Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Cleveland, Dayton, Coldspring & Surrounding Communities


Shirley Joyce Neuman

Shirley Joyce Neuman

Oct 2, 2022

Shirley Joyce Neuman was born November 2nd,1934 and went home to heaven on October 2nd, 2022. She was surrounded by her loving family and friends.

Shirley was a natural redhead and only child born to parents JL and Rosella Preston in Humble, TX. In her early years she moved about with her family for her father’s work. She was in Palacios,...

Dariana Robles-Gonzalez

Dariana Robles-Gonzalez

Oct 2, 2022

Dariana Robles-Gonzalez de Cleveland, Texas, nació el 19 de julio de 2011 en Aguascalientes, México, hija de David Robles y Ana Maria Del Rosario González Vega. Dariana falleció el 2 de octubre de 2022, con solo 11 años. La visita a Dariana se llevará a cabo el miércoles 5 de octubre de 2022 a las 10 a.m. en Pace-Stancil Funeral...

Arthur Fred Rochester

Arthur Fred Rochester

Oct 1, 2022

Arthur Fred Rochester was born August 8, 1962 in San Antonio, Texas to parents, Arthur Alton Rochester and Wanda Jean Bullard Rochester. He passed away in Cleveland, Texas on October 1, 2022 at the age of 60. Arthur is survived by his son, Christopher Rochester; daughters, Betty Jean Rochester, Teresa Rochester, and Rochelle Rochester; brothers, Marvin Rochester and Robert Morton;...

Loren Jacobs

Loren Jacobs

Oct 1, 2022

Loren Arthur Jacobs, 84, of Dayton passed away on October 1, 2022. Loren was born December 3, 1937 in Flint, Michigan to Ancil Jacobs and Sarah Catherine Reimel Jacobs.

Loren graduated from high school in Durand, Michigan in 1955 and earned his Associates Degree from Flint Junior Business College. He was a resident of Dayton for the past ten years and...

Leslie  Edkins Minor

Leslie Edkins Minor

Sep 30, 2022

Leslie Edkins Minor, 77, of Dayton, Texas passed away on September 30, 2022 in Kingwood, Texas. Leslie was born July 12, 1945 in Framingham, Massachusetts to parents Donald Edkins and Edith Spinazzola Edkins.

Leslie grew up in Massachusetts and Virginia and had resided in Dayton for the past 13 years. She enjoyed playing bridge and canasta with local women’s groups. Leslie...

Ward Adams

Ward Adams

Sep 27, 2022

Dyson Ward Adams was born in Houston, Texas on March 27, 1969 to parents, Danny Roy Adams and India Grace McGowen Adams. He passed away in Houston, Texas on September 27, 2022 at the age of 53. Ward loved the outdoors, especially hunting and fishing. In his younger years he received the Boy Scout Order of the Arrow. He was...

Angela  Marie  Collins

Angela Marie Collins

Sep 23, 2022

Angela Marie Collins, 37, of El Paso, Texas passed away on September 23, 2022 in El Paso. Angela was born February 14, 1985 in Pineville, Louisiana to Wilford Ray Collins, Sr. and Catherine Collins.

Angela graduated from Dayton High School in 2003. Angela’s greatest joy was being a mom, and a wonderful mom she was. She loved her kids and would...

David Shannon Hoepfl

David Shannon Hoepfl

Sep 19, 2022

David Shannon Hoepfl was born on February 27, 1976 to David R. Hoepfl and Patricia Coogler. He passed away on September 19, 2022 in Humble, Texas at the age of 46. Shannon is preceded in death by his father, David R. Hoepfl; his paternal grandparents, Herbert H. Hoepfl and Agnes Hoepfl and his maternal grandfather, W.T. “Boyd” Coogler. He is...

Tavo Kilp

Tavo Kilp

Sep 17, 2022

Tavo Kilp of Point Blank, Texas passed away on September 17, 2022 at 81 years of age. Tavo was born on April 2, 1941 in Tartu, Estonia to parents, Ott Saldu and Isabella Küla Saldu. That same year, to avoid communism during the second world war, Isabella fled with her son to Germany then to Belgium and finally to Canada,...

Carol Ann Dobson

Carol Ann Dobson

Sep 17, 2022

Carol Ann Dobson was born Carol Ann Potter on February 25, 1950. She is preceded in death by her best friend, and dog, Ozzie, her mother, Elvie Lurene Wood, father, Leslie Daniel Potter, and beloved son, Rocky Dean Nelson.

Carol was born and raised in Pasadena Texas with her three siblings, Ricky, Gary, and Mona. She married her first husband David...

Rhonda Henderson

Rhonda Henderson

Sep 17, 2022

Rhonda Kay Henderson, age 55 of Shepherd, Texas, passed away Saturday, September 17, 2022. She was born June 22, 1967 in Houston, Texas to her parents George Delbert and Buna Mae Henderson who preceded her in death along with brother, Delbert Dean Joyner and niece, Andrea Piwko.

She is survived by her children; Randy Ripkowski, Kelly Karan and husband, Caleb, Brianna Ripkowski...

Idus Truitt Thomson

Idus Truitt Thomson

Sep 16, 2022

Idus Truitt Thomson of Coldspring, Tx was born December 24, 1929 in the Boswell community of southeast Walker County. He went to his Heavenly Home resting peacefully at his country home in San Jacinto County on September 16, 2022.

Truitt is preceded in death by an infant son, James Truitt Thomson in 1950, his father Tom Quitman Thomson in 1969, his...

Margie Dean Walker

Margie Dean Walker

Sep 16, 2022

Margie Walker of Shepherd, Texas passed away on September 16, 2022 at the age of 89.  She was born on December 27, 1932 to parents Ollen Waller and Neta Hill and was a 1951 graduate of Shepherd High School.  Margie enjoyed sewing and working in her yard.  Margie is preceded in death by her parents Ollen Waller and Neta Hill; husband...

Jimmy Wayne Long

Jimmy Wayne Long

Sep 15, 2022

Jimmy Wayne Long was born in Carthage, Texas on June 7, 1950 to parents, James Riley Long and Sadie Mae Walker Long. He passed away September 15, 2022 in Cleveland, Texas at the age of 72. Jimmy Wayne served our country in the US Army during the Vietnam War. He loved to build things with all different kinds of wood....

Nelson Elwood Workman Jr.

Nelson Elwood Workman Jr.

Sep 13, 2022

Nelson Elwood Workman Jr was born in San Diego, California on May 19, 1944 to parents, Nelson Elwood Workman Sr. and Anna Joyce Casteen Workman. He passed away in Shepherd, Texas on September 13, 2022 at the age of 78. Nelson was a 1962 graduate of Brown County High School.  After graduation Nelson served our country in the USMC during...

Billy Ray Pollett

Billy Ray Pollett

Sep 13, 2022

Billy Ray Pollett was born August 25, 1942 in Liberty, Texas to parents, Charley Pollett and Cecil Etchison Pollett. He passed away on September 13, 2022 in Cleveland, Texas at the age of 80. Billy served our country and served his community. He served in the US Army during the Vietnam War as a combat medic and was a retired...

Debra Fox Thomas

Debra Fox Thomas

Sep 13, 2022

Debra Fox Thomas of Evergreen, Texas was born on March 16, 1954 to parents, Leslie Leo Fox and Minnie Ruth Stokely Fox. Debra went to her heavenly home on September 13, 2022 at the age of 68.

Debra and her mother, Ruth Fox joined the Evergreen Baptist Church in 1996. Debra joined the church choir, sharing her rich alto voice, and...

Claudine Smith Sloane

Claudine Smith Sloane

Sep 11, 2022

Claudine Smith Sloane was born in Carmona, Texas on December 7, 1933 to parents, William Claud Smith and Viola Mae Carden Smith. She passed away September 11, 2022 in Cleveland, Texas at the age of 88. Claudine has lived in Cleveland for most of her life and as a teenager worked at the Texan Movie Theatre. Claudine was a wonderful...

Lyle Lee  Tidwell

Lyle Lee Tidwell

Sep 9, 2022

Lyle Lee Tidwell, 85, went to his heavenly home on September 9, 2022 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Lyle was born December 20, 1936 in Homedale, Idaho.

Lyle worked in the plywood business for 43 years before retiring. His career began on the West Coast and at the age of 16, Lyle began his plywood journey when he was hired to sweep the...

Ray Francis Dabney

Ray Francis Dabney

Sep 9, 2022

Ray Francis Dabney went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, September 8, 2022, at the age of 98. He was born on November 1, 1923, in Pelly, Texas to Ray B. Dabney and Julia McKellar Dabney. He was their only child.

Ray graduated early from Shepherd High School to join the Army Air Corps during WWII and served in...

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