Caller-Times Interactive: Obituaries for Thursday, Apr. 1, 1999

Thursday, Apr. 1, 1999
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Amelia G. Sanchez
    KINGSVILLE -- Amelia G. Sanchez, a retired librarian, died March 30, 1999. She was 73. Survivors include a daughter, Amelia Gillespie of Houston; a son, Paul Sanchez Jr. of McAllen; and a sister, Elena Garcia Quintanilla of Kingsville. Rosary will be recited at 9 a.m. April 1 at Turcotte-Piper Mortuary. Rites of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. April 1 at St. Gertrude's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Resthaven Cemetery.

Dennis A. Deitering
    Dennis A. Deitering, a Marine Corps veteran and carpenter, died March 28, 1999. Survivors include his wife, Vogt; two daughters, Mary Helen Witts and Joan Aimsoorth, both of San Diego, Calif.; two stepdaughters, Louise Rice of Jasper and Barbara Hamm of Grand Prairie; three sons, Dennis, Patrick and Bill Deitering, all of San Diego, Calif.; a stepson, Delbert Grozier of Odem; six sisters, Betty Simpson of Pinellas Park, Fla., Donna Chalheub and Diane Peterson of Brooklyn Park, Minn., Becky Cummings of Mankato, Minn., Evelyn Deitering of Aurora, Ill., and Louise Hennessy of Loves Park, Ill.; five brothers, Cyrl Deitering of Spokane, Wash., Terry Deitering of Rosco, Ill., Frank Deitering of Martin, Ill., and John and Joe Deitering, both of Buffalo, Minn.; and seven grandchildren. Services will be at 1 p.m. April 1 at Seaside Funeral Home. Burial will be in Seaside Memorial Park.

Domingo B. Nava Jr.
    SINTON -- Domingo B. Nava Jr. died March 30, 1999. He was 56. Survivors include his son, Javiel Nava of Sinton; two daughters, Elisa Quintero and Mari Nava, both of Sinton; a brother, Jessie Nava of Portland, Ore.; four sisters, Angie Martinez of Austin, Amelia Rodriguez of Aransas Pass, and Janie Ramirez and Ramona Nava, both of Pasadena; and a grandson. Services will be at 10 a.m. April 2 at Ritchea-Gonzales Funeral Home. Burial will be in Eternal Rest Cemetery.

Eliberto C. Garza III
    ROBSTOWN -- Eliberto Cesco Garza III, infant son of Angelika Salcido and Eliberto Garza Jr.; died March 28, 1999. Other survivors include three grandparents, Paula Wickline of Corpus Christi, Evangelina Garza of Robstown and Eliberto Garza Sr. of Corpus Christi; and two great-grandparents, Leon and Maria Lopez of Corpus Christi. Services will be at 3 p.m. April 1 at Seaside Funeral Home. Burial will be in Seaside Memorial Park.

Ellenora S. Wehman
    Ellenora S. Wehman, a homemaker and a member of First English Lutheran Church in Victoria, died March 29, 1999. She was 83. Survivors include a son, Bill Wehman of Portland; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services will be at 10 a.m. April 1 at Freund Funeral Home, Cuero. Burial will be in Lindenau Community Cemetery, Cuero.

Estella V. Dominguez
    Estella V. Dominguez died March 31, 1999. She was 85. Survivors include eight daughters, Lydia Shepherd of West Palm Beach, Fla., Janie Sharp and Connie Castillo, both of Austin, and Irma Ochoa, Gloria Plemons, Norma Flores, Maria Garcia and Chris Escarzaga, all of Corpus Christi; a son, Manuel Dominguez of Corpus Christi; three sisters, Carmen Espinosa, Leonor Valdez and Angilina Rodriguez, all of Mexico; 31 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-granddaughter. Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. April 4 at Memory Gardens Funeral Home. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. April 5 at Our Lady of Pilar Catholic Church. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Ethel A. Buchanan
    ORANGE GROVE -- Ethel Atkinson Buchanan, formerly of Freer, died March 30, 1999. She was 85. Survivors include a daughter, Jeannette Atkins of Orange Grove; a son, Kenneth Buchanan of Lafayette, La.; two sisters, Ruby Whitely of Orange Grove and Clara Wiederkehr of Freer; a brother, M.C. Atkinson of Loma Alta; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. April 2 in Atkinson Ranch Cemetery. Holmgreen Mortuary, Alice.

James W. Goodson
    BEEVILLE -- James William "Billy" Goodson, a wrecker driver and member of Trinity Christian Church, died March 31, 1999. He was 26. Survivors include a daughter, Cheyenne Goodson of Ingleside; his father, Virgil Goodson of South Carolina; and his mother and stepfather, Betty and Ronald Berkenhoff of Beeville. Services will be at 1 p.m. April 2 at Trinity Christian Church. Burial will be in Hebron Cemetery, Terryville. Trevino Funeral Home.

Julia G. Rocha
    SAN DIEGO -- Julia G. Rocha died March 30, 1999. She was 64. Survivors include her husband, Pedro; four sons, Jesse Garcia of Odem, and Gilbert, Seferino and Jose Nunez, all of San Diego; three daughters, Maria Nunez of San Diego, Diana Tinajero of Lufkin and Gloria Trevino of North Carolina; a brother, Felipe Garcia of Orange Grove; 26 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. April 2 at Garza Funeral Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. April 3 at St. Francis de Paula Catholic Church. Burial will be in San Diego Cemetery.

Lynn Corkill
    CARLINVILLE, Ill. -- Lynn Corkill, a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church, formerly of Corpus Christi, died March 25, 1999. She was 44. Survivors include two sisters, Lea Hudson of Carlinville and Linda Corkill of San Antonio. Services were March 28. Burial is in Mayfield Memorial Park. Davis-Anderson Funeral Home.

Margarita E. Tober
    Margarita Estrella Tober died March 28, 1999. She was 21. Survivors include her parents, Edward and Irma Tober of Corpus Christi; two brothers, Eloy and David Tober, both of Corpus Christi; and four grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Eloy Adelmira and Eliseo and Minnie Lopez, all of Corpus Christi. Services will be at 10 a.m. April 1 at New Life Fellowship Church. Burial will be in Seaside Memorial Park. Seaside Funeral Home.

Mauro Robles
    Mauro Robles died March 30, 1999. He was 81. There are no immediate survivors. Services will be at 10 a.m. April 1 at Memorial Funeral Services. Burial will be in Rose Hill Memorial Park.

Millie Blackshear
    Millie Blackshear, a member of St. Matthew's Missionary Baptist Church, died March 29, 1999. She was 101. Survivors include a daughter, Phyllis Fusilier of New Iberia, La.; eight grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. Services will be at noon April 1 at Robstown Cemetery Association Cemetery, Robstown. Unity Chapel Funeral Home.

Nancy L. Manson
    ROBSTOWN -- Nancy Lee Manson, an instructor at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, former teacher in the Taft, Tuloso-Midway and Calallen independent school districts and member of Calallen Baptist Church, died March 30, 1999. She was 57. Survivors include her husband, Lester; two sons, Brandon Manson of Portland and Caden Manson of Seattle; and a sister, Valerie Hamby of Dallas. Services will be at 10 a.m. April 3 at Calallen Baptist Church. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Sawyer-George Funeral Home.

Randall B. Frens
    PORT ARANSAS -- Randall B. Frens died March 27, 1999. He was 47. Survivors include a son, Randall Frens of Grand Rapids, Mich.; his parents, Berton and Finnie Frens of Grand Rapids; and three sisters, Patricia Nienhui of Modesto, Calif., Lavina Apol of Portage, Mich., and Valerie Frens of Canyon City, Colo. Services will be private. Charlie Marshall Funeral Home & Crematory, Aransas Pass.

Shirley Robbins
    Shirley Robbins died March 31, 1999. She was 59. Survivors include her husband, Gregory; a daughter, Terri Porchaska of Leavenworth, Kan.; a son, Mark McElvy of Richmond; a brother, Edmond Lee Sansing of San Antonio; a sister, Karroll Ann Searcy of Henderson; and four grandchildren. Services are pending. Robstown Memorial Funeral Home.

Thomas A. Brown
    Thomas Arthur Brown died March 29, 1999. He was 93. Survivors include his wife, Helen; a daughter, Patricia Finn of Portland; three sons, Charles, George and Gene Brown, all of Corpus Christi; eight grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Services will be at 10 a.m. April 1 at Memory Gardens Funeral Home. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Wayman J. Mattingly
    Wayman J. "Matt" Mattingly, a civil engineer during World War II and a retired shop foreman for Gainan Chevrolet, a Scoutmaster and member of St. Luke's United Methodist Church, died March 29, 1999. He was 79. Survivors include his wife, Hattie Mae; a son, Robert Mattingly of Corpus Christi; a daughter, Becky Ann Mattingly of Driftwood; his mother, Marion Mattingly of Beeville; three sisters, Irene Moeller of Corpus Christi, Enola McCulloch of San Antonio and Maurine Duge of Skidmore; a brother, Thomas Mattingly of Yucca Valley, Calif.; a granddaughter; and a great-granddaughter. Services will be at 1 p.m. April 1 at Cage-Mills Funeral Home, Downtown Chapel. Burial will be in Glendale Cemetery, Goliad.

William T. Reynolds
    ROCKPORT -- William Thomas "W.T." Reynolds, professional fishing guide and owner of Red Fish Camp, died March 29, 1999. He was 42. Survivors include his wife, Charlotte; two daughters, Lori and Julie Reynolds, both of Rockport; his parents, Leslie and Katheryn Reynolds of Kemp; two brothers, Leslie Reynolds Jr. of Rockport and Roger Reynolds of Kemp; and seven sisters, Rita Bell of Corsicana, Katheryn Fielder of Maybank, Theda Lawson of Rockport, Jennie Lou Hudson and Frances Wallace, both of Kemp, and Glenda King and Terry Cagle, both of Frost. Services will be at 10 a.m. April 1 at Charlie Marshall Funeral Home. Burial will be private.

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