Raymond Earl Delino

Raymond Earl Delino, 83, of Groves, passed away, Monday November 21, 2011 at his residence in Groves.Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at Melancon39s Funeral in Nederland with Mr. Joseph Lee officiating. Interment will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Nederland. A gathering of the family and friends will be from 12 noon until service time on Wednesday at the funeral home.Mr. Delino was born August 21, 1928 in Port Arthur to the late Earl Olen Delino and Bertha Alice Ramke and lived all of his live in the Groves area. He retired as an operator for Texaco Refinery in Port Arthur, and served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.Mr. Delino was preceded in death by his parents, also his first wife, Joy his daughters, Anita Delino Lane, and Christine Delino. He is survived by his wife, Rita Delino three daughters, Carolyn Delino Kushner of Katy, Claire Delino Hudson of Nederland, and Monica Delino Quevedo of Groves two sons, Charles Earl Delino of Magnolia, and Jody Craig Delino of Round Rock brother, Gerald Robert Delino of Port Neches sister, Willie Fern Delino Copell of Abbeville, Louisiana step children, Eunice quotDimplesquot Miguez of Groves, Mary Sue Newsom of Bastrop, and Nina Bryant of Orangefield twentysix grandchildren, fiftyone great grandchildren, and thirteen greatgreat grandchildren.