All Obituaries

Jon David (“JD”) Epstein passed away peacefully in his Galveston home on January 9, 2022 due to complications of leukemia.   He was surrounded by his loving family and friends.   JD was born in Starkville, Mississippi on December 25, 1942 and moved with his family in 1952 to Chester, Illinois, where his father owned a successful retail department store.  JD graduated from Chester High School in 1961 where he excelled in football and basketball and played...

Carroll George Sunseri of Galveston passed away December 30, 2021, at home surrounded by his family.  He was born October 2, 1938, at St. Mary’s Infirmary, to Frank Joseph Sunseri, Sr., and Althea Thompson Sunseri.  Carroll attended St. Patrick’s Grammar School.  He graduated from Kirwin High School, Class of 1957, The University of Texas (’61) and The Southwestern Graduate School of Banking.  After graduating from UT, Carroll served in The United...

Services have been postponed. Please check our website for updates.      Leonard (Len) Swischuk passed away peacefully in Galveston, TX on October 22, 2021, surrounded by his devoted and loving family. Leonard was preceded in death by his parents, Nicholas and Mary, his sister Vivian, and by his beloved wife Jane (Janie). He is survived by his four sons: Tim Swischuk (Margarita), Jim Swischuk (Lindsey), Mike Swischuk (Stephanie), Peter Swischuk (Cielo), and fourteen...

Maria L. Pruitt passed away from this life on Monday, December 27, 2021. Maria was born in Donna, Texas on September 17, 1939 to Domingo and Andrea Alvarado being their third child of sixteen and the last one to leave this Earth. Maria married the love of her life, John W. Pruitt Sr., and they began their life together in Texas City where they raised all five of their children. She worked at Shriner's Hospital in Galveston for twenty-eight years before retiring. Maria is survived by...

JOHN HOWARD CLYBURN 1940 – 2021  John Howard Clyburn passed away on Tuesday, the 14th of December 2021.  John was a devoted and beloved husband, father, grandfather and educator.  He was born in Conroe, Texas on May 31, 1940, to parents Nell Phillips Clyburn and George Lee Clyburn.  John graduated from Conroe High School and the University of Texas at Austin while also completing further graduate work at Cornell University.  Like his mother, an elementary...

Helen Edge Lozano passed away naturally and peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday, December 8, 2021.  She was 98 years old.   She was a resident of Stonebridge Health Center in Austin for the last 2 years.  She was dearly loved there by both residents and staff, as she roamed around in her wheelchair, using her feet to propel her around.   She was born on July 7, 1923 in San Benito, Texas.  Her family then moved to Galveston where she grew up with her 4...

Charles G. "Greg" Pembleton, age 58, passed away Sunday, October 24, 2021 at his residence. Visitation will be held at J. Levy & Termini Funeral Home on Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 1:00 P.M., with a celebration of his life following at 1:30 P.M.  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to ALSAC/St. Jude's Children's Research Center or the Humane Society of the United States.  Although face masks are not required, the family is requesting that face masks...

Carmen Luisa Rivera, age 81, passed away Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at The Meridian.  She was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on December 9, 1939.  Carmen and family moved to America when she a pre-teen.  They settled in Bronx, N.Y. where Carmen became a wife and mother.  After having raised her children, she became a Certified Nurse’s Aide for 20 years.   Our mother was raised Catholic, but later became a Christian.  She loved her Lord and Savior and...

Guadalupe "Lupe" Vasquez, age 88, passed away Sunday, November 28, 2021 at her residence. Visitation will be held at J. Levy & Termini Funeral Home on Sunday, December 5, 2021 from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M., with a Rosary to begin at 7:00 P.M. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Patrick Catholic Church on Monday, December 6, 2021 at 10:00 A.M. Interment will follow at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Dickinson, Texas.

Frances Norma Yokum Rourke Powell passed away Sunday morning, November 28, 2021, at the age of 81.  Born on Galveston Island, the 24th of October in 1940, Frances immediately captured the adoration and love of her parents and all blessed to peer into her big, brown, beautiful eyes. She was raised on The Island in the Buest Family’s Victorian home on Broadway.  With Survivors of the 1900 Storm, the gentleness of great aunt Edith (Edie) Loretta Buest, the strength and...