Obituaries

Jun 22, 2011

Jun 18, 2011

HELEN CATHERINE (LANDRUM) WAAK was born in La Porte, Texas on July 6, 1932, to Catherine (Roberts) and Charles Landrum. She attended Bellville High School graduating in 1949. She met her husband, Conway Lloyd Waak, Sr., at Coshatte Hall, and they were married on June 3, 1950. She and her husband, Conway, were known for having been the proprietors of...

Jun 17, 2011

MARIE DYCUS PATTISON, dedicated educator, community leader, mother, and grandmother, passed away Friday, June 17, 2011, at her home in Pattison, TX . The eldest of Charley and Agnes Dycus's eight children, Marie was born March 5, 1939, in Sealy, TX . As a teenager, Marie was actively involved in the family's business, the Seven Sisters Drive-In, a Sealy hot...

Jun 17, 2011

KRISTOPHER LEE STOW, resident of League City, Texas, died on Friday, June 17, 2011, at the age of 31. Kris was born in Bryan, Texas, on August 29, 1979, and grew up in the Katy and Simonton areas. He attended Mayde Creek High School and later went to work as an ROV Supervisor for Canyon Offshore, a Helix ESG Company....

Jun 14, 2011

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7 A beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother went to meet the Lord, June 14, 2011. She was born September 22, 1916. A life-long resident of Brookshire, TX, Mrs. Bostick was preceded in death by her parents, husband and one daughter. She is...

Jun 12, 2011

BLAINE ELVIN DINGER, 81, of Fulshear, went to be with his Lord and Savior, on Sunday, June 12, 2011. Blaine was born November 18, 1929, in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. The son of Floyd and Grace (Boyer) Dinger, he grew up and attended school in Jefferson County. After graduating from high school, he served his country in the U.S. Army during...

Jun 9, 2011

RYAN EDWARD CLEMENT, 27, of Fulshear, passed away Thursday, June 9, 2011, in Houston, Texas. Ryan was born May 18, 1984, in Great Lakes, Illinois. He graduated from Hastings High School in Houston, Texas before attending Ranken Technical School in St. Louis, Missouri. He was employed as an electronics technician in the manufacturing industry with his Dad. An avid outdoorsman,...

Jun 9, 2011

ORA NELL KOHLER, of Pattison, passed away Thursday, June 9, 2011, in a Katy hospital at the age of 93. Ora Nell was born August 1, 1917, in Booth, Texas, the middle daughter of Fritz and Martha Hacker Severin. She grew up in Booth, TX, before relocating with her family to their farm along the Brazos River near San Felipe....

Jun 9, 2011

Barkley Young Lynn was born August 30, 1928, in Kenney, Texas, the son of Collins M. Lynn and Alice Allen Lynn. His mother Alice died in 1934, when B. Y. was just 6 years old. His father remarried to Bertha Peters Lynn. He attended grade school in Kenney and high school in Bellville, graduating with the class of 1946. Upon...

Jun 7, 2011

Leslie Elaine Heitman Smalley was born February 7, 1954, in Houston, Texas the daughter of Herbert, Jr. and Rosemary Insirillo Heitman. She grew up and attended schools in Houston. After high school, Leslie went to work for the family's business, that her grandfather founded, "The Heitman Company". She was a sale associate for over 25 years. Leslie then moved to...

Jun 4, 2011

William F. "Bill" Benson was born April 12, 1919, in Dallas, Texas, he grew up from the age of 9 until the age of 18 at the Corsicana Orphanage Home in Corsicana, Texas, where he graduated from high school in 1938. Bill then began his college education. When World War II broke out, Bill went into the United States Army...

Jun 4, 2011

Dwayne Odis Rainer, 64, was born January 11, 1947, Shreveport, Louisiana, Duey and Marjorie Rainer. He grew up in Louisiana attended school in Shreveport and Baker, graduating from Baker High School in 1965. On October 27, 1973, he married Lois Rudloff in Bellville at St. John Lutheran Church. Dwayne and Lois lived in Houston, Sealy and Bellville before making the...

May 31, 2011

May 29, 2011

Dorothy Jewel Garrison Sandino, 76, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 29, 2011, in Bellville, Texas. She was born on August 23, 1934, in Montpelier, Indiana. She was preceded in death by her mother, Goldie Helen Lamley Garrison and father, William Allen Garrison, husband, Benny Bernie "Sandy" Sandino, daughter Cheryl Lynette Wooley, and siblings Elizabeth Ellen Kizer...

May 27, 2011

May 25, 2011

Grace Virginia (Kiesewetter) Blezinger was born March 27, 1920, in Bellville, Texas, the daughter of Henry and Hulda (Wietstruck) Kiesewetter. She grew up in Burleigh and attended school in the area and graduated from Bellville High School in 1936. On February 21, 1942, she married Herbert Blezinger in Bellville, Texas. Grace and Herbert made their home in San Antonio, Texas,...

May 25, 2011

BERDINE (WRIGHT) EHLERT, lifelong Pattison resident, passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in a Katy nursing facility at the age of 89. Berdine was born November 7, 1921, in Pattison, Texas, the daughter of William Roy and Barbara Elisha (Barton) Wright. She attended the Pattison schools graduating from Pattison High School in 1938. On October 19, 1940, Berdine was united...

May 24, 2011

JAMES STANLEY BISSETT, 74, of Simonton,Texas, passed away on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Brookshire. Survivors: WIFE: Elizabeth Bissett; DAUGHTERS: Vicki Clevinger and her husband, Ed, Diane Newman and her husband, Craig, Jamie Gurka and her husband, Bruce; SON: James Bissett, Jr., and his wife, Johnna; GRANDCHILDREN: Ashley Cummings and Jeff, Stephanie Gurka, Curtis Gurka, Michael Newman, Mary Shipman and...

May 22, 2011

RUTH ELAINE DIEMER MARSHALL passed away Sunday, May 22, 2011, in a Katy hospital at the age of 61. Ruth was born October 1, 1949, in Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas to parents Brick Upton Diemer, Sr. and Lasetta Ehlert Diemer. She grew up and attended school in Brookshire. A 1968 graduate of Royal High School, Ruth then attended Blinn...

May 14, 2011

MAURINE GRAFTON NAIL of Bryan, Texas, longtime Bellville resident, passed away Saturday, May 14, 2011, in Bryan at the age of 91. Maurine was born January 16, 1920, in Panola County, Texas. The daughter of Fate and Lillian Collins Grafton, she was raised and attended school in Gary, Texas, graduating from Gary High School in 1937. On March 1, 1937,...