Obituaries
Recent Obituaries in Waco, TX
Starks Frederick Dougherty
Oct 5, 2020
Starks Frederick “Fred” Dougherty passed away, Monday, October 5, 2020. Graveside Services will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, October 9, at Oakwood Cemetery, 2124 South 5th Street in Waco. Fred was born June 2, 1928, in Sweetwater, Texas, to Burna Inez Falkner Dougherty and Starks Conrad Dougherty. He graduated from Midland High School in Texas in 1945 and from the...
Mary Dewitt
Oct 5, 2020
Mary Jane DeWitt left us on Monday, October 5, 2020. Services will be 2:00 p.m, Saturday, October 10, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home with The Rev. Greg Brumit officiating. Burial will follow at China Spring Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Friday, October 9, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Mary Jane entered this world on June 2, 1960, in...
Albert T. Sais
Oct 3, 2020
Albert T. Sais passed away Saturday, October 3, 2020. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, October 8, at Oakwood Cemetery with Bobby Campos officiating. Visitation will be 5:00 to 8:00 p.m, Wednesday, October 7, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Covid precautions will be taken to protect family and friends. Albert was born October 23, 1958, in Waco, Texas, to Paul...
Woodrow Keith Whitehead
Oct 3, 2020
Woodrow Keith “Toby” Whitehead passed away Saturday, October 3, 2020. Services will be at Mountain View Funeral Home and Cemetery in Reno, Nevada. Toby was born June 2, 1938, in San Augustine, Texas, to Marvin and Leona Hallmark Whitehead. He was retired from the Navy. He was preceded in death by his parents, Marvin Whitehead and Leona Hallmark Whitehead...
John G. Lopez
Oct 3, 2020
John “Chon” Lopez passed away peacefully Saturday, October 3, 2020, at home. Mass will be 12:00 p.m, Wednesday, October 7, with Rosary starting at 11:30 a.m., at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Benjamin Magnaye. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery Waco, Texas. John was born December 9, 1924, to Pantaleon and Martina Lopez. He was preceded in death...
Dutch Schroeder, Jr.
Oct 2, 2020
Emil Ernest “Dutch” Schroeder, Jr. passed away October 2, 2020, in Clifton, Texas, at the age of 96, after a long life filled with many friends and Baylor University. He was born January 26, 1924, in Austin, Texas, to Emil and Katherine Schroeder. He had three younger brothers, Vernon, Clarence and Marvin. He graduated from Austin High School and...
Phyllis Holsworth Derrick
Oct 1, 2020
Phyllis Holsworth Derrick passed from this life peacefully in Waco, Texas, on October 1, 2020. She was the daughter of Mason Standish Holsworth “Jack” and Ethel Sirmon Holsworth, and was born February 23, 1934, in Bay City, Texas, the third of their four children. Phyllis Helen grew up on the family farm and ranch in Collegeport, Texas, and attended...
Ofelia Tristan Gonzales
Sep 28, 2020
Ofelia Tristan Gonzales passed away on Monday, September 28, 2020. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10:00 a.m., Friday, October 2, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Rev. Benjamin Magnaye officiating. Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., with Rosary prayed at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, October 1, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Ofelia was born December 30, 1925, in...
Dr. Charles Dulaney
Sep 27, 2020
Dr. Charles “ Doc” DuLaney passed away Sunday, September 27, 2020. Services will be 2:00 pm, Tuesday, September 29, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home with Brother Pat Cummings officiating. Private family burial following service. Visitation will be 6:00 pm-8:00 pm, Monday, September 28, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Charles was born January 12, 1929 in Mart, TX to Ruel and Thelma...
Erlene Cherry
Sep 26, 2020
Erlene Cherry passed away Saturday, September 26, 2020, at the age of 98. Graveside Services will be 1:00 p.m., Saturday, October 3, at Malakoff Cemetery with Dr. Levi Price officiating. Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Friday, October 2, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Erlene was born August 21, 1922, in Malakoff, Texas, to Ira and Kitty Smith. She...
Kaden Quinn Hitchcock
Sep 25, 2020
Kaden Q. Hitchcock, 21, of Waco, Texas, died September 25, 2020, as a result of injuries sustained in a tragic home invasion. He was born January 30, 1999, in Redlands, California, the son of Greg and Charlene Hitchcock. He was raised in Sandpoint, Idaho. He moved to Waco to begin Culinary Arts school at Texas State Technical College. Kaden...
Edward Leo Rolan, Jr.
Sep 24, 2020
Edward Leo Rolan, Jr., 66, of Waco, Texas, passed away Thursday, September 24, 2020. Ed will lie in state at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home on Sunday, September 27, and Monday, September 28, for all who wish to pay their respects. A private family service will be held at a later date. Ed was born on August 28, 1954, in Marlin,...
Dean Douglas Dowdy
Sep 24, 2020
Dean Douglas Dowdy passed away Thursday, September 24, 2020. Due to Covid-19, a private memorial service will be held graveside at China Spring Cemetery under the direction of Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey with Steve Manson officiating. Dean was born on October 1, 1956, to Edith Campbell and John Dowdy II. Dean was a Richfield High School graduate, class of 1975. He also...
Dana Lynn Szabo
Sep 22, 2020
Dana Lynn Szabo, age 57, passed away at Baylor Scott & White hospital on September 22, 2020. A memorial service will be held on a day yet to be determined. Dana was born on July 14, 1963 in Abilene, Texas. She lived most of her life in Houston and Austin. She was a lover of all animals, especially dogs....
Louise "Sugie" Maxfield
Sep 21, 2020
Louise “Sugie” Gribble Maxfield passed away peacefully on September 21, 2020, in Georgetown, Texas. She will be buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Waco, Texas at a private family service on September 26, with Dr. Bobby Hulme-Lippert of the First Presbyterian Church of Georgetown officiating. Sugie was born September 27, 1924, in Waco, to Theodore Miles and Louise Irwin Gribble....
Christopher Alan Smith
Sep 21, 2020
Christopher Alan "Koogle” Smith, 59, passed away, Monday, September 21st, 2020. Services will be Monday, September 28th, at 10:00 am at First Woodway Baptist Church with Chaplain Nehemiah Torberson officiating. Burial will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Park. Visitation will be Sunday, September 27th, at Wilkirson Hatch Bailey Funeral Home from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Born on April...
Bobbie Jo Bailey
Sep 21, 2020
Bobbie Jo Lancaster Bailey passed away Monday, September 21, 2020. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 23, at Prairie Hill Cemetery with Dr. Randall Perry officiating. Bobbie was born April 27, 1930, in Mount Calm, Texas, to Luther and Vera Fay Lancaster. She was a homemaker, and loved her family time, travel and her country music. She...
Helen Elliott
Sep 20, 2020
Helen Elliott passed away Sunday, September 20, 2020. Graveside Services will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, September 24 at Rosemound Cemetery with Dr. Stephen Ramsdell officiating. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 23, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Helen was born Vera Helen Howze on January 12, 1925, to Thomas Franklin Howze and Vera Leona Garrett. She...
Eleanor I. Henderson
Sep 19, 2020
Eleanor I. Henderson, age 90, passed away Saturday, September 19, 2020, with her daughter by her side. There will be a private family service on Saturday at Waco’s Oakwood Cemetery. Eleanor Paula Irvin was born September 16, 1930, in Texarkana, Arkansas, to Homer Paul Irvin and Ella Pierce Irvin. The family later moved to Waco, where she graduated from...
Harry Crane, Jr.
Sep 18, 2020
Harry “Buddy” Olin Crane, Jr., loving husband and father of two, passed away September 18, 2020, at the age of 79, in Waco, Texas. He was born June 1, 1941, in Corning, New York, the son of Harry and Vera Crane. A private service will be held in North Carolina where he will be laid to rest next to...
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