Obituaries

Recent Obituaries in Waco, TX

Warren J. Rudolph

Warren J. Rudolph

Dec 11, 2018

Warren J. Rudolph passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2018. Services will be 10:30 a.m., Saturday, December 15, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home with Rev. Wayne Williams officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Friday, December 14, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Warren was born June 21, 1931, in Brooklyn, New York, to John...

James O. Frankel

James O. Frankel

Dec 6, 2018

James O. Frankel “Jim” passed away Thursday, December 6, 2018. Graveside Services will be 2:00 pm, Monday, December 10, 2018, at Oakwood Cemetery with Rev. Peter Kolb and Father Joe Geleney officiating. Jim was born November 23, 1960, in Bath, New York, to Joseph and Louise Frankel. Jim graduated from Richfield High School and attended TSTC in Waco. He...

Genoa Oliver Perry

Genoa Oliver Perry

Dec 5, 2018

Genoa Oliver Perry passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2018. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, December 8, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home with Rev. Mark Wible officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Friday, December 7, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Genoa was born December 19, 1927, in Ocee, Texas, to Charles...

Mary Burns Newman

Mary Burns Newman

Dec 3, 2018

Mary Newman died peacefully in her sleep Monday, December 3, 2018, in Webster, Texas. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 5, 2019, officiated by Chaplain Curtis Holland at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home in Waco, Texas. The family graveside was held December 8, 2018, at 1:00 p.m., at Anchorage Cemetery, Poteet, Texas, with Rev. Jana Simon officiating. Mary was...

Roy D. Beck

Roy D. Beck

Dec 1, 2018

Roy Beck of Waco passed away on Saturday, December 1, 2018. A veteran of the US Air Force, Roy will be laid to rest at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen. Roy was preceded in death by his parents, Roy R. Beck and Mary C. Beck. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Michiko Beck; son...

Marian Kay Naik

Marian Kay Naik

Nov 28, 2018

Marian Cox Naik, 62, passed away in the early morning of November 28, 2018, at her father's home in Waco. A Memorial Service will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, November 30, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Marian was born on December 17, 1955, in Waco at Providence Hospital to Wallace Martin Cox and Lila Merle Cox. She grew up in Waco...

Edward Paar

Edward Paar

Nov 27, 2018

Edward Paar passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2018. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 5, at Peace Lutheran Church with Pastor Stephen Rynearson officiating. Burial will follow at Chapel Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 4, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Edward was born November 19, 1931, in Otto, Texas, to Paul W. Paar,...

Shirley Silliman Farrow

Shirley Silliman Farrow

Nov 25, 2018

Shirley Silliman Farrow passed away Sunday, November 25, 2018. Services will be 3:00 p.m., Friday, November 30, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home with Rev. Ted Tsitsilianos officiating. Burial will follow on Saturday at Whitney Memorial Park. Shirley was born March 14, 1930, in Sioux City, Iowa, to Eugene Lincoln and Marion Gleason Silliman and reared in Appleton, Wisconsin. Shirley attended...

Harold Everett Jackson, Jr.

Harold Everett Jackson, Jr.

Nov 25, 2018

Dr. Harold Everett Jackson, Jr., passed away Sunday, November 25, 2018. Masonic services will be 1:00 p.m., Friday, November 30, at Waco Memorial Park Mausoleum. Dr. Jackson was born October 16, 1924, in Abbott, Texas, to Harold Everett and Laurabell Morgan Jackson. He graduated from Bruceville Eddy High School in 1941 and attended Texas A&M University. Harold served in...

Doris Bickerstaff

Doris Bickerstaff

Nov 23, 2018

Doris Bickerstaff July 27, 1929 – November 23, 2018 Doris Fern Jones Bickerstaff, 89, passed away November 23, 2018. Visitation will be 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., Sunday, November 25, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Doris was born July 27, 1929, in Wichita Falls, Texas, to Richard and Lila Jones. She was the only daughter with three brothers and she outlived...

Joyce Thomas

Joyce Thomas

Nov 22, 2018

Joyce Thomas, 90, of Waco passed away Thursday, November 22, 2018, at Ridgecrest Retirement Center. Service of Christian Funeral will be 1:30 p.m., Saturday, December 1, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Chapel with Rev. Greg Brumit and Pastor Cary Killough officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 5:00-7:00 p.m., Friday, November 30, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Joyce was...

Robert George Collmer

Robert George Collmer

Nov 21, 2018

Robert George Collmer, 91, of Waco passed away peacefully at noon on Wednesday, November 21, 2018, at Ridgecrest Retirement and Health Center in the presence of his wife, Alys. A memorial service is set for 11:00 a.m., Thursday, November 29, at Columbus Avenue Baptist Church with the Rev. Kyle Childress officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will...

Earl Lee Murphy

Earl Lee Murphy

Nov 19, 2018

Dr. Earl Lee Murphy passed away November 19, 2018. The memorial service will be 2:30 p.m., Friday, November 23, in the Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Chapel. Visitation with the family will be 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., in the Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Garden Room. He was born in Independence, Kansas, to Earl Leota and Evelyn Murphy. He graduated from high school in Malvern, Arkansas, then...

Ruth Chenault Holley

Ruth Chenault Holley

Nov 18, 2018

Ruth Chenault Holley, 83, passed peacefully on November 18, 2018. On Wednesday, November 21, at 11:00 a.m., Ruth’s celebration of life will be held at Crestview Church of Christ, 7129 Delhi Road, Waco TX 76712, followed by her interment at Oakwood Cemetery, 2124 S 5th St, Waco, TX 76706. The family will receive friends 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Tuesday,...

Thomas Keith Smith

Thomas Keith Smith

Nov 14, 2018

Thomas Keith Smith passed away Wednesday, November 14, 2018. Graveside Services will be 1:00 p.m., Saturday, November 17, at Bold Springs Cemetery in West, Texas, with Dr. Paul Sands, pastor of First Baptist Church, Woodway, officiating. Tommy was born March 7, 1949, in Waco, Texas, to J. B. and Marjorie Jane Smith. He graduated from Waco High in 1967...

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...

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