Cheerful Clown Alley #166 Houston, TX

10/05/2026

Cricket’s Celebration of Life Update — Clown Members and Friends

At this time, we have not received information about a memorial service open to the public. The obituary link is provided below, and we will share additional details as soon as they become available. (I have posted the same to Cheerful’s FB.)

As most of you know, Cricket was an active member of Cheerful Clown Alley. I don’t believe she missed a single Texas Clown Association (TCA) convention until she retired after 32 years of clowning! She loved bringing love and laughter to people of all ages.

Cricket was a true firecracker 🧨—full of life and determined to live each day to its fullest. In her 97 years, she touched so many lives with her wit, infectious humor, flirty charm, and seemingly endless energy. She was a remarkable woman and will be dearly missed. Knowing Cricket, she is probably already organizing a food pantry or heading up a program for the angels in Heaven!

Cheerful Clown Alley will honor Cricket with a bubble release. Details will be announced when arrangements are finalized.

Some of you have asked about donations in her memory. Cricket held Cheerful Clown Alley, Boys and Girls Country, and her church, Faith United Methodist Church on Rayford Road, close to her heart. Over the years, Patticake and I even helped at the church’s pumpkin festival for Cricket—a treasured memory!

If you would like to honor Cricket with a donation, the addresses are listed below:

Cheerful Clown Alley
P.O. Box 2192
Houston, TX 77252-2192

Boys and Girls Country
18806 Roberts Road
Hockley, TX 77447
(281) 351-4976

Faith United Methodist Church
2403 Rayford Road
Spring, TX 77386

Bump a nose in Heaven, Cricket! We will love and miss you always. ❤️🤡

https://www.borenconner.com/blog/post/june-natalia-hinkle

10/05/2026

Cricket’s Celebration of Life Update — Clown Members and Friends

At this time, we have not received information about a memorial service open to the public. The obituary link is provided below, and we will share additional details as soon as they become available.

As most of you know, Cricket was an active member of Cheerful Clown Alley. I don’t believe she missed a single Texas Clown Association (TCA) convention until she retired after 32 years of clowning! She loved bringing love and laughter to people of all ages.

Cricket was a true firecracker 🧨—full of life and determined to live each day to its fullest. In her 97 years, she touched so many lives with her wit, infectious humor, flirty charm, and seemingly endless energy. She was a remarkable woman and will be dearly missed. Knowing Cricket, she is probably already organizing a food pantry or heading up a program for the angels in Heaven!

Cheerful Clown Alley will honor Cricket with a bubble release. Details will be announced when arrangements are finalized.

Some of you have asked about donations in her memory. Cricket held Cheerful Clown Alley, Boys and Girls Country, and her church, Faith United Methodist Church on Rayford Road, close to her heart. Over the years, Patticake and I even helped at the church’s pumpkin festival for Cricket—a treasured memory!

If you would like to honor Cricket with a donation, the addresses are listed below:

Cheerful Clown Alley
P.O. Box 2192
Houston, TX 77252-2192

Boys and Girls Country
18806 Roberts Road
Hockley, TX 77447
(281) 351-4976

Faith United Methodist Church
2403 Rayford Road
Spring, TX 77386

Bump a nose in Heaven, Cricket! We will love and miss you always. ❤️🤡

Link - https://www.borenconner.com/blog/post/june-natalia-hinkle

10/02/2026

Follow me and do the 🐘elephant walk. 🎶🐘🎵🎶

10/02/2026

10/02/2026

Flap Jack and Peanut doing the elephant walk. Peanut had his own cute “💩pooper scooper” thank you Glitterbug!!!

Cheerful’s Kitchen Band brought a little circus to Brookwood Community in Brookshire, TX. On Saturday, September 20, 2026, Cheerful Clowns - Sparkles, KitCat, Curiosa, Suki, Flap Jack, Roger, Zany, Touché, Fluffy, Peep, Glitterbug, and Cheerio put on a great circus performance for the Brookwood Community.
🤡🎶🤡🎶🤡🎶🤡🎶🤡🎶

The community got to see festive circus acts with a funny elephant (Flap Jack). Los of laughter and fun for all!

❤️Changing the way the world thinks about adults with disabilities❤️

Brookwood Community was
founded in 1983, Brookwood is a God-centered non-profit residential and vocational community for adults with disabilities located on 485 acres in Brookshire, Texas just west of Houston. If ever in the area stop by
The Brookwood Café is open from 11:00am-2:00pm or
The Gift & Garden Center which is open 9:00am-4:30pm.

Good job Kitchen Band!!!

10/01/2026

Kitchen Band at Brookwood Community.

10/01/2026

Cheerful’s Kitchen Band brought a little circus to Brookwood Community in Brookshire, TX. On Saturday, September 20, 2026, Cheerful Clowns - Sparkles, KitCat, Curiosa, Suki, Flap Jack, Roger, Zany, Touché, Fluffy, Peep, Glitterbug, and Cheerio put on a great circus performance for the Brookwood Community.
🤡🎶🤡🎶🤡🎶🤡🎶🤡🎶

The community got to see festive circus acts with a funny elephant (Flap Jack). Los of laughter and fun for all!

❤️Changing the way the world thinks about adults with disabilities❤️

Brookwood Community was
founded in 1983, Brookwood is a God-centered non-profit residential and vocational community for adults with disabilities located on 485 acres in Brookshire, Texas just west of Houston. If ever in the area stop by
The Brookwood Café is open from 11:00am-2:00pm or
The Gift & Garden Center which is open 9:00am-4:30pm.

Good job Kitchen Band!!!

09/27/2026

Our beloved long time Cheerful Clown Alley Member, June “Cricket” Hinkle joined our Heavenly Father around 9am this morning. Charmin and/or Giddy-Up Annie will post Celebration of Life information as soon as it is available. Please keep the family in your prayers.

09/19/2026

On September 17, 2026, Glitterbug and Squiggles were busy at St. Luke’s Health - Vintage Hospital making smiles. “Big Smiles!” How do clowns start their day? With a big smile as a requirement! 🤡