Daniel Edward Estes Sr.

Daniel Edward Estes, age 97, of Port Lavaca, Texas passed away on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Visitation will be held Sunday, June 15, 2025 from 5-7PM at Richardson-Colonial Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Monday, June 16, 2025 at 10AM at Richardson Colonial Funeral Home, with burial to following at 2PM at Stockdale Cemetery in Stockdale, Texas. Serving as pallbearers are Daniel Estes, Michael Estes, Dakota "Cody" Estes, Bobby McBride, Russell McBride and Pat Conroy. Honorary pallbearers are John "Doug" Elliott, Ethan Elliott, Jeffrey Corkern, Cameron Corkern, Oliver Quinney, Ty Quinney and Stetson Estes.

He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II in Germany. Dan and his wife, Opal owned Estes Shell in Bay City, where he worked as a mechanic for years. He was an ordained Minister with Assembly of God. He served as Chaplain with Memorial Medical Services and the American Legion in Port Lavaca, Texas and was a member of Ministerial Alliance. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather.

He is survived by his son, Daniel Edward Estes, Jr. (Mary Sue Carroll Estes); grandchildren, Daniel Estes III, Michael Estes, Tammy Corkern (Jeffrey), and Toni Elliott (Doug); great-grandchildren, Danielle Quinney, Dakota Estes (Kayla), Cameron Corkern, and Ethan Elliott; and great-great-grandchildren, Stella Storts, Oliver Quinney, Tyler Quinney, Kylee Quinney and Stetson Estes.

He is preceded in death by his parents, James Hardy Estes and Clemmie Green Estes; wife, Opal Lucille McBride Estes; and his siblings, Alice Chappell Cessna, Lillie Estes, Katie Estes, Clemmie Irene Robertson, Fred Estes, Jim Estes, and Charles Estes.

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