Ursula M. VanBenthuysen, 95, of Orange, died Saturday, September 6, 2008 at The Meadows in Orange.
Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Ed Rawls.
Burial will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Port Arthur.
Visitation will be from 5:30-8:00 p.m., Monday, at Claybar Funeral Home.
Ursula was born on January 30, 1913, in Galveston. She was the daughter of Oswald and Augustine Baron Killi. She was a member of Silveroaks Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph VanBenthuysen; sisters, Mildred Koch and Laverne Gray; and son-in-law, John Parker.
Those left to cherish her memory are her son, Joe VanBenthuysen and wife Doris of Orangefield; daughter, Ursula M. Parker-Shaw and husband William of New Roads, LA; 6 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and 4 great-great grandchildren.
Serving as pallbearers are Bill VanBenthuysen, Rickey Sheppard, Douglas Parker, Dean Parker, Charles Parker, and Jesse Shilling.
Honorary pallbearers are Cory VanBenthuysen, John Baxter, and Scott Sheppard.
Should friends desire, memorial contribution may be sent to Silveroaks Baptist Church Building Fund.