Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Cleveland, Dayton, Coldspring & Surrounding Communities
Roberta Janey Hargrove
March 19, 2014
Roberta Janey Hargrove, age 86, of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Wednesday, March 19, 2014. She was born November 25, 1927, in Shiner, Texas. As a hobby, she enjoyed working in her flower gardens. She was a member of Saint Mary’s Catholic Church in Cleveland. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her. She is preceded in...
John Henry Schlaht
March 18, 2014
John Henry Schlaht, 81, of Dayton died Tuesday, March 18, 2014 in Houston, Texas. He was born March 12, 1933 in Needville, Texas to parents Fred and Alice McGehee Schlaht. John attended Rosenberg High School. Mr. Schlaht had been a lifelong resident of Dayton and worked for Mobil Oil in Dayton and Saratoga before retiring. He was a member of...
Stephanie Diane Dominy
March 17, 2014
Stephanie Diane Dominy, age 69, of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Monday, March 17, 2014, at her home. She was born May 7, 1944, in Buffalo, New York to parents, John Joseph and Regina Diane Nizuk Owczarkowski who preceded her in death along with her first husband, John Vivola. Visitation will be from 5:00-9:00 p.m., Thursday, March 20, 2014, at Pace-Stancil...
Allen Dale Brown
March 17, 2014
Allen “Dale†Brown, 62, of Coldspring, died Monday, March 17, 2014, at the Conroe Regional Hospital in Conroe. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, March 23, 2014, at the Evergreen Cemetery in Gustine with burial following thereafter. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel in Coldspring. Services...
Anna Marie Morris
March 16, 2014
Anna Marie Feik Morris, 90, of Dayton, died Sunday, March 16, 2014, at the San Jacinto Methodist Hospital in Baytown. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at the First United Methodist Church in Dayton with burial following at the Magnolia Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, at the...
Bobby Breen Cayton
March 14, 2014
CAYTON Bobby Breen Cayton, age 75 and a resident of Point Blank, Texas, passed away Friday, March 14, 2014 in Conroe, Texas. He was born September 13, 1938 in Chocowinity, North Carolina to Mayhew and Lillian (Dixon) Cayton. Mr. Cayton was a distinguished Veteran of the United States Air Force. He served proudly from June 1957 until retirement in 1979....
Wesley Eugene Joy
March 14, 2014
Wesley E. “Wes†Joy, 54, of Dayton, died Friday, March 14, 2014, at the St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 18, 2014, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with services concluding thereafter. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Monday, at the funeral home. Services are under the...
Abelardo Rodriguez
March 14, 2014
Abelardo Rodriguez, 76, Galena Park, died Friday, March 14, 2014, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital in Houston. Abelardo was born February 7, 1938 in China Nuevo Leon, Mexico to parents Miguel Rodriguez and Josefina Gonzalez He has been a resident of Galena Park and Dayton. He was a retired carpenter, catholic by faith, and enjoyed singing, dancing, and the outdoors....
Thelma Louise Pinder
March 10, 2014
Thelma Louise Pinder, age 73, of Conroe, Texas, passed away Monday, March 10, 2014. She was born July 4, 1940, in Camden, Texas, to parents, Raymond and Minnie Barringer Diehl who preceded her in death along with her husband, David Pinder; son, Craig Cravens; grandson, Craig Cravens Jr.; brothers, Charles Ray St.Ores and Arvis Diehl; and sister, Edna Negy. Survivors...
Leonard Ray Burns
March 10, 2014
Leonard Ray Burns, age 76, of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Monday, March 10, 2014. He was born on October 21, 1937, in Kerens, Texas, to parents, William Solomen Burns and Mary Lou (Hawkins) Burns Valentine, who proceeded him in death along with his wife, Lois Allice (Jacobs) Burns and five of his siblings. He is survived by his two daughters,...
Blanca Olivia Torres
March 10, 2014
Blanca O. Espinosa Torres, 36, of Dayton, died Monday, March 10, 2014, in Dayton. Prayer services will be held at 3:30 p.m., Thursday, March 13, 2014, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel in Dayton. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday, March 14, 2014, at the funeral home, with funeral services beginning at 2 p.m., and...
Linnie Beatrice Moreland
March 8, 2014
Linnie Beatrice Moreland, age 96, of Splendora, Texas, passed away Saturday, March 8, 2014, in Houston, Texas. Mrs. Moreland was born April 22, 1917, in Groveton, Texas, to parents John D. and Margaret Adeline Green Linton who preceded her in death. Survivors include her daughters, Ile Fae Reece, Jean Wells Byrd, and Janice Elanie Moore; son, Harlan Wells; son-in-law, Melvin...

Charles Dawson Mcmurrey
March 7, 2014
CHARLES DAWSON MCMURREY, Sr. of Houston, Texas, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend, peacefully passed away on Friday evening, March 7th, 2014. Charles, also known as Sonny, Charlie or Mac, was born on September 7, 1923, at his home in, to Charles Stewart McMurrey and Carrie Belle McCardell McMurrey. Raised in Oakhurst, he played marbles, tops, rode horses, and...
Reita Katherine Colwell
March 6, 2014
Reita Katherine Norman Colwell, 66, of Liberty died March 6, 2014. She was born December 13, 1947 in Liberty, Texas to parents William Ole Norman and Reita Lucille LaFour Norman. A lifelong resident of Liberty she graduated from LHS in 1965 and continued her education at Lanier Business School. Reita was quite the cowgirl and was TVE rodeo queen in...
Mildred Louise Dunham
March 5, 2014
Mildred Louise Smith Dunham, 80, of Conroe died Wednesday, March 05, 2014 after an extended illness. She was born September 22, 1933 in Carpenter, Mississippi to parents Otis David Smith and Ernie Mae Crouch Smith. She attended school in Jackson, Mississippi and moved to Texas during the 1950’s where she lived for many years in the North East Houston area....

Henry Don Tanton
March 5, 2014
Henry Don Tanton, 58, died March 5, 2014 in Baytown. He was born August 17, 1955 in Liberty to parents Henry Lee and Gladys Tanton. Henry was a lifelong resident of Liberty. A memorial service for Mr. Tanton will be 10:00 a.m. until 12 noon on Saturday, March 8, 2014 at the Open Home Ministries Church, 3605 North 146 in...
Othel Eugene George
March 3, 2014
Othel Eugene George, 69, of Dayton, died Monday, March 3, 2014, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, March 7, 2014, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel in Dayton with graveside services at 2:00 p.m., Friday, at the Restlawn Memorial Park in Vidor. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday, at...
Larry Joe Lee
March 2, 2014
Larry “Joe†Lee, 73, of Hardin, died Sunday, March 2, 2014, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, March 6, 2014, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with burial following at Ryan Cemetery in Tarkington Prairie. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Wednesday, at the funeral home. Services are under the...
Lawrence Darrell Luke
March 2, 2014
Lawrence “Darrell†Luke, 69, of Dayton, died Sunday, March 2, 2014, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00p.m., Wednesday, March 5, 2014, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with burial following at the Magnolia Park Cemetery in Dayton. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday, at the funeral home. Services are under the...
Madge Diane Lasco
March 1, 2014
Madge Diane Lasco, 57, of Dayton, died Saturday, March 1, 2014 in Baytown, Texas. A graveside service for Mrs. Lasco will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at Ryan Cemetery in Tarkington Prairie. Brother Jay Wash will officiate. Honorary pallbearers will be Paul Lasco, III., Allan J. Lasco, Nicholas Mason, William J. Mason, Brandon Weiten, Travis Percle...
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