Obituaries

Recent Obituaries in Waco, TX

Marjorie Warren Schwarting

Marjorie Warren Schwarting

Jan 21, 2006

Marjorie Warren Schwarting October 3, 1923 January 21, 2006 Marjorie Warren Schwarting passed away peacefully January 21, 2006. Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, January 25 at 1:00 PM at Waco Memorial North Cemetery with the Rev. C. B. Harper officiating. The family will receive visitors following the service at the home of her brother, Bill Warren, 7320...

Mae Bergstrom Burt

Mae Bergstrom Burt

Jan 20, 2006

Mae Bergstrom Burt May 25, 1907 – January 20, 2006 Mae Bergstrom Burt, 98, passed away January 20, 2006 at Hillcrest Hospital. Graveside services will be Monday, January 23, at 9:30 am at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2-4 pm Sunday, January 22, at Wilkirson Hatch Bailey. Mae was the third youngest of ten children of Ellen and...

Paul Murphey, Jr.

Paul Murphey, Jr.

Jan 16, 2006

Paul C. Murphey, Jr. November 11, 1920 – January 16, 2006 Paul C. Murphey, Jr., prominent Bosque County rancher and World War II Ace fighter pilot, died Monday, January 16, 2006. Services will be at 11:30 am Thursday, January 19 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Waco. Visitation with the family will be from 4 to 6 pm Wednesday,...

Chester William Arthur

Chester William Arthur

Jan 16, 2006

Chester William Arthur June 25, 1912 – January 16, 2006 Chester Arthur passed away Monday, January 16, 2006 at Lake Shore Village Nursing Home. Services will be Friday, January 20 at 9:30 am at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church with Pastor Paul Krupicka officiating. Burial will follow at Rosemound Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6–8 pm Thursday, January 19 at...

Ruth Farmer

Ruth Farmer

Jan 15, 2006

Ruth Farmer December 22, 1912 – January 15, 2006 Ruth Farmer passed away Sunday, January 15, 2006 at Quality Care of Waco. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m.Thursday, January 19, at Hillsdale Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 - 7 pm, Wednesday, January 17, at Wilkirson Hatch Bailey, 6101 Bosque Blvd. Ruth was born December 22, 1912 to...

Cora Lee Skillern

Cora Lee Skillern

Jan 15, 2006

Cora Skillern August 21, 1903 – January 15, 2006 Cora Skillern, 102, passed away Sunday, January 15, 2006 in Mart, TX. Services will be at 3:00 pm Tuesday, January 17, at Mart Church of Christ with burial following at Mart Cemetery. Visitation will begin prior to the service at 2:00 pm at the church. Cora was born August 21,...

Maxine Vunkannon Barton

Maxine Vunkannon Barton

Jan 14, 2006

Barton, Maxine Ardelle VunKannon September 29, 1917-January 14, 2006 Maxine V. Barton passed away Saturday, January 14, 2006 in San Antonio. Services will be at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, January 17 at First Presbyterian Church, Waco, with the Rev. Jimmie Johnson presiding. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial North. Visitation will be from 4-5:30 p.m. Monday, January 16, at Wilkerson...

Mabel Cross

Mabel Cross

Jan 14, 2006

Mabel Cross March 8, 1913 - January 14, 2006 Mabel Cross, 92, passed away at her residence on Saturday, January 14, 2006. Funeral services will be at 11:30 am Tuesday, January 17 at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Rosemound Cemetery. Mabel was born in Gatesville, TX on March 8, 1913. She graduated from Waco High School in...

Margaret Wittner

Margaret Wittner

Jan 14, 2006

Margaret S. Wittner January 18, 1939 - January 14, 2006 Margaret Wittner went to meet her Savior Saturday, January 14, 2006, from her home. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 17, at Cottonwood Baptist Church with Dr. Buddy Sipe officiating. Burial will follow at Cottonwood Cemetery. Family visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Monday, January 16, 2006,...

Charles Bradshaw

Charles Bradshaw

Jan 13, 2006

Bradshaw, Charles February 8, 1927-January 13, 2006 Ret. Lt. Col. Charles “Bud” Bradshaw died Friday, January 13, 2006 in San Antonio. A chapel service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, January 16 at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, with the Rev. Bryan Thornburg officiating. Burial will be at 2 p.m. at Ridgeview Memorial Park in Allen. Col. Bradshaw was a...

Lucille Cramm

Lucille Cramm

Jan 13, 2006

Lucille Tate Cramm December 14, 1918-January 13, 2006 Born December 14, 1918 in Muskogee, Oklahoma to Jake H. Tate and Bess Price Tate, she passed away January 13, 2006 in Dallas, Texas. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, January 16 at the funeral home, with the Rev. Stephen Ramsdell officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. The...

Biona Dimple Miller

Biona Dimple Miller

Jan 13, 2006

Biona Bradshaw-Miller August 18, 1921 – January 13, 2006 Biona Bradshaw-Miller, 84, passed away January 13, 2006 in Seattle, Wa. Funeral services will be held at 1:30pm, Tuesday, January 24 at Mt. Zion UMC with Pastor Darrell Caldwell officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 5 – 7 pm, Monday, January 23...

Albert Weldon Gatlin

Albert Weldon Gatlin

Jan 12, 2006

Albert Weldon Gatlin October 9, 1922 – January 12, 2006 Albert Weldon Gatlin, 83, passed away Thursday, January 12, 2006 at Hillcrest Hospital. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, January 14 at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Bosque Chapel with Rev. Jimmie Spann and Joe Gatlin officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial North Cemetery. Albert was born October 9, 1922 in...

Doris Mitchell Smith

Doris Mitchell Smith

Jan 9, 2006

DORIS MITCHELL SMITH January 13, 1922 – January 9, 2006 The memorial service for Doris Mitchell Smith will be at 10:00 am, Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at the First Baptist Church, Waco, TX with Dr. Scott Walker officiating. Doris Smith was born on January 13, 1922, in Waco, TX, to Arthur and Mary Edna Mitchell. She was immediately enrolled...

Floyd Wilson Thatcher

Floyd Wilson Thatcher

Jan 8, 2006

Floyd Wilson Thatcher November 27, 1917 – January 8, 2006 Floyd Wilson Thatcher, 88, passed away on Sunday morning, January 8, 2006. Services will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 1:30 pm at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church with Rev. Chuck Treadwell officiating. Interment will follow at Waco Memorial Park North. Family is glad to receive friends at their...

Mary Addie Lankford

Mary Addie Lankford

Jan 8, 2006

Mary Addie Lankford March 23, 1918 – January 8, 2006 Addie Lewis Lankford passed away Sunday, January 8, 2006 at Hillcrest Hospital in the presence of her beloved family. Services will be at 11:30 am Wednesday, January 11 at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Bosque Chapel with Bro. Jason Patrick officiating. Burial will follow at Lorena Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to...

Faye M. Wood

Faye M. Wood

Jan 7, 2006

Wood, Faye M. Faye M. Wood, 79, of Woodway, died Saturday, January 7, 2006, at her home surrounded by her family. Services will be held at 11:30 A.M. Tuesday, January 10 at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Chapel with the Rev. Gene Grace officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 7:00-8:00 PM, Monday, January 9 at...

Dwight Wayne Clayton

Dwight Wayne Clayton

Jan 5, 2006

Dwight Wayne Clayton U.S. Army Major Ret. April 15, 1939 - January 5, 2006 Dwight Wayne Clayton, devoted husband, father, brother and grandfather passed away on Thursday, January 5, 2006 at Providence Hospital in Waco, TX. There will not be a viewing, however; services will be held at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey, Bosque Chapel, at 1:30 PM on Tuesday, January 10, 2006....

Raymond E. Salyer, Sr.

Raymond E. Salyer, Sr.

Jan 5, 2006

Raymond E. Salyer Sr. January 13, 1936 – January 5, 2006 Raymond Eugene Salyer, Sr., went home to his heavenly father Thursday, January 5, 2006 at Scott and White Memorial Hospital in Temple following a long and courageous battle with cancer. Memorial services will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday, January 9, at First Baptist Church of Lorena, 307 East...

Merle Gosa

Merle Gosa

Jan 3, 2006

Merle Gosa Jan. 14, 1922 – Jan. 3, 2006 Merle Gosa passed away Jan. 3, 2006 at Scott & White Hospital in Temple, Texas. Graveside services will be at 11:30 am Friday, January 6 at Bruceville-Moore Cemetery. Merle was born Jan. 14, 1922 to Desha Taylor and Emma Krohl Taylor in Bruceville, Texas. She was raised in the Wood...