Obituaries
Richard Monkey Evens
Jul 24, 2021
Richard “Monkey” Evens, 71, passed away Saturday, July 24, 2021 at St. Luke’s hospital in Sugar Land. He was born in Palacios, Texas to the late Richard Thomas and Vivian Laslie Evens.
Richard was raised in the Palacios area and graduated from Palacios High School with the Class of 1968. He later worked at the South Texas Project as...
Richard George Ondrias
Jul 19, 2021
Richard “Rick” George Ondrias, 63 years young, passed away on Monday, July 19, 2021 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Ernest and Edith Ondrias celebrated the birth of their 5th son on May 29, 1958 in Wharton, Texas. Upon graduating from Wharton High School in 1976, he spent the next 6 years working for his uncle and aunt...
Mercedies Lynn Corona
Jul 18, 2021
Mercedies Lynn Corona
Mercedies Corona, 28, of Wharton, passed away suddenly on Sunday, July 18, 2021. She was born on April 9, 1993 in Clute, Texas, to Pedro and Elizabeth Mendiola Corona. She leaves behind her husband, Luis Ortiz, five young children, Nayeli Herrera, Jocylynn Stephens, Mikaela Ortiz, Ezekiel Stephens and Luis Ortiz, Jr., parents, Elizabeth Mendiola and Pedro...
John Kowalik
Jul 18, 2021
John Kowalik
October 26, 1965 ~ July 18, 2021
John Kowalik, of Wharton, passed away on Sunday July 18, 2021, at the age of 55. He was born on October 26, 1965 in Montclair New Jersey to the late Zygmunt and Josephine Metzner Kowalik.
John was raised in the Rockport Fulton area and graduated from high school...
Megan Sandberg
Jul 18, 2021
Megan Dawn Sandberg
January 18, 1987 ~ July 18, 2021
Megan Dawn Sandberg passed away suddenly and tragically on Sunday July 18, 2021, at the age of 34. She spent most of his time with her beloved, Christopher Whatley, and sadly they died the same way, together. She was born on January 18, 1987 in Pierre South Dakota to...
Christopher Eugene Whatley
Jul 18, 2021
Christopher Eugene Whatley
August 13, 1978 ~ July 18, 2021
Christopher Eugene Whatley passed into the arms of the Lord suddenly and tragically on Sunday July 18, 2021, at the age of 42. He spent most of his time with his beloved, Megan Sandberg, and sadly they died the same way, together.
Christopher liked to go fishing, he loved...
Officer Juan 'John' Delgado
Jul 15, 2021
Officer Juan ‘John’ Delgado
July 7, 1954 ~ July 15, 2021
Juan “John” Alfonso Delgado was born July 7, 1954 in the small town of Port Lavaca, Texas to Alfonso & Pauline Delgado. The youngest of the three children, Juan, graduated from Calhoun High School in 1971 at the age of seventeen and immediately enlisted in the United States Army....
Alan Carbajal
Jul 13, 2021
Alan David Carbajal
Alan Carbajal, 31, of El Campo and formerly of Wharton, passed away on Tuesday, July 13, 2021 doing what he loved, fishing. He was born on March 30, 1990 in Wharton Texas, to Rosalinda Ramirez Carbajal and the late Alvino Carbajal.
Alan was raised in Wharton and attended Wharton schools. He worked in construction, but...
Olifidio Mancha Esquivel
Jul 9, 2021
Olifidio Mancha Esquivel
March 2, 1928 ~ July 9, 2021
Olifidio Esquivel, 93, of Wharton, passed away on Friday, July 9, 2021 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was born on March 2, 1928 in Gulf Texas, to the late Joseph Juan and Dolores Mancha Esquivel.
He attended school in Gulf. He served our country honorably in...
Denise Scheel VanOsdel
Jul 7, 2021
Denise Scheel VanOsdel
May 3, 1951 ~ July 7, 2021
Denise Alane Scheel was born in Wharton, TX on May 3, 1951 to George L. and Jane Novosad Scheel. She is actually named after Dr. Dennis Voulgaris, who delivered Denise at Rugeley Blasingame Hospital. Denise attended Holy Family Catholic School for 8 years and graduated from Wharton High School in...
Evelyn Joyce Sherrill
Jul 6, 2021
EVELYN SCHMERBER SHERRILL
Evelyn Joyce Sherrill, age 87 of Yoakum, Texas passed away into the arms of the Lord, on July 6, 2021 following a sudden illness.
Evelyn was born to Cleo Hooker Schmerber and Clarence Weldon Schmerber of Gulf, Texas on October 22, 1933.
Evelyn was raised in Gulf and Boling, Texas and graduated from Boling High School. She...
Ervin Joe Legler
Jul 2, 2021
Ervin Joe “Butch” Legler, 88, of Wharton, passed away July 2, 2021 after a lengthy illness at a Sugar Land long term care facility. Butch was born on February 13, 1933 in Wharton, Texas, the only son of the late Ervin Julius Legler and Frances Urbanovsky Legler.
Butch was raised in Wharton and graduated from Wharton High School in...
Iris Jean Albrecht
Jul 1, 2021
Iris Kowald Albrecht
Iris Albrecht, 85 of Wharton, entered into eternal peace on Thursday, July 1, 2021 in a Sugarland hospital. She was born February 15, 1936 in Lenz, Texas to the late Alfred Kowald and Emmie Schlottmann Kowald. She attended and graduated from Karnes City High School.
She married Marvin Albrecht and together they operated a flower shop...
Lydia Gonzales
Jun 24, 2021
Lydia Gonzales
March 18, 1934 ~ June 24, 2021
Lydia was born in Runge, Texas to Pablo and Francisca Jaquez and entered Heaven in Rosenberg, Texas.
In her younger days she worked at Wharton Steam Laundry and at Gulf Coast Medical Center.
She Married Sam Gonzales July 2, 1966. She was a very active member of...
Jack Wayne "Bubba" Hough
Jun 24, 2021
Jack Wayne Hough
Jack "Bubba" Hough was born on October 1, 1949 in Baytown, Texas to John Franklin Hough, Jr. and Clara Kathryn Hough.
Bubba graduated from East Bernard High School in 1969. He married Pattie Braden Hough on May 6, 1972 and they were blessed with four boys. He was employed at Duvall Sulfur Plant and Houston Light &...
Samuel L. Dearman
Jun 22, 2021
Samuel L. Dearman
April 21, 1944 ~ June 22, 2021
Samuel L. Dearman passed into the arms of the Lord on June 22, 2021 at Matagorda Regional Medical Center Bay City, TX. He was born on April 21, 1944 to the late Leonard and Myrtle Dearman in Quitman, Mississippi.
Samuel attended Quitman High School. After high school, he entered...
Beatrice Fojtik
Jun 10, 2021
Beatrice Flanagan Fojtik passed away peacefully on June 10, 2021 at Rice Medical Center in Eagle Lake. Beatrice was born on April 25, 1921 in New York City, New York, to the late Josephine Flanagan.
Beatrice started life in New York City, but an orphan train ride was in her future to take her to East Bernard where she...
Esther Cruz Cerrillo
Jun 9, 2021
Esther Cruz Cerrillo
July 26, 1930 ~ June 9, 2021
Esther Cruz Cerrillo passed into the arms of the lord peacefully on June 9, 2021 at The Crescent Nursing Facility in Sugarland. Esther was born on July 26, 1930 in Wharton, TX to the late Lucio Cruz and Guadalupe Quentana.
Esther was a lifelong resident of Wharton and on July...
Nicholas Stephens-Arriaga
Jun 7, 2021
Nicholas Eugene Stephens-Arriaga
October 20, 2010 ~ June 7, 2021
Nicholas Eugene Stephens-Arriaga, 10, of Wharton, passed away tragically on June 7, 2021, at Matagorda Beach while with his family. He was born in Wharton, Texas to Bianca Arriaga on October 20, 2010.
Nick was a student at Wharton Elementary School and an active member of the Boling Youth...
Andrew Junior Bennetsen
Jun 6, 2021
Andrew Junior Bennetsen
November 13, 1935 ~ June 6, 2021
Andrew J. Bennetsen passed into the arms of the lord on Sunday June 6, 2021 at his residence in Wharton. He was born on November 13, 1935 to the late Theodore and Hulda Bennetsen in Wharton, TX. He was a life long resident of Wharton and graduated from Wharton...
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