Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Beeville, Three Rivers, and George West, Texas

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Nancy Simonson

Nancy Simonson

Mar 3, 2012

Nancy Simonson, 60, of Corpus Christi, died Saturday, March 3, 2012. Ms. Simonson was born in Spencer, Iowa, on Oct. 2, 1951, to Merle and Terese Simonson. As part of a military family, she lived in Texas, California, Nebraska, Maine and Virginia before returning to Corpus Christi, where she finished high school at Mary Carroll High School. She attended...

Beverly Hoaglin

Beverly Hoaglin

Feb 22, 2012

Beverly Ann (Schwierzke) Hoaglin, 67, of Beeville died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012. Mrs. Hoaglin was born Oct. 10, 1944, in Refugio to Hilmer and Maude (Kramer) Schwierzke. She married Donald Hoaglin on Feb. 25, 1960, in Beeeville and was a retired teacher for BISD. She was a volunteer for the Beeville Art Museum and the Beeville Vineyard and was...

John Payne

John Payne

Feb 20, 2012

John Rey Payne was born on January 25, 1973, and rode his last rodeo on Monday, February 20, 2012. He'll be busy wearing his guardian angel hat for his beloved children, Tallen and Kaitlyn and their mother Marsha, brothers Steven and Robert, sister-in-law Solana, parents Keith and Martha Payne, his aunt and uncles, Louis and Cindy King, Tim Payne,...

Jord Hoffman

Jord Hoffman

Feb 17, 2012

Jord LaVern "Hoppy" Hoffman November 26, 1921 - February 17, 2012 Hoppy Hoffman passed from this earth on February 17, 2012. Jord Lavern "Hoppy" was born November 26, 1921, on a farm out of Eddy, Okla. He was the only child of Art and Mattie Hoffman. He was preceded in death by his parents and loving wife, Jean Howard...

John Richardson

John Richardson

Feb 14, 2012

John Porter "Rich" Richardson, 88, of Beeville, died Tuesday, February 14, 2012. Graveside services, with full military burial honors were held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, February 18, 2012, at Glenwood Cemetery, (Hefferman St.), Beeville, Texas. Visitation was held from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Galloway & Sons, 409 N. Tyler Street, Beeville, Texas. John "Rich" was born...

Roy Blevins

Roy Blevins

Feb 10, 2012

Roy Lee "Red" Blevins went to be with the Lord on February 10th, 2012 after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. Red had a larger than life persona, who loved his Lord, his family and his country. He was past Commander of American Legion Post 274 and a member of the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 929. Red...

Victoria Suniga

Victoria Suniga

Feb 8, 2012

Victoria M. Suniga, 68, went to be with her Lord on February 8, 2012. She was born in Beeville, TX, on September 13, 1943, to Pedro Moreno and Emilia Chapa Moreno. She married Rosendo Suniga, and together, they raised their family in Beeville. "Momo" as she was known to her grandchildren was a wonderful cook, and she loved them...

Henry Beyer

Henry Beyer

Feb 3, 2012

Henry Lee Beyer, 85, died Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. Mr. Beyer was born in Tynan to Joseph and Louise "Lizzie" Beyer on March 13, 1926. He served in the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1946, and enjoyed gardening. He retired from N.L. Baroid in 1985, after 27 years with the company in Beeville and Port Lavaca and was a...

Nancy Howlett

Nancy Howlett

Feb 2, 2012

Nancy Helen Irwin Howlett, 77, of Port Lavaca, TX, formally of Beeville, TX, passed away at home on February 2, 2012. Nancy was born April 23, 1934, in North Texas. She married Robert Keith Howlett in 1951. They started a home in Victoria, TX, and had two sons, Kendall Kirk Howlett and Robert Bruce Howlett. They later moved to...

John Taylor

John Taylor

Feb 1, 2012

John Wilbur Taylor, 95, went to be with his Lord on February 1, 2012. He was born on July 28, 1916, in Beeville, Texas, to George Ernest Taylor and Essie Belle Rankin Taylor. He graduated from Beeville High School and joined the United States Navy shortly after high school. On July 20, 1939, he married Evie Dean Glasson, and...

Lowell Hanson

Lowell Hanson

Jan 31, 2012

Lowell W. Hanson, 77, of Dinero, died Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. Mr. Hanson was born Oct. 28, 1934, in Steele City, Neb., to Wilfred and Frances James Hanson. He married Ruby Lambert on Nov. 24, 1957, in Loveland, Colo., and served in the United States Army. He was a construction contractor by profession. He was preceded in death by...

Virginia Malone

Virginia Malone

Jan 31, 2012

Virginia Dare Malone passed from this world to her reward in Heaven on Tuesday, January 31, 2012. Virginia Dare Murphey was the first of two daughters born to Conrad Elmo Murphey (1905-2000) and Virginia Dare Miles (1908-1988). Dare was born 13, June 1929, in St. Francis Hospital, Monroe, Ouachita Parish, LA. Dare's younger sister Connie Murphey Abdalla will be...

Charles Mcguill

Charles Mcguill

Jan 30, 2012

Pat McGuill, 84, of Refugio died Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. Mr. McGuill was born Feb. 4, 1927, in Refugio to Charlie and Ollie Lee (Curbello) McGuill. He married Joella Waggoner on July 27, 1949, at Our Lady of Refuge Catholic Church in Refugio. He attended Our Lady of Refuge Catholic School and was a member of the Knights of...

Cyril Denwood

Cyril Denwood

Jan 23, 2012

Cyril B. Denwood, 88, of Beeville, died Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. Mr. Denwood was born Dec. 14, 1923, in Kirkland, England, to Johnathan and Annie Wilson Denwood. He married Margaret Jones in Camp Claiborne, La. on Oct. 6, 1945, and was retired from NAS Chase field and received a 50-year recognition from the Masonic Lodge. He was preceded in...

Edward Sugarek

Edward Sugarek

Jan 16, 2012

Edward L. Sugarek of Beeville passed away Monday, January 16, 2012, at his home in Bee County after a long and courageous struggle with Parkinson's Disease. Funeral services will be held at the First Presbyterian Church at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 18, 2012, with the Rev. Linda Sherry officiating. Mr. Sugarek was born on January 19, 1925, on the...

Elmer Chesnutt

Elmer Chesnutt

Jan 15, 2012

Elmer Fred Chesnutt, 92, passed away Sunday evening, Jan. 15, following a brief illness. He was born March 22, 1919, at his family's home in Cadiz, Texas, where he lived until his recent move to Hacienda Oaks Nursing Home in Beeville. His parents were Elmer Filmore Chesnutt and Maude Catherine Wilson Chesnutt. Mr. Chesnutt was a farmer and rancher...

Douglas West

Douglas West

Jan 14, 2012

Douglas West, 81, of Beeville, died Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Mr. West was born Sept. 19, 1930, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Elsie Lee and Percy Howard West. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War as a submarine sailor and was wounded during his service time (WIA). He married Thelma Juanita Coleman in Corpus Christi on Feb....

William Grigsby

William Grigsby

Jan 12, 2012

WILLIAM "BILL" GRIGSBY Bill was born November 30, 1936 in Honolulu, Hawaii and died at the age of 75 in Christus Spohn Shoreline Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas on January 12, 2012, the victim of lung cancer with complications. He was preceded in death by his father, the late Lt. Cmdr. William Burton Grigsby, his mother, Melba Anna Held...

Jamie Finch

Jamie Finch

Jan 12, 2012

Jamie Orear Finch, 79, formerly of Beeville, died Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012. Mrs. Finch was born Dec. 4, 1932, to Morton Manchester and Lake Erie (Watson) Boren in Winsboro. She married Billy Royce Finch on March 11, 1950, in Stockdale. She was a member of River Hills Baptist Church and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her...

Tomasita Montemayor

Tomasita Montemayor

Jan 2, 2012

Tomasita (Franco) Montemayor, 84, of Beeville, died Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. Mrs. Montemayor was born July 5, 1927, in Karnes City to Estefana Longoria and Pablo Franco. She married Meliton Montemayor in Beeville and loved music. In 1997, she worked at the public library and the Beeville Police Department and as a custodian at Beeville Memorial Hospital. She was...