Obituaries

Adrian Dealejandro

Adrian Dealejandro

Jan 29, 2013

Adrian DeAlejandro, 38, of Corpus Christi, Texas passed away Tuesday, January 29, 2013. He was preceded in death by his mother, Alicia Ramirez DeAlejandro. He is survived by his wife, Traci DeAlejandro of Robstown, Texas; his daughter, Renee DeAlejandro of Robstown, Texas; his father, Pablo DeAlejandro of Corpus Christi, Texas; his brother, Paul David DeAlejandro of Corpus Christi, Texas; numerous...

Ellen Jackson

Ellen Jackson

Jan 28, 2013

Our sweet and beloved mother, Ellen Marie Glover Jackson, went to be with her Lord and Savior January 27, 2013 with family present. Mom was 89, born July 24, 1923 to James Guthrie Glover and Essie B. Rodgers Glover in Austwell, Texas. She accepted the Lord as her Savior and was baptized at the Second Baptist Church in Corpus Christi,...

Jimmy Adair

Jimmy Adair

Jan 27, 2013

Jimmy Adair Sinton, Texas Jimmy Adair, 82, of Sinton, Texas went to be with the Lord and his Savior Jesus Christ on January 27, 2013 in Houston, Texas after a long illness. He was born August 26, 1930 in Hunt County, Texas. He started laying pipeline in 1957 and founded Tennessee Pipeline Construction Company in 1964. He worked hard and...

Mike Krumm

Mike Krumm

Jan 18, 2013

Mike Krumm Calallen, Texas Mike Krumm, 57, of Calallen, Texas, passed away Friday, January 18, 2013. He was born August 11, 1955 in San Antonio, Texas to Raymond and Shirley Fenley Krumm. Mike was employed at the Corpus Christi Army Depot, was a longtime volunteer fireman and was a former Chief for ATA-Bexar Volunteer Fire Department. He was a Harley-Davidson...

Joan Bennett

Joan Bennett

Jan 17, 2013

Joan Bennett passed away January 17, 2013 surrounded by her family. She was born in Robstown, Texas on September 20, 1951 to her late father, Maurice Ellison and her mother, Wyona (Ellison) Woolsey. Joan was preceded in death by her father, Maurice Ellison and her beloved granddaughter Ashley Iacono. She is survived by her husband, Wayne Bennett; parents, Wyona and...

Alma Whatley

Alma Whatley

Jan 14, 2013

Alma Wisian Frels Whatley passed away January 14, 2013 surrounded by her loving family. She was born August 22, 1915 to Theodore and Margaret "Gretchen" Wisian in Lockhart, Texas. She attended school in Robstown and was raised on a farm south of there. On February 21, 1934 she married Palmo Frels. In 1940 they purchased a 114-acre farm four miles...

William Thompson

William Thompson

Jan 9, 2013

William Duke Thompson Corpus Christi, TX William Duke “Bill” Thompson of Corpus Christi, Texas, returned to be with our Lord and Savior on Wednesday, January 9, 2013. Bill was born in Dallas, Texas, on April 14, 1941. He was welcomed back into Heaven by his parents, William Vernon & Oleta Faye Thompson, his brother, Jerry Armstrong, and brothers-in-law Roy Sitton...

Jack Butler

Jack Butler

Jan 9, 2013

Jack Eugene Butler, son of Joseph and Beatrice Butler, was born in Greeley, Iowa on May 21, 1934. He spent his childhood days in Oelwein and Boone, Iowa. At 17, he joined the U.S. Navy and proudly served his country over 21 years, serving in both Korea and Vietnam campaigns. He later worked for the Small Business Administration. He died...

Jimmy Post

Jimmy Post

Jan 9, 2013

Jimmy Talton Post, 86, of Corpus Christi, Texas went to be with the Lord on January 9, 2013. He was born November 13, 1926 in Farmerville, Louisiana to Allen and Minnie Johnson Post. He was a U. S. Navy veteran of WWII. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Jack and Perry Allen Post; one sister, Farris...

Nell Kampfhenkel

Nell Kampfhenkel

Jan 7, 2013

(Myrtle) Nell Kampfhenkel, 84, went to be at peace with Our Heavenly Father on January 7, 2013. She was born on July 16, 1928 in Pleasanton, Texas to Tim and Myrtle Brown. In her childhood and early adulthood she lived in Pleasanton and Corpus Christi, moving to Robstown, Texas upon her marriage to John Kampfhenkel in 1965. Thirty years later...

Joe Payne

Joe Payne

Jan 6, 2013

Joe Allen Payne, age 81, of New Braunfels, Texas, formerly of Corpus Christi, Texas went home to his heavenly father on Sunday, January 6, 2013. Mr. Payne was born November 19, 1931 in Grandfield, Oklahoma to Ray and Mildred Payne. Joe attended High School in Kingsville, Texas. He served his country in the Korean War as a Ranger in the...

Hermina Calvert

Hermina Calvert

Jan 4, 2013

Odem, Texas Hermina "Mina" Calvert, 96, passed away Friday, January 4, 2013 in a Corpus Christi hospital. She was born August 26, 1916 in Runge, Texas to Otto Henry and Amelia Berger. She was a graduate of Runge High School, was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church of Odem. She was preceded in death by her husband,...

Don Stancell

Don Stancell

Jan 2, 2013

Don Stancell, 88, of Corpus Christi, Texas, a former longtime resident of Houston, Texas, passed away Wednesday, January 2, 2013. He was born January 18, 1924 in West Memphis, Arkansas to Everett and Ann Stancell. He was a U. S. Army veteran of WWII and was a Past President and long time member of the Southwest Houston Lions Club. He...

Vivian Meeker

Vivian Meeker

Dec 31, 2012

Vivian Meeker, 82, of Corpus Christi, Texas, passed away Monday, December 31, 2012 at her home after an illness. She was born August 29, 1930 in Hartford, Wisconsin to Ernest Hosterman and Vivian Gessner Uber Hosterman and moved to Kingsville, Texas upon graduating from high school where her brother and his wife lived to attend A & I University. After...

Minnie Roe

Minnie Roe

Dec 28, 2012

Minnie was 76 years old and lived in Corpus Christi for 60 years. She passed away on Friday, December 28, 2012 after a short battle with cancer. She was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Thomas G. Roe; her brother, William “Bill” Goodwin; her sister, Jewel Simpson & her daughter Deborah McDaniel. She is survived by her...

Mary Nemec

Mary Nemec

Dec 27, 2012

Mary Havran Nemec, 98, passed away at Trisun Nursing Home on December 27, 2012. She was born October 19, 1914, in Crosby, Texas to Frank John Moravek, Sr. and Theresa Pivonka Moravek. She lived in Crosby for 5 years, then moved to McAllen, Texas with her parents. In 1924 they moved again to Robstown, Texas where Mary lived until she...

K.C. Potter

K.C. Potter

Dec 24, 2012

K.C. Douglas Potter, age 49, of Corpus Christi, Texas passed away December 24, 2012. Mr. Potter was born January 17, 1963 in Terre Haute, Indiana to Wayne Edwin Potter and Margaret Esther Lawson Potter. K.C.'s passion was to fish, hunt and entertain other in what he loved. He always had a joke in his back pocket to keep people on...

Jacquelyn Cox

Jacquelyn Cox

Dec 22, 2012

Jacquelyn B. Cox died Saturday, December 22, 2012. She was born "Jacquelyn Ann", on December 23, 1933 to Herman Cardell and Juanita Meredith (Mobley) Bazemore in Bulloch County, Georgia. Jackie was the granddaughter of Paschal and Annie Mae (Zorn) Mobley, who were instrumental in raising her. In March of 1949, Jackie went on a last date to break up with...

Donald Retired

Donald Retired

Dec 19, 2012

Donald Owen Taylor, LCDR U. S. Navy retired, 72, of Corpus Christi, Texas passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2012. Don was a loving husband and devoted father and grandfather. He was born June 22, 1940 in Mercedes, Texas to Donald William and Owena Stone Taylor. He graduated from Muleshoe High School in 1958 and the United States Naval Academy in...

Phyllis Hanson

Phyllis Hanson

Dec 18, 2012

Phyllis L. Hanson, 77, of Corpus Christi, Texas passed away suddenly at her home on December 18, 2012. She was born to Viola Mae and Max Metting on March 2, 1935 in Yorktown, Texas. She was a graduate of Yorktown High School and retired form Central Power and Light Co. after thirty years of service. She was a loving wife,...