Recent Obituaries

Mar 6, 2020

Lonnie Gene Block, 81, of Texas City, passed away Friday, March 6, 2020.

Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m., Friday, March 20, 2020, at Emken-Linton Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Galveston Memorial Park. Visitation will be 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., Thursday, March 19, 2020, at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City, Texas.

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Feb 28, 2020

Albert Joseph Pacheco Sr., of Texas City, Texas, passed away Friday, February 28, 2020 at the age of 75. Memorial services will be held 6:00 p.m., Thursday, March 5, 2020 with a visitation from 5:00-6:00 p.m., at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City, Texas. Casual attire is preferred. Albert was born in Berkeley, California. He had a kind soul,...

Feb 23, 2020

Loucretia “Lou” Lyon, 86, of Dickinson, passed away Wednesday, February 19, 2020, at her home in Pennsylvania.

Funeral services will be held 12:00 p.m., Saturday, February 29, 2020, at Emken – Linton Funeral Home.  Burial will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery, in Nederland, Texas.  Visitation will be an hour prior, from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Feb 23, 2020

Weldon L. Hall, 78, of Texas City, passed away Sunday, February 23, 2020 at his home. Graveside services will be held 12:45 p.m., Friday, March 6, 2020 at the Houston National Cemetery in Houston, Texas. Weldon was an auto mechanic and process operator retired from Union Carbide in Texas City, Union Steward, former President of the Houston chapter of...

Feb 23, 2020

James W. Fewell, Buddy to all who knew him, passed away Sunday, February 23, 2020 at the age of 91 at home surrounded by his family. Buddy was born June 1, 1928 in Lueders, Texas, to John Willard and Nora Ford Fewell. He grew up in Sealy, Texas and was a longtime resident of La Marque, Texas. He was...

Feb 23, 2020

Marilyn Sue Bradley, 70, of Texas City, passed away Sunday, February 23, 2020 at her residence. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m., Thursday, February 27, 2020 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Galveston Memorial Park. Visitation will be 10:00-11:00 a.m., Thursday, February 27, 2020 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Marilyn Bradley was born December...

Feb 21, 2020

Bernhard “Jim” James Gollberg, 71, of Texas City, passed away Friday, February 21, 2020, at Kindred Hospital Clear Lake.

Memorial services will be held 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 4, 2020, at St. George's Episcopal Church in Texas City.  Visitation will be an hour prior from 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Jim was born in Texas...

Feb 18, 2020

Diana Joan Rasmussen left this earth on February 18, 2020, to be with our Heavenly Father. A funeral mass will be held on Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 5:00 PM at Saint Mary of the Miraculous Medal Catholic Church in Texas City. A celebration of Diana’s life will follow at 6:30, also at the church. The family welcomes your...

Feb 14, 2020

Frieda F. Hale, 76, of Houston, Texas, passed away Friday, February 14, 2020. Graveside services will be held 11:30 a.m., Saturday, February 22, 2020 at Galveston Memorial Park. Frieda F. Hale was born April 17, 1943 in La Marque, Texas. She was a secretary for Kelsey-Seybold for many years. She and her husband had a natural love for travel...

Feb 10, 2020

Peggy Sue Smith, 66, of Houston, Texas, passed away Monday, February 10, 2020 at Harbor Hospice.

Graveside services will be held 10:00 a.m., Saturday, February 15, 2020 at La Marque cemetery. Visitation will be 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., Friday, February 14, 2020 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City, Texas.

Peggy Sue Smith was born...

Feb 9, 2020

Carmen Gregg, age 93, passed away Sunday, February 9, 2020 at Friendship Haven nursing home. She was a former resident of Texas City. She was born on July 9, 1926 in Los Angeles, California to Beatriz and Antonio Gomez. She had two sisters and one brother. Carmen served as Rosie the Riveter in WWII during her high school years....

Feb 3, 2020

Shelby Anne (Strother) Austin, 28, of Texas City, Texas, passed away February 3, 2020, in Houston.

Funeral services will be held  10:00 a.m., Monday, February 10, 2020 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Galveston Memorial Park. Visitation will be 5:00-7:00 p.m., Sunday, February 9, 2020 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City.

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Feb 3, 2020

Angel “Oldman” Acosta was born on June 20, 1950 in Galveston, Texas to Angel Acosta Sr. and Enriqueta “Queta” Acosta.

Angel graduated in the Texas City High School class of 1969 and proudly went on to serve in the US Marines from 1971 – 1973.  He was then hired at Amoco where he continued working for 34...

Jan 31, 2020

Dillion Kelley, 29, of Santa Fe, passed away Friday, January 31, 2020, at his residence.

Memorial services will be held at 12:00 p.m., Saturday, February 8, 2020 at Temple Baptist Church in Texas City. Immediately following with be A Celebration of Life at The Hidden Palms in Santa Fe.

Dillion Kelley...

Jan 27, 2020

Joseph “Joe” Christopher Forasiepi, 62, of Texas City, passed away Monday, January 27, 2020, at Methodist Hospital. Memorial services will be held 11:00 a.m., Friday, January 31, 2020, at Emken – Linton Funeral Home. Visitation will be 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., Thursday, January 30, 2020 at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Joe was born December 28, 1957 in...

Jan 26, 2020

Carlo Quaglia, 73, of Bacliff passed away on Sunday, January 26, 2020 at home in his wife’s arms after a brief illness.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, February 1, 2020 at St. Mary Catholic Church in League City.  Burial will follow at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.,...

Jan 23, 2020

Ronald Marcus Johnston, 70, of Crystal Beach, passed away on Thursday, January 23, 2020.

Memorial services will be held 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 29, 2020 with a visitation from 1:30 - 2:00 p.m., at Crystal beach Community Church.

Ronald was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on June 13, 1949. After graduating from Chalmette High School,...

Jan 19, 2020

Delburn Raymond Hutchinson “Hutch” passed from this life to his everlasting life with his Lord on January 19, 2020. He was loved and is survived by his wife of 64 years, Darlene, his six children, Debra Poling, Wade Hutchinson (wife, Susan), Kelly Hutchinson, Jennifer Hutchinson, Stacy Anderson (husband Jeff), and Delburn John Hutchinson and five grandchildren, Jared Poling, Andrea...

Jan 12, 2020

Jean Jenkins Rabon, 92, passed away on Sunday, January 12, 2020 at The Elmcroft Retirement Center in Texas City, Texas.

Born in Salford, Lancashire, England on June 25, 1927, Jean spent her early years in foster care. There were two educational routes open to children in England at that time. They went either to a secondary school...

Jan 12, 2020

On January 12, 2020, Francis Gilland Goodwill Jr., passed away and a very unique and loving soul went to heaven.  2020 was not a good year health-wise for Gill.

Gill was born February 14, 1927, the youngest of three children of Winona (Ringwald) and Francis Gilland Goodwill.  He will be joining his siblings and sons whom preceded...