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Gertrude Eunice Faherty
GALVESTON — Gertrude Eunice Faherty, 94, of Galveston, passed away Sunday, January 2, 2005, at Hearthstone Assisted Living Center in Texas City.
Funeral mass will be 1 p.m., Thursday, January 6, 2005, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Gerald Lewis, SVD, as Celebrant. Burial will follow the service at Mt. Olivet Catholic cemetery in Dickinson.
The family will receive visitors after 5 p.m., Wednesday, January 5, 2005, at Malloy & Son Funeral Home. In addition, a rosary will be held at 7 p.m., led by Deacon John Pistone.
Gertrude was born June 14, 1910, in Galveston, Texas. She graduated from Ursuline Academy in 1926, and married
the love of her life, Mike Faherty, in 1937. Gertrude worked for American National Insurance Company for several years. She was a member of Sacred Heart Church where she participated in the Women's Club. She also volunteered with the food pantry for many years at St. Vincent's House. Gertrude lived in Houston from 1955 until 1966 and was a member of the Westwood Garden Club. She was also a founding member of Corpus Christi Catholic Church.
Gertrude was preceded in death by her husband, Mike Faherty; her parents, Arthur and Nora Sims; and her sisters, Marion Griffith, Phoebe Sims, and Elenora Peters.
She is survived by her daughter, Gertrude (Sissy) Kibler, of Houston; and son, Bill Faherty and his wife, Donna, of Waller County, Texas; brother, Arthur Sims and his wife, Wilma, of Texas City; grandchildren, Windy Kibler, Leah Kibler, Craig, Michael, Joseph, and Stephen Faherty; great grandchildren, Jennifer, Timothy, Michael, Ellie, Conner, Sophia, Baron, Brooke, and Faith; and many nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Craig, Michael, Joseph, and Stephen Faherty, Timothy Medlin, and Gary Peters.
Gertrude was one of the most giving people who ever lived and she was loved by all who knew her.
The family wishes to extend special thanks to the employees at Hearthstone Assisted Living Center for making Gertrude's last years so very pleasant.
Malloy & Son Funeral Home
Guadalupe Vargas Aguilera
DICKINSON — Guadalupe Vargas Aguilera, 70, passed away January 2, 2005, in Webster, Texas. She was born July 2, 1934, in Mexico to parents, Juan Vargas and Maria Luisa Gonzales. She was a homemaker and a member of Shrine of True Cross Catholic Church in Dickinson.
She is survived by her husband, Desiderio; three daughters, Alicia Cruz and husband, Hector, Sylvia Ruiz and husband, Joe D. and Oralia Sanchez and husband, Gilbert; seven sons, Juan Aguilera and wife, Altagracia, Matilde Aguilera and wife, Merida, Desiderio Aguilera, Jr., Victor Aguilera and wife, Carolyn, Rigoberto Aguilera and wife, Ruby, Herman Aguilera and wife, Olga, Roland Aguilera and wife, Michelle; her sister, Hilaria Sierra and brother, Carlos Vargas. She is also survived by twenty-six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by parents; three daughters, Lupita Aguilera, Rita Aguilera and Elma Aguilera; grandson, Juan Aguilera and granddaughter, Arceley Sanchez.
Funeral services will be Thursday, January 6, 2005, at 10:30 a.m. at Shrine of True Cross Catholic Church in Dickinson, Texas. Interment will follow at Mt. Olivet cemetery in Dickinson. Visitation will be Tuesday, January 4, 2005, from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday, January 5, 2005, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. with a Vigil service at 7 p.m. at the funeral home.
James Crowder Funeral Home-Dickinson
Theodore White, Sr.
DICKINSON — Mr. Theodore White, Sr. was born to the late Will and Levina Colbert White on December 29, 1919, in Palestine, Washington County, Texas. He was the eldest of five children born to this union.
Theodore was reared in Washington County where he received his education; and confessed Christ at an early age. Upon moving to Dickinson, Texas, he worked faithfully in New Jerusalem Baptist Church under the leadership of the late Rev. J. A. Wrenn. He was instrumental in the re-building to the new church edifice. He was a longtime employee of Amoco Oil in Texas City retiring after 44 years of service. After retirement, he pursued his passion of working on his tractor.
Theodore was united in Holy Matrimony to Sarah Lee Little. To this union of 60 years, five beautiful children were born.
Theodore White, Sr. was a kind, generous, loving man that loved a simple life. He entered his new life on Saturday, January 1, 2005, at the Kindred Hospital in Houston, Texas. He is preceded in death by his parents; his beloved wife of 60 years, Sarah Lee White; one son, Theodore White, Jr.; and his brothers and sisters, Tenola White, Sr., Willie Lea Whiting, Myrtle Walker, Babe Ruth White, Sr.; and a devoted nephew, H. Maurice Little.
Theodore leaves to cherish his memories four devoted children, Calvin Earl White, Sr. of Houston, Barbara White Cooper, Levina Franklin both of Dickinson and Edward Louis White of League City; sisters-in-law, Bertha White, Bert E. Little, Ruby Lee Little and Elsie Marie White; a special niece, Lela Henderson; and a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other family members and friends.
Visitation will be Friday, January 7, 2005, from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Mainland Funeral Home Chapel in La Marque. There will be no wake. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, January 8, 2005, at New Jerusalem Baptist Church, 3018 Avenue F in Dickinson with Pastor Roderick Cunningham, officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Park East cemetery in Webster.
Mainland Funeral Home
Emily Marie John
TEXAS CITY — Emily Marie John, 86, of Texas City, passed away Friday, December 31, 2004, at Pointe Rehab and Health Care Center in Webster, Texas. A funeral mass will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, January 7, 2005, at Holy Rosary Catholic Church with Father Paul Banet celebrant. Burial will follow at Lakeview cemetery in Galveston under the direction of Carnes Brothers Funeral Home. The family will receive visitors from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Thursday at the church with a Rosary and Vigil to be held at 7 p.m.
Mrs. John was born June 20, 1918, in Opelousas Louisiana to Alcied and Laura Scott Semien. She was a dedicated homemaker, taking care of her family and friends. She was a member of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church, the Ladies Auxiliary, the Madonna Court #20, the Sunday Morning Breakfast Club and the CBNS Club.
preceded in death by her parents, husband, Ernest John, son, Lionel John, daughter, Rita John and sister, Alice Degean, she is survived by her daughters, Shirley Reynaud of Galveston, Betty Williams of Beaumont and Emily Dimes and husband, Willie of Texas City; sisters, Ethel Sam and husband, J. C. and Annie Petrie all of Lake Charles, Louisiana; brother Benjamin Semien of Opelousas, Louisiana; 20 grandchildren; 25 great grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Louis Simpson, Darrell Simpson, Roy Norman, Terrance Norman, Martell John and Farand John. Honorary pallbearers are Michael Simpson, Larry Simpson and Bernard John, Jr.
The family would like to express their thanks to the Amed Hospice staff and the Pointe Rehab staff for their dedicated care of Mrs. John.
Carnes Brothers Funeral Home
Roy C. Brown
W. TEXAS CITY — Homegoing Celebration for Roy C. Brown, 77, will be held Thursday, January 6, 2005, 1 p.m., at First Baptist Church, in Texas City, with the Rev. Leonard Clark officiating.
He is survived by wife Berdie "Doll" Brown; daughter, Doris Brown Mack (Ike), of Richmond, Texas, and a host of other relatives and friends.
Homegoing celebration is entrusted to Augustus Funeral Home, Inc., 832 5th Ave. North, Texas City, Texas 77590, (409) 948-2200. www.augustusfuneralhome.com or daugus5157(at)aol.com.
Augustus Mortuary
Ella Rosetta Laura House Rassin, S.R.N.
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Mrs. Ella Rosetta Laura House Rassin, S.R.N., of Nassau, Bahamas, passed away at 4:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 6, 2005.
Mrs. Rassin was born in Woolich, Kent, England on March 31, 1909, and raised in Ipswich, England.
She received her Nursing Education degree in Great Britain and was awarded her nursing license on June 24, 1932. She completed postgraduate training at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital where she graduated in 1936. She was a Theatre Staff Nurse at the hospital and later a Theatre Sister at Plantation Nursing Home. She joined the Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Service and assisted with the wounded in London during World War II.
Nurse Rassin was an Operating Theatre Nurse, specializing in the treatment of burned pilots during the war. She met her future husband, Dr. Meyer Rassin, while assisting him during a surgical procedure. They fell in love and married
in 1942. In 1947, they moved to Nassau with their two sons, David and Barry, three weeks after Barry was born.
During the early years in Nassau she devoted herself to making a home for her young children and husband. These early years were a major transition for her, but she adapted well to her new tropical home. She rode her bicycle to the store for groceries and dealt with the heat of the summer, which was an enormous change from the weather in England.
As Dr. Rassin’s clinical practice grew, she rejoined him as a member of his clinical team in the new clinic he established on Frederick Street. In 1955, she played a major role in the building and opening of The Rassin Hospital, where she would serve as Head Nurse from its opening until she retired in 1983.
Nurse Rassin was the "healing hands" of The Rassin Hospital and was loved by her patients. They always felt better when visiting because of her comforting and empathizing demeanor and her inner-strength was often a factor in their recovery. She certainly lived up to the reference she received from Dr. N. S. Carruthers, F.R.C.S. who, in 1937, said that she "…will go far in her profession, partly as the result of her kindness to all but also as the result of her nursing skill." She strove to be a true example of what a nurse should be always and tried to emulate the founder of the nursing profession, Florence Nightingale.
Mrs. Rassin is survived by her son David, Assistant Dean of Continuing Education and Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas and her daughter-in-law Glennda. She is also survived by her son Barry, who is the CEO of Doctors Hospital Health System and her daughter-in-law Esther. She was proud of her six grandchildren, Pascale, Michele, Anthony, Meya, Keith and Heather and her nine great-grandchildren Nathaniel and Isabella Pulley; Joshua and Sophia Rassin; Alexandra, Hunter, and Parker Edwards; and Erik and Jaden Whiting. She is also survived by her sister Augusta House of Ipswich, England.
Memorial contributions can be sent to: The Star of the Bahamas Charity Guide #35, P. O. Box GT-2175, Nassau, Bahamas.
