Married Hortensia Corona Moreno in 1968.
Died in a boating incident while trying to save others.
BAY CITY - A Rosenberg man drowned Saturday after he tried to help some people whose boat capsized in East Matagorda Bay, a Matagorda County Sheriff's Office investigator said Monday morning.
Capt. Stephen Crow, who heads the sheriff's office's investigative division, said Johnnie Garcia Tristan, 61, died after he and a passenger in his boat, Francisco Rocha of Rosenberg, tried to help a man and his two sons after their boat capsized in the rough waters sometime before noon. Tristan's own boat capsized while attempting to rescue the men, Crow said. Arthur Lawrence, game warden for Matagorda County, was at the scene and was able to rescue Charles Eikenberg, 61, and his two sons, Randall Eikenberg, 31, and Rodney Eikenberg, 25, all of San Antonio. Rocha also was rescued. Tristan's body was recovered later, Crow said. Everyone but Tristan was wearing a life jacket, Crow said.
Published in the Herald Coaster on 6 May 2008
Died in a boating incident while trying to save others.
BAY CITY - A Rosenberg man drowned Saturday after he tried to help some people whose boat capsized in East Matagorda Bay, a Matagorda County Sheriff's Office investigator said Monday morning.
Capt. Stephen Crow, who heads the sheriff's office's investigative division, said Johnnie Garcia Tristan, 61, died after he and a passenger in his boat, Francisco Rocha of Rosenberg, tried to help a man and his two sons after their boat capsized in the rough waters sometime before noon. Tristan's own boat capsized while attempting to rescue the men, Crow said. Arthur Lawrence, game warden for Matagorda County, was at the scene and was able to rescue Charles Eikenberg, 61, and his two sons, Randall Eikenberg, 31, and Rodney Eikenberg, 25, all of San Antonio. Rocha also was rescued. Tristan's body was recovered later, Crow said. Everyone but Tristan was wearing a life jacket, Crow said.
Published in the Herald Coaster on 6 May 2008
Married Hortensia Corona Moreno in 1968.
Died in a boating incident while trying to save others.
BAY CITY - A Rosenberg man drowned Saturday after he tried to help some people whose boat capsized in East Matagorda Bay, a Matagorda County Sheriff's Office investigator said Monday morning.
Capt. Stephen Crow, who heads the sheriff's office's investigative division, said Johnnie Garcia Tristan, 61, died after he and a passenger in his boat, Francisco Rocha of Rosenberg, tried to help a man and his two sons after their boat capsized in the rough waters sometime before noon. Tristan's own boat capsized while attempting to rescue the men, Crow said. Arthur Lawrence, game warden for Matagorda County, was at the scene and was able to rescue Charles Eikenberg, 61, and his two sons, Randall Eikenberg, 31, and Rodney Eikenberg, 25, all of San Antonio. Rocha also was rescued. Tristan's body was recovered later, Crow said. Everyone but Tristan was wearing a life jacket, Crow said.
Published in the Herald Coaster on 6 May 2008
Died in a boating incident while trying to save others.
BAY CITY - A Rosenberg man drowned Saturday after he tried to help some people whose boat capsized in East Matagorda Bay, a Matagorda County Sheriff's Office investigator said Monday morning.
Capt. Stephen Crow, who heads the sheriff's office's investigative division, said Johnnie Garcia Tristan, 61, died after he and a passenger in his boat, Francisco Rocha of Rosenberg, tried to help a man and his two sons after their boat capsized in the rough waters sometime before noon. Tristan's own boat capsized while attempting to rescue the men, Crow said. Arthur Lawrence, game warden for Matagorda County, was at the scene and was able to rescue Charles Eikenberg, 61, and his two sons, Randall Eikenberg, 31, and Rodney Eikenberg, 25, all of San Antonio. Rocha also was rescued. Tristan's body was recovered later, Crow said. Everyone but Tristan was wearing a life jacket, Crow said.
Published in the Herald Coaster on 6 May 2008
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