Delmer Wright Oldbury

years in New Braunfels, Texas.

Delmer was born on July 16, 1936, in Vidor, Texas, to Otha Edward and Alice Beulah

Wright Oldbury, the sixth of nine children. He served in the United States Navy for four

years before going to Active duty in 1958. He was honorably discharged four years later

in 1962. While in the service, he enjoyed boxing and leading his fellow servicemen in

Sunday church services as Group Leader while aboard the USS Lexington. A devout

member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, he also served as Ward

Mission Leader and Ward Clerk.

Delmer graduated from Vidor High School, began his college education at Lamar Tech

in Beaumont, Texas, then transferred to Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah,

where he graduated in 1969 with a bachelor’s degree in child development and

family relations. Among the jobs worked over the course of his life, Delmer found great

purpose in serving as a Mobility Instructor for Braille Institute in Los Angeles, California.

Delmer retired as Assistant Chief of Juvenile Probation for Orange County, Texas.

While in the Navy, Delmer met a certain Raymond Staten who happened to have a

lovely sister named Elaine who Delmer met in December of 1959. They fell in love and

were married the following summer on July 2, 1960. They were sealed to one another

on October 18, 1961, in the Los Angeles, California Temple. They made their home in

California, Utah, and finally settled in Texas where they raised three sons in

Mauriceville. Unfortunate weather events ultimately guided them to New Braunfels

where Delmer spent the last six years of his life close to loved ones.

Delmer loved his family deeply. He was extremely close to his parents, siblings, sons,

and grandchildren. He devoted much of his retirement years to family history and

genealogy and leaves a tremendous legacy centered on the importance of family and

eternal connections.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Modesta Luella Oldbury Willey,

brother Burdette Edward Oldbury, brother Lewis Dean Oldbury, sister Frederica

Maureen Oldbury Peck, brother Otha “Blue” Everett Oldbury, and sister Joissine

Oldbury Tucker.

Delmer is survived by his wife of 63 years, Elaine Marie Staten Oldbury; son Troy

Staten Oldbury and his wife Holly Grondel Oldbury of Marion, TX; son Delmer Theron

Oldbury and his wife Jacqueline Javier Oldbury of San Antonio, TX; son Michael

Edward Oldbury and his wife Charlotte Sellers Oldbury of Baytown, TX; seven

grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

Visitation for the family will be from 9-10am on Monday, December 4, at Zoeller Funeral

Home in New Braunfels with funeral service from 10-11am at Zoeller. Burial will take

place immediately after at Guadalupe Valley Memorial Park in New Braunfels.