Obituaries

Lonnie Mclester
Dec 25, 2017
Lonnie Hubert McLester passed away December 25, 2017. He was 76 years old. He was born August 8, 1941 in Rockport, Texas to Arch and Ruby McLester. Lonnie was a Past Master of the Rockport Masonic Lodge #323, and Past Patron and current Worthy Patron of Rockport Chapter 479 Order of the Eastern Star. He retired as a construction...
Jo Winslow
Dec 25, 2017
Jo Lynn Winslow (Sheffield), 61, of Ingleside, Texas went home to be with the Lord on December 25, 2017. Jo Lynn was born August 26, 1956 in Colorado City, Texas to Floyd Eugene and Evelyn Sheffield. Jo Lynn was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother who instilled in her children the love of generosity and compassion that she lived...

Maxine Smith
Dec 24, 2017
Maxine Preusser Smith, age 75, passed away peacefully on December 24, 2017 in Rockport, Texas. She was born in New Braunfels, Texas to the late Guswin andWreitha Preusser on October 14, 1942. She married the love of her life, James Henry Smith, on June 1, 1962. They moved to Canyon Lake in 1969 and raised their daughters Debbie and...

Donald Bunch
Dec 21, 2017
DONALD DEAN BUNCH, passed away December 21, 2017. He was 85. Services are private.
Dana Reeves
Dec 18, 2017
Dana Young Reeves, long-time resident of Rockport, passed away December 18, 2017 at the age of 73 after a long struggle with pancreatic cancer. A native-Texan, she was born on August 18th, 1944 to Luke and Helen Young of Arlington. She spent the early years of her life around the DFW area before moving to California then Nevada where...
Sherry Smith
Dec 17, 2017
SHERRY J. SMITH, 46, of Ingleside, TX, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Sunday, December 17, 2017. Sherry was born on August 13, 1971 in Aransas Pass, TX to Edward Lee Dickens and Jane Evelyn Alexander. Sherry is preceded in death by her maternal grandparents Lynn Julius Alexander and Laverne Evelyn Alexander and her paternal grandparents...
Donald Blanchard
Dec 16, 2017
Donald Joseph Blanchard, 71 of Aransas Pass, Texas went to be with the Lord on December 16, 2017. He was born July 11, 1946 in Paincourtville, Louisiana. He is preceded in death by his parents Wilfred "Buck" and Elise Hue Blanchard and granddaughter, Skye Harvey. He is survived by his loving wife of 50 years, Grettle Ann Landry Blanchard;...

Carolyn Grosse
Dec 15, 2017
CAROLYN RUTH GROSSE, 74, of Port Aransas, TX, passed away Friday, December 15, 2017. Mrs. Grosse was born in San Antonio, TX to Mr. Roy Bratton and Mrs. Ruth Bratton on December 7, 1943. Services are private.
Patricia Krueger
Dec 14, 2017
Patricia Davis Krueger passed away on December 14, 2017 after a short illness. Pat came to Rockport in 1963 with her late husband Carl and helped him establish a thriving community on Key Allegro Island, where they lived with their two daughters. Primarily a homemaker, she became an avid amateur artist, offshore fisherman and tennis player. By the late...
Eddy Nester
Dec 14, 2017
On December 14, 2017 Eddy Nester passed away at the age of 71. He was born June 13, 1946 to Walter and Lois Nester in Union, Mississippi. He is preceded in death by his parents, Walter and Lois Nester; two brothers, James W. and Thomas G. Nester and one sister, Charlotte Ming. He is survived by his loving wife,...
Sandra Bailey
Dec 13, 2017
Sandra Cecil Bailey, 70 went to be with the Lord on December 13, 2017. She was born March 28, 1947 in Long Beach, California to John and Joann Hattersley. She is preceded in death by her parents; brother, Kevin Hattersley; sister, Julia Nan Beck; grandson, Jordan Lynn Lawson. She is survived by her loving husband of 50 years, Warren...
Muriel Upton
Dec 12, 2017
Muriel Upton, 88, passed away on December 12, 2017. She was born on February 6, 1929 to Luther Phipps and Vadna Stone. She is preceded in death by her husband Robert Percy Upton, her parents Luther and Vadna, son Greg, sister Ann and brothers Jack and Dean. She is survived by her sons: Terry and Jack; grandchildren: Donald, Christi,...
Mary Cash
Dec 11, 2017
Mary A. Cash, 89 passed away Monday, December 11, 2017. She was born August 7, 1928 in Littlefield, Texas to D.H. McGill and Era Mae Brock McGill. She was the owner and operator of Captain Dan Motel in Port Aransas. She is preceded in death by her husband, Ben Alvin Cash and great grandson, Connor Cash. She is survived...
David Phillips
Dec 8, 2017
David Marion Phillips, 83, of Portland, TX went to be with the Lord on December 8, 2017. David was born in Wharton, TX on August 9, 1934, and was raised with his siblings in Houston, TX during WW II. The family moved to Aransas Pass, TX in 1949, and he graduated in 1952 from Aransas Pass High School where...
John Shetters
Dec 8, 2017
John Edward Shetters, 46 passed away December 8, 2017. He was born September 7, 1971 in Aransas Pass, Texas to Joe F. Shetters and Mary A. Rodriguez Shetters. He is preceded in death by his son, John Edward Shetters, Jr.; brothers, Gene Shetters and Daniel Shetters. He is survived by his daughters, Danielle Shetters of Ft. Myers Beach, Florida,...

Ann Cook
Dec 6, 2017
Ann/Anne Stevenson Cook, GPISD Librarian of 31 years and beloved mother, died peacefully in her sleep at the age of 83 on Wednesday, December 6th, after a long battle with cancer. She is survived by her 4 children William (Bill) and Donna Cook, Barbara Cook, Susan and Hugh Wayne, Shirley and Alan Dickey, 9 Grandchildren, and 5 Great Grand...
Joyce Lister
Dec 6, 2017
Major Joyce Marie Lister, USAFR, Retired, 88 passed away December 6, 2017. She was born November 6, 1929 in Port Aransas, Texas to Harold Percy Lister, Jr. and Janie Mae Bujan Lister. She proudly served in the U.S. Air Force during Vietnam. She is preceded in death by her parents and brother in law, Shelley F. Woodward. She is...

Michael Nichols
Dec 2, 2017
MICHAEL D. NICHOLS, 55, passed away on December 2, 2017 in Rockport, TX. Michael was born on January 4, 1962 in Houston, TX. Mike will forever be remembered for his beautiful voice, love of music and hard work. He had strength, compassion and all who met him loved him as a friend. He was preceded in death by his...
Janet Blasingame
Dec 2, 2017
Janet Louise Blasingame was called home to glory on Saturday, December 2nd, 2017. Janet was born on September 20th, 1943. She is preceded in death by her parents Paul and Harriet King, her brothers David and Paul King. She is survived by her husband Dee Blasingame, children Cathy (Jimmy) Haskin; Nancy (Jeff) Holt; Christie (Bryan) Carpenter; six grandsons, two...
Karen Murray
Dec 1, 2017
Karen Sue Murray, a long-time resident of Rockport died Friday the 1st of December at her home in Rockport. Karen was born in December of 1941 in Wheeling West Virginia. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, her Masters Degree in Community Health from the University of California, San Francisco and...