Dell Tooke

October 25, 1942 - May 31, 2018

Dell Tooke, 75, of Port Arthur passed away on Thursday, May 31, 2018 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas.

Dell was a lifelong resident of Port Arthur; born on October 25, 1942 to parents Edith (Blackwell) and O. C. Lawson. She was a member of Central Baptist Church and was a teacher in the PAISD for 43 years. Dell enjoyed reading, traveling, planning parties, cooking and her grandchildren. Dell was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend who will be dearly missed.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Sonny Lawson.

Those left to cherish Dell’s memory are her husband, Ronnie Tooke of Port Arthur; her daughters, Rondell Merritt and her husband, John of Friendswood, Randa Hurtado and her husband, Brian of Beaumont, her grandchildren, Grayson and Britton Merritt, Braxton and Preslee Hurtado.

A visitation will be held on Sunday, June 3, 2018 from 5 pm until 8 pm at Clayton Thompson Funeral Home. A 10 am funeral service will be held on Monday, June 4, 2018 at the funeral home, Burial will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park.