Obituaries

Recent Obituaries in Waco, TX

Kurt Frederic Kaiser

Kurt Frederic Kaiser

Nov 12, 2018

Kurt Frederic Kaiser, 83, passed peacefully from this world surrounded by his family on November 12, 2018. The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Thursday, November 15, at 3800 Greenleaf Dr., Waco Texas 76710. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, November 16, at First Baptist Church of Waco, 500...

Fred Melton Worley, Jr.

Fred Melton Worley, Jr.

Nov 10, 2018

Fred Melton Worley, Jr. passed away in peace and surrounded by his loving family November 10, 2018. A memorial service will be 10:00 am Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 pm Monday, November 12, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. Fred was born and raised in Taylor, Texas by loving parents, Fred and Regina Worley,...

Eddie Lee Thompson

Eddie Lee Thompson

Nov 10, 2018

Eddie Lee Thompson of Waco passed away on November 10, 2018, in a Waco hospital. A private family burial will be on Wednesday, November 14, 2018. Visitation will be held at Austin Avenue United Methodist Church at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, November 15, with a memorial service following at 11:00 a.m. Mr. Thompson was born March 27, 1932, in Limestone...

Hazel Lorene Segrest

Hazel Lorene Segrest

Nov 7, 2018

Hazel Lorene Tiner Segrest, 98, passed away surrounded by her daughters and their husbands on November 7, 2018, at The Cottages at Chandler Creek Memory Care Facility in Round Rock, Texas. Her funeral services will be 1:30 pm Friday, November 16, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, 6101 Bosque Blvd. in Waco, Texas. Chaplain Doug Cobb of Baylor Scott & White...

Lillian Mary  Koller

Lillian Mary Koller

Nov 7, 2018

Lillian Mary Scheu Koller, 88, of Waco, Texas, passed away on November 7, 2018 in Hewitt, Texas. A graveside service will be held 11:00 a.m., Friday, November 16, at Rosemound Cemetery in Waco, with Reverend Alec Ylitalo of Richfield Christian Church officiating. Visitation will be 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, November 15, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home in Waco. She...

Alexis Daniel Guillen

Alexis Daniel Guillen

Nov 6, 2018

Alexis Daniel Guillen passed away Tuesday, November 6, 2018. Services will be 10:00 am, Friday, November 9, 2018, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home with Tony Guillen officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 pm, Thursday, November 8, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Alexis was born February 4, 1997, in Waco, TX. He is survived by mother, Siomara...

Robert Dod Smith

Robert Dod Smith

Nov 5, 2018

Robert Dod Smith passed away peacefully in his sleep on November 5, 2018. The Lord blessed him with a long and full life. A memorial service to celebrate his life will be held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 11:00 a.m., Saturday, December 8. Bob, as he was called by all who knew him, was born to William Thomas Smith...

Dorothy Ann Hepler Widner

Dorothy Ann Hepler Widner

Nov 4, 2018

Dorothy Ann “Dottie” deGuerin Hepler Widner of Waco, Texas, passed away in Houston, Texas at Methodist Hospital West on November 4, 2018. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, November 9, at Oakwood Cemetery, with Dr. Randall Perry officiating. Open visitation will be Wednesday, November 7, and Thursday, November 8, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Dottie was born in San...

Waurine Walker Siler

Waurine Walker Siler

Nov 2, 2018

Waurine W. Siler, 93, passed away November 2, 2018, at home in Dallas, Texas. Burial will be 10:00 a.m., November 12, at Waco Memorial Park. A memorial will follow 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., at the home of her daughter, Shawna Phillips, of 305 Preakness Circle, Southlake, Texas. Waurine was born February 6, 1925, the third of eight children, in...

Flo Wise

Flo Wise

Nov 2, 2018

Florence Marie Levin Wise, age 82, passed away peacefully (11-2-18). A memorial service will be held 3:00 p.m., Sunday, November 18, at Dayspring Baptist Church, 7900 Renewal Way, in Waco. Flo was born in Portland, Oregon, to Milton C. Levin and Dorothy Elizabeth Payne Levin. She and her sister walked three blocks to school in all weather, even snow....

Steven Martin

Steven Martin

Oct 31, 2018

It was a dark and stormy night, in a small Iowa town on the mighty Mississippi, when little Steven came into this world. The rest is history. He departed 75 years later dying in his sleep of pancreatic cancer. There will be graveside services conducted by Rev. Ken Riley at 2:00 p.m., Monday, November 5, at Oakwood Cemetery. A...

Gayle Lynn Bohn

Gayle Lynn Bohn

Oct 30, 2018

Gayle Bohn, surrounded by her family, went home to be with Her Lord and loving husband, Bill, Tuesday, October 30, 2018. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, November 2, at Western Heights Baptist Church with Dr. Larry Reynolds officiating. Burial will follow at College Station Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, November 1, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral...

Dixie Jackson Weaver

Dixie Jackson Weaver

Oct 27, 2018

Dixie Marie Jackson Weaver passed away Saturday, October 27, 2018. Dixie was born July 7, 1946, in Lorena, Texas, to Roscoe William Jackson, Sr., and Julia Mae McDade Jackson. She was educated at Downsville High Schoo and worked at Providence Hospital for 33 years. She enjoyed traveling and being with family and friends. She was preceded in death by...

Betty Reese

Betty Reese

Oct 26, 2018

Betty Reese went to be with her Heavenly Father on Friday, October 26, 2018. Funeral services will be 1:00 pm, Tuesday, October 30, 2018, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home with the Rev. Josh Vaughan officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 pm, Monday, October 29, 2018 at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Betty was born...

Harold Beaver

Harold Beaver

Oct 25, 2018

Harold Hartman Beaver died October 25, 2018. The Memorial Service will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, October 29, at First Baptist Church, located at 500 Webster Avenue, Waco, with Dr. Matt Snowden officiating. Family visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Sunday, October 28, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, 6101 Bosque Blvd. He was born in Stoutsville, Ohio, on July 24,...

Ettie Alexander Norwood

Ettie Alexander Norwood

Oct 22, 2018

Ettie Alexander Norwood passed away at the young age of 101 on Monday, October 22, 2018. Graveside Services will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, October 26, at Waco Memorial Park. Ettie was born April 20, 1917, in Alexandria, Louisiana, to Joseph McKnitt Alexander and Sadie Henderson Alexander. She married Vernon Ernest “Skeet” Norwood on November 12, 1938, in Denison. They...

Martha Virginia Genz

Martha Virginia Genz

Oct 20, 2018

Martha Virginia Genz died peacefully on October 20, 2018 in Waco, Texas. Funeral services are private. Martha was born on June 11, 1921 in Waco to Nona Shipman (Susie) Tidwell and John Thomas (Tom) Tidwell. Susie was the granddaughter of Daniel Shipman, a Texas pioneer. Tom was the president of Texas Coffin Company (TCC). Martha graduated from Mount Vernon...

Doris Smith

Doris Smith

Oct 18, 2018

Doris Smith passed away Thursday, October 18, 2018. Services were held 1:00 p.m., Monday, October 22, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Burial followed at Loma Vista Memorial Park, Fullerton, California.

Edward Allen Busch

Edward Allen Busch

Oct 17, 2018

Edward “Ed” Allen Busch, age 73, passed away October 17, 2018. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., October 22, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home with Pastor Brooks Kimmey officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., October 21 at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. Ed was born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, on November 1, 1944, to Lee and...

Esther King

Esther King

Oct 17, 2018

Esther King passed away at Providence Hospital surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday, October 17, 2018. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, October 20, at Woodway First United Methodist Church with Rev. Bryan Patrick officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Friday, October 19, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Esther was born...