I have had no time over the past few months to update this blog, therefore I have several items of sad news to report. I hope I haven't missed anything, but if I have, I'll catch up in future posts.
Mary Louise Johnston, mother of Marilyn Bates Moore, Terry Bates, and Debbie Johnston passed away in October. (I didn't hear about her death until a few weeks ago.) She was a long-time employee at Imperial Sugar Company. Her husband Reagan worked at Nalco for many years. Here is an obituary for Mrs. Johnston.
I also learned that Jane Broughton Schiller (MCHS '56) passed away in December. Diane Broughton Lundell, Joan Broughton Vaccaro, and Bill Broughton are her siblings. Here is an obituary for Jane. (If you view the full version, note the accompanying photo gallery.)
My classmate and friend, James 'Happy' Barker (DHS '68) died in December. Here is an obituary for him. (If you view the full version, note the accompanying photo gallery.)
Ronnie 'Rusty' Moffett (DHS '62) passed away late last year. (Note there will be a memorial services on February 3rd.) I don't have an online obituary, but Rusty's classmate, John Martin, sent me this information:
Ronnie "Rusty" Moffett lost his two year battle with brain cancer
on December 4, 2017. He was a long time resident of Alvin and Sargent.
He was born on September 20, 1943 in Jennings, Louisiana to Joe and
D'eva Moffett. His family moved back to Texas when he was an infant.
Rusty
was married to Catherine Shinsky Moffett for 42 years. His blended
family consisted of Sunday Moffett Doebbler and husband Tom, Craig
Warley and wife Trish, Carol Warley Ray and husband John. Grandchildren
Trey Doebbler, Summer Doebbler, Marissa Warley Cardin and husband Louis,
and Nicholas Warley, Janie and Jackson Ray. Great-grandchildren Cadence
and Kenneth Cardin.
Rusty
graduated from Dulles High School and attended Wharton Junior College.
He worked for over thirty years at Tuboscope and retired in 2009. He
then worked part time at Tractor Supply and O'Reillys in Alvin. He loved
to fish, collect antiques, and working on his historic home.
Join
family and friends in a celebration of Rusty's life February 3, 2018 at
Elks Lodge, W. Airport , Stafford, Texas, 77477 from 1-4 PM. Please
bring your favorite dish for a pot luck meal.
Another long-time Sugar Land resident, Darrell Pamplin, died on November 29th. Mr. Pamplin was an old Sugar Land enthusiast and long-time resident of The Hill. Click here to view his obituary.
Charles 'Pete' Coburn passed away just a few days ago.
Pete Coburn
I received this obituary from Pete's daughter:
Charles A. “Pete”
Coburn, age 84, of Alvin, Texas passed away Wednesday, January 24,
2018. Pete was born on February 12, 1933 in Sugarland, Texas. He
worked in the Fire Protection and Safety Industry for his entire
career, also serving in the United States Army during the Korean War.
Pete was a member of the National Fire Protection Association, the
American Society of Engineers, and served as a training specialist
for Texas A&M. He was a member of the First United Methodist
Church of Alvin. Pete retired from both Monsanto Chemical and
Sterling Chemical. He was an avid gardener and deer hunter. Pete was
preceded in death by his parents Charles Arthur Sr. and Mary, as well
as 3 older siblings.
Pete is survived by
Marilynn, his wife of 63 years, his daughter, Vivi Skeen and husband
Jack, son Chad Coburn and wife Janet sister, Weesie Lubojasky, 5
grandchildren, Brooke, Nick, Kelsey, Keeley, and Korey, and his great
grand-daughter, Sadie Lynn, as well as numerous other relatives and
friends.
Visitation will be from
6:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. Monday, January 29, 2018 at Scott Funeral
Home. Funeral services will be at 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, January 30,
2018 at Scott Funeral Home. Graveside services will be at 2:30 P.M.
Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at Davis Greenlawn cemetery in Richmond,
Texas.
Arrangements under the
direction of the Scott Family, 1421 East Hwy 6, Alvin, Texas 77511.
(281) 585-1000 www.scottfuneral
home.net.
In lieu of flowers,
please make donations to Alzheimer’s Association at 2242 W.
Holcombe, Houston, T, 77030-2008 www.alz.org.
My sincerest condolences to all these families who have lost love ones.
I have some happy news to report, too. T. V. Abercrombie, Jr. (DHS '64) and Robbie Womack (DHS '67) celebrated 50 years of matrimony with a cruise to Alaska. They have 4 children and 5 grandchildren. They are enjoying life in Navasota. Congratulations -- they seem much too young to be married for 50 years.
Chuck:
Being a BOI raised in Galveston, I enjoyed reading your comments on
Manuel’s Cafe because it brought back sweet memories. I worked for
Manuel and his brother at the cafe on 61st and Seawall boulevard during
summer month’s in the 1950s when I was in High School. Manuel trained
and had me clean the large, hand-selected, fresh flounders he received
almost daily and taught me how to make a surgical cut down the top of
the fish and extract all the back bone and ribs in one quick and
efficient procedure. The result would be passed on to Manuel’s
assistant who would inspect the fish and pass it on to Manuel who would
prepare it and stuff it with his secret, delicious stuffing. The
finished, spicy, deliciously cooked product was out of this world. I
have looked and tasted so-called stuffed flounder in almost every
seafood restaurant in the Houston and Galveston area and have never
again tasted a stuffed flounder that could come close to what Manuel
produced.
After graduating from Texas A&M in 1960, I went overseas and worked
in a lot of countries, coming back in mid-1970s to discover that Manuel
had sold the restaurant. Whatever happened to his secret recipe is
something I would dearly love to find out about. I remember Manuel’s
menu well. I identify it as the one we worked with in the summer of
1954. Yes, a large stuffed flounder the size of a large frying pan cost
$1.75! Incredible ... I dearly hope Manuel didn’t take his recipe
with him to the big kitchen in the sky.
This near-random connection with the past made my day. Thanks for responding, Art.
