Obituaries

Everett Swoboda

Everett Swoboda

Mar 31, 2013

Everett Swoboda, age 82 of East Bernard, passed away on Sunday, March 31, 2013, in Wharton following an extended illness. He was born on March 14, 1931, in Nada, Texas a son of the late Hubert Swoboda and Walburga Schneider Swoboda. Everett served our country in the US Navy. He married Dolores Staff in Nada on October 31, 1959. Everett...

Peggy Luco

Peggy Luco

Mar 30, 2013

Peggy Luco, age 92 of Wharton. Visitation; Sunday, March 31st. 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Wharton Funeral Home. Services Monday, April 1, 2013 at 2:00 pm at the First Baptist Church in Wharton. Burial: Wharton City Cemetery Memorials; First Baptist Church, 507 N. Fulton, Wharton, TX 77488.

Ima Lee Mann

Ima Lee Mann

Mar 30, 2013

Ima Lee Mann, age 78, of Wharton, Texas passed away on March 30, 2013 in Wharton, Texas after an extended illness. She was married to Frank E. Mann, Jr. D.V.M. for 57 years. Ima Lee was born on May 7, 1934 in Camden, Texas, daughter of Carl Rivers Smith and Allene Dolores Smith. Shortly thereafter the family moved to Houston,...

Connie M Garcia

Connie M Garcia

Mar 30, 2013

Connie M. Garcia, age 75 of Houston and a former long-time resident of Boling died Saturday, March 30, 2013 at a Houston hospital following an extended illness. She was born on August 23, 1938 in Newgulf, Texas to parents, Jose A. and Anita Gonzalez Martinez. Connie was raised in Newgulf and attended school there. She married Alfredo “Beneno” Garcia. He...

Edward Paul Konvicka

Edward Paul Konvicka

Mar 28, 2013

Mr. Edward Paul Konvicka, age 82 of Boling died Thursday, March 28, 2013 in a Houston hospital following a brief illness. He was born in Austin County, TX on January 15, 1931 the son of the late Frank Konvicka, Sr. and Mary Malek Konvicka. Mr. Konvicka has been a resident of Boling for the past fifteen years and was a...

Hortense Peikert Glenn

Hortense Peikert Glenn

Mar 25, 2013

Hortense Peikert Glenn, age 96, of Hungerford passed away on Monday, March 25, 2013 in a Wharton hospital of natural causes. She was born on September 13, 1916 in Alleyton,, Texas, the daughter of Julius and Bertha Grewe Peikert. She was the eighth child born to the family of ten siblings. Hortense was raised in the Alleyton area and graduated...

Mary Virginia Jones

Mary Virginia Jones

Mar 20, 2013

Mary Jones, 99, passed away March 20, 2013, in Houston, Texas. She was born in Hungerford, Texas, February 21, 1914, to Taylor Joel Hudgins and Clytie Stallings Hudgins. She graduated from Wharton High School in 1931. After graduating from Texas State College for Women in 1935, she taught in the Bloomington public schools for a year until she married John...

Elsie Mae Duke

Elsie Mae Duke

Mar 19, 2013

Mrs. Elsie Mae Duke, age 87 of Wharton died Tuesday, March 19, 2013 in a Sugar Land Hospital following an extended illness. She was born on April 24, 1925 in Damon, TX the daughter of the late Otto John Ramdohr and Roberta Kathleen Weaver Ramdohr. Mrs. Duke has been a resident of Wharton for the past twenty years and was...

Lenora Hope Voulgaris

Lenora Hope Voulgaris

Mar 19, 2013

Lenora Hope Voulgaris, age 58, of Wharton passed away on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 in a Houston hospital following an extended illness. She was born on January 12, 1955 in Independence, LA, a daughter of the late Frank and Johnnie Welch Ashmore. Mrs. Voulgaris was raised in the Baton Rouge area and graduated from school there. Hope married Patrick Brookman...

Thomas D. Gladden

Thomas D. Gladden

Mar 19, 2013

Thomas Dale Gladden, age 87, of Wharton passed away on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 in a Wharton hospital following a lengthy illness. He was born on January 28, 1926 in Caddo Gap, Arkansas, the son of the late Herbert and Celia Millsapps Gladden. Mr. Gladden was raised in the Caddo Gap, Arkansas. He graduated from high school in Arkadelphia, Arkansas...

Reyes Mejorado, Sr.

Reyes Mejorado, Sr.

Mar 14, 2013

Mr. Reyes Mejorado, Sr., age 83 of Wharton died Thursday, March 14, 2013 in a Wharton Hospital following an extended illness. He was born on February 25, 1930 in Raymondville, TX the son of the late Juan Mejorado and Jessita Saens Mejorado. Mr. Mejorado has been a resident of Wharton for the past fifty-eight years and was Catholic by Faith....

Arthur McCowan, Jr.

Arthur McCowan, Jr.

Mar 9, 2013

Arthur (Junior) McCowan, Jr., age 79, of Boling died Saturday, March 9, 2013 in a Wharton nursing center following a lengthy illness. He was born on February 17, 1934 in Needville, Texas, the son of the late Author, Sr. and Grace Sanders McCowan. Mr. McCowan graduated from Dunbar High School in Dickenson. He served his country honorably in the United...

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,...

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