Mr. Gonzales

Mr. Ruben Gonzales was called into the Arms of the Lord on July 17, 2008, at the age of 62.

Ruben was born on August 12, 1945, in Goliad, Texas. Ruben was retired from the Texas Department of Transportation after 21 years of service.

He is survived by his mother, Micaela Carrillo of Tuleta, Texas; one son, Ruben Gonzales Jr. of Corpus Christi, Texas; five daughters, Yolanda (John) Segura, Anna Gonzales, Christina (Steve) Lara and Priscilla Gonzales, all of Beeville, Texas and Margaret (Juan) Constante of Tuleta, Texas; two brothers, Sam Gonzales of Bishop, Texas and Oscar Carrillo of Beeville, Texas; one sister, Gloria Gonzales of San Antonio, Texas; 16 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Visitation was held at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, July 20, 2008. Rosary was recited on Sunday, July 20, 2008, at 8:00 p.m. at Treviño Funeral Home. Funeral Service was held on Monday, July 21, 2008, at 1:00 p.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church and burial followed at St. Joseph Cemetery.

Honorary pallbearers will be member of Texas Department of Transportation.

Treviño Funeral Home

Mrs. Paradis

Myrna Tindol Paradis, 76, of Tucson, Ariz., and formerly of Bee County, died on Saturday, July 12, 2008.

She was born in Cadiz in Bee County on Jan. 22, 1932, to Dan and Anne Mae Tindol. She was a school teacher and a Christian.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Survivors include her daughter, Pamela; two sons, Robert and Paul; five grandchildren, Briana, Noah, Hanna, Eli and Caleb; two brothers, D.J. and Ray Tindol; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, at Cadiz Baptist Church with Rev. R.C. Jeanes officiating. Interment will be at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C.

Galloway & Sons, Inc. Funeral Directors

Mrs. Vaughn

Eloisa Mae Gonzales Vaughn, 28, of Skidmore, died on Thursday, July 17, 2008.

She was born Nov. 7, 1979, in Beeville to Reynaldo G. and Ester M. Gonzales. She married Mark Anthony Vaughn in Beeville on March 11, 2006. She was a correctional officer for more than 10 years.

She is survived by her husband, Mark Anthony Vaughn of Skidmore; her parents, Reynaldo and Ester Gonzales of Skidmore; paternal grandparents, Pablo and Dora Gonzales of Skidmore; maternal grandparents, Rufino and Eloisa Menchaca of Skidmore; one stepson, Mark Anthony Vaughn Jr. of Beeville; one sister, Dora Lisa Garcia and husband Jaime of Sinton; two brothers, Reynaldo Gonzales Jr. of Ingleside and Roberto Gonzales of Skidmore; and numerous cousins.

Visitation was held from 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Angelus Funeral Home chapel with a rosary recited there at 7 p.m. Funeral Mass was celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church with Father Patrick Donohoe officiating. Interment followed at Evergreen Cemetery in Skidmore.

Pallbearers were Jaime Garcia, Reynaldo Gonzales Jr., Roberto Gonzales, Robert Gonzales, Craig Penney and Joseph Lara. Honorary pallbearers were Officers Guerrero, DelBosque, Mata, Santos and Rochester, Lt. Garza and Jasmine Vaughn.

Angelus Funeral Home

Mrs. Wenger

Juliet “Judy” Thompson Knight Wenger, pioneer journalist and broadcaster in South Texas, died Sunday, July 20, 2008, in hospice care surrounded by friends and family.

She was born Jan. 12, 1918, in Austin. She was the first female to cover the “night side” for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times — working at night to report on crimes and natural disasters.

While her career includes milestones for female communicator/journalists, she shared tea with (then) Vice President and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at their Johnson City Ranch in 1961 and was a guest of the French government on board the inaugural flight of Air France in 1962. Her White House press credentials gave her passage into the Oval Office where she photographed President John F. Kennedy and Nakita Khrushchev discussing the “red phone” hotline between Washington, D.C., and the Kremlin.

From her journalistic beginnings as a staff writer for the “Daily Texan” at the University of Texas where she graduated cum laude at the age of 20 in 1935, her 70-year career allowed her to interview movie stars, multi-millionaires and murderers alike.

Early in her career, she edited the Brazoria County Review, the Angleton Times, the Beeville Bee-Picayune, the Rockport Pilot and the Port Lavaca News before she joined the fledgling CBS-TV affiliate KZTV-KSIX as its first radio and television news director.

Following her broadcast career, she wrote for the Southside Today in Corpus Christi, the Aransas Pass Progress, the Ingleside Index and covered intergovernmental communications for the Coastal Bend Council of Governments.

Her writing has been featured in publications ranging from the National Press Photographer Magazine to Southwest Art and the Corpus Christi Junior League.

While a full-time reporter for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, she also served as a correspondent for United Press International, the Christian Science Monitor, The San Antonio Express, the Houston Post, the Dallas Times-Herald and Time Magazine.

Among the awards she earned from the Texas Press Association was the title of “Best Radio Broadcast of 1958,” “Outstanding Coverage of Education” from the Corpus Christi Teachers’ Association, and “Woman of the Year in Communications for 1983” by the Corpus Christi YWCA. She won an Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties for her coverage of Duval County government in 1981.

She was a charter member, and twice served as president, of the Corpus Christi Press Club. For 30 years, she participated in the club’s Gridiron Show, designed to poke fun at local news and newsmakers while raising funds for journalism scholarships.

She produced and hosted “State of the Region” covering the 12-county Coastal Bend region for the Coastal Bend Council of Governments which started as a 15-minute radio program in 1947 and continued as a half-hour weekly television program until 1982.

She was a pilot and enjoyed sailing.

She was a member of many area organizations and learned to change truck tires as captain of the Civil Defense Driver’s Corps in Bee County.

She is survived by her husband, Milburn Chris Wenger of Rockport, cousins, sisters-in-law and godchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Lancelot Mayes Knight and Susan Thompson Knight, sister Virginia Knight and cousin Mark Whitney Dudley.

Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday at Our Savior Episcopal Church in Aransas Pass.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the church.