Obituaries
Recent Obituaries in Waco, TX
John Henry Bowman
Sep 2, 2016
John Henry Bowman, born in 1922 in Goldthwaite, Texas, passed away on Friday, September 2, 2016, at St. Catherine’s Center in Waco. A graveside service will be held at Oakwood Cemetery in Waco on Tuesday, September 6 at 11:00 a.m. John attended Goldthwaite public schools and studied at Howard Payne College for a year before leaving to enlist in...
Rebecca Gutierrez
Aug 29, 2016
Rebecca Gutierrez of Whitney passed away Monday, August 29, 2016, at her home. Services will be at 12:00 noon, Tuesday, September 6, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Garden Room. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 11:00 a.m. prior to the service. She was preceded in death by her parents, Eusebia Flores and Manuel Gutierrez. Mother of six children,...
Estelle Klaras
Aug 23, 2016
Estelle Klaras departed the confinement of her earthly body into the arms of her loving Savior on August 24, 2016. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 27, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Chapel with Father Theodore (Ted) Tsitsilianos officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Trisagion Service will begin at 6:00 p.m., followed by visitation on Friday, August 26, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey...
Bettye Salmon Dunlap
Aug 22, 2016
Bettye Salmon Dunlap of Waco passed away peacefully in her sleep Monday, August 22, 2016. Services will be at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, August 25, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Chapel with Dr. Randall Perry officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 24, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. Bettye was born November 1, 1929, in Marlow,...
Twila June Angelo
Aug 22, 2016
Twila June Angelo of Waco passed away Monday, August 22, 2016. Her Memorial Service will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, August 26, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Chapel. Twila was born June 30, 1941, in Pennsylvania to Thomas and Margaret Hall. She retired after many years as a nurse, caring for cancer and dialysis patients. She and Peter Angelo were married for over...
Simon Alex Bulko
Aug 21, 2016
Simon Alex Bulko of Waco passed away Sunday, August 21, 2016 at the Waco VA Medical Center. Burial with Military Honors will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, August 25, at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen. Simon was born July 15, 1925, in Poltava, Ukraine. He was a survivor of the Nazi work camp in Hannover. He came...
Linda Dell Yates
Aug 21, 2016
Linda Dell Yates of Golinda passed away Sunday, August 21, 2016, at Texas Health Presbyterian in Plano. Memorial Services will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 27, at Golinda Baptist Church with Pastor Morgan Woodard officiating. Linda was born January 20, 1941, in Gatesville, Texas, to Austin and Clay Chandler. She worked at First Federal Savings and Loan and...
Emma S. Carrizales
Aug 20, 2016
Emma S. Carrizales of Waco, age 90, passed away peacefully to her Heavenly home early Saturday, August 20, 2016. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 23 at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 24 in the Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Chapel with Pastor Susan Finck officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery in...
Salma Ateek Ammouri
Aug 19, 2016
Salma Ammouri, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, age 76, passed away Friday, August 19, 2016 at her home in Waco, Texas. Visitation will be Tuesday, August 23, 2016, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. The funeral service will be Wednesday, August 24th, 10:30 a.m., at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Waco followed by...
Elizabeth A. Hudson Smith Nail
Aug 19, 2016
Elizabeth A. Hudson Smith Nail passed away Friday, August 19, 2016. Her service will be 1:00 p.m., Thursday, August 25, at Waco Memorial Park Mausoleum. She will be in state at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Elizabeth "Liz" Nail was born on August 18, 1920, in Mart, Texas, to L. B. and Alice Chalista Hudson. She was the youngest of seven...
Dennis Irvin Hogan
Aug 18, 2016
Dennis Irvin Hogan of Waco, Texas, passed away Thursday, August 18, 2016. Services will be at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 23, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Chapel. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Monday, August 22, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. Dennis was born September 4, 1944, in Norman, Oklahoma, to William and Phyllis Hogan. He served...
Paul J. Ayers
Aug 16, 2016
Paul J. Ayers of Waco passed away peacefully during the early morning of Tuesday, August 16, 2016. A memorial will be held for him and his wife, Mamie Lou Ayers, at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 20. Paul attended East Texas State University, earning a B.B.A and M.S. of Business administration in 1949. His professional career included serving as the...
Walter Lewis Boyd
Aug 13, 2016
Walter Lewis Boyd, 90, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. His graveside service will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, Aug 16th at Oakwood Cemetery. He will be lying in state at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey, Monday, Aug. 15th. Walter was born Nov. 8, 1925 to John Carlisle Boyd and Bertha Jane (Wilkinson) Boyd on the family farm at...
Michael Eugene Moser
Aug 13, 2016
Michael Eugene Moser passed away Saturday, August 13, 2016. Graveside services will be 9:00 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 18 at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 17, at Wilkirson Hatch Bailey Funeral Home. Michael Eugene Moser was born October 20, 1943, in Palestine, Texas, to Leslie and Ruth Moser. Michael most fondly remembered the...
Michael David Randolph
Aug 13, 2016
Michael David Randolph of Waco passed away Saturday, August 13, 2016. Services will be at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, August 18, at Living Word Church of God in Christ with the Dr. Gilbert Gillum, Jr. officiating. Michael was born March 14, 1983, in Erie, Pennsylvania, to Addison and Shirley Randolph, II. He worked at KJ’s Kitchen as a manager. Michael...
Erma Highfill
Aug 12, 2016
Erma Ann Highfill, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, died Friday afternoon, August 12, 2016 in her Waco home. She was 72 years old. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 17 at Park Lake Drive Baptist Church. Visitation will be 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, Aug 16 at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. Erma was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, on...
Mike Contreras, Jr.
Aug 11, 2016
Mike Contreras, Jr., 62, beloved son, husband, father, brother and friend to many, was taken home on the wings of angels in the early hours of August 11, 2016. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m., Monday, August 15, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Bellmead, Texas. Burial will immediately follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be...
Lin Mills
Aug 11, 2016
Lin Mills, 92, retired reporter, photographer and newspaper editor, of Waco, Texas, died Thursday, August 11, 2016. Services will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday, August 19, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Chapel. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.Thursday, August 18, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. Linwood was born December 9, 1924, in Lufkin, Texas, to William and...
Dorothy Shellenberger
Aug 9, 2016
Dorothy Shellenberger of Waco, Texas, passed away Tuesday, August 9, 2016. A Memorial Service in her honor will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 17, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 16, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Chapel. Dorothy Shellenberger was born on February 28, 1918 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Bess and Carl McManus. She grew...
Ernest Khoury
Aug 3, 2016
Ernest Khoury died on August 3, 2016, at 89 years of age. Born in Waco, Texas, on November 20, 1926, Ernest was the son of Lebanese immigrants, Alex and Theodora Khoury. He began working on weekends at his aunt’s grocery store in East Waco as an 8 year old boy, which engendered a legendary work ethic that lasted his...
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