Bessie Ruth Keltner Litchfield, 88, of Nederland, passed away September 22, 2005 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur.
Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Friday, October 21, 2005 at Broussard’s in Nederland with Rev. Dale Chance officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches. A gathering of family and friends will be from 5 to 8 P.M. Thursday evening at the mortuary.
Mrs. Litchfield was a of native Port Neches, and lived all of her life in Nederland. She was a homemaker and a member of the First United Methodist Church in Nederland.
Mrs. Litchfield was preceded in death by her husband, H.S. Litchfield, parents, Ernest and Jessie Keltner; sisters, Bonnie Keltner, Ollie Campbell, and Sammie Jo Danials; brother, Bill Keltner, and great grandson, Derek Litchfield. She is survived by two sons, Tootie Litchfield and wife Doris of Nederland, and Bruce Litchfield and wife Barbara of Nederland; eight grandchildren Bret, Roger, Tracy, Keith & Kris Litchfield, Kim Shellhammer, Lydia Dehart & Gerald Waldrep; eleven great grandchildren, Krista Coats & Michael Litchfield, Heather and Robert Shellhammer, Brittany, Kassidy, Kara, Kody Litchfield, Ryan & Jenna Litchfield, Blake Farris, two great great grandchildren, Katie and Harmony Coats; one sister, Mary Frances Scarborough and husband James, two nieces, two nephews. Also surviving are some special friends; Donald & Patsy Bartel, J.W. Moye & Dorothy Vargus, loving and caring neighbors on Kent St. and our Friday morning breakfast group who was so special to Bess.
Pallbearers: Keith, Kris, Bret, Roger, Michael, Ryan Litchfield, and Robert Shellhammer.
