Obituaries
Ragnhild Beskow
May 2, 2013
Ragnhild Anna Beskow 93 passed away on May 2, 2013 in Corpus Christi Texas. She is remembered by friends and family around the world as a vivacious and loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, cross-country skier, avid gardener and nature lover, superb hostess, and sharp card player. She touched many with her graciousness, warmth and generosity and tales of her...
Betty Curry
Apr 26, 2013
Betty Dean Curry, 86, of Corpus Christi, Texas passed away Friday, April 26, 2013. She was born August 29, 1926 in Lockhart, Texas. Betty retired from the Woodsboro I.S.D. where she had served as the secretary to the Superintendent of Schools. She was a member of Arlington Heights Church of Christ, Town Hall and Christian Women. She was preceded in...
Pablo Iv
Apr 24, 2013
Pablo “Paul Wall” Flores, IV, 25, of Corpus Christi, Texas, passed away from injuries received in an automobile accident. He was born December 11, 1987 in Corpus Christi, Texas. He graduated from Calallen High School in 2006 where he played on the football team that went to state and the baseball team that won the state title in 2005. He...
Casimiro Benavidez Iii
Apr 21, 2013
Casimiro Benavidez III, age 63, of Corpus Christi, Texas, passed away on April 21, 2013 after a decade long battle with cancer. He was born on August 9, 1949 in Corpus Christi, Texas. Cas is a veteran of the Viet Nam War, where he served in-country, first as a medical corpsman and then as a surgical technician. Upon return to...
Estelle Sawyer
Apr 17, 2013
Estelle Sawyer went home to be with the Lord on April 17, 2013. She was born August 9, 1939 in Corpus Christi, Texas and lived here her entire life. The oldest of five children, Estelle worked from the age of 15 to the age of 71 when she retired from her last position with CCISD. She was the most exemplary,...
Carl White, Jr.
Apr 16, 2013
Carl Lee White, Jr., age 66, of Corpus Christi, Texas passed away on April 16, 2013 after a brief battle with Renal Cell Carcinoma. He was born January 28, 1947 in Corpus Christi, Texas to Carl Lee and Katherine White. Carl worked for MV Transportation and was a retired MSGT from the U.S.A.F. He was preceded in death by his...
David Mcburnett
Apr 15, 2013
David Lee McBurnett passed away on April 15, 2013 at the age of 89. David was born on June 16, 1923 in Robstown, Texas. He was the second son of Walter Lee McBurnett and Marian Lee McBurnett. David grew up on the family farm in Petronila. He graduated from Robstown High School and attended Texas A&I at Kingsville before joining...
William Goode
Apr 10, 2013
William Taylor Goode Robstown, Texas William Taylor Goode, age 88, of Robstown, Texas passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2013. He served in the United States Air Force in WW II, was a refinery worker until he retired from Koch Refinery in 1987. He was preceded in death by his wife Luella and is survived by three sons, Douglas Goode of...
Alma Bevly
Apr 9, 2013
Alma Bevly, age 79, of Robstown, Texas passed away April 9, 2013. She was born October 15, 1933 in Benavides, Texas to Raul and Jacoba Oliveira. She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister, Omadee Oliveira and two brothers, Osvaldo Oliveira and Raul Oliveira, Jr. She is survived by her husband, David Bevly; three sons, Rick (Emily) Longueira,...
Josephine Brand
Apr 7, 2013
Josephine Mary Brand, 79, of Corpus Christi, Texas, passed away April 7, 2013. She was born September 4, 1933 in Agua Dulce, Texas to John J. and Elsie Psencik Sablatura. Mrs. Brand was devoted to her Catholic faith and was a member of St. Theresa Catholic Church and the church Altar Society in Woodsboro, Texas and the KJZT. She was...
Anita Smith
Apr 6, 2013
Anita Marie Smith, age 76, of Corpus Christi, Texas passed away April 6, 2013. She was born on October 6, 1936 in Old Bridge, New Jersey to Henry and Grace Vogel. She was preceded in death by her parents and is survived by her husband, Donald Smith of Corpus Christi, Texas; daughter, Donna Howard of Corpus Christi, Texas; sister, Marion...
William Burwell, Jr.
Apr 6, 2013
William “Bill” M. Burwell, Jr., 84, of Corpus Christi, Texas passed on to be with his Heavenly Father on Saturday, April 6, 2013 at his home. He was born May 25, 1928 in Cotulla, Texas to Mary Catherine Lann Burwell and William M. Burwell, Sr. Bill was a U.S. Air Force veteran. He was a graduate of the University of...
Sheridan Lewis, Iii
Mar 31, 2013
Sheridan “Judge” Corbin Lewis, III, was born in Orange, California, September 6, 1946 to Marguerite Carter Lewis and Sheridan C. Lewis, Jr. His grandfather was S. C. Lewis, Sr., owner of Southern Community Gas Company in Corpus Christi and a major contributor to the Boys Club of Corpus Christi. He graduated in 1964 from Robstown High School where he was...
Kelby Boultinghouse
Mar 31, 2013
Kelby Joe Boultinghouse, 62, of Corpus Christi, Texas, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, March 29, 2013 at his home after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. He was born July 17, 1950. Kelby loved the outdoors, hunting, fishing and was a loyal fan of the Calallen Wildcats where he graduated from high school. He was preceded...
Roy Gillespie
Mar 30, 2013
Roy Gillespie, 91, of Robstown, Texas, passed away Saturday, March 30, 2013. Roy was a U. S. Army veteran of WWII serving in North Africa and the Italian Campaign. He retired from the Robstown Post Office after over 50 years of service. He was a member of Grace United Methodist Church and was a member of the Robstown Lodge No....
Bobbie Veteto
Mar 30, 2013
Bobbie Veteto of Tennessee Colony, Texas, passed away on March 30, 2013 in Corpus Christi, Texas. Born Bobbie Louise McClendon on December 1927, she grew up in Pampa, Texas where her love of gazing at the beautiful sky began. She lived with her parents, James and Stella, and younger sister, Mildred. She attended West Texas State University in Canyon, Texas...
William Bernsen
Mar 28, 2013
William “Bill” Carl Bernsen, of Corpus Christi, Texas passed away Thursday, March 28, 2013 after a brief illness. He was born June 25, 1927 in Violet, Texas to William Theodore and Katherine Hoelscher Bernsen. Bill graduated from Calallen High School, was a U.S. Navy veteran, a respected farmer in the Violet-Robstown area, a member of the Corpus Christi Vintage Car...
Peggy Brinkman
Mar 18, 2013
Peggy Gene Brinkman, 76, passed away on March 18, 2013 after a sudden illness. She was born on December 7, 1936 in Brackettville, Texas to Floyd Earle and Mary Emagene Farris Gray. Peggy was a lifelong homemaker and loving wife, mother, grandmother, aunt and friend. She enjoyed gardening, needlework, was an avid reader, excellent cook and baker, painter and lover...
Sean Riley
Mar 15, 2013
Sean Lee Riley, 24, of Corpus Christi, Texas, passed away Friday, March 15, 2013. He was born July 20, 1988 in Corpus Christi, Texas. He attended Tuloso-Midway schools from kindergarten until he graduated in 2006 from Tuloso-Midway High School. While at Tuloso-Midway he played golf, basketball, football, baseball and ran track. He was a member of Chaparral 4H Club and...
Clayton Mccain
Mar 10, 2013
Clayton Robert McCain, age 94, of Corpus Christi, Texas passed away March 10, 2013. He was born March 23, 1918 in Falls County, Texas to Charles Robert and Willie Ethel McCain. Mr. McCain served in the United States Navy and was a veteran of WW II. He is preceded in death by his parents; four brothers, Ben, C.B., Tommy and...
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