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Obituaries for June 7, 2008
Mark Lee Ashley, 37, passed away Wednesday, June 4, 2008 in Rockport, TX. He was born May 25, 1971 to Harold and June Anne Ashley in Sinton, TX.
He was a graduate of Rockport-Fulton High School and attended Del Mar College. Mark was a service tech for AEP Texas. He was an avid outdoorsman and loved to fish and play golf. His love of life was his daughter, McKenzie, and taking her to the Hooks games. He was very involved in coaching his daughter's minor girls softball league and soccer team. Mark was very outgoing, never meeting a stranger and was loved by many.
He is survived by his daughter, McKenzie Leigh Ashley of Rockport; parents, Harold and June Ashley of Rockport; brother, Michael W. (Melody) Ashley of Rockport; niece, Megan Ashley and nephew, Michael Ashley II, both of Rockport; and maternal grandmother, June Flowers of Pipe Creek, TX.
Visitation was held from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m., Thursday, June 5, 2008 at Charlie Marshall Funeral Home, 814 E. Main, Rockport, TX. A Funeral Service was held at 2 p.m., Friday, June 6, 2008 at Peace Lutheran Church, Rockport, TX. Interment followed at Rockport Cemetery, Rockport, TX.
Rodney Owen Bilton, 61, passed away Monday, June 2, 2008. He was born March 12, 1947 in Corsicana. He was a Navy Vietnam veteran and had been a Fulton resident for the past two years.
He was preceded in death by one daughter, Jessica Farmer; his parents; and one brother. He is survived by his wife, Jan Bilton of Fulton; one son, Jacob Farmer of Fort Worth; one daughter, Sierra Reavis of Fulton; one brother; two sisters; and three grandchildren.
Memorial services were to be held at Unity Church at 11 a.m., Friday, June 6.
Herman Dabbs, 81, passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2008. He was born April 7, 1927 in Marshville, NC. He retired from the military after 28 years of service in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force. He had been a Rockport resident since 1977 and was a member of Salt Lake Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and his wife, Peggy Dabbs. He is survived by one niece, Becky Capwell of Colorado; and two brothers-in-law, Bobby Hooker of Colorado, and Frank Hooker of Devine.
A funeral service was to be held at 10 a.m. Friday, June 6 at Charlie Marshall Funeral Home Chapel. Interment followed at 3 p.m. at Evergreen Cemetery in Devine.
Jacqueline Jean Burmeister Helmke of Rockport, 64, passed away Saturday, May 31, 2008. She was born July 3, 1943 in Lanesboro, MN.
She was preceded in death by her father. She is survived by her husband, Ron Helmke; two daughters, Amy Wanke of San Antonio, and Susan Sebba of Denver, CO; her mother, Frances Burmeister; three grandchildren; three sisters; and one brother.
Jacqueline T. Lyon, 76, of South Bend, IN, passed away on Saturday, May 31, 2008, in her home. Jacqueline was born on June 15, 1931 in Galveston, TX to Alton and Odessa (Barre) Woods, and had lived in South Bend since 1967, except from 1994-2001 when she lived in Rockport, Texas.
She had formerly been employed with Inwoods in South Bend. Surviving are three daughters, Siobhan (Daniel) Szakaly of South Bend, IN, Nora (Michael) Zusi of Mishawaka, IN and Kathleen Lyon of Washington, D.C.; four sons, Matthew (Nancy) Lyon of Cleveland, OH, Geoffrey (Jennifer) Lyon of Moscow, Russia, Mark (Chris) Lyon of South Bend, IN, and Arthur (Ellen) Lyon of Bloomington, IN; sixteen grandchildren, Marissa and Connor Lyon; Sara and Gabriel Szakaly; Lily, Tommy, Paul, Julia, and Ben Zusi; Kelsey, Morgen, and Mitchell Lyon; Emily and Mary Lyon; and Finnian and Odessa Lyon; two sisters, Judy (Gene) Taber of Garland, TX and Shirley Woods of Dallas, TX; one brother, Jimmy (Tlaloc Alferez) Woods of New Orleans, LA; and by many nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her son, Tom Lyon, on October 14, 1996; and two sisters, Carol Matthews and Kathleen Woods.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held at 10 a.m., Friday, June 6, 2008 in St. Joseph Parish Church, 226 N. Hill St. Burial followed in Cedar Grove Cemetery. Friends called from 4 until 8 p.m. Thursday in the Kaniewski Funeral Home, 3545 N. Bendix Drive, where a rosary was prayed at 7 p.m.
Jacqueline loved her children and grandchildren and enjoyed playing games with them. She enjoyed composing poetry, gardening, flowers, and puzzles.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph's High School or to St. Joseph Tower in South Bend.
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