Obituaries
Recent Obituaries in Waco, TX
Sarah Wilkinson
Oct 11, 2021
Sarah Wilkinson, age 91, passed away in the care of Passages Hospice, New Orleans, from heart failure. Graveside services will be on Tuesday, October 19 at 11:30 am at Oakwood Cemetery, 2124 S. Fifth Street, Waco, Texas. Visitation will be from 10:30 a.m. until 11:15 a.m. at Wilkirson–Hatch–Bailey Funeral Home, 6101 Bosque Blvd, Waco, Texas. Sarah was born in...
Manuel Sotelo Delgado
Oct 7, 2021
Manuel Sotelo Delgado, 85 years old, passed away peacefully on October 7, 2021 at Hillcrest Medical Center surrounded by all his loving family. Mass of Christian burial will be at St. Francis on the Brazos Catholic Church on Wednesday, October 13, 2021, at 10 am. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Rosary will be Tuesday, October 12, at 6...
Luella Jean Wheeler-Bell
Oct 5, 2021
Luella B. Wheeler-Bell, 93, passed away at her home on October 5, 2021, in Waco, Texas. Visitation will be held on October 22 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and a memorial service on October 23 at 1:30 p.m., both at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home in Waco, with Ryan Barnett officiating. Services will be live streamed and recorded for future...
Robert Gianella
Oct 5, 2021
Robert (Bob) Gianella died on October 5, 2021, peacefully in his sleep with his wife by his side. There will be a celebration of life at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church on Tuesday October 12, at 2:00 pm, following a graveside service and a reception at the Gianella home. The Reverend Aaron M.G. Zimmerman, the Rector of St. Alban’s Episcopal...
Tom Ross Simms
Oct 4, 2021
Mr. Tommy Ross Simms went home to be with the Lord on October 4, 2021. Ross was born in McLennan County on September 17, 1939, to the late Walter and Fannie Mae Simms. Ross was educated in Waco schools and his beloved Moore High. He worked at Kendrick Tire for more than forty years. He served in the Korean...
Shanna Dai Mattson
Oct 3, 2021
Shanna Dai Mattson passed away Sunday, October 3, 2021. She is now fully healed and present with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Graveside Services will be 10:00 am, Friday, October 15, at Oakwood Cemetery, with Rev. Terry Graham officiating. Shanna was born August 8, 1969, in Waco, Texas, to Gary and Peggy Mattson. She was the fourth of...
Jacquelyn Pickens
Oct 1, 2021
Jackie Pickens was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Roy and Nora (Sally) Ballew on December 3, 1931, and left peacefully for Heaven on October 1, 2021. She grew up in the St. Louis area. When in college, she served as a camp counselor at a summer camp in Wisconsin. She attended Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, and graduated...
Maria Guadalupe De Castorena
Sep 29, 2021
On September 29, 2021, God gained a special loving angel, Maria Guadalupe (Lupe) Campos De Castorena at the age of 52. Funeral service will be held on October 7, 2021 at 1:00 pm at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be held on October 6, 2021 at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home from 5 –...
Charles Paul Rich
Sep 25, 2021
Charles Paul Rich passed away Saturday, September 25, 2021. Services will be 10:00 am, Wednesday, September 29, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, with Rev. Terry Graham officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 6:00 pm-8:00 pm, Tuesday, September 28, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. Charles was born November 30, 1930, in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, to C. Paul and Mabel Rich....
Kyle Lane Nielsen
Sep 25, 2021
By Krista Salome & Karen Conine Kyle Lane Nielsen, an eleven-year survivor of brain cancer, lost his fight at 53 and joined his beloved family members in the arms of Jesus Christ, our Lord. He passed away peacefully at his home in Waco on Saturday, September 25, 2021. His funeral will be at 1:30pm, Thursday, September 30th, at Highland...
John William Post
Sep 24, 2021
John William Post passed away Friday, September 24, 2021. Visitation will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 28, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. A Celebration of Life will follow at 11:00 a.m. with Dr. Matt Snowden officiating. A private family burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. John was born March 5, 1935 in Prairie Hill, Texas, to John Carpenter Post and...
Martha A. Mennenga
Sep 21, 2021
Martha was called home to be with the Lord on September 21, 2021. A graveside service will be held at Central Texas State Veterans’ Cemetery on Thursday, September 30, at 10 am. A memorial service will follow at 4 pm, at Peace Lutheran Church, in Hewitt, with Pastor Stephen Rynearson officiating. Martha was born on November 18, 1928, to...
Effie Merle Butler
Sep 20, 2021
Merle Casey Butler, 89, passed away on Monday, September 20, 2021. A memorial service will take place on October 16, at 11:00 am, at Victorious Life Church in Robinson. Merle was born October 16, 1931, in Chilton, Texas. She attended Bruceville-Eddy School. She married Tilmon Butler on September 4, 1948. Over the years, she was a nursing assistant for...
Marie Rachael Melendez
Sep 20, 2021
Marie Rachael Melendez, 30, of Waco, Texas, passed away Monday, September 20, 2021. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, October 12, at 10 am, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Rosemound Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Monday, October 11, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. Marie was born August 22, 1991, in Waco, to Guadalupe Melendez Garcia. She grew...
Alice Hawes
Sep 19, 2021
Alice Stampp Hawes passed away peacefully on September 19, 2021. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, November 27, at 11 am, at Oakwood Cemetery. Alice was born in Waco, Texas, to Elizabeth Stringer Stampp and Arthur Frederick Stampp on July 11, 1933. She lived in Waco most of her life, attending the University of Texas but ultimately...
Dorothy Jean Spanos
Sep 18, 2021
Dorothy J. Spanos, of Crawford, Texas, courageously battled Bulbar ALS over the past year and passed away peacefully at her home at the age of 86 on Saturday, September 18, 2021 surrounded in love by her family. Rosary will begin at 5:30 pm, Tuesday, September 21, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, with Father Albert Ruiz as celebrant. Visitation will follow...
Betsyana Patterson Conlee
Sep 15, 2021
Betsyana (Betsy) Patterson Conlee passed away on the morning of September 15, 2021. To celebrate a life well-lived, the family will hold a memorial celebration on Sunday, September 19 at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, at 6101 Bosque Blvd, Waco, Texas. Visitation will begin at 3:00 pm with the memorial service following at 4:00. Betsy was born in Bryan, on February...
Rita Erdman
Sep 13, 2021
Rita Ilene Byars Erdman, 73, passed away September 13, 2021, at home, surrounded by her loving family following a courageous battle with cancer. A memorial service will be held on September 17 at 1:00 pm at Renew Church in Waco, Texas. Rita was born in Amarillo on November 5, 1947. She attended Palo Duro High School, cosmetology school in...
Billy H. Davis
Sep 12, 2021
Billy H. Davis, Sr., 98, peacefully, and with his family by his side, was called home to his Lord on September 12, 2021. A graveside service will be held on September 16 at 10:00 a.m., at Oakwood Cemetery, with Reverend Byron Weathersbee officiating. Billy was born on September 27, 1922, in Thayer, West Virginia, to parents Ernest and Elsie...
Thomas Henry Jackson
Sep 12, 2021
Thomas Henry Jackson, III, M.D., passed away peacefully Sunday, September 12, 2021 with family by his side. A service celebrating his life will be held Thursday, September 16th at First United Methodist Church in Waco at 10:00 AM with visitation to follow in the foyer and a reception at Ridgewood Country Club. Tommy, or as he was known by...
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