Obituaries

Recent Obituaries in Waco, TX

Mary Eleanor Fairfield

Mary Eleanor Fairfield

Jan 22, 2022

Mary Eleanor Davis Fairfield passed away Saturday, January 22, 2022, at age of 101 years, 7 months and 23 days at Green Oaks Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Arlington, Texas. Graveside services will be at Robinson Cemetery, Friday, January 28, at 2:30 pm. Visitation will be at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, Friday, January 28, at 11:00 am. Eleanor, as...

Sidney Sims

Sidney Sims

Jan 21, 2022

Sidney passed away recently in Long Beach, California. He was born in Brownwood, Texas, to Sidney Buell Sims, Sr., and Faye Aubrey Sims. In 1939, the family moved to Cameron, Texas. Sidney was a musician and was in the Cameron Yoe High School Band. His senior year the family moved to Waco, Texas. He graduated from Waco High School...

Amelia Sudderth

Amelia Sudderth

Jan 21, 2022

Amelia Sudderth, beloved and loving wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away peacefully at her home on January 21, 2022. She was 83 years old and lived in Waco, Texas for the last 50 years with her devoted husband, Joe. Services will be January 28 at 1:00 pm at First Presbyterian Church, 1100 Austin Avenue in Waco, with Rev. Dr....

Vincent Jr Marin

Vincent Jr Marin

Jan 19, 2022

Vincent JR Marin passed away on January 19, 2022. A funeral service will be held 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 29, at Family of Faith Worship Center in Waco, with Pastor Victor Loera officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, Friday, January 28, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. A rosary will follow...

Frank Sandoval

Frank Sandoval

Jan 16, 2022

Frank Sandoval passed away Sunday, January 16, 2022. Services will be 7:00 pm, Friday, January 21, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Chapel with his son and Pastor Mario Sandoval officiating. Visitation will be before the service from 6:00 pm-7:00 pm. Graveside service will be 10:00 am, Saturday, January 22, at Oakwood Cemetery. Frank was born March 2, 1937, in Waco, to Cruz...

Michael Allen Graupner

Michael Allen Graupner

Jan 14, 2022

Michael Allen Graupner, 63 years old, passed away January 14, 2022, at his residence. Services will be Saturday January 22, at 2:00 pm, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home with Pastor Lucio Martinez officiating. Visitation will be January 22 at 1:00 pm, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Mike was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on September 23, 1958. He grew up in Chicago...

Martha Martin Cox

Martha Martin Cox

Jan 13, 2022

Martha Martin Cox (“MeMaw”) passed away Thursday, January 13, 2022. The family will have a private graveside service. Martha was born July 18, 1933 in Waco, Texas, to Otto and Beulah Martin. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Jerry; and three brothers. She is survived by her brother, John Truman Martin; three daughters, Carol Dunman...

Frankie "Terry" Chapman

Frankie "Terry" Chapman

Jan 12, 2022

Frankie Terrell Chapman passed away Wednesday, January 12, 2022. Graveside Services will be 1:30 pm, Monday, January 17, at Rosemound Cemetery with John M. DeGiorgio officiating. Visitation will be 5:00 pm-7:00 pm, Sunday, January 16, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Frankie was born September 13, 1961, in Waco, Texas, to Eugene and Gloria Chapman. Frankie attended La Vega Highschool and...

Samuel  Edward Allison

Samuel Edward Allison

Jan 10, 2022

Samuel Edward Allison died peacefully at home on Monday, January 10, 2022. He was 82. Sam was born in Corsicana, Texas, the younger son of O.W. (Dee) Allison and Alice Inez Allison, née Grayson. After a brief stay in Corsicana, the family moved to Wichita Falls, Texas, where young “Sammy” grew up hunting, fishing, and playing blocking back for...

Margaret Louise Hoyle

Margaret Louise Hoyle

Jan 7, 2022

Margaret Louise Hoyle passed away Friday, January 7, 2022. Graveside services will be 1:30 pm, Tuesday, January 11, 2022, at Rosemound Cemetery. Louise was born December 18, 1919, in Waco, Texas, to Joseph and Mertyl Kennedy. Her mother died after giving birth and she was raised by her paternal grandparents in Abbot, Texas. On the first day of school,...

David Michael Guinn

David Michael Guinn

Jan 6, 2022

David Michael Guinn, Sr., 82, departed this life on January 6, 2022. Services will be held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 515 Columbus Ave., on January 8, at 11:00 a.m. David was born on February 24, 1939, in Cleburne, Texas to Ernest and Dorothy Guinn. He grew up attending Main Street Methodist Church and Cleburne public schools until his...

Billie Kathryn Kuhnle

Billie Kathryn Kuhnle

Jan 4, 2022

Billie Kathryn Beckworth Kuhnle passed away on January 4, 2022. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, January 11, at 11 am, at St. Jerome Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. A rosary will take place at 10 am, prior to the service, also at St. Jerome. Visitation will be Monday, January 10,...

Ann May Warner

Ann May Warner

Jan 3, 2022

Ann “Molly” Maguire Warner of Houston, Texas, passed away on January 3, on her 102nd birthday. Molly was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to parents John Maguire and Edith Slaney. After completing nursing school, Molly joined the US Army Nursing Corps and served three years overseas during World War II in North Africa and Europe. She was promoted to the...

Roman Palacios

Roman Palacios

Dec 31, 2021

Roman Palacios passed away Friday, December 31, 2021. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 5, 2022, at Oakwood Cemetery. Roman was born July 17, 1944, in Mart, Texas, to Salvador and Gloria Palacios. He worked as a broom maker for many years and was retired from Owens Corning in Waxahachie. He was preceded in death by his parents;...

Manuel Dejesus Perez

Manuel Dejesus Perez

Dec 30, 2021

Manuel de Jesús Pérez, de 54 años, falleció el 30 de diciembre de 2021. Los servicios serán el sábado 8 de enero de 2022 a las 10 a.m. en la Iglesia Católica del Sagrado Corazón con el padre Benji oficiando. Seguirá el entierro en el cementerio Rosemound. El velorio será el viernes 7 de enero de 2022 a partir...

Phyllis Ann Ponder Falco

Phyllis Ann Ponder Falco

Dec 29, 2021

Phyllis Ann Ponder Falco, 77, of Waco, Texas passed away peacefully on December 29, 2021 after a brief battle with pneumonia. Phyllis was born on August 11, 1944 in Corpus Christi, the daughter and only child of the late Phillip and Eunice Trice Ponder. She is survived by her husband of 51 years, Bill Falco, her son, Carter Falco,...

Alfred Dale Bjelland

Alfred Dale Bjelland

Dec 25, 2021

Alfred Dale Bjelland began a new journey on December 25, 2021, when the angels lifted his spirit, freeing him from the limitations of COPD. Born in Morris, Illinois, on May 17, 1942, which is Norwegian Independence Day, for many years Al thought the parades that day were in his honor. His father, Oscar Bjelland, came to America from Norway...

Sue Margaret Hughes

Sue Margaret Hughes

Dec 25, 2021

Sue Margaret Hughes was born April 13, 1920, to Chastain Wesley Hughes and Sue Willis Payne Hughes in Cleburne, Texas. She was the sixth of seven children, and the last surviving. The family moved to Waco in 1925, where she was educated in the Waco public schools. Graduating from Waco High in 1938, she did not attend college right...

Weldon Ewing Jackson

Weldon Ewing Jackson

Dec 15, 2021

Weldon Ewing Jackson passed away on December 15, 2021, at the age of 94, at Providence Health Center. Services to celebrate and honor his life will be Monday, December 20, at 10:00 a.m., at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Pastor Chris Sammons will officiate. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be held on Sunday, December 19, from 2:00...

Mary Nelda Massey

Mary Nelda Massey

Dec 15, 2021

Mary Nelda Massey, 92, of Waco, passed away peacefully at her home Wednesday, December 15. Services will be at 2:30 pm on Saturday, December 18, at Prairie Hill Baptist Church, with Audrey Wauson officiating. Burial will follow at Prairie Hill Cemetery. Ms. Massey was born Nov. 29, 1929, in Prairie Hill, Texas, to Lawrence Elmer and Mary Alice Massey....

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