Obituaries for
Clayton - Thompson Funeral Directors
Irene Granger
Feb 8, 2010
Irene Granger March 31, 1926 - February 8, 2010
Irene Bodin Menard Granger, 83, of Groves, Texas passed away on Monday, February 8, 2010 at Oak Grove Nursing Home in Groves. She was born March 31, 1926 to Dulcide Menard Bodin and Sidney Bodin in Biloxi, Mississippi. She has been a resident of the Groves area since 1965. Irene...
Laura Joe Allen
Jan 29, 2010
Laura Joe Allen September 6, 1946 - January 29, 2010
Laura Joe Maceiras Allen, 63 of Westminster, Maryland died Friday, Jan. 29, 2010, at Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster, MD. Born September 6, 1946, in Port Arthur, Texas she was the daughter of Joe M. Maceiras, of Port Arthur, and the late Laura Mae Bouvier Maceiras. She was the...
Joseph Harry Lalonde
Jan 26, 2010
Joseph Harry Lalonde February 24, 1934 - January 26, 2010
Joseph Harry Lalonde, 75, of Fannett passed away on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. He was born February 24, 1934 to Theresa Chautin Lalonde and Johnny Lalonde in Arnaudville, Louisiana. Joseph retired from Burton Shipyard as a carpenter foreman after...
Absie M. Leboeuf
Jan 25, 2010
Absie M. LeBoeuf December 22, 1920 - January 25, 2010
Mr. LeBoeuf was born on December 22, 1920, to Elizabeth and Louis LeBoeuf in Cameron, LA. He married his beautiful wife, Leona Boutte, in 1942 in New Orleans, LA. They lived in Port Arthur, TX, where Mr. LeBoeuf was a longtime member of St. James Catholic Church. He was...
James Lee Patin, Sr.
Jan 17, 2010
James Lee Patin, Sr. December 4, 1922 - January 17, 2010
James Lee "Jimmie" Patin, Sr., age 87 of Groves passed away on Sunday, January 17, 2010 in Groesbeck, Texas at a local nursing facility. Jimmie was born in Port Arthur to Laurent and Victoria Trosclair Patin on December 4, 1922. Jimmie was a lifelong resident of Port Arthur....
Edwin George Benkert
Jan 16, 2010
Edwin George Benkert October 23, 1924 - January 16, 2010
Edwin George Benkert, 85, of Sam Rayburn passed away on Saturday, January 16, 2010 at Timberlake Nursing Home in Jasper. He was born October 23, 1924 to Mary Lula Rayon Benkert and Edwin George Benkert in Port Arthur, Texas. He lived in the Port Arthur for most of his...
Kathleen Olive
Jan 15, 2010
Kathleen Olive August 31, 1923 - January 15, 2010
Kathleen Olive, 86, went home to be with the Lord Friday, January 15, 2010, after a 15-year battle with Alzheimer's disease. Kathleen was born to Walter and Nell Arnold in Jennings, Oklahoma. Her family moved to Bethany, Oklahoma, where she spent her childhood and later met her lifelong love P.A....
William Neal Brown
Jan 14, 2010
William Neal Brown March 9, 1944 - January 14, 2010
William "Bill" Neal Brown, 65, of Port Neches, Texas passed away on Thursday, January 14, 2010 at Harbor Hospital in Orange, Texas. He was born March 9, 1944 to Catherine Tooley Brown and Cornelius Neal Brown in Port Arthur, Texas. Bill lived most of his life in the Port...
Bruce Edward Davis
Jan 13, 2010
Bruce Edward Davis October 2, 1946 - January 13, 2010
Bruce Edward Davis, 63, of Lumberton, Texas passed away on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born October 2, 1946 to Maxine Losee Davis and Ray Edward Davis in Vincennes, Indiana. Bruce was a resident of Port Arthur for most of...
Sosthene Joseph Hebert
Dec 11, 2009
Sosthene Joseph Hebert January 30, 1923 - December 11, 2009
Sosthene "S. J." Joseph Hebert, 86, of Port Arthur passed away on Friday, December 11, 2009 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born January 30, 1923 to Adelaide Lemaire Hebert and Gerard Hebert in Abbeville, Louisiana. He has been a resident of the Port Arthur...
Jennie Mae Duhon
Dec 7, 2009
Jennie Mae Duhon August 29, 1916 - December 7, 2009
Jennie Mae Duhon, 93, of Cypress, Texas passed away on Monday, December 7, 2009 at Ainsley Court Assisted Living Center in Cypress, Texas. She was born August 29, 1916 to Rosa Arleathy Hamm Dolan and Lemuel Edward Dolan in Jacksonville, Texas. She was a former resident of Port Arthur...
Jo Tyrie Sanders
Dec 6, 2009
Jo Tyrie Sanders July 4, 1915 - December 6, 2009
Farewell to a Port Arthur Icon - Jo Tyrie Arthur Sanders. She was a very loving, caring, strong and brave lady. Even though she was the youngest, she was a matriarch of her brothers and sister as well as her own family. Although short in stature at only 5...
Walter L. Brown
Dec 4, 2009
Walter L. Brown December 27, 1926 - December 4, 2009
Walter L. Brown, 82, of Port Arthur passed away on Friday December 4, 2009 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur. He was born December 27, 1926 to Myrtle Gauthier Brown and William Brown in Evergreen, Louisiana. He served in the Merchant Marines during WWII from 1943 to...
Nellie Oubre
Dec 1, 2009
Nellie Oubre February 25, 1905 - December 1, 2009
Nellie "MeMe" Girouard Oubre, 104, of Port Arthur passed away on Tuesday December 1, 2009 at the Community Retirement Home in Port Arthur. She was born February 25, 1905 to Anaise Berard Girouard and Ovignal Girouard in Loreaville, Louisiana as the third of eight children. She married her husband Henry...
Ruth Hazel Simon
Nov 30, 2009
Ruth Hazel Simon May 15, 1931 - November 30, 2009
Ruth Hazel Booker Simon, 78, of Port Arthur passed away on November 30, 2009 at her residence surrounded by her family. She was a native of Port Arthur. Ruth graduated from the St. Mary School of Nursing as a Registered Nurse. For the next 40 years she worked as...
Rita G. Gaspard
Nov 29, 2009
Rita G. Gaspard June 27, 1926 - November 29, 2009
Rita Guidry Gaspard, 83, of Groves passed away on Sunday November 29, 2009 at the Family Care Assisted Living Center in Orange, Texas. She was born June 27, 1926 to Edna Borel Guidry and Amede Guidry in Port Arthur, Texas. Rita was a lifelong resident of the Port Arthur...
Ellis S. Barbosa
Nov 27, 2009
Ellis S. Barbosa March 27, 1923 - November 27, 2009
Ellis "Bobo" S. Barbosa, 86, of Groves, Texas passed away on Friday November 27, 2009 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas surrounded by his loving family. He was born on March 27, 1923 to Leo and Carmen "Salazar" Barbosa in Port Arthur, Texas. Ellis was a lifelong resident...
James W. Carlin, Jr.
Nov 24, 2009
James W. Carlin, Jr. November 4, 1915 - November 24, 2009
James W. Carlin, Jr., 94, of Groves, Texas went to be with his Lord on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at Cypress Glen Nursing Home in Port Arthur. He was born November 4, 1915 to Mary LeLeux Carlin and James W. Carlin in Orange, Texas. He moved with his...
Evelyn Elizabeth Frudaker
Nov 23, 2009
Evelyn Elizabeth Frudaker February 4, 1929 - November 23, 2009
Evelyn Elizabeth Frudaker, 80, of Houston passed away on Monday, November 23, 2009 at Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital in Houston. She was born February 4, 1929 in Port Arthur, Texas. Evelyn worked as a registered nurse with Texas Institute of Research/Rehibilitation and retired as a supervisor after 40 years...
Melvin H. Schmidt
Nov 22, 2009
Melvin H. Schmidt October 6, 1939 - November 22, 2009
Melvin H. Schmidt, of Groves, Texas, went to meet his heavenly father on November 22, 2009 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Melvin was born in DeRidder, Louisiana on October 6, 1939. He attended DeRidder High School, graduating in 1958, where he excelled in sports including football, basketball and...
Irene Granger
Feb 8, 2010
Irene Granger March 31, 1926 - February 8, 2010
Irene Bodin Menard Granger, 83, of Groves, Texas passed away on Monday, February 8, 2010 at Oak Grove Nursing Home in Groves. She was born March 31, 1926 to Dulcide Menard Bodin and Sidney Bodin in Biloxi, Mississippi. She has been a resident of the Groves area since 1965. Irene...
Laura Joe Allen
Jan 29, 2010
Laura Joe Allen September 6, 1946 - January 29, 2010
Laura Joe Maceiras Allen, 63 of Westminster, Maryland died Friday, Jan. 29, 2010, at Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster, MD. Born September 6, 1946, in Port Arthur, Texas she was the daughter of Joe M. Maceiras, of Port Arthur, and the late Laura Mae Bouvier Maceiras. She was the...
Joseph Harry Lalonde
Jan 26, 2010
Joseph Harry Lalonde February 24, 1934 - January 26, 2010
Joseph Harry Lalonde, 75, of Fannett passed away on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. He was born February 24, 1934 to Theresa Chautin Lalonde and Johnny Lalonde in Arnaudville, Louisiana. Joseph retired from Burton Shipyard as a carpenter foreman after...
Absie M. Leboeuf
Jan 25, 2010
Absie M. LeBoeuf December 22, 1920 - January 25, 2010
Mr. LeBoeuf was born on December 22, 1920, to Elizabeth and Louis LeBoeuf in Cameron, LA. He married his beautiful wife, Leona Boutte, in 1942 in New Orleans, LA. They lived in Port Arthur, TX, where Mr. LeBoeuf was a longtime member of St. James Catholic Church. He was...
James Lee Patin, Sr.
Jan 17, 2010
James Lee Patin, Sr. December 4, 1922 - January 17, 2010
James Lee "Jimmie" Patin, Sr., age 87 of Groves passed away on Sunday, January 17, 2010 in Groesbeck, Texas at a local nursing facility. Jimmie was born in Port Arthur to Laurent and Victoria Trosclair Patin on December 4, 1922. Jimmie was a lifelong resident of Port Arthur....
Edwin George Benkert
Jan 16, 2010
Edwin George Benkert October 23, 1924 - January 16, 2010
Edwin George Benkert, 85, of Sam Rayburn passed away on Saturday, January 16, 2010 at Timberlake Nursing Home in Jasper. He was born October 23, 1924 to Mary Lula Rayon Benkert and Edwin George Benkert in Port Arthur, Texas. He lived in the Port Arthur for most of his...
Kathleen Olive
Jan 15, 2010
Kathleen Olive August 31, 1923 - January 15, 2010
Kathleen Olive, 86, went home to be with the Lord Friday, January 15, 2010, after a 15-year battle with Alzheimer's disease. Kathleen was born to Walter and Nell Arnold in Jennings, Oklahoma. Her family moved to Bethany, Oklahoma, where she spent her childhood and later met her lifelong love P.A....
William Neal Brown
Jan 14, 2010
William Neal Brown March 9, 1944 - January 14, 2010
William "Bill" Neal Brown, 65, of Port Neches, Texas passed away on Thursday, January 14, 2010 at Harbor Hospital in Orange, Texas. He was born March 9, 1944 to Catherine Tooley Brown and Cornelius Neal Brown in Port Arthur, Texas. Bill lived most of his life in the Port...
Bruce Edward Davis
Jan 13, 2010
Bruce Edward Davis October 2, 1946 - January 13, 2010
Bruce Edward Davis, 63, of Lumberton, Texas passed away on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born October 2, 1946 to Maxine Losee Davis and Ray Edward Davis in Vincennes, Indiana. Bruce was a resident of Port Arthur for most of...
Sosthene Joseph Hebert
Dec 11, 2009
Sosthene Joseph Hebert January 30, 1923 - December 11, 2009
Sosthene "S. J." Joseph Hebert, 86, of Port Arthur passed away on Friday, December 11, 2009 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born January 30, 1923 to Adelaide Lemaire Hebert and Gerard Hebert in Abbeville, Louisiana. He has been a resident of the Port Arthur...
Jennie Mae Duhon
Dec 7, 2009
Jennie Mae Duhon August 29, 1916 - December 7, 2009
Jennie Mae Duhon, 93, of Cypress, Texas passed away on Monday, December 7, 2009 at Ainsley Court Assisted Living Center in Cypress, Texas. She was born August 29, 1916 to Rosa Arleathy Hamm Dolan and Lemuel Edward Dolan in Jacksonville, Texas. She was a former resident of Port Arthur...
Jo Tyrie Sanders
Dec 6, 2009
Jo Tyrie Sanders July 4, 1915 - December 6, 2009
Farewell to a Port Arthur Icon - Jo Tyrie Arthur Sanders. She was a very loving, caring, strong and brave lady. Even though she was the youngest, she was a matriarch of her brothers and sister as well as her own family. Although short in stature at only 5...
Walter L. Brown
Dec 4, 2009
Walter L. Brown December 27, 1926 - December 4, 2009
Walter L. Brown, 82, of Port Arthur passed away on Friday December 4, 2009 at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur. He was born December 27, 1926 to Myrtle Gauthier Brown and William Brown in Evergreen, Louisiana. He served in the Merchant Marines during WWII from 1943 to...
Nellie Oubre
Dec 1, 2009
Nellie Oubre February 25, 1905 - December 1, 2009
Nellie "MeMe" Girouard Oubre, 104, of Port Arthur passed away on Tuesday December 1, 2009 at the Community Retirement Home in Port Arthur. She was born February 25, 1905 to Anaise Berard Girouard and Ovignal Girouard in Loreaville, Louisiana as the third of eight children. She married her husband Henry...
Ruth Hazel Simon
Nov 30, 2009
Ruth Hazel Simon May 15, 1931 - November 30, 2009
Ruth Hazel Booker Simon, 78, of Port Arthur passed away on November 30, 2009 at her residence surrounded by her family. She was a native of Port Arthur. Ruth graduated from the St. Mary School of Nursing as a Registered Nurse. For the next 40 years she worked as...
Rita G. Gaspard
Nov 29, 2009
Rita G. Gaspard June 27, 1926 - November 29, 2009
Rita Guidry Gaspard, 83, of Groves passed away on Sunday November 29, 2009 at the Family Care Assisted Living Center in Orange, Texas. She was born June 27, 1926 to Edna Borel Guidry and Amede Guidry in Port Arthur, Texas. Rita was a lifelong resident of the Port Arthur...
Ellis S. Barbosa
Nov 27, 2009
Ellis S. Barbosa March 27, 1923 - November 27, 2009
Ellis "Bobo" S. Barbosa, 86, of Groves, Texas passed away on Friday November 27, 2009 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas surrounded by his loving family. He was born on March 27, 1923 to Leo and Carmen "Salazar" Barbosa in Port Arthur, Texas. Ellis was a lifelong resident...
James W. Carlin, Jr.
Nov 24, 2009
James W. Carlin, Jr. November 4, 1915 - November 24, 2009
James W. Carlin, Jr., 94, of Groves, Texas went to be with his Lord on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at Cypress Glen Nursing Home in Port Arthur. He was born November 4, 1915 to Mary LeLeux Carlin and James W. Carlin in Orange, Texas. He moved with his...
Evelyn Elizabeth Frudaker
Nov 23, 2009
Evelyn Elizabeth Frudaker February 4, 1929 - November 23, 2009
Evelyn Elizabeth Frudaker, 80, of Houston passed away on Monday, November 23, 2009 at Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital in Houston. She was born February 4, 1929 in Port Arthur, Texas. Evelyn worked as a registered nurse with Texas Institute of Research/Rehibilitation and retired as a supervisor after 40 years...
Melvin H. Schmidt
Nov 22, 2009
Melvin H. Schmidt October 6, 1939 - November 22, 2009
Melvin H. Schmidt, of Groves, Texas, went to meet his heavenly father on November 22, 2009 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Melvin was born in DeRidder, Louisiana on October 6, 1939. He attended DeRidder High School, graduating in 1958, where he excelled in sports including football, basketball and...

