7/9/25

MAIL CALL
From Charlie Fontenot’s daughter: I am late posting a Happy 75th Birthday and Father's day wishes to my Daddy-o! and a belated birthday to my Mom also! We were all together in Chicago making awesome memories. We got to surprise my dad with a trip to see Wrigley Field and watch the Cubs play. We also got to visit Rate Field for the celebration for Pope Leo XIV for my Mom, among many other fun things we did together.
cajunfont@aol.com
412 Brookdale
League City, TX 77573

WEBSITE DONATIONS
Thank you for a donation from Janis Hamilton
Donations were made from Linda DeCuir in memory of classmates, Mike Barbay and Carole Oubre

Ways to donate to the Website:
Send a CHECK made out to:
Linda McFadden
Send To:
Linda DeCuir McFadden
7699 Boardwalk
Lumberton, TX 77657
or
Pay by Venmo
user: Thomas-Jefferson68
Our credit union no longer uses ZELLE.

July 4th TEXAS FLOODING
This catastrophic event is still ongoing. Camille Messina’s granddaughter was rescued. Murphy’s sister and extended family had to evacuate from River Road RV park on the 5th. They were camping with the owners of Tequila’s Restaurant on Gulfway Drive. My daughter and family had been to that same park in 2010 and had to leave immediately due to a flash flood. They were safe but lost everything when their RV was washed down river. Rhonda and Bill Richey with their boys’ families, were also camping higher up and are now safe. Lyn Frasier and Perry Lee were marked safe in Georgetown. I was under the weather and I wasn’t able to follow Face Book more closely to get any more classmates posts about the flooding. Continued prayers. This is so very sad.

NEWS FROM THE HOMEFRONT We went to the Astros game on May 28 with a senior tour group. What a great way to attend a game. We met the bus in Silsbee and traveled to Golden Corral in Houston and then were dropped off at the left field gate. We didn’t even have to go through security. Our seats were on street level about 75 yards from the drop off.
Go ASTROS! We will be headed to College Station for our first granddaughter’s graduation in August. She will get her BS degree in nursing. She has a job starting in the fall at Medical City Children’s Hospital in Dallas in the Pediatric Cardiac ICU. While we are in College Station, we will also attend a theatre production of “17 AGAIN” that my second and last granddaughter has several parts in. Busy weekend. Recently we stopped at a restaurant in Orange after attending mass and who do we see? Our old pals, Johnny “Pookie” Montagne and his wife, Darlene. They had just celebrated their 50th anniversary the day before. Johnny grew up in Pear Ridge and later moved to Surfside near the coast. They moved back to Bridge City and we reconnected there and raised our families together. It was good seeing them again. We left in 2008 after Hurricane Ike and don’t get to see them near as often as we would like to.

MINI REUNION LUNCHEON
Hopefully we can get one going in early fall.

CLASSMATE INFO CHANGES NEEDED
I continue to change information on the master spreadsheet of all the classmates. But, I need your help in keeping it updated. Recently, Janice Nunez contacted me to change her e-mail. Then, Randy Landry has moved from Crystal Beach to Nederland. Cynthia Marshall contacted me to delete her landline and change her cell # and delete a work #. These are very important because it is how Mike and I can continue to send information, news, death notices, etc to you. Please keep me informed. You can check your city and e-mail address information on the front page of our website under the link CLASSMATE LISTING

SUPPORT
Randy Landry
Health issues
Rlandry1@camtel.net
2204 Rosebud
Nederland, TX 77627

Kirk Abshire (husband of Phyllis Fett)
May 22 I’m asking for prayers for my dear sweet husband, Kirk Abshire, who was diagnosed with Acute Leukemia of the blood and bone last Wednesday. He has already started his chemotherapy and is doing great with the treatment. This has been a complete shock and the symptoms came aggressively so quick.
Update:
He has two different cancers:
Acute lymphocytic leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia.
Update:
June 27
Kirk went home after 45 days in the hospital
Undergoing chemo treatments
pabshire@yahoo.com
605 Fence Post Pass
Cedar Park, TX 78613

Mike Faulk and wife, Linda
Mike is stable with his cancer. Linda needed more for her cancer.
Update from daughter, Malinda
June 28
Our mom’s chemo/immunotherapy combo has been very rough on her. We’ve been working on an alternative plan for a while and things have fallen into place for a new path. Our mom begins treatment on Tuesday at Envita Medical Center in Scottsdale, AZ.
Update:
Mike and Linda and daughter have traveled to AZ to get settled in a condo to start a treatment plan.
Msf50@gt.rr.com
8370 E. Bridgefield
Orange, TX 77630

Johnny Vasquez
Dementia
4546 Springdale
Port Arthur, TX 77642

Ronnie Abate (husband of Joyce Marceaux)
June 4 I wanted to thank everyone for all the prayers and well wishes for Ronnie. He has been home since Sunday, and what a busy week! Home Health, Social Services, Physical Therapist and making calls to doctors for follow up appointments! Ronnie is doing pretty good. He is getting better with his walker and his right knee doesn't give out as much either. His right leg from the knee up to the hip is still pretty numb, but those nerves are sure waking up! His is still in some pain, but that will get better too. Again, thank you all for your love and support
Abate.joyce@yahoo.com
6305 Marble Falls
Lumberton, TX 77657

Ernie Castaneda Bullion
NASH (Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis)
Been in and out of hospitals. Home health comes to help out. Just had another procedure to help with blood flow to the brain.
1950tinab@gmail.com
6215 Marble Falls
Lumberton, TX 77657

Janice (Jones) and husband, Paul Kelly
Paul is in the hospital and will be sent to an in-house rehab for heart issues. Janice is having major issues with her back problems. He is in a hospital in Temple, TX. Janice hopes to have him transferred closer to home to a College Station facility.
lsuaggiemom@yahoo.com
10520 Commonwealth Dr.
Iola, TX 77861

Charlie Fontenot
Update on prostate cancer journey
Still taking meds and will go on the 15th for lab work and 3-month injection. Will see the doctor then.
cajunfont@aol.com
412 Brookdale
League City, TX 77573

Dianna Caillier Lewis
Health issues
Port Arthur, TX 77640

Charline Valenciano Allen
Assisted living for dementia
Jhargrave77@yahoo.com
8695 Medical Center Blvd.
Port Arthur, TX 77640

JoAnn Tauzin Labrada
Hospitalized for collapsed lung and intubated. Recovering now slowly.
105 Hunter’s Court
Lumberton, TX 77657

Diane Barker Foreman
Multiple serious health issues
dianebforeman@gmail.com
5541 Garfield
Groves, TX 77619

CONDOLENCES
Classmates gone too soon.

Michael Barbay
5/22/50 – 6/10/25

Carole Oubre Reeves
2/25/50 – 7/6/25
Marvin Reeves
6535 Jefferson
Groves, TX 77619

Services:
First Baptist Church
4000 Grant Ave
Groves, Tx 77619
Saturday, July 12, 2025
Visitation 10:00 am
Service 12:00 pm

Steve Wentworth
7/26/49 - 4/25/25
Services:
St. Phillip the Apostle Catholic Church
2308 3rd St. Huffman, TX 77336
Saturday, July 26, 2025
noon
Reception in the parish hall immediately after

Death of Family Members

Mildred Carmel Baulo Meece
4/8/1924 – 5/10/2025
101 years old!!
(mother of Laura Meece)
Lauradarby29@yahoo.com
24606 Heirloom Ln.
Katy, TX 77493

Joe Castaneda
Nov. 1937 – March 2025
(brother of Ernie Castaneda Bullion)
1950 tinab@gmail.com
6215 Marble Falls
Lumberton, TX 77657

My heart is troubled thinking of the flooding and all the sadness writing about classmate’s health woes and then also the deaths. It is not easy putting all the information down, but I do thank all of you who contribute to my “news” for this letter and also for the classmates who read them and follow us. It just makes us a unique class….a bunch of lifetime friends….TJ, class of ’68. Now, I send this to Mike Lawson and he has hours and hours of work, also to get it to you after changing things on the website.


Stay in touch and contact a classmate,
Linda DeCuir McFadden
lindaDmcfadden@yahoo.com
www.tjhs1968.com