Estanis “Stoney” Gonzales, 73, of Kountze died November 27, 2007 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Beaumont Hospital. He was born in Honey Island, Texas on May 7, 1934 to Vicente and Juanita (Peres) Gonzales. A lifelong resident of Kountze, he was employed for thirty four years as an automobile detailer for Kountze Enterprises. Estanis was a United States Army veteran.
He is survived by his brother, Pete Gonzales and his wife Kay of Silsbee; niece, Kathy Adams and her husband Mike of Nederland; nephew, Pedro Gonzales and his wife Heather of Nederland; great niece and nephew, Blake and Misty Gonzales; and his special family from Kountze Enterprises, The Bumstead family.
Funeral service will be 2:00 P.M. Saturday, December 1, 2007 at Broussard’s, 530 W. Monroe, Kountze with Mr. Heath Stapleton and Mr. Tony Fitzgerald officiating. Burial will follow at Resthaven Cemetery in Silsbee. A gathering of family and friends will be Friday, November 30, 2007 from 5:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M. at the mortuary.
Memorial contributions may be made in Estanis’s memory to American Heart Association, P.O. Box 7015, Beaumont, Texas 77726.
