Obituaries

Leo Lewis Fruge

Leo Lewis Fruge

Dec 19, 2011

Leo L. Fruge, 60, of Vidor died Monday, December 19, 2011 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A lifelong resident of Vidor, he was a retired mechanic with Buna Electric. Cremation arrangements were entrusted with Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Leo was preceded in death by his sister Doris Robuck. He is survived by his son Leo Yeager of...

Donald Dean Simmons

Donald Dean Simmons

Dec 18, 2011

Donald D. Simmons, 58, of Orange died Sunday, December 18, 2011 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur, Texas. A native of Witchita, KS., he has lived in Orange for 25 years and was a Boat Captain with Kirby Inland Marine. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at Memorial Funeral...

Robbie Rae Allen

Robbie Rae Allen

Dec 16, 2011

Robbie R. Allen, 72, of Beaumont died Friday, December 16, 2011 at her residence. A native of Leesvile, LA, she was a longtime resident of Beaumont. Robbie was a homemaker. Cremation arrangements were entrusted with Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 pm Monday, December 19, 2011 at Turning Point Church in Vidor. Visitation will...

Aidan Adams Curtsinger

Aidan Adams Curtsinger

Dec 14, 2011

Aidan A. Curtsinger infant son of Ray and Nicole Curtsinger died Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at UTMB in Galveston, Texas. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 am on Friday, December 23, 2011 at Restlawn Memorial Park in Vidor under the direction of Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Aidan is survived by his loving parents, grandparents Gerald and Dianna Daigle...

Betty Jane Broussard

Betty Jane Broussard

Dec 12, 2011

Betty J. Broussard, 73, of Vidor died Monday, December 12, 2011 at Oakwood Manor Nursing Home in Vidor. She was born in Beaumont on March 11, 1938, where she lived most of her life until the last 3 ½ years when she moved, with her husband, to Vidor. She graduated from South Park High School and was a member of...

Felipa 'Phyllis' Ochoa Hare

Felipa 'Phyllis' Ochoa Hare

Dec 12, 2011

Phyllis O. Hare, 67, of Vidor died Monday, December 12, 2011 at her residence. She was a native and a lifelong resident of Vidor. Phyllis was a homemaker and Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Vidor. A funeral liturgy outside mass will be held at 2:00 pm Thursday, December 15, 2011 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with burial...

Ruth Irene Jaster

Ruth Irene Jaster

Dec 11, 2011

Ruth I. Jaster, 85, of Vidor died Sunday, December 11, 2011 at Oakwood Manor Nursing Home in Vidor. A native of McKeesport, PA., she has lived in Vidor since 1951, and was a meter reader with Gulf States Utilities in Vidor. She was a car hop with the Pigstand, graduate of South Park class of 1944, a member of the...

Lonie Maurice Mcright

Lonie Maurice Mcright

Dec 8, 2011

Lonie M. McRight, 79, of Vidor died Thursday, December 8, 2011 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. A native of Glenmore, LA, he was a longtime resident of Vidor. Lonie was owner/operator of Lewis Nursery in Vidor and was a member of Oakwood Baptist Church in Mauriceville. He served his country in the US Navy during the Korean War. Funeral services...

Ruth Marie Bourque

Ruth Marie Bourque

Dec 7, 2011

Ruth M. Bourque, 92, of Vidor died Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at Vidor Health and Rehab. A native of Leon, OK, she was a longtime resident of Beaumont. Ruth was retired from the Beaumont Enterprise Newspaper and attended Infant Jesus Catholic Church in Lumberton. Ruth was an avid square dancer and was a member of the Carousel Club. Ruth was...

Pauline Joy Smith

Pauline Joy Smith

Dec 6, 2011

Pauline Smith, 81, of Vidor died Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at Harbor Hospital in Beaumont. A native of Indian Bayou, LA, she was a longtime resident of Vidor. Pauline was a homemaker and a member of First United Methodist Church in Vidor. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Saturday, December 10, 2011 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor,...

Howard Asa Baker

Howard Asa Baker

Dec 6, 2011

Howard “Happy Do” Baker, 49, of Vidor died Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at his residence. A native of Beaumont, TX, he was a lifelong resident of Vidor. Howard was a Pipeline Labor with Local Union #350 and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day-Saints in Vidor. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 pm, Wednesday,...

Bessie Lelar Smith

Bessie Lelar Smith

Dec 6, 2011

Bessie Smith, 82, of Vidor, died Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at Baptist Hospital of SE Texas in Beaumont. A native of Orangefield, TX, she was a longtime resident of Vidor. Bessie was a retired cafeteria worker with Pineforest Elementary in Vidor. She spent the later days of her life as a homemaker. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am...

Shirley Faye Wood

Shirley Faye Wood

Dec 5, 2011

Shirley Wood, 72, of Vidor died Monday, December 5, 2011 at Jefferson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Beaumont. A native of Gist, TX, she was a lifelong resident of Vidor. Shirley was a 1958 Vidor High School Graduate and was a member of Young at Heart at Turning Point Church. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, December...

Arthur Ray Randall, Sr

Arthur Ray Randall, Sr

Dec 5, 2011

Arthur Randall Sr, 58, of Vidor died Monday, December 5, 2011 at his residence. A native of Beaumont, TX, he was a longtime resident of Orange. Arthur was a Heavy Equipment Operator with Local Union #450 International Union of Operating Engineers. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am Saturday, December 10, 2011 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with...

Toy Plaster

Toy Plaster

Dec 2, 2011

Toy Plaster, 65, of Vidor died Friday, December 2, 2011 at Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas in Beaumont. A native of Groves, she was a lifelong resident of Vidor, and was a retired medical records librarian with Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas in Beaumont. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am on Monday, December 5, 2011 at Memorial Funeral...

Charlotte Stevenson

Charlotte Stevenson

Dec 1, 2011

Charlotte Stevenson, 58, of Woodville died Thursday, December 1, 2011 at Dogwood Trails Nursing Home in Woodville, Texas. A native of Vidor she has lived in Woodville for 5 years. Graveside services will be held at 1:00 pm on Monday, December 5, 2011 at Ferguson Cemetery in Groesbeck, Texas under the direction of Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Charlotte is...

Deanna 'Peggy' Shannon

Deanna 'Peggy' Shannon

Nov 28, 2011

Deanna Shannon, affectionately known as 'Peggy' to friends and family, was born on Oct. 20, 1923 in Orange County, Texas, and passed away on November 28, 2011 in Katy, Texas. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ray Shannon, son Michael Shannon, and parents Clara and Levi Singleton. She will be remembered lovingly by daughter Marilyn Shannon, grandchildren Claire...

Donna Lynn Harlow

Donna Lynn Harlow

Nov 19, 2011

Donna L. Harlow, 61, of Evadale died Saturday, November 19, 2011 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A native of Beaumont, she has lived in Evadale for 23 years, and was a receptionist and secretary with Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont for 32 years. Donna was a member of Lakeview Baptist Church in Vidor. Graveside services under the...

Delores Anna Sonnier

Delores Anna Sonnier

Nov 16, 2011

Delores A. Sonnier, 69, of Vidor died Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at her residence. A native of Beaumont, she has lived in Vidor for 40 years, and was a homemaker. Cremation arrangements were entrusted with Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Delores was preceded in death by her daughter Jay Dale Sonnier. She is survived by her husband Dale Sonnier, daughter...

Kristen Rachelle Charity Kirkland

Kristen Rachelle Charity Kirkland

Nov 13, 2011

Kristen R. C. Kirkland, 14, of Vidor died Sunday, November 13, 2011 in Deweyville, Texas. A native of Beaumont, she was a lifelong resident of Vidor, and a member of the Vidor Junior High School Choir. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, November 18, 2011 at Turning Point Church in Vidor under the directions of Memorial...