Betty Jean Vera, born March 30, 1937 to Joe and Dorothy Clark in Trickham, Texas, passed away January 19, 2013 in Houston. Mrs. Vera was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, and by her beloved husband, Santiago Vera. She is survived by children, Betisa Bonneau, Mary Ann Lopez and husband, Bobby, and James Vera and wife, Jenny; grandchildren, Alexander and Arielle Bonneau, Joseph, Matthew, and Caroline Lopez, and Catherine and Sophia Vera; sister, Mary Lou Early; brothers, Luther Joe Clark and Raymond Earl Clark, other family and friends.
Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Thursday, January 24, 2013 in the Chapel of Heights Funeral Home, where a rosary vigil service will begin at 7:00 p.m. The Mass of Christian Burial will be 1:30 p.m. Friday, January 25, 2013 at Saint Rose of Lima Catholic Church, 3600 Brinkman Street, Houston, Texas 77018. Interment will follow in Historic Hollywood Cemetery, Houston, Texas.