Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Cleveland, Dayton, Coldspring & Surrounding Communities


Iris Hazel Graves

Iris Hazel Graves

May 5, 2013

Iris Hazel O’Kelley Graves, 97, of Dayton, died Sunday, May 5, 2013, at the Liberty-Dayton Community Hospital. Graveside services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 7, 2013, at the Magnolia Park Cemetery in Dayton with burial following thereafter. Services are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Iris was born December 7, 1915 in Lake Charles,...

Betty Louise Bokemeyer

Betty Louise Bokemeyer

May 5, 2013

Betty Louise Bokemeyer, age 72 and a resident of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Sunday, May 05, 2013 at her home. She was born in Houston, Texas in 1941 to parents Bernard LeRoy Hooker Sr. and Eva Lucille Hooker who preceded her in death along with her son Dean Meadors; and her sisters Mildred Kanisel and Patsy Attaway. Survivors include her...

Lillie P Copley

Lillie P Copley

May 4, 2013

Lillie P. Copley, age 89, of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Saturday, May 04, 2013. She was born in Fostoria, Texas on March 08, 1924 to Edward Marshall Walker and Cennie Yeager who preceded her in death along with her husband, Sam Copley. Survivors include her sons, Edward Copley and Robert Copley daughter, Linda Sides, sister, Betty Smith; grandchildren, Stephen and...

Jessie Robert Gaskins

Jessie Robert Gaskins

May 4, 2013

Jessie “Robert” Gaskins, Jr., 55, of Dayton, died Saturday, May 4, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel and conclude at the chapel. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday, at the funeral home. Services are under the direction of Pace-Stancil...

Hope Renee Padgett

Hope Renee Padgett

May 2, 2013

Hope Renee Padgett, age 22, of Coldspring, Texas passed away Thursday, May 02, 2013. She was born in Conroe, Texas on May 04, 1990 to Garvice M. “Bo” and Cynthia Beth Padgett. Survivors include her father, Garvice M. Bo” Padgett, mother, Cynthia Beth Padgett Sewell; grandparents, Robert E. and Sarah Brumley; Brothers, James L. Padgett and Jamie, Price R. Padgett;...

Camille Joseph Istre

Camille Joseph Istre

May 1, 2013

Camille Joseph Istre, age 76 and a resident of Coldspring, Texas, passed away Wednesday, May 01, 2013 at Memorial Medical Center in Livingston. He was born in Crowley, Louisiana on April 21, 1937 to parents Gabirel Istre and Eunice Breaux who preceded him in death along with six brothers. Mr. Istre was a distinguished Veteran of the United States Army...

Bessie Marie Schmuck

Bessie Marie Schmuck

May 1, 2013

Bessie Marie Schmuck “Granny Bessie”, age 87, of Shepherd, Texas, passed away May 01, 2013 at her home. She was born in 1925 in Beaumont, Texas to parents Addison Emmett White and Elizabeth White who preceded her in death along with her husband, Orbra Lee “Jiggs” Schmuck Sr.; son, Orbra Lee Schmuck, Jr., siblings, Doris Rhoden, Lummy “William” White and...

Thomas James Hunt

Thomas James Hunt

Apr 30, 2013

Thomas James Hunt, age 59 and a resident of Splendora, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. He was born in 1953 in Trenton, New Jersey to Howard J. Hunt and Joyce Ann Hunt Caldwell. Thomas was a sheet rocker by profession in the construction business. He enjoyed spending time with family and friends. He was a Texan football...

George Henry Henscey

George Henry Henscey

Apr 29, 2013

George H. Henscey, 84, of Dayton, died Monday, April 29, 2013, at the St. Joseph Hospital in Houston. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, May 2, 2013, at the First United Methodist Church in Dayton with burial following at the Center Hill Cemetery in Oakhurst. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Wednesday, at...

Edward Gerald Henk

Edward Gerald Henk

Apr 27, 2013

Edward G. “Ed” Henk, 68, of Dayton, died Saturday, April 27, 2013, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at Noon, Friday, May 3, 2013, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel in Dayton with burial following at 2:15 p.m., Friday, at the National Cemetery in Houston. Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday, at the...

Robert Burton Kimm

Robert Burton Kimm

Apr 23, 2013

Robert Burton Kimm, age 87 and a resident of Splendora, Texas, passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at his home. He was born in 1926 in Orange, New Jersey. Mr. Kimm was a distinguished Veteran of the United States Army during WWII. He was a 1953 graduate of Yale University with a degree in Engineering. He was marred 59 years...

Randy Lee Schoenberg

Randy Lee Schoenberg

Apr 22, 2013

Randel L. “Randy” Schoenberg, 51, of Dayton, went to be with his Heavenly Father, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, April 26, 2013, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with burial following at Magnolia Park Cemetery in Dayton. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday, at the funeral home. Services...

James William Vickers Jr.

James William Vickers Jr.

Apr 21, 2013

James William Vickers Jr., age 88, passed away Sunday, April 21, 2013. He was born in 1924 in Houston, Texas to parents James William Vickers Sr. and Fannie Vickers who preceded him in death along with his loving wife of 56 years Eunice Pearl Vickers. Mr. Vickers has been a resident of Cleveland, Texas since 1968. He was a distinguished...

Dianne Davies Douglas

Dianne Davies Douglas

Apr 20, 2013

Dianne Davies Douglas, 74, of Dayton, died Saturday, April 20, 2013, at the San Jacinto Methodist Hospital in Baytown, TX. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., with memorial services at 6 p.m., Tuesday, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel in Dayton, TX. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, at the Harry McNeely and...

William Duncan Welder, Jr.

William Duncan Welder, Jr.

Apr 19, 2013

William Duncan Welder, Jr., 82, of Dayton, died Friday, April 19, 2013, at his residence. Duncan was born October 19, 1930 in Houston to parents William Duncan Sr., and Rosella Sarah Wilcox Welder. A native of La Porte, he graduated from La Porte High School in 1948 and attended Texas A&M University. He enlisted in the US Air Force in...

Marshall Oren Ward

Marshall Oren Ward

Apr 17, 2013

Marshall Oren Ward, 20 months old, of Tarkington Prairie, Texas, passed on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. He is survived by his loving parents Jason Andrew Ward and Leah Iva Ward; grandparents Terry and Tina Ward, Jackie Ward, Rhonda Zorn; great-grandparents Edward Zorn, Patsey Dillon; aunts Emily Smith, Kirsten Corley, and Brandi Green; uncles, Edward Liljequist, Logan Ward, Benjamin Burnett, and...

Essie "Sue" Harvill

Essie "Sue" Harvill

Apr 16, 2013

Essie “Sue” Harvill, age 84 and a resident of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. She was born in Village Mills, Texas in 1929 to parents Ira and Amy Viola Phillips who preceded her in death along with her son Pete Harvill. Survivors include her devoted husband Myers Harvill; son Chester Harvill and...

Barbara Ellen Coaliron

Barbara Ellen Coaliron

Apr 14, 2013

Barbara Ellen Coaliron, age 63, passed away Sunday, April 14, 2013. She was born in 1949 in Dayton and made her home in Dayton with her husband and children. Barbara is preceded in death by her father Herman Howard Kinder II; and her brothers Elray Kinder, Danny Kinder and Richard Kinder. Survivors include her husband Frank Coaliron; mother Margaret Kinder;...

M. Janet Rice

M. Janet Rice

Apr 13, 2013

Marie Janet Worley Rice, 78, of Kenefick, died Saturday, April 13, 2013, at the Magnolia Place Nursing Home in Liberty. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, April 18, 2013, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with burial following at Palms Memorial Park in Dayton. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Wednesday, at the...

Sheldon John Nichols

Sheldon John Nichols

Apr 12, 2013

Sheldon J. Nichols, 71, of New Caney, died Friday, April 12, 2013, in Montgomery. Memorial services are pending at this time. Services are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Sheldon was born March 17, 1942 in Tecumseh, MI, to parents; Lauren E. and LaMora L. Keys Nichols, a former resident of Huffman, and has resided in New...

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