 2013

Myrtle M. Krenek Myrtle Marie Krenek, age 89 of Wharton died Monday, March 4, 2013 in a Wharton Nursing Home following an extended illness. She was born on July 13, 1923in Pierce, TX the daughter of the late Rasmus Micharl Rasmussen and Anne Katherine Bennetsen Rasmussen. Mrs. Krenek was a life-long resident of Wharton County and a member of Holy...

Alva Gonzales

Alva Gonzales

Mar 4, 2013

Mrs. Alva Gonzales, age 78 of Glen Flora died Monday, March 4, 2013 in a Wharton Nursing Home following an extended illness. She was born on December 7, 1934 in Karnes City, TX the daughter of the late Santos and Ignacia Garcia. Mrs. Gonzales has been a resident of Glen Flora most of her life and was a member of...

Mary Driscoll Rodriguez

Mary Driscoll Rodriguez

Mar 2, 2013

Mary Driscoll Rodriguez Mary Driscoll Rodriguez, age 91, of Boling passed away on Saturday, March 2, 2013 in a Houston hospital following a lengthy illness. She was born on February 10, 1922 in Pledger, Texas, a daughter of the late Carlos Driscoll, Sr. and Manuela Barrera Driscoll. Mary was raised in the Pledger area and attended school there. She married...

Mabel Bradley Kocurek

Mabel Bradley Kocurek

Feb 26, 2013

Mabel B. Kocurek Mrs. Mabel Bertha Kocurek, age 78 of Boling died Tuesday, February 26, 2013 in a Sugar Land Hospital following a brief illness. She was born on July 6, 1934 in Orange Grove, TX the daughter of the late Fritz De Reese and Minnie Luedecke De Reese. Mrs. Kocurek had been a resident of Boling for the past...

Margarita G. Rodriguez

Margarita G. Rodriguez

Feb 25, 2013

Margarita G. Rodriguez Mrs. Margarita Gaona Rodriguez, age 94 of Wharton died Monday, February 25, 2013 in a Wharton Hospital following a brief illness. She was born on February 22, 1919 in Rio Hondo, TX the daughter of the late Toribio Gaona and Rita Rodriguez. Mrs. Rodriguez was a resident of Wharton County most of her life and a member...

Selestino Garcia

Selestino Garcia

Feb 25, 2013

SELESTINO GARCIA Mr. Selestino Garcia, age 91 of Katy, TX and formerly of Newgulf and Wharton died Monday, February 25, 2013 in a Katy, TX Hospital following a brief illness. He was born on May 19, 1921 in Bastrop, TX the son of Feliciano Garcia and Lydia Torres Garcia. Mr. Garcia has been a resident of Katy for the past...

David Vick Hunter

David Vick Hunter

Feb 22, 2013

Mr. David Vick Hunter, age 89 of Wharton and formerly of El Campo died Friday morning, February 22, 2013 in a Wharton Nursing Home following a brief illness. He was born on May 6, 1923 in Sapulpa, OK the son of the late John Thomas Hunter and Mattye Hayes Hunter. Mr. Hunter graduated from St. Aloysius High School in Vicksburg,...

Margie Willrich

Margie Willrich

Feb 18, 2013

Margie Willrich, age 70 of Wharton, passed away Monday morning, February 18, 2013 at Gulf Coast Medical Center following a brief illness. She was born on May 12, 1942 in Matagorda County, the daughter of Walter and Marie Wheat Gavender. Margie was raised in the Bay City area and graduated from Bay City High School. She worked as a cook,...

John C. Smith

John C. Smith

Feb 14, 2013

Mr. John C. (Jonathan Charles) Smith, age 64 of Huntsville, TX died Thursday, February 14, 2013 in a Huntsville Hospital following a brief illness. He was born on November 27, 1948 in Port Arthur, TX the son of Henry Prentiss Smith and June Rose Meeks Smith. Mr. Smith has been a resident of Huntsville, Texas for the past nineteen years...

Christine Havins

Christine Havins

Feb 9, 2013

Christine Bailey Havins passed into the arms of our LORD on February 9, 2013 after a brief stay at Wharton Manor and Rehabilitation. She was born August 11, 1930 to Katie Vice Bailey and Jessie Bailey in their home in Beckville, Texas. Christine is preceded in death by her mother and father, brother J.L. Bailey, formerly from Brenham, Texas, and...

Jean Guill

Jean Guill

Feb 3, 2013

Jean Otey Guill, age 70 of Boling passed away Sunday, February 3, 2013, at a Houston Hospice facility following a lengthy illness, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on October 11, 1942 in Abingdon, Virginia, a daughter of the late Eugene Otey and Hazel Mann Otey. Jean was raised in Virginia and graduated from school there. She was...

David Neal Vineyard

David Neal Vineyard

Feb 3, 2013

David Neal Vineyard, age 61, of Wharton died Sunday, February 3, 2013 in Fairfield, Idaho following a lengthy illness. He was born on September 11, 1951 in Wharton, TX the son of the late Ben Lynn Vineyard II and Maribeth Lang Vineyard. Mr. Vineyard graduated from Wharton High School in 1970 and attended Texas A&M and the University of Texas....

Edna Pruitt Maler

Edna Pruitt Maler

Feb 2, 2013

Mrs. Edna Pruitt Maler, age 89 of Clute and a former long-time resident of Wharton died Saturday night, February 2, 2013 at her residence following an extended illness. She was born on November 20, 1923 in Houston, TX the daughter of the late Harry Elmer Pruitt and Elsa Alcalan Pruitt. Mrs. Maler was a resident of Wharton County from 1974...

Mark Baca

Mark Baca

Jan 31, 2013

Mark Steven Baca died on January 31, 2013, in Richmond, Texas following a lengthy illness. He was born January 9, 1949 in Texas City, Texas to parents Melvin and JoAnn Mc Feron Baca. His mother JoAnn preceded him in death. Mark served in the United States Navy, earning his Honorable Discharge in 1970. He enjoyed computers, and attendeding dances. Mark...

Libby Andrade Ramirez

Libby Andrade Ramirez

Jan 27, 2013

Mr. Libby Andrade Ramirez, age 71 of San Antonio died Sunday January 27, 2013 in a San Antonio Nursing Home following an extended illness. He was born on May 15, 1941 in Wharton, TX the son of the late Willie Ramirez, Sr. and Juanita Andrade Ramirez. Mr. Ramirez had been a resident of San Antonio since 1997 and was a...

Susie Mary Mata

Susie Mary Mata

Jan 24, 2013

Mrs. Susie Mary Cerrillo Mata, age 82 of Wharton died Thursday, January 24, 2013 in a Wharton Nursing home following an extended illness. She was born on April 30, 1930 in Wharton the daughter of the late Felipe Cerrillo and Juanita Perez Cerrillo. Mrs. Mata was a life-long resident of Wharton and a member of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church in...

Rosemary Alford

Rosemary Alford

Jan 23, 2013

Rosemary Marshall Alford March 1, 1927 – January 23, 2013 Rosemary Marshall Alford passed away quietly on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 in Sugar Land, TX. She was the daughter of the late Dr. Robert Bruce and Rose Marshall of Sulphur, LA. Rosemary was preceded in death by her brother, Robert Bruce Marshall, Jr. and her great granddaughter, Layah Faith Shelfer....

Auralia Frances Hobbins

Auralia Frances Hobbins

Jan 23, 2013

Mrs. Auralia Frances Hobbins, age 93 of Pledger died Wednesday, January 23, 2013 in a Bay City Nursing Home following a brief illness. She was born on July 19, 1919 in Iago, TX the daughter of the late Albert and Nettie Hennecke Brandes. She was a life-long resident of Pledge and a member of the First Baptist Church in Pledger....

Annie Rosalie Hubenak

Annie Rosalie Hubenak

Jan 21, 2013

Annie Gerla Hubenak Annie Rosalie Ruth Gerla Hubenak was born to parents Adolph P. Gerla and Frances Podesva Gerla on a farm in East Bernard, Wharton County, Texas, on February 9, 1918. She died on Monday, January 21, 2013, in Wharton at age 94. After growing up on farms in Taiton and Hillje, a teen-aged Annie began working as a...

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