Amanda Marie Jugovatz

Amanda Marie Kitchens Jugovatz, born on July 6, 1926, in Diboll, Tx, transitioned to her heavenly home on December 7, 2024. She was 98 years old.

 Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., December 12, 2024, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Burial will follow at Hilcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange.

 Visitation will begin prior to the service at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, December 12, 2024, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City.

 After graduating from high school in Diboll, she moved to Port Arthur, Tx, met Matthew Jugovatz and was married in June of 1947 after he proposed to her at the top of the Rainbow Bridge. She was a loving wife to Matt for 68 years.

 Over the years Marie worked several jobs in Port Arthur at South Western Bell, Gulf Oil and Sandoz Chemical before retiring in 1992. After retiring Matt and Marie enjoyed traveling in their RV with friends and family.

 Marie lived in Port Arthur most of her life moving to Bridge City later. She was a member of the Bridge City United Pentecostal Church. She taught Sunday school for many years with her dear friend, Ruby Flagg, at the First Pentecostal Church in Port Arthur.

 Marie had many talents and interests including cooking good old country vittles, painting, making ceramics and crocheting. She so enjoyed playing spinner dominoes with Matt and sister-in-law Beverly Jugovatz and doing puzzles with her dear friend, Becky Messer. Making people laugh was one of her unique traits. She had an excellent memory and was always full of humorous stories and events going back in time.

 She was preceded in passing by her parents James Lloyd Kitchens and Buelah Thompson Kitchens of Huntington, Tx and her husband Matthew Jugovatz of Bridge City, Tx, and her special little four-legged friend, Sassie.

 She is survived by her cousin Sid Hebert and wife Charlotte; cousin, Catherine Palmer and husband Rowell; nephew James Ray Siragusa and wife Dora; sister-in-law Beverly Jugovatz; several nephews and nieces and a dearly loved extended family including Dr. Mark Messer and wife Becky; Jeremy Messer and wife Celeste; Marlon and Marla Miller Messer; Brian Hudson and wife Marcy; Paul Picard and wife Becky; Mary Ann Stanley and Victoria Varella.