Mrs. Helen "Sam" Whitaker's Obituary
Helen "Sam" Whitaker, 81 passed away on Saturday, November 12, 2011 in a Baytown nursing home. Mrs. Whitaker was born on June 18, 1930 to Aubrey Garner and Lillian Haskins in Little Rock, Arkansas. Mrs. Whitaker had served as a police officer with the Galena Park Police Department and had run for Galena Park Mayor in 1968. She is survived by her children Barbara Hammer, Cathy Bolton, Debbie Sampel, and Chuck Sampel. Also surviving are the grandchildren Alison Bolton, Derrick Cody Sampel, Christina Giles, Heather Selman, Shawna Ray, Ariel Reynolds, Barbara Handy and Jean Castio; great-grandchildren Elizabeth Castio, Jean Castio, Julius Villagana, Christopher Giles, Caleb Ray, Crispin Seay, and Dalton Beck; and numerous other relatives. Visitation with the family will begin on Friday, November 18, 2011 at 12 Noon at San Jacinto Funeral Home. The Celebration of Life will be the same day at 2:00 P.M. in the funeral home chapel. Interment will follow in San Jacinto Memorial Park.
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