Rita Mae Vell Delino, 85, of Groves, passed away, Wednesday, May 20th, 2015 at her residence in Groves. Funeral services will be on Friday, May 22, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Melancon’s Funeral in Nederland with Mr. Joseph Lee officiating. Interment will follow at Memory Gardens of Jefferson County in Nederland. A gathering of the family and friends will be from 8:00 a.m. until service time on Friday at the funeral home. Mrs. Delino was born June 15th, 1929 in Port Arthur to the late Manual Vell and Eunice Landry and lived all of her life in the Port Arthur and Pineland Texas areas.
Mrs. Delino was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Delino; her parents, Manual Vell and Eunice “Granny” Landry Vell; brother, Manual Vell, Jr.; sister, Frieda Radley; and half-brother, Frank Heintschel.
She is survived by her four daughters, Eunice “Dimples” Miguez of Groves, Mary Sue Newsom of Bastrop, Nina Bryant of Orangefield, and Monica Delino Quevedo of Groves; two step-daughters, Carolyn Delino Kushner of Katy, Claire Delino Hudson of Nederland; and two step-sons, Charles Earl Delino of Magnolia, and Jody Craig Delino of Austin; sister, Mary Landry; half-brothers, George LeMaire and James LeMaire; half-sisters, Mary Ann Stanley and Terri Sluss.
She is also survived by twenty six grandchildren, fifty one great-grandchildren, and seventeen great-great grandchildren.