Local Obituaries for Beeville, Three Rivers, and George West, Texas
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Otilia Rubio
Oct 16, 2010
Otilia (Padilla) Rubio, 97, of Mount Pleasant, formerly of Beeville, died Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010. Mrs. Rubio was born April 10, 1913, in Beeville to Cecilia (Rubio) and Michael Padilla. She married Sostenes A. Rubio and was a homemaker and a Catholic. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Sostenes A. Rubio; two daughters, Lydia and...

W. Whitenton
Oct 8, 2010
W.H. "Bill" Whitenton, 89, of Beeville, died Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. Mr. Whitenton was born March 23, 1921, in Berclair to Nora (Adcock) and David Williams Whitenton. He married Marjinel Wharton in Beeville on June 13, 1942, and served in the U.S. Air Force. He worked for Hunt Auto Company and Roberts & McKenzie Hardware and retired from Exxon...

George Ray, Iii
Oct 7, 2010
George A. "Trace" Ray III, 65, died Oct. 7, 2010. Mr. Ray was born on Jan. 24, 1945, in San Antonio. He married Cynthia Hogan on July 4, 2005, in Live Oak County. He was a member of Providence Presbyterian Church in Beeville, a multi-generation rancher, member of Beefmaster Breeders Association, former director of First National Bank and former...

Eudelia Delrosario
Oct 6, 2010
Eudelia "B.G." (Garza) DelRosario, 70 of Beeville died Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. Mrs. DelRosario was born on Dec. 8, 1939, in San Antonio to Maria Garcia Martinez and Alfredo Garza. She married Bayani "Pat" DelRosario in Sinton on Sept. 1, 1961. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and of Our Lady of Guadalupe...

William Gunderman
Oct 5, 2010
William Kenneth Gunderman, 60, of Corpus Christi died Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. Mr. Gunderman was born Aug. 20, 1950, in Beeville to Billie Marie (Williamson) and Kenneth Franklin Gunderman. He was a Baptist and a truck driver by profession. He was preceded in death by his father, Kenneth Franklin Gunderman; and two sisters, Anna and Patricia Gunderman. Survivors include...

Robert Dirks
Oct 1, 2010
DIRKS Robert L. Dirks, 80, passed away on October 1, 2010. He was born to Lee W. and Barbara May Rapp Dirks on December 27, 1929 in Beeville, Texas. He was a graduate of Southwest Texas State Teachers College and served in the U. S. Army and was a veteran of the Korean War. He married Billie June Martin...

Sara Allard
Sep 28, 2010
Sara (Sevier) Allard, 77, of Beeville died Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. Mrs. Allard was born June 9, 1933, in Milford to Oscar C. and Josephine (Ellison) Sevier. She work as an estimator for a lumbar company and was a member of Beeville Baptist Church. Survivors include three sons, Charles K. (Karen) Allard and Barry C. (Freddie) Allard, both of...

Paul Bracewell
Sep 17, 2010
Paul Edwin Bracewell, 79, of Beeville died Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Mr. Bracewell was born June 28, 1931, in Memphis, Tenn to Clyde and Bobby Roberta (Renshaw) Bracewell. Survivors include his children, Paul Bracewell Jr., Sherry Meade Pentz, Garon Bracewell and Karyn Epler; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Memorials may be made to Real Life Fellowship, 1241 Flour Bluff...

Lillie Barrientes
Sep 14, 2010
Lillie Barrientes, 86, of Beeville died Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. Ms. Barrientes was born July 3, 1924, to Luciana (Zavala) and Antonio Barrientes. She was a salesperson at Anthony's Department Store for 27 years and at Bealls Department Store for 20 years. She was a member of Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by...

Peter Malek
Sep 9, 2010
Peter F. Malek, 75, of Beeville, died Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. Mr. Malek was born in Ceske Budejovice, Czechoslovakia, on Sept. 6, 1935, to Frank and Mary (Jansky) Malek. He married Carolyn Marie Mueller in Beeville on June 11, 1958. He held a bachelor's degree from Texas A&I in Kingsville in served in the U.S. Navy at NAS Chase...

Helen Rider
Sep 5, 2010
Helen (Bates) Rider, 62, of Beeville, died Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. Mrs. Rider was born on July 29, 1948, in Roswell, N.M. to Charles and Anne Ruth (Holland) Hoshaw. She married Norris Timothy Rider in Fort Worth on July 1, 1967. She was retired from the TDCJ McConnell Unit and a member of First Presbyterian Church. She was preceded...

Thomas Hamilton
Sep 1, 2010
Thomas Elbert Hamilton, 94, of Beeville, died Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Mr. Hamilton was born on Sept. 15, 1915, in Star to Blanche (Childre) and James Hamilton. He finished his high school education and became a self-employed, land-clearing contractor. He married Gloice Howard on May 10, 1939, in Lampasas. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church...

Glenda Gabbert
Aug 30, 2010
Glenda Louise (Palmer) Gabbert, 68, of Beeville, died Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Mrs. Gabbert was born Feb. 20, 1942, to Wilburn William and Kathleen Harriett (Scott) Palmer. She married James Gabbert in Troy on June 8, 1959, and was a member of Bible Baptist Church. She was a retired cashier at H-E-B and enjoyed sewing, reading and gardening. She...

Ada Morris
Aug 30, 2010
Ada Lou Morris, 80, passed away Monday, August 30, 2010. She was born to George and Ethel Chesnutt Robinson in San Antonio, TX on October 30, 1929. She married Oliver Morris in Tuleta, TX on July 17, 1948. She was a member of First Baptist Church Tuleta for sixty-four years and Sunday school secretary for thirty-eight years. She loved...

Annie Hanus
Aug 20, 2010
Annie Hanus, 84, of Beeville passed away on August 20, 2010, in Victoria, Texas. She was born September 19, 1925, in Victoria County to Frank and Julia Frantis Lesikar. On December 7, 1943, she married George Hanus of Skidmore in Victoria, Texas. They moved back to the Skidmore area where they made their home. Annie was a homemaker and...

Charles Schmacher
Aug 17, 2010
Charles Kelso Schumacher "Uncle Charlie" passed away on August 17th, 2010, at Bay Area Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer. Charles was born on July 6th, 1937, in Orange Grove, Texas. He attended most of his school years at Orange Grove, Texas and graduated from Fredericksburg, Texas. After graduation he served in the Air Force and stationed at...

Murline Cherry
Aug 17, 2010
An angel came and called her name and took her by the hand, and said her place was ready in Heaven far above, and that she'd have to leave behind, all those things she dearly loved. Murline Cherry passed away Tuesday, August 17, 2010, surrounded by her family. Murline was born on July 7, 1922, to George and Murl...

John Vanacek
Aug 16, 2010
John Travis Vanecek, 30, of Beeville died Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. Mr. Vanecek was born in Beeville on March 1, 1980, to Beverly Rothlisberger. He graduated from A.C. Jones High School in 1998 and from Bee County College in 2006. He was an LVN at Retama Manor in Alice and a former manager of Stripes store in Beeville. Survivors...

Marjorie Roberts
Aug 15, 2010
Marjorie McNeill Roberts passed away on August 15, 2010, following a long illness. She was a life-long resident of Beeville; the daughter of Dr. Scott and Aleene McNeill and the wife of John Bryson Roberts, all of whom preceded her in death. She is survived by her daughters, Lisa Roberts Tindol (Beeville) and Marji Roberts Gray (San Antonio); four...

Diana Slater
Aug 15, 2010
Diana L. Slater, 73, of Skidmore, died Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. Mrs. Slater was born in Washington on March 14, 1937. She married Ronald Slater and was a retired inspector for Corpus Christi Independent School District. She was preceded in death by two sons, Dennis and Scott Slater. Survivors include her husband, Ronald Slater of Skidmore; a daughter, Rone...