Obituaries

Theodore "Ted" J. Rajchel
Feb 22, 2005
Theodore "Ted" J. Rajchel, 83, of Gulfport died Tues. 2/22/2005 in Biloxi. Service: Sat. 2/26/05 at 11 a.m. at Bradford-O'Keefe, 15th St., Gulfport where friends may visit an hour before the service.

Dennis Daniel Dauro
Feb 22, 2005
Dennis Daniel "Pete" Dauro, Sr., our beloved father, was called home on February 22, 2005. He was born January 5, 1918 in Long Beach, MS. He was owner of Dauro's Body Shop, Pete's Amusement Center and the The Junk Barn, all in Long Beach, before he retired. Mr. Dauro was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army, serving...

Elmer Sanchez Peregina
Feb 22, 2005
Elmer Sanchez Peregrina, 73, of Gulfport, died Tuesday, February 22, 2005 in Gulfport. Mr. Peregrina was a resident of Gulfport for one year. He retired from the U.S. Navy Base, Subic Bay, Phillippines. He was a Catholic. Mr. Peregrina was survived by his wife, Adelaida Peregrina, 8 children, 13 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, 3 brothers, 3 sisters, and his mother. Alejandro...
Chad Thomas Michaud
Feb 22, 2005
Mr. Chad Thomas Michaud, age 31, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Tuesday, February 22, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Chad was born in El Paso, TX., and was the loving son of Andre Joseph and Judy Brown Michaud. He was a livelong resident of the community. He attended the University of South Alabama and received his BSN from Mobile College. Chad...

Ardell Holliman Helton
Feb 22, 2005
Ardell Holliman Helton, 97, of Gulfport, died Tuesday, February 22, 2005 in Gulfport. Mrs. Helton was the last living member of her and her husband's generation. Mrs. Helton was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Henry Helton and her son, Roger Dale Helton. Mrs. Helton was a loving mother to her son, Rudolph Thomas Helton (Joyce) of Saucier, 5...
Owen G. Allen
Feb 22, 2005
Mr. Owen G. Allen, age 89, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Tuesday, February 22, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Allen was a native of Kilbourne, LA., and a resident of Ocean Springs for the past 17 years. He retired from the US Air Force after 27 years of service as a Chief Warrant Officer retiring at Keesler Air Force Base....

Beulah Bellais
Feb 21, 2005
Mrs. Beulah M. Creel Bellais, 94, of Biloxi, died Monday Feb. 21, 2005 in Biloxi. She was born July 16, 1910 in Biloxi, and had lived here all her life, she was of the Methodist faith and a member of the Ladies Back Bay Auxillary. She was preceded in death by her husband, George H. "Gig" Bellais, her son, Herman...

Hazel Romero Fletcher
Feb 21, 2005
Mrs. Hazel Romero Fletcher, 64, past away February 21, 2005 in Biloxi, MS. She was born January 9, 1941 in Biloxi and was a lifelong resident. She was member of St. Louis Catholic Church, member of Biloxi's Fleur De Lis Society, Women's Auxillary, and a past president. She graduated from nursing school in 1966, spending the majority of her career...

Betty Breal
Feb 21, 2005
Betty J. Breal, 74, of Biloxi, MS passed away Monday, February 21, 2005 in D'Iberville. Ms. Breal was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi. She retired from BellSouth as a telephone operator after 30 years of service and was a member of the Telephone Pioneers. She was also a lifelong member of St. Michael's Catholic Church. Ms. Breal was...
Barbara Ann Mayer Decker
Feb 21, 2005
Barbara Ann Mayer Decker was called home to eternal life with God on Monday evening, February 21, 2005. Her life of 60 years on this earth was a living example of what it means to be genuinely concerned for the needs of others, to bring joy and unexpected surprises into the life of her family and friends, and to be...

Joseph V. Stachurski
Feb 20, 2005
Mr. Joseph V. Stachurski, age 85, of Hattiesburg, MS., died Sunday, February 20, 2005, in Hattiesburg, from complications following a heart attack. Mr. Stachurski was an honorably discharged veteran of WWII, serving campaigns in the Philippines and Japan. He was a retired professor of Biology and Chemistry. Mr. Stachurski is survived by his wife of 63 years, Lois Smith Stachurski...
Elsie Amelia Owen Williams
Feb 19, 2005
Mrs. Elsie Amelia Owen Williams, 79, of Ocean Springs, MS died Saturday, February 19, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Williams was a native of Lumberton, MS and had been a coast resident over 60 years. She was retired from Ingall's Shipbuilding as a printing machine operator. Mrs. Williams was a member of the First Baptist Church of Ocean Springs and...
Steve Stallman
Feb 19, 2005
Mr. Stephen John Stallman, 59, of Ocean Springs, MS died Saturday, February 19, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Stallman was a native of Los Angeles, California and had been a longtime resident of the coast. He was a U. S. Army Veteran and worked at City Auto Parts and Cedar Lake Auto Parts. Mr. Stillman was an avid Nascar fan...

Beatrice Lepre
Feb 19, 2005
Mrs. Beatrice R. Lepre, 78, of D'Iberville, MS passed away Saturday, February 19, 2005. Mrs. Lepre has been a lifelong resident of the coast. She was employed in Civil Service at Keesler AFB and retired after 17 years with the Transportation Division. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Altar Society and the Ladies Auxiliary VFW, Post...

Robert Arthur Hessell
Feb 19, 2005
Robert Arthur Hessell, 82, of Gulfport died Saturday, February 19, 2005 in Gulfport. Mr. Hessell was born in Chicago, IL and had been a resident of Gulfport since 1965. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps and U. S. Air Force during World War II and the Korean War and was a retired Logistics Engineer at Ingalls Shipbuilding. He was...

Elma Stamper
Feb 18, 2005
Mrs. Elma Parker Stamper, R.N., 86, of Biloxi, MS died Friday, February 18, 2005 in Gulfport. Mrs. Stamper was a native Biloxian and a retired registered nurse. She was a member of the Coalville United Methodist Church in Woolmarket and was a life member of the National Home Gardening Club. During the Polio epidemic she worked in acute polio nursing...
Larry Edward Carnley
Feb 18, 2005
Mr. Larry Edward Carnley, 61, of Houma, LA died Friday, February 18, 2005, in New Orleans, LA. Mr. Carnley was born in Mobile, AL, and had been a resident of Houma, LA for the past sixteen years. He was a former resident of Ocean Springs and a 1962 graduate of Ocean Springs High School. He was a retired U. S....
Christopher Ross
Feb 17, 2005
Christopher Mark Ross, 34, a life-long resident of Biloxi, MS, went to join his Heavenly Father and finally found peace on Thursday, February 17, 2005. He is preceded in death by his father, Walter E. Ross, Jr. He is survived by his wife, Jennifer Powell Ross, his three sons, Justin Ross, Joel Calhoun and Cade Ross, his great-grandmother Beulah Bellais,...
Terri T. Wilson
Feb 17, 2005
Mrs. Terri T. Wilson, age 41, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Thursday, February 17, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Wilson was a native of Hernando, MS., and had been a coast resident for the past 6 years. She taught 4th and 5th grade Special Education at St. Martin Upper Elementary School. She was a member of St. Paul United Methodist...
Violet Hingle Fontenelle
Feb 17, 2005
Mrs. Violet Hingle Fontenelle, 90, of Biloxi, MS passed away February 17, 2005. She was born in Pointe ala Hache, LA. and lived in New Orleans most of her life. She has lived in Biloxi since December of 1974 and was a member of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Biloxi. She was preceded in death by her husband,...
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