James B. Gilhaus, 71, passed away on Oct. 19, 2007, in Conroe. James was born on Sept. 19, 1936, in Houston to James Walter and Mary Evelyn Taylor Gilhaus. Jim spent most of young life in Louisville, Ken.
He served in the U.S. Air Force in the Air Survey department. After divorce, he returned to Houston and married his present wife of 38 years, Pauline McWhorter Gilhaus.
Working in sales for a while, he was also maitre'd for the then newly built Astroworld Hotel. He never really liked the “big city” although he loved life and made friends easily. After moving to Huntsville, he became a police officer for several years. He also served as a Madison County Sheriff’s Deputy. Later he was employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Huntsville. Transferring to a new unit in Amarillo, he retired after 12 years as a captain in the Psychiatric Unit. (He always said he fit in well there.) He tried the ostrich business which was very interesting, but not a good investment at the time, and a tornado helped them get out of that business. Barns flew and they decided Huntsville was the better place to retire.
He and Pauline finally made it back to what they called “home” for many years. Jim loved to sing and he and his wife got into the “karaoke” business. That permitted him to sing wherever they had a “gig.” Jim loved the Lord and quoted scriptures from the Bible from time to time. When the doctors diagnosed him with cancer, he started preparing for his demise in an almost calm way. He even sometimes had a sense of humor with Dr. Ali Bhuriwala, and his nurse with Odyssey Health Care, Melissa. They couldn’t believe his strength. He tried to keep his spouse from worrying as much as possible, and they spent the last months of his life together in a closer and loving relationship.
Jim was also a member of the American Legion Post 95 in Huntsville.Mr. Gilhaus is preceded in death by his parents; half sisters, Mary Ann Spaulding and Sandra Gilhaus; and half brother, Michael Gilhaus.
Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Pauline; daughter, Lydia Dawn Evans and husband David of North Zulch; daughter, Tracy Renee Kolb of Louisville, Ken.; and son, James Bruce Gilhaus and wife Belinda of Louisville, Ken. Nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren also survive. Other survivors include his step-mother, Violet Gilhaus of Lake Jackson; sister, Sharlene Tallarico of Louisville, Ken.; half brothers, Richard E. Hallet of Louisville, Ken., and Robert Gilhaus and Richard Gilhaus of Mandeville, La.; half sisters, Deborah Gilhaus of Abito Springs, La., and Scooter Lee and Nettie Gilhaus of Atlanta, Ga.
Funeral services for Mr. Gilhaus will be conducted at 3 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 22, 2007, at Huntsville Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ken Hugghins officiating.. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society. Services are under the direction of Huntsville Funeral Home.Huntsville Funeral Home
Published in The Huntsville Item from Oct. 21 to Oct. 23, 2007.
He served in the U.S. Air Force in the Air Survey department. After divorce, he returned to Houston and married his present wife of 38 years, Pauline McWhorter Gilhaus.
Working in sales for a while, he was also maitre'd for the then newly built Astroworld Hotel. He never really liked the “big city” although he loved life and made friends easily. After moving to Huntsville, he became a police officer for several years. He also served as a Madison County Sheriff’s Deputy. Later he was employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Huntsville. Transferring to a new unit in Amarillo, he retired after 12 years as a captain in the Psychiatric Unit. (He always said he fit in well there.) He tried the ostrich business which was very interesting, but not a good investment at the time, and a tornado helped them get out of that business. Barns flew and they decided Huntsville was the better place to retire.
He and Pauline finally made it back to what they called “home” for many years. Jim loved to sing and he and his wife got into the “karaoke” business. That permitted him to sing wherever they had a “gig.” Jim loved the Lord and quoted scriptures from the Bible from time to time. When the doctors diagnosed him with cancer, he started preparing for his demise in an almost calm way. He even sometimes had a sense of humor with Dr. Ali Bhuriwala, and his nurse with Odyssey Health Care, Melissa. They couldn’t believe his strength. He tried to keep his spouse from worrying as much as possible, and they spent the last months of his life together in a closer and loving relationship.
Jim was also a member of the American Legion Post 95 in Huntsville.Mr. Gilhaus is preceded in death by his parents; half sisters, Mary Ann Spaulding and Sandra Gilhaus; and half brother, Michael Gilhaus.
Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Pauline; daughter, Lydia Dawn Evans and husband David of North Zulch; daughter, Tracy Renee Kolb of Louisville, Ken.; and son, James Bruce Gilhaus and wife Belinda of Louisville, Ken. Nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren also survive. Other survivors include his step-mother, Violet Gilhaus of Lake Jackson; sister, Sharlene Tallarico of Louisville, Ken.; half brothers, Richard E. Hallet of Louisville, Ken., and Robert Gilhaus and Richard Gilhaus of Mandeville, La.; half sisters, Deborah Gilhaus of Abito Springs, La., and Scooter Lee and Nettie Gilhaus of Atlanta, Ga.
Funeral services for Mr. Gilhaus will be conducted at 3 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 22, 2007, at Huntsville Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ken Hugghins officiating.. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society. Services are under the direction of Huntsville Funeral Home.Huntsville Funeral Home
Published in The Huntsville Item from Oct. 21 to Oct. 23, 2007.
James B. Gilhaus, 71, passed away on Oct. 19, 2007, in Conroe. James was born on Sept. 19, 1936, in Houston to James Walter and Mary Evelyn Taylor Gilhaus. Jim spent most of young life in Louisville, Ken.
He served in the U.S. Air Force in the Air Survey department. After divorce, he returned to Houston and married his present wife of 38 years, Pauline McWhorter Gilhaus.
Working in sales for a while, he was also maitre'd for the then newly built Astroworld Hotel. He never really liked the “big city” although he loved life and made friends easily. After moving to Huntsville, he became a police officer for several years. He also served as a Madison County Sheriff’s Deputy. Later he was employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Huntsville. Transferring to a new unit in Amarillo, he retired after 12 years as a captain in the Psychiatric Unit. (He always said he fit in well there.) He tried the ostrich business which was very interesting, but not a good investment at the time, and a tornado helped them get out of that business. Barns flew and they decided Huntsville was the better place to retire.
He and Pauline finally made it back to what they called “home” for many years. Jim loved to sing and he and his wife got into the “karaoke” business. That permitted him to sing wherever they had a “gig.” Jim loved the Lord and quoted scriptures from the Bible from time to time. When the doctors diagnosed him with cancer, he started preparing for his demise in an almost calm way. He even sometimes had a sense of humor with Dr. Ali Bhuriwala, and his nurse with Odyssey Health Care, Melissa. They couldn’t believe his strength. He tried to keep his spouse from worrying as much as possible, and they spent the last months of his life together in a closer and loving relationship.
Jim was also a member of the American Legion Post 95 in Huntsville.Mr. Gilhaus is preceded in death by his parents; half sisters, Mary Ann Spaulding and Sandra Gilhaus; and half brother, Michael Gilhaus.
Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Pauline; daughter, Lydia Dawn Evans and husband David of North Zulch; daughter, Tracy Renee Kolb of Louisville, Ken.; and son, James Bruce Gilhaus and wife Belinda of Louisville, Ken. Nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren also survive. Other survivors include his step-mother, Violet Gilhaus of Lake Jackson; sister, Sharlene Tallarico of Louisville, Ken.; half brothers, Richard E. Hallet of Louisville, Ken., and Robert Gilhaus and Richard Gilhaus of Mandeville, La.; half sisters, Deborah Gilhaus of Abito Springs, La., and Scooter Lee and Nettie Gilhaus of Atlanta, Ga.
Funeral services for Mr. Gilhaus will be conducted at 3 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 22, 2007, at Huntsville Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ken Hugghins officiating.. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society. Services are under the direction of Huntsville Funeral Home.Huntsville Funeral Home
Published in The Huntsville Item from Oct. 21 to Oct. 23, 2007.
He served in the U.S. Air Force in the Air Survey department. After divorce, he returned to Houston and married his present wife of 38 years, Pauline McWhorter Gilhaus.
Working in sales for a while, he was also maitre'd for the then newly built Astroworld Hotel. He never really liked the “big city” although he loved life and made friends easily. After moving to Huntsville, he became a police officer for several years. He also served as a Madison County Sheriff’s Deputy. Later he was employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Huntsville. Transferring to a new unit in Amarillo, he retired after 12 years as a captain in the Psychiatric Unit. (He always said he fit in well there.) He tried the ostrich business which was very interesting, but not a good investment at the time, and a tornado helped them get out of that business. Barns flew and they decided Huntsville was the better place to retire.
He and Pauline finally made it back to what they called “home” for many years. Jim loved to sing and he and his wife got into the “karaoke” business. That permitted him to sing wherever they had a “gig.” Jim loved the Lord and quoted scriptures from the Bible from time to time. When the doctors diagnosed him with cancer, he started preparing for his demise in an almost calm way. He even sometimes had a sense of humor with Dr. Ali Bhuriwala, and his nurse with Odyssey Health Care, Melissa. They couldn’t believe his strength. He tried to keep his spouse from worrying as much as possible, and they spent the last months of his life together in a closer and loving relationship.
Jim was also a member of the American Legion Post 95 in Huntsville.Mr. Gilhaus is preceded in death by his parents; half sisters, Mary Ann Spaulding and Sandra Gilhaus; and half brother, Michael Gilhaus.
Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Pauline; daughter, Lydia Dawn Evans and husband David of North Zulch; daughter, Tracy Renee Kolb of Louisville, Ken.; and son, James Bruce Gilhaus and wife Belinda of Louisville, Ken. Nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren also survive. Other survivors include his step-mother, Violet Gilhaus of Lake Jackson; sister, Sharlene Tallarico of Louisville, Ken.; half brothers, Richard E. Hallet of Louisville, Ken., and Robert Gilhaus and Richard Gilhaus of Mandeville, La.; half sisters, Deborah Gilhaus of Abito Springs, La., and Scooter Lee and Nettie Gilhaus of Atlanta, Ga.
Funeral services for Mr. Gilhaus will be conducted at 3 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 22, 2007, at Huntsville Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ken Hugghins officiating.. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society. Services are under the direction of Huntsville Funeral Home.Huntsville Funeral Home
Published in The Huntsville Item from Oct. 21 to Oct. 23, 2007.
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