Funeral information for ElGato's wife

[Abraham]

I'm terribly saddened to read this.

[jimlongley]

Prayers sent, tears shed.

[John]

Saddened to hear. ElGato and family are in my paryers.

[seamusTX]

Here is the obituary from today's Galveston County Daily News:

Gwenn McClain Estep

TEXAS CITY — Gwenn McClain Estep, 66, of Texas City, passed away Wednesday, November 5, 2008, at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

Funeral services will be held 2 p.m., Saturday, November 8, at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City. Burial will follow at Grace Memorial Park in Hitchcock. Visitation will be 12 noon on Saturday, prior to the funeral service, at the funeral home.

Mrs. Estep was born January 8, 1942, in Denton, Texas. She was a homemaker who had retired from the purchasing department of J. C. Penney.

She is preceded in death by her father H. J. McClain, sister Sue Elliott, brother-in-law Sam Estep and wife, Phyllis.

Survivors include her husband of forty-eight years, Tom Estep, Sr.; her mother Hazel Rierson and step-father Darroll; sons Tom Estep, Jr. and wife Rhonda and Chris Estep and wife Angela; daughters Tami Estep-Padgett and husband Jimmy and Lesli Estep; grandchildren Samantha Fuller, Katy Estep, Cameron Estep, Darren and Shannon Morgan; sisters Jackie Mitchell and husband Jack and Joan Jiede; childhood friends Sherron White and Carol Blair; special friends Carol and Gordon Myers, David and Nihla Touchstone, and Sid and Peggy Clayton; numerous other relatives and friends.

Pallbearers are Steven Kolbasinski, William Brocker, Clint Mitchell, Donnie Elliott, Billy Estep, and Matt Jiede. Honorary pallbearers are Jake Estep, Carl Estep, Micah Estep, and Jack Mitchell.

You can view a photo here. (I don't know how long obituaries remain available.)

Tom, please accept my condolences. Words cannot express how I feel. Our prayers for you and your family will continue.

- Jim

[tomc]

Tom:

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

[NcongruNt]

While I never had the opportunity to meet Gwenn, I've had the pleasure of shooting and talking with Tom on a few occasions. He's a very kind and generous individual, and a man like him tends to be backed up by a woman of equally good traits. I am reminded of the phrase "Behind every great man, there's a great woman." As all accounts from the friends who knew her have been nothing but positive, I mourn the loss of a great woman to this world. I know that it must be very difficult for Tom at this time, having lost his partner of nearly half a century. My prayers are with him.

To Tom and his family: you have my condolences and prayers. You are loved by many.

Godspeed Gwenn, as you go to be with the Lord.