Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Cleveland, Dayton, Coldspring & Surrounding Communities


Dollie Marie Hovenkamp

Dollie Marie Hovenkamp

August 30, 2013

Dollie Marie Hovenkamp, age 94, passed away Friday, August 30, 2013 in Houston, Texas. She was born May 06, 1919 in Ft. Worth, Texas. She was sweet and loving, tender hearted, and deeply devoted to her family. She was dearly loved and will be greatly missed. She is preceded in death by her husband of 29 years Russell Hovenkamp of...

Randolph Maurice Deen

Randolph Maurice Deen

August 30, 2013

Randolph Maurice Deen, age 86 and a resident of Splendora, Texas, passed away Friday, August 30, 2013 at Kingwood Medical Center. He was born July 04, 1927 in Grant Parish, Louisiana to Lonnie Matthew Deen and Audry Lee Deen. Mr. Deen was a distinguished Veteran of the United States Army. He was a mill operator in the rubber industry by...

Evelyn Jean Gillespie

Evelyn Jean Gillespie

August 30, 2013

Evelyn Jean Schmidt Gillespie, 82, of Coldspring, passed away Friday, August 30, 2013, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 4, 2013, at the Coldspring United Pentecostal Church with burial following at Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday, at the funeral home. Services are under the direction...

Spiros Dionysios Kosmetatos

Spiros Dionysios Kosmetatos

August 29, 2013

Spiros Dionysios Kosmetatos, age 76 and a resident of Cleveland, Texas, passed away August 29, 2013. He was born to parents Dionysios and Argyrou Kosmetatos in Greece. He was a retired seaman by trade but he had a passion for food and gardening. He has been a cook and restaurant owner for the majority of his life but thoroughly enjoyed...

Harold Glen Hughes

Harold Glen Hughes

August 29, 2013

Harold Glen Hughes, a resident of Coldspring for the past 25 years, passed away Thursday, August 29, 2013 at the age of 81. He was born January 25, 1932 in Comanche, Texas to parents Alfie and Vera Hughes who preceded him in death along with his siblings Burton Hughes, Bernice Hughes, J.D. Hughes, and L.G. Hughes. Mr. Hughes was a...

Charles Gwendol Lloyd

Charles Gwendol Lloyd

August 27, 2013

Charles G. “Curly” Lloyd, 84, of Hardin, died Tuesday, August 27, 2013, at the Harbor Hospice facility in Beaumont. Graveside services will be held at 2:15 p.m., Friday, August 30, 2013, at the Houston National Cemetery in Houston with burial following thereafter. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. to noon, Friday, at the funeral home. Services are under the...

Jerry Wayne Favors

Jerry Wayne Favors

August 25, 2013

Jerry W. Favors, 58, of Highlands, died Sunday, August 25, 2013, at the San Jacinto Methodist Hospital in Baytown. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, August 30, 2013, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home 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....

Lawrence Kenneth Moulder

Lawrence Kenneth Moulder

August 24, 2013

Lawrence Kenneth Moulder Sr., age 79 and a resident of Romayor, Texas, passed away Saturday, August 24, 2013 in Kingwood, Texas. He was born in Galveston, Texas in 1934. Mr. Moulder was a distinguished Veteran of the United States Army. He was a contractor and operator in the construction industry by trade. He was a devoted husband, loving father, grandfather...

Wiyanti Bowman

Wiyanti Bowman

August 21, 2013

Wiyanti “Wi” Bowman, of Dayton, died, Wednesday, August 21, 2013, in Galveston, Texas at 49 years of age. Mrs. Bowman was born, October 2, 1963, in Madan, Indonesia. Visitation for Wi will be Monday, August 26, 2013 from 11:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home, 1304 N. Cleveland, Dayton. Mrs. Bowman is survived by her husband, Ray Bowman...

Leslie Albert Buchanan Jr.

Leslie Albert Buchanan Jr.

August 21, 2013

Leslie Albert Buchanan Jr., age 79 and a resident of Houston, Texas, passed away August 21, 2013. He was born June 10, 1934 in Conroe, Texas to parents Leslie Albert and Letha Lorraine Buchanan who preceded him in death along with his first wife Patricia Ann Buchanan; sister Lorraine Phillips; grandson Nicholas Earnest; niece Barbara Phillips; and his best friend...

Ray Sampson Pepper

Ray Sampson Pepper

August 19, 2013

Ray S. “Ray Ray” Pepper, 4, of Dayton, died Monday, August 19, 2013, in Dayton. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, August 24, 2013, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with burial following at Magnolia Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Friday, at the funeral home. Services are under the direction...

John Franklin Burns, Jr.

John Franklin Burns, Jr.

August 17, 2013

John F. Burns, Jr., 60, of Dayton, died Saturday, August 17, 2013, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, August 21, 2013, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with services concluding in the chapel. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday, at the funeral home. Services are under the direction of...

Shirley Jean Oliver

Shirley Jean Oliver

August 16, 2013

Shirley Jean Oliver, age 76 and a resident of Cleveland for 40 years, passed away Friday, August 16, 2013 at her home. She was born January 24, 1937 in Eastgate, Texas to parents Herbert and Minnie Fregia. She was a homemaker and deeply devoted to her family. She enjoyed fishing, shopping, Wheel of Fortune, and Days of Our Lives but...

Betty Jo George

Betty Jo George

August 16, 2013

Betty Jo Otto George, age 84, of Dayton, passed away Friday morning, August 16, 2013 at her home in Dayton. Service details. The family will receive visitors from Monday August 19, 2013 from 5pm to 8pm at Pace Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Services will be 10 am Tuesday August 20, 2013 at First Baptist Church Dayton. Betty was born...

Deborah "Debbie" Ellen Lesser

Deborah "Debbie" Ellen Lesser

August 15, 2013

Deborah Ellen Lesser, age 56 and a resident of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Thursday, August 15, 2013. She was born December 13, 1956 in Ft. Benning, Georgia. She is preceded in death by her father Curtis Ray Bullock and step-father James R. Brown. Survivors include her mother Marie Brown; children KayLynn Arrendell and husband Dano, Sharla Wolf and husband Richard;...

E C Rundell

E C Rundell

August 14, 2013

E. C. Rundell, 87, of Dayton, died Wednesday, August 14, 2013, at the Liberty Healthcare Center in Liberty. Memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 24, 2013, at the Old River Baptist Church in Old River, TX. Burial will be held at a later date at the Houston National Cemetery in Houston. Services are under the direction...

Dorothy Sue Siefen-Tucker

Dorothy Sue Siefen-Tucker

August 14, 2013

Dorothy Sue Tucker, age 74 and a resident of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Wednesday, August 14, 2013. She was born November 16, 1938 in Detroit, Michigan to parents John F. and Inez Susan Siefen who preceded her in death along with her husband George Leon Tucker; her brother Bob Siefen; and her step-son Sonny Tucker. Survivors include her son Gary...

Ryan Evan Neslony

Ryan Evan Neslony

August 13, 2013

Ryan Evan Neslony, age 20 and a resident of Conroe, Texas, passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2013. He was born October 07, 1992 in Humble, Texas. He is preceded in death by his grandparents Ray and Anne Neslony. Survivors include his parents Raymond and Robin Neslony; grandparents C. Allen and Mary Ledbetter; and his sister Raegan Elyse Neslony; numerous aunts,...

Elvie M Middleton

Elvie M Middleton

August 11, 2013

Elvie M. Middleton, age 75 and a resident of Silsbee, Texas, passed away Sunday, August 11, 2013. He was born June 04, 1938 in Silsbee to parents William Samuel Middleton and Mattie Sue Rice Middleton who preceded him in death along with his three brothers and three sisters. Pastor Tony Pulliam will preside over graveside services being held 1:00 p.m.,...

David Ray Pate

David Ray Pate

August 9, 2013

David R. Pate, 63, of Dayton, died Friday, August 9, 2013, at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, August 15, 2013, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Liberty with burial following at the Houston National Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m....