Obituaries
Recent Obituaries from Cuero, Texas
Elinor Goodwyn
Apr 24, 2011
Elinor Clair Corssen Goodwyn passed away Sunday, April 24, 2011 in San Antonio. She was born May 25, 1919 in Yoakum to the late Oscar Conrad and Rocky Ann Stevens Corssen. She married Finley W. Goodwyn on Oct. 11, 1941 in Cuero. She taught in the Cuero Independent School District for many years, and was active in Cuero's First United...
Minnie L Scheffler
Apr 24, 2011
Minnie Elizabeth Scheffler, 100, of Cuero passed away peacefully on Easter Sunday, April 24, 2011. Minnie was born on July 30, 1910 in Sweet Home. She was the daughter of Jessie and Nancy Lee. Minnie was a longtime member of St. Michaels Catholic Church in Cuero. She will be remembered as a devoted mother, proud and loving grandmother, great-grandmother, and...
Kenneth Guy Liesman
Apr 19, 2011
Kenneth Guy Liesman of Cuero died Tuesday morning, April 19, 2011 at the age of 84. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Billie Nell Jacobs Liesman; two sons and daughters-in-law, Randy and Debbie Liesman, Bruce and Anna Liesman, all of San Antonio; four grandchildren, Tessa Liesman, William (Gage) Liesman, McKenna Liesman, and Kristen Liesman; two sisters, Mildred...
Carolyn Ray Taylor Webb
Apr 16, 2011
Carolyn Ray Taylor Webb, 67, of Cuero passed away Saturday, April 16, 2011 in San Antonio. She was born October 14, 1943 in Cuero to the late Jesse James and Ellie Irene Boone Taylor. She married her late husband, Johnny Wayne Webb, in July 1960 in San Antonio. Carolyn retired from the Cuero Housing Authority after 17 years where she...
Francis Amador Navarro
Apr 14, 2011
Francis Navarro, 91, of Cuero passed away Thursday, April 14, 2011. Visitation will be Sunday, April 17, 2011 from 6 to 8 p.m. with a rosary recited at 7 p.m. at Freund Funeral Home Funeral Mass will be Monday, April 18, 2011, 10:00 a.m., at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church with Father Kirby Hlavaty officiating. Interment will follow at Hillside...
William Donald Peebles, Jr.
Apr 10, 2011
William D. Peebles Jr., 68, of Victoria, passed away Sunday, April 10, 2011. He was born April 8, 1943, in Cuero, to the late William and Agnes Keseling Peebles. He married Evelyn Roberts on Feb. 8, 1964, in Victoria. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn Peebles of Victoria; sister, Sherra Nelson of Cuero; brother, Richard Frank Peebles of Victoria;...
Sterling Ray Billings
Apr 9, 2011
Sterling Ray Billings, 77, of Cuero passed away Saturday, April 9, 2011. He was born August 26, 1933 in Nopal to the late Otto and Susan Bertha Hand Billings. He was a truckdriver. Sterling married his late wife, Zita Billings on January 3, 1952. He married Lois Barrett on June 9, 1991. He is survived by his wife, Lois; daughters,...
Lillie Mae Stewart
Apr 4, 2011
Lillie Mae Stewart, 97, of Cuero, passed away Monday, April 4, 2011. She was born on July 30, 1913 in Concrete, to the late Ed and Ada Hilliard of Yoakum. She was a homemaker. She is survived by her sons, Marion Harper of Cuero and Zebedee Harper and wife, Bobbie Ra, of Victoria; grandchildren, Sheryl L. Harper and Zebra A....
Wesley May
Apr 3, 2011
Wesley Jackson "Jackie" May, 69, passed away Sunday, April 3, 2011 in Cuero. He was born on July 7, 1941 to the late Otis May and Loyce Boone May of Cuero. He was an oilfield worker, and construction worker. He is survived by his wife Julia M. May, whom he married on June 25, 1960 in Cuero; sons, James W....
Raymond Navarro
Apr 3, 2011
Raymond Navarro, 81, of Cuero passed away Sunday, April 3, 2011. He was born on October 12, 1929 in Cuero to the late Delfino and Maria Chavez Navarro. He married Aurora Dimas on June 23, 1952 in Cuero. He was an electrician helper. He is survived by his wife, Aurora Navarro; his daughters, Sylvia Ortiz and Rosalinda Gomez and husband,...
Rachel Arredondo Zapata
Apr 1, 2011
Rachel Arredondo Zapata, age 50, passed away Friday, April 1, 2011 in Corpus Christi. She was born on May 19, 1960 to Irena Vargas Gomez of Robstown and the late Robert Arredondo of Goliad. She worked as a dry cleaner. She is survived by her mother; daughters, Margarita Z. Cardenas of Cuero, Renee Cruz of Pocatello Idaho and Cristina Arredondo...
Stella Vasquez De Los Santos
Mar 26, 2011
Stella De Los Santos, 64, of Moulton, passed away Saturday, March 26, 2011. She was born Nov. 26, 1946, in Westhoff, to the late Leonard Vasquez and Mary Magdalena Gomez. She was a certified nurses aide. She is survived by her husband, Louis Villanueva; daughters, Virginia Sanchez (Jorge S.) of Houston, Norma De Los Santos of Moulton, JoAnn De Los...
Madeline Liptak
Mar 26, 2011
Madeline Fisher Liptak, 89, of Cuero, Texas died March 28, 2011 at 5:45 a.m. She was born March 19, 1922 in Moshannon, Pennsylvania; the youngest daughter of Paul and Minnie Beightol Fisher. The family moved to Montoursville where she attended elementary and high schools. She graduated from Montoursville High School in 1940. While living in Erie in 1951, she met...
Benito W Longoria
Mar 23, 2011
Benito Webb Longoria, 81, of Cuero, went to his eternal rest on March 23, 2011. He was born on Aug. 22, 1929 to Julio and Hilaria Webb Longoria. He was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and he was a Guadalupano. He worked for Clyde Christian for 30 years as a jukebox/amusement machine technician. He created a partnership...
Loraine Sutherland
Mar 19, 2011
Loraine Sutherland, 86, of Smiley passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 19, 2011. She was born October 26, 1924 to the late Harvey M. and Hettie Elizabeth Bolton Cathcart. She married Ray Kenneth Sutherland on February 15, 1945 in Phoenix, Arizona. Loraine was a bookkeeper and a member of Westhoff Baptist Church. She is survived by her loving husband of...
Hector Ramirez
Mar 16, 2011
Hector Ramirez, 54, of Cuero, passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2011, in San Antonio. He was born Feb. 10, 1957, in Cuero, to the late Mercedes Ramirez and Virginia Ramirez. He graduated Cuero High School in 1975 and served in the U.S. Army from 1975 to 1980. He served overseas in Germany and received the Good Conduct Medal and Marksman...
James W. Ancarrow
Mar 15, 2011
James Willis Ancarrow, 82, of Thomaston, passed away at 1:40 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, in Victoria. He was born Nov. 14, 1928, in Richmond, Va., to the late Jessie Willis Ancarrow and Catherine (Gertie) Gray Ancarrow. He married the late Juanita Taylor Ancarrow on Sept. 6, 1949, in North Carolina. He attended John Marshall Military High School and...
Mildred Calhoun
Mar 15, 2011
Mildred Calhoun, a long-time resident of Alice, passed away Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at Grace Presbyterian Village in Dallas, Texas where she had lived for the past four years. The oldest child of Walter and Minnie Williams, she was born in Piggott, Arkansas on May 27, 1917. In the late 1930's Mildred came to Alice to visit a girl friend...
Elizabeth Bennett
Mar 13, 2011
Elizabeth Lee Bennett, beloved mother and devoted friend, passed away peacefully at the age of 63 on March 13, 2011. Elizabeth was a free spirit with a zest for life who loved animals, music, and dancing. Her sharp wit and broad sense of humor brought joy to all who knew her. Her love of travel will surely continue from this...
Charles Shea Cockrum
Mar 8, 2011
Charles Shea Cockrum, 57, of Cheapside passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2011. He was born January 30, 1954 in Portsmouth, Virginia to James Luther Cockrum and the late Peggy Adele Lord. He married Ruth Sakiestewa in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Charles was an optical coating engineer and a US Domestic and Foreign consultant for optical engineering. He enjoyed raising fresh water...
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