Obituaries for
Clayton - Thompson Funeral Directors
Mary Ellen Robbins
Feb 28, 2016
Mary Ellen Robbins December 21, 1935 - February 28, 2016
Mary Ellen Robbins, 80, of Port Arthur passed away on Sunday, February 28, 2016 at Oak Grove Nursing Home. Mary was born on December 21, 1935 in Merryville, Louisiana to parents Ola (Pinder) and Clifton O. Sims. She had lived most of her life in Port Arthur and was...
Dora P. Sanchez
Feb 26, 2016
Dora P. Sanchez February 7, 1921 - February 26, 2016
Dora P. Sanchez, 95, of Port Arthur passed away on Friday, February 26, 2016 at Park Bend Nursing Home in Austin, Texas. Dora was born on February 7, 1921 in San Antonio, Texas to parents, Fernanda (Cotez) and Simon Polanco. She had lived 71 years in Port Arthur and...
Joel Kenneth Girolamo
Feb 26, 2016
Joel Kenneth Girolamo March 29, 1933 - February 26, 2016
Joel “Snake” Kenneth Girolamo, 82, of Groves passed away on Friday, February 26, 2016 at Community Retirement Home of Port Arthur. Joel was born on March 29, 1933 in Port Arthur to late parents Jennie (Ienna) and Nicholas D. Girolamo. He was a lifelong resident of Port Arthur and...
Juan "Johnny" Martin Ortiz
Feb 21, 2016
Juan "Johnny" Martin Ortiz June 24, 1937 - February 21, 2016
Juan “Johnny” Martin Ortiz, 78, of Groves, Texas passed away on Sunday, February 21, 2016 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was born on June 24, 1937 in Rio Grande City, Texas. Johnny has been a resident of the area for over 40 years. He served...
Charles Lee Burns
Feb 17, 2016
Charles Lee Burns November 22, 1936 - February 17, 2016
Charles Lee Burns passed on February 17, at Harbor Hospice at the age 79. Charles was born on November 22, 1936 in Parsons, West Virginia to the late Evelene and Henry O. Burns. He is survived by his two sons, Charles K....
Gilbert Garcia
Feb 16, 2016
Gilbert Garcia December 11, 1931 - February 16, 2016
Gilbert Garcia, 84, of Groves, Texas passed away on Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was born on December 11, 1931 to Pola DeLaRosa Garcia and Luz Garcia in Port Arthur, Texas. Gilbert was a lifelong resident of the area. He served in the...
David Garcia
Feb 14, 2016
David Garcia September 9, 1929 - February 14, 2016
David Garcia, 86, of Humble, Texas and former resident of Groves passed away on Sunday, February 14, 2016 at Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital in Humble. David was born on September 9, 1929 to Pola DeLaRosa Garcia and Luz Garcia in Port Arthur, Texas. He was a lifelong resident of the...
Margaret Mae Rucker
Feb 14, 2016
Margaret Mae Rucker December 14, 1931 - February 14, 2016
Margaret Mae Jenkins Rucker, 84, of Groves, Texas passed away on Sunday, February 14, 2016 at her home. She was born on December 14, 1931 to Bessie Shadwick Jenkins and Butch Jenkins in Arkansas. She has been a resident of Groves for most of her life. Margaret was a...
Della Mary Lafleur
Feb 12, 2016
Della Mary LaFleur February 23, 1922 - February 12, 2016
Della Mary LaFleur, 93, of Humble, formally of Groves, passed away on Friday, February 12, 2016 at her daughter home. Della was born on February 23, 1922 in Grand Prairie, Louisiana to parents, Felcian Marie (Soileau) and Arthur Doucet. She descended from French Colonials of the Fort Toulouse, Alabama,...
Guadalupe "Toby" Soliz Montalvo
Feb 7, 2016
Guadalupe "Toby" Soliz Montalvo January 16, 1935 - February 7, 2016
Guadalupe “Toby” Soliz Montalvo, 81, of Port Arthur passed away on Sunday, February 7, 2016 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born on January 16, 1935 to Petra Collazo Soliz and Luis Soliz in Port Arthur, Texas. Toby has been a lifelong resident of...
Edward Michael Kozlowski
Feb 7, 2016
Edward Michael Kozlowski October 24, 1919 - February 7, 2016
Edward Michael Kozlowski, 96, of Port Arthur passed away on Sunday, February 7, 2016 at Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Funeral services pending.
Rosa Mae Lavergne Simon
Feb 6, 2016
Rosa Mae Lavergne Simon December 18, 1928 - February 6, 2016
Rosa Mae Lavergne Simon, 87, of Groves, Texas passed away on Saturday, February 6, 2016 at her daughter’s home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She was born on December 18, 1928 to Angeline Falcon Lavergne and Aristile Lavergne in Rayne, Louisiana. Rosa was a homemaker and a resident of...
Gloria Louise Williams Giltner
Jan 31, 2016
Gloria Louise Williams Giltner June 13, 1940 - January 31, 2016
Gloria Louise Williams Giltner, 75, of Port Arthur passed away on Sunday, January 31, 2016 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born on June 13, 1940 to Clara Angelina Shepherd Ainsworth and John Edward Ainsworth, Sr. in Beaumont, Texas. Gloria has been a resident of...
Constance "Connie" Fontenot Bourgeois
Jan 28, 2016
Constance "Connie" Fontenot Bourgeois October 19, 2016 - January 28, 2016
Constance (Connie) Fontenot Bourgeois, 76 of Groves, Texas passed away on January 28, 2016. Connie was born on October 19, 1939 in Port Arthur, Texas to parents Beatrice (Theriot) and Voorhies Fontenot. She attended St. James and Bishop Byrne Catholic School where graduated in 1958. She was a...
Marian Rose Liepke
Jan 25, 2016
Marian Rose Liepke March 29, 1931 - January 25, 2016
Marian Dooley Rose Liepke, 84, of Groves, Texas was granted her angel wings on January 25, 2016. She is survived by daughters, Becky Rose and Laurie Spradlin, 3 grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild. She was preceded in death by her husband, Mel Rose, daughter, Lisa...
Nelda Jean Williams
Jan 25, 2016
Nelda Jean Williams May 18, 1933 - January 25, 2016
Nelda Jean Williams, 82, of Port Arthur passed away on Monday, January 25, 2016 in Indiana. Nelda was born on May 18, 1933 in San Augustine, Texas to parents, George and Cleo Magee. She had lived 60 plus years in the Port Arthur area and was a member of...
Geraldene "Jerry" Sanderson Mitchell
Jan 21, 2016
Geraldene "Jerry" Sanderson Mitchell January 27, 1932 - January 21, 2016
Geraldene “Jerry” Sanderson Mitchell, was the daughter of Effie Bruinsma Sanderson and Fred Percy Sanderson. Jerry’s mother, Effie, came to America on a boat with her parents from Amsterdam, Holland at the turn of the century to settle in the then prairie town of Nederland, Texas when Effie...
Lovenia Clotiaux
Jan 18, 2016
Lovenia Clotiaux August 17, 1930 - January 18, 2016
Lovenia Clotiaux, 85, of Groves, Texas passed away on Monday, January 18, 2016 at Gulf Health Care Center in Port Arthur. She was born on August 17, 1930 to Maria Touchet Lemaire and Auril Lemaire in Abbeville, Louisiana. Lovenia has been a resident of the Port Arthur/Groves area for 60...
Alberto Villarreal
Jan 16, 2016
Alberto Villarreal May 11, 1967 - January 16, 2016
Alberto Villarreal, 48, of Houston passed away on Saturday, January 16, 2016, at his residence. Alberto was born on May 11, 1967 in Port Arthur, Texas to parents Maria (Socorro) and Isidro Villarreal. He retired from the Navy, after 20 years of serving his country during Desert Shield and Desert...
Roger Lanny Parson
Jan 14, 2016
Roger Lanny Parson October 8, 1952 - January 14, 2016
Roger Lanny Parson, 63, of Port Arthur passed way on Thursday, January 14, 2016 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Sugarland, Texas. Roger was born on October 8, 1952 in Grand Cayman Islands to parents Joseph Nathan and Julia Lindell (Ebanks) Parson. He had lived in the Port Arthur area...
Mary Ellen Robbins
Feb 28, 2016
Mary Ellen Robbins December 21, 1935 - February 28, 2016
Mary Ellen Robbins, 80, of Port Arthur passed away on Sunday, February 28, 2016 at Oak Grove Nursing Home. Mary was born on December 21, 1935 in Merryville, Louisiana to parents Ola (Pinder) and Clifton O. Sims. She had lived most of her life in Port Arthur and was...
Dora P. Sanchez
Feb 26, 2016
Dora P. Sanchez February 7, 1921 - February 26, 2016
Dora P. Sanchez, 95, of Port Arthur passed away on Friday, February 26, 2016 at Park Bend Nursing Home in Austin, Texas. Dora was born on February 7, 1921 in San Antonio, Texas to parents, Fernanda (Cotez) and Simon Polanco. She had lived 71 years in Port Arthur and...
Joel Kenneth Girolamo
Feb 26, 2016
Joel Kenneth Girolamo March 29, 1933 - February 26, 2016
Joel “Snake” Kenneth Girolamo, 82, of Groves passed away on Friday, February 26, 2016 at Community Retirement Home of Port Arthur. Joel was born on March 29, 1933 in Port Arthur to late parents Jennie (Ienna) and Nicholas D. Girolamo. He was a lifelong resident of Port Arthur and...
Juan "Johnny" Martin Ortiz
Feb 21, 2016
Juan "Johnny" Martin Ortiz June 24, 1937 - February 21, 2016
Juan “Johnny” Martin Ortiz, 78, of Groves, Texas passed away on Sunday, February 21, 2016 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was born on June 24, 1937 in Rio Grande City, Texas. Johnny has been a resident of the area for over 40 years. He served...
Charles Lee Burns
Feb 17, 2016
Charles Lee Burns November 22, 1936 - February 17, 2016
Charles Lee Burns passed on February 17, at Harbor Hospice at the age 79. Charles was born on November 22, 1936 in Parsons, West Virginia to the late Evelene and Henry O. Burns. He is survived by his two sons, Charles K....
Gilbert Garcia
Feb 16, 2016
Gilbert Garcia December 11, 1931 - February 16, 2016
Gilbert Garcia, 84, of Groves, Texas passed away on Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was born on December 11, 1931 to Pola DeLaRosa Garcia and Luz Garcia in Port Arthur, Texas. Gilbert was a lifelong resident of the area. He served in the...
David Garcia
Feb 14, 2016
David Garcia September 9, 1929 - February 14, 2016
David Garcia, 86, of Humble, Texas and former resident of Groves passed away on Sunday, February 14, 2016 at Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital in Humble. David was born on September 9, 1929 to Pola DeLaRosa Garcia and Luz Garcia in Port Arthur, Texas. He was a lifelong resident of the...
Margaret Mae Rucker
Feb 14, 2016
Margaret Mae Rucker December 14, 1931 - February 14, 2016
Margaret Mae Jenkins Rucker, 84, of Groves, Texas passed away on Sunday, February 14, 2016 at her home. She was born on December 14, 1931 to Bessie Shadwick Jenkins and Butch Jenkins in Arkansas. She has been a resident of Groves for most of her life. Margaret was a...
Della Mary Lafleur
Feb 12, 2016
Della Mary LaFleur February 23, 1922 - February 12, 2016
Della Mary LaFleur, 93, of Humble, formally of Groves, passed away on Friday, February 12, 2016 at her daughter home. Della was born on February 23, 1922 in Grand Prairie, Louisiana to parents, Felcian Marie (Soileau) and Arthur Doucet. She descended from French Colonials of the Fort Toulouse, Alabama,...
Guadalupe "Toby" Soliz Montalvo
Feb 7, 2016
Guadalupe "Toby" Soliz Montalvo January 16, 1935 - February 7, 2016
Guadalupe “Toby” Soliz Montalvo, 81, of Port Arthur passed away on Sunday, February 7, 2016 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born on January 16, 1935 to Petra Collazo Soliz and Luis Soliz in Port Arthur, Texas. Toby has been a lifelong resident of...
Edward Michael Kozlowski
Feb 7, 2016
Edward Michael Kozlowski October 24, 1919 - February 7, 2016
Edward Michael Kozlowski, 96, of Port Arthur passed away on Sunday, February 7, 2016 at Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Funeral services pending.
Rosa Mae Lavergne Simon
Feb 6, 2016
Rosa Mae Lavergne Simon December 18, 1928 - February 6, 2016
Rosa Mae Lavergne Simon, 87, of Groves, Texas passed away on Saturday, February 6, 2016 at her daughter’s home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She was born on December 18, 1928 to Angeline Falcon Lavergne and Aristile Lavergne in Rayne, Louisiana. Rosa was a homemaker and a resident of...
Gloria Louise Williams Giltner
Jan 31, 2016
Gloria Louise Williams Giltner June 13, 1940 - January 31, 2016
Gloria Louise Williams Giltner, 75, of Port Arthur passed away on Sunday, January 31, 2016 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. She was born on June 13, 1940 to Clara Angelina Shepherd Ainsworth and John Edward Ainsworth, Sr. in Beaumont, Texas. Gloria has been a resident of...
Constance "Connie" Fontenot Bourgeois
Jan 28, 2016
Constance "Connie" Fontenot Bourgeois October 19, 2016 - January 28, 2016
Constance (Connie) Fontenot Bourgeois, 76 of Groves, Texas passed away on January 28, 2016. Connie was born on October 19, 1939 in Port Arthur, Texas to parents Beatrice (Theriot) and Voorhies Fontenot. She attended St. James and Bishop Byrne Catholic School where graduated in 1958. She was a...
Marian Rose Liepke
Jan 25, 2016
Marian Rose Liepke March 29, 1931 - January 25, 2016
Marian Dooley Rose Liepke, 84, of Groves, Texas was granted her angel wings on January 25, 2016. She is survived by daughters, Becky Rose and Laurie Spradlin, 3 grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild. She was preceded in death by her husband, Mel Rose, daughter, Lisa...
Nelda Jean Williams
Jan 25, 2016
Nelda Jean Williams May 18, 1933 - January 25, 2016
Nelda Jean Williams, 82, of Port Arthur passed away on Monday, January 25, 2016 in Indiana. Nelda was born on May 18, 1933 in San Augustine, Texas to parents, George and Cleo Magee. She had lived 60 plus years in the Port Arthur area and was a member of...
Geraldene "Jerry" Sanderson Mitchell
Jan 21, 2016
Geraldene "Jerry" Sanderson Mitchell January 27, 1932 - January 21, 2016
Geraldene “Jerry” Sanderson Mitchell, was the daughter of Effie Bruinsma Sanderson and Fred Percy Sanderson. Jerry’s mother, Effie, came to America on a boat with her parents from Amsterdam, Holland at the turn of the century to settle in the then prairie town of Nederland, Texas when Effie...
Lovenia Clotiaux
Jan 18, 2016
Lovenia Clotiaux August 17, 1930 - January 18, 2016
Lovenia Clotiaux, 85, of Groves, Texas passed away on Monday, January 18, 2016 at Gulf Health Care Center in Port Arthur. She was born on August 17, 1930 to Maria Touchet Lemaire and Auril Lemaire in Abbeville, Louisiana. Lovenia has been a resident of the Port Arthur/Groves area for 60...
Alberto Villarreal
Jan 16, 2016
Alberto Villarreal May 11, 1967 - January 16, 2016
Alberto Villarreal, 48, of Houston passed away on Saturday, January 16, 2016, at his residence. Alberto was born on May 11, 1967 in Port Arthur, Texas to parents Maria (Socorro) and Isidro Villarreal. He retired from the Navy, after 20 years of serving his country during Desert Shield and Desert...
Roger Lanny Parson
Jan 14, 2016
Roger Lanny Parson October 8, 1952 - January 14, 2016
Roger Lanny Parson, 63, of Port Arthur passed way on Thursday, January 14, 2016 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Sugarland, Texas. Roger was born on October 8, 1952 in Grand Cayman Islands to parents Joseph Nathan and Julia Lindell (Ebanks) Parson. He had lived in the Port Arthur area...