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Local Obituaries for Cleveland, Dayton, Coldspring & Surrounding Communities
James F. Higgins Jr
Mar 26, 2023
James F. “Jim” Higgins Jr was born August 8, 1960 in Tampa, Florida to parents, James F. Higgins Sr and Nancy Lou Carlilse Higgins. He passed away March 26, 2023 in Cleveland, Texas at the age of 62. Jim was a Car Salesman around the area for several years. He loved his family and will be greatly missed by all...
Helga Lieselotte Wells
Mar 25, 2023
Helga Lieselotte Wells was born May 12, 1929 in Germany to parents, Wilhelm and Ellie Frommhagen. She passed away in Lufkin, Texas on March 25, 2023 at the age of 93. Helga and her husband, Monroe James Wells, owned Wells Lease Service where she worked as a secretary. Helga loved her family and enjoyed raising her three sons. But there...
Stephen Douglas Rozenboom
Mar 25, 2023
Stephen Douglas Rozenboom was born May 6, 1953 in Ottumwa, Iowa to parents, Robert and Patricia Rozenboom. He passed away March 25, 2023 in Shepherd, Texas at the age of 69. Stephen has lived in Shepherd, Texas for over 40 years. He was a truck driver, loved watching western movies, and loved his dogs. Stephen was a family man and...
Cheryl Lee Phares
Mar 25, 2023
Cheryl Lee Phares was born in Houston, Texas on January 20, 1973. She passed away March 25, 2023 in Huffman, Texas at the age of 50. Cheryl grew up in the country and loved the outdoors. She loved fishing, sitting by campfires, and karaoke with friends and family. Cheryl always jumped at the opportunity to get dressed up and attend...
John Lee Meanor
Mar 25, 2023
In the early morning hours of Saturday, March 25, 2023, John Lee Meanor, Sr., beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully in his family home at the age of 72. John was born on December 5, 1950 in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania to parents Homer and Pauline Meanor. As a young man, he served his country in the United States...
Tommie Kenneth Riggs
Mar 25, 2023
.Kenneth Riggs was born September 7, 1938 in Cleveland, Texas to parents, Tommie Glen Riggs and Ethel Irene Dunn Riggs. He went to his Heavenly Home on March 25, 2023 in Kingwood, Texas at the age of 84. Kenneth graduated from Cleveland High School in 1957 and attended college at Sam Houston State University. After his first year he went...
Juana Melendez Vasquez
Mar 24, 2023
Juana Melendez Vasquez, 57, of Dayton, passed away Friday, March 24, 2023 in Dayton. She was born March 30, 1965 in Villa Juarez, Mexico to her late parents, Manuel Melendez and Maria Briceno Melendez.
Juana grew up in Mexico and had lived in Dayton for the last 29 years. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Dayton. Juana...
Albert Franklin Goodwin
Mar 24, 2023
Albert Franklin Goodwin was born July 19, 1951 in Alvin, Texas to parents, Norman and Gladys Williamson Goodwin. He passed away March 24, 2023 in Splendora, Texas at the age of 71. Frankie was a lifelong resident of Splendora, Texas where he loved the outdoors, especially hunting and fishing and in his later years cooking. He was a hard working...
Thomas "Tom" Zernial, Sr.
Mar 22, 2023
Thomas Ray “Tom” Zernial, Sr., 81, of Dayton, passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2023 in Baytown. He was born May 13, 1941 in Beaumont to his late parents, Bennie Harvey Zernial and Mildred B. Bailey Zernial.
Tom grew up in Vidor and graduated from Vidor High School in 1959. He was a United States Air Force veteran and a retired electrician...
Billie Wright Allen
Mar 22, 2023
Billie Wright Allen was born September 23, 1935 in Coalgate, Oklahoma to parents, ID "Bee" Wright and Velma Anderson Wright. She passed away March 22, 2023 in Houston, Texas at the age of 87. Billie worked for many years for the State of Texas. She loved her family and enjoyed spending as much time as she could with them. Billie...
Alan Bradley David Holmes
Mar 21, 2023
Alan Bradley David Holmes, 32, went to his Heavenly home Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in Houston, Texas as a result of a tragic accident. Alan was born September 13, 1990 in Houston, Texas to parents Dale Alan Holmes and Victoria Lynn Waddle Holmes.
Alan grew up in Bellaire, Texas and graduated from Bellaire High School. Alan loved all things outdoors. He...
Jean Noble Mcadams
Mar 18, 2023
Jean Noble McAdams, 89, passed away March 18, 2023. She was born August 4, 1933, to James Kendrick Noble and Orrel Baldwin Noble in Yonkers, New York. She was the third of three children and idolized her older siblings and was always amazed and proud of what they had accomplished in their lives and with their families. That said, she...
William Lloyd Finch
Mar 17, 2023
William Lloyd Finch, 95, passed away March 17, 2023. He was born May 11, 1927 to Bertha and Glenn Anderson Finch. A native Houstonian and the tenth of ten children, he was known to family as “Billy” and to co-workers as “Willie” and William. He served in the United States Navy and is a World War II veteran. Prior to...
Betty Jo Bain
Mar 16, 2023
Betty Jo Odom Ward Bain was born August 3, 1930, to loving parents, Ocie, and Ella Maye Odom. She passed away on March 16, 2023 at the age of 92.
Betty was the oldest of three girls, and from a very young age she had a dream of becoming a nurse. She worked in a doctor’s office in high school, and...
Susan Gail Collier
Mar 16, 2023
Susan Gail Collier was born on February 21, 1949, in Pasadena, Texas to parents Ralph and Nila Heard. She passed away on March 16, 2023 at the age of 74.
Susan is preceded in death by her parents, Ralph Ervin Heard and Nila Jeanne Decker Heard; sisters, Jeanette Miller and Maggie Seagroves; and nephew, Nicholas Runyon. She is survived by her...
Kiley Jym Boeve
Mar 15, 2023
Kiley Jym “Mom” Boeve, 48, of Dayton, Texas passed away on March 15, 2023 in Baytown. Kiley was born December 22, 1974 in Hugo, Oklahoma to Jimmie E. Thomas and Kathy J. Bex Thomas.
Kiley resided in Dayton for the past 16 years and had previously lived overseas for 15 years with stays in Germany, Italy and Japan. She most recently...
Daniel William Saxe
Mar 13, 2023
Daniel William Saxe was born August 30, 1947 in St. Paul, Minnesota to parents, William F. Saxe and Delores Gehrke Saxe. He passed away in Coldspring, Texas on March 13, 2023 at the age of 75.
Edwin Dale Stephens
Mar 12, 2023
Edwin Dale Stephens was born on November 29, 1932, in Petal, Mississippi to parents Monroe and Annie Stephens. He passed away on March 12, 2023, at the age of 90.
Edwin served his country in the United States Army and was a veteran of the Korean War. He will be remembered as a hardworking man, a good friend and for the...
Mary Lou Brewer
Mar 11, 2023
Mary Lou Brewer, born on December 9th, 1938 in Elkhart, Indiana to Barbara Louise Gran and Walter Foreman, passed away on March 11th, 2023, at the age of 84. She is survived by her loving husband Vernon Brewer, whom she married on April 10th, 1965.
Mary Lou was an amazing mother and nana to her grandchildren, always putting her family first....
Tedi Michele Brown
Mar 11, 2023
A gentle and nurturing person, Tedi Michele Brown loved helping her garden of grandchildren grow. She was their Nana who also grew beautiful flowers. She was a knowledgeable gardener with an artist’s eye who loved to see all things bloom.
Michele was born June 28, 1960, in Liberty to Ted and Marjolaine Boyer. She married Dale Brown, her high school sweetheart,...
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