Obituaries

Rose Marie Dorchuck
Apr 13, 2009
Rose Marie Reich Dorchuck, age 56, former Vidor, TX native, of Kosciusko, MS and Houston, TX passed away peacefully on the morning of April 13, 2009. She will be missed by her loving husband, Phillip Dorchuck and her daughter, Catherine Dorchuck of Houston, Texas. Her loving family includes Lou Ann Bayne of San Antonio, TX; Russell Reich of Vidor, TX;...
Jimmy Lynn Dunigan
Apr 8, 2009
Jimmy L. Dunigan born January 5, 1981 in Nederland, TX., died Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital in Houston, TX. A native of Nederland, he was a lifelong resident of Vidor, and a process operator with Alloy Polymers. He was Master Mason and member of Cosmopolitan 872 A.F. & A.M. Masonic Lodge in Port Arthur, TX. He...

Mary Richard Hebert
Apr 8, 2009
Mary Hebert, 60, of Vidor, died Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, TX. A native of Bridge City, she was a longtime resident of Vidor, and was a homemaker. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at Restlawn Memorial Park in Vidor under the direction of Memorial Funeral Home...
Curt Miles Travis
Apr 8, 2009
Curt M. Travis, 30, of Vidor died Wednesday, April 8, 2009 in Vidor, TX. A native of Galveston, he was a lifelong resident of Vidor, and was a house leveler with Peanuts House Leveling. Funeral services will be held at Sunday, April 12, 2009 with cremation to follow at Haven of Rest Crematory. Visitation will begin at 6:00 p.m. on...

Brian Wagner
Apr 4, 2009
Brian R. Wagner, 40, of Groves died Saturday, April 4, 2009 in Groves. A native of Cloves, NM, he was a longtime resident of Vidor before moving to Groves a year ago. Cremation arrangements were entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. A memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, April 9, 2009 at Memorial Funeral Home. Brian...

David Gareth Purdon, Sr
Apr 1, 2009
David G. Purdon, Sr., of Vidor, Texas, died on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. He was 86 years old. Services are Saturday, April 4, 2009 at 10:00 am at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Visitation is on Saturday April 4, 2009 starting at 8 am till service time. He will be buried in Restlawn...

Jerry Wayne Yellott, Sr.
Mar 31, 2009
Jerry Yellott, 47, of Vidor died Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at UTMB Hospital in Galveston, TX. A native of Beaumont, TX, he was a lifelong resident of Vidor. Jerry was a painter and a welder. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, April 3, 2009 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with burial to follow at Restlawn Memorial...
Betty Little
Mar 30, 2009
Betty Little, 73, of Vidor died Monday, March 30, 2009 at Oakwood Manor Nursing Home in Vidor. A native of Lake Charles, LA, she was a longtime resident of Vidor. Betty was a homemaker and a member of Amelia Baptist Church in Beaumont, TX. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at Memorial Funeral Home...

Ann S. Wright
Mar 30, 2009
Ann S. Wright, 70, of Vidor died Monday, March 30, 2009 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, TX. A native of Jasper, Texas she was a longtime resident of Vidor, and was a retired surgical unit RN with Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital. She was a member of Pecan Acres Baptist Church in Vidor. Graveside services will be held at...

Emma Knight
Mar 30, 2009
Emma J. Knight, 74, of Vidor died Monday, March 30, 2009 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A native of Union, MS, she was a longtime resident of Vidor. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 3, 2009 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Vidor, under the direction of Memorial Funeral Home...

Laura Virde Mcafee
Mar 29, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009 at her residence. A native of Forest, Louisiana she has lived in Vidor for 47 years, and was a retired sales associate with Walmart. She was a member of Pine Forest Baptist Church of Vidor. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with burial...
William 'Billy'-'Croaker' Edward Saxe
Mar 28, 2009
Billy Saxe, 71, of Vidor died Saturday, March 28, 2009 at Vidor Manor Nursing Home in Vidor. A native of Beaumont, he has lived in Vidor since 1977, and was a retired process operator with Dupont Beaumont Works after 32 years of service. He served his country in the United States Army. He was a graduate of Beaumont High, he...

Alexandra Sandy Young
Mar 27, 2009
Sandy Young, 73, of Mauriceville died Friday, March 27, 2009 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. A native of Springfield, IL., she has lived in Mauriceville since 1978, and was a homemaker. Cremation arrangements were entrusted with Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. She was preceded in death by her husband Leo Dayle Young, and by her brother Donald...
Lindsey Joseph Bertrand, Jr.
Mar 27, 2009
Lindsey J. Bertrand, Jr., 53, of Vidor died Friday, March 27, 2009 in Vidor, TX. A native of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, he has lived in Vidor since 1988, and was a supervisor pipe fitter and fabricator with Applied Fabricating. He served his country in the United States Marine Corp. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, April...

Betty Jane Nash
Mar 24, 2009
Betty J. Nash, 81, of Vidor died Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at home surrounded by her Family. She was born the daughter of a Cole Miner in Van Lear, Kentucky on May 27, 1927, the day Lindberg landed in Paris. She has lived in Vidor since 1960 and was retired from Lamar University. Funeral services will be held at 3:00...

Morrell Julus Davis
Mar 23, 2009
Morrell J. Davis, 94, of Rockwall, NC., died Monday, March 23, 2009 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem, NC. A native of Pineland, TX., he has lived in Rockwall for 9 years, and was a retired heavy equipment operator with P C Fiffer. He served his country in the United States Army, and was a member of the...
Roma Francis Byrd
Mar 21, 2009
Roma Byrd, 65, of Vidor died Saturday, March 21, 2009 at her residence. A native of Many, LA, she was a longtime resident of Vidor. Roma was a homemaker and a member of Maple Crest Baptist Church in Vidor. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, March 23, 2009 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with burial to...

Toby Leland Richard
Mar 18, 2009
Toby L. Richard, 45, of Beaumont died Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. A native of Gadsden, AL, he was a longtime resident of Beaumont. Toby was a steel worker at Gerdau Ameristeel in Beaumont. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, March 22, 2009 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with burial...
Loretta Mae Benoit
Mar 17, 2009
Loretta Mae Benoit, 66, of Orangefield died March 17, 2009 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, TX. A native of Crowley, LA, she was a longtime resident of Bridge City, before moving to Orangefield 8 years ago. Loretta was a retired Administrator with Live Oak Warehouse in Orange. She was a member of St. Henrys Catholic Church in Bridge City and...

Milton Ray Goss
Mar 13, 2009
Milton R. Goss, 71, of Vidor died Friday, March 13, 2009 at his residence. A native of Beaumont, he has lived in Vidor for 37 years and was a retired truck driver. He proudly served his country in the United States Marine Corp. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, March 16, 2009 at Forest Lawn Memorial...