Obituaries
Recent Obituaries in Waco, TX
Baxter Adams, Jr.
Mar 21, 2018
George Baxter Adams, Jr., passed away peacefully in his sleep Wednesday, March 21, 2018, just shy of his 90th birthday. A celebration of his life will be held graveside at Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas, 3:00 p.m., Saturday, March 24, with Pastor Mark Wible officiating. Baxter was born in Paducah, Texas, to Baxter, Sr., and Nell Boutwell Adams. He graduated...
Beatrice Alice Helm
Mar 20, 2018
Beatrice Alice Helm passed away Tuesday, March 20, 2018. Visitation will be 10:00-11:00 a.m., Friday, March 23, at Richfield Christian Church. Services will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, March 23, at Richfield Christian Church with Rev. David Story and Rev. Alec Ylitalo officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Beatrice was born May 2, 1926, in Waco, Texas, to Clarence...
Virginia Copeland Jantz
Mar 19, 2018
Virginia Copeland Jantz, 95, passed away Monday, March 19, 2018. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, March 23, at Oakwood Cemetery with Dr. Ralph Wagner officiating. Virginia was born January 22, 1923, in Waco, Texas, to parents, Queen Zoe Pierce and William Clifford, Sr. Much of her childhood was spent on a small farm near Hog Creek in...
Mary Vitula Mason
Mar 18, 2018
Mary Vitula Mason passed away Sunday, March 18, 2018. Mary was born March 24, 1920, in Georgetown, TX, to Daniel and Inez Wilcox. Mary graduated from Southwestern University in Georgetown, and taught school for 33 years. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Ernest Fleming Mason and two sisters and one brother. She is survived...
Kim Seavey
Mar 18, 2018
Kim Leigh Kickliter Seavey, 59, of Tampa, Florida, peacefully entered the gates of Heaven on Sunday, March 18, 2018. Kim was born in 1958 to George Kickliter and Shirley Spivey Kickliter in Laredo, Texas. She grew up in a military household, living on multiple Air Force bases in the following locations: Ohio, Arizona, Germany, Texas, Florida, Japan, Philippines and...
Mary Peek
Mar 13, 2018
Mary Eunice Hargett Peek, beloved Wife and Mother, passed away peacefully on March 13, 2018 surrounded by her family and friends in Waco, Texas. Her visitation will be held on Monday, March 19 from 5-7 pm at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey funeral home, 6101 Bosque Blvd, Waco, TX. Funeral services will be Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 1pm, First United Methodist Church,...
Victor Lopez
Mar 11, 2018
Victor “Boo” Lopez, 54, of Waco, died fighting cancer on March 11, 2018 at 11:11 a.m. in a local hospital. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, March 16th at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Rev. Carlo Benjamin P. Magnaye officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery, where he will be laid to rest by his mother,...
Deborah Voige
Mar 11, 2018
Deborah Voige passed away, not without a fight, late in the evening on March 11th, 2018 in Colorado, where she had gone weeks before for a ski trip. This was something she loved to do and it will forever be a mystery why her life ended this way. Faith in the Lord provided her comfort and continues to comfort...
Claretta Brown
Mar 10, 2018
Claretta C. Brown of Waco passed away Saturday, March 10, 2018. Memorial service to be held 11:00 a.m. on Friday March 16, 2018 at First Baptist Church Woodway. Claretta was born July 20, 1934 to Henry Levi Crawford and Clarena Neitch (pronounced kneech) in Quinton Oklahoma. Her father was a World War I veteran and a Methodist circuit riding...
Leo Blanco, Sr.
Mar 8, 2018
Leo Blanco Sr. passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 8th, 2018 at the age of 89. Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 pm, Sunday March 10th, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Graveside will be 11:00 am, Monday March 11th, at Post Oak Cemetery in Oglesby, Texas. Leo was born January 20, 1929, in Osage, Texas. Leo had a passion for horses and...
James H. Long
Mar 8, 2018
James Harlan Long passed away on March 8, 2018 at St. Catherine’s Providence Hospice Place. Jim was born in Dallas, Texas on March 9th 1941 to Harlan and Ina Long. He is survived by his loving wife of 48 years Julie Long, his two daughters, Kirsten Krause and her husband Kevin Krause of Waco and Kelley Perkins of Waco;...
Josephine Anna Yarchuska Worobel
Mar 7, 2018
Josephine “Jo” Anna Yarchuska Worobel, 83, passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2018, in Waco, Texas, after a short battle with cancer. Visitation services will be held 9:00-10:00 a.m., Friday, March 23, at Adzima Funeral Home in Stratford, Connecticut, followed by a service at 10:30 a.m., at Saint Mary Church, 70 Gulf Street, Milford, Connecticut. Private graveside burial will be...
Elizabeth Ann Simcik
Mar 7, 2018
Elizabeth Simcik October 25, 1932-March 7, 2018 Elizabeth Ann “Betty” Simcik passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2018. Rosary will be 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 14, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home with Deacon Greg George officiating. Visitation will be 6:00-7:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 14, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Elizabeth “Betty Ann” was born October 25, 1932, in Westphalia, Texas, to Bert...
Evelyn Youngblood Bryan
Mar 5, 2018
Evelyn Youngblood Bryan April 19, 1924-March 5, 2018 Evelyn “Mickey” Youngblood Bryan, 93, passed away Monday, March 5, 2018. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, March 9, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Chapel with Dr. John Wood officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m., Friday, March 9, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Evelyn was born April...
Melba Bowers
Mar 5, 2018
Melba Clark Bowers passed away Monday, March 5, 2018. Graveside services will be 3:00 p.m., Saturday, March 10, at Waco Memorial Park with her nephew, Rev. James Baldridge, officiating. Visitation will be 1:00-2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 10, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home Garden Room. Melba was born September 10, 1928, in Redwater, Texas, to Hollis and Gertrude Allen Clark. Melba...
Dominga Martinez
Mar 4, 2018
Dominga Fomaza Guillen Martinez, 79, of Waco passed away peacefully on March 4, 2018, two days before her 80th birthday. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, March 8, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with burial to follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Rev. Benjamin Magnaye will preside over the service. A time of family and friends visitation...
Larry B. Harelik
Mar 2, 2018
Larry (Leibel) Harelik passed away on Friday, March 2, 2018. He and his twin brother, Harry, were born in Waco to Margaret Rosen Harelik and Sam Harelik but they spent their early years in the family hometown of Hamilton, Texas. The Hareliks moved to Waco in 1951 where Sam and Margaret opened and operated a well-known men’s clothing store...
Donald Higginbotham
Feb 27, 2018
Judge Donald Higginbotham of Georgetown, Texas, formerly of Waco, passed away peacefully in his home the morning of February 27, 2018, surrounded by friends. Services will be held at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home in Waco, Texas on Friday March 9, 2018 at 1:30 PM. Colonel Higginbotham has issued an order that “no ties” will be permitted at the service. Burial...
Simon V. Guerra
Feb 24, 2018
Simon V. Guerra, 90, passed away February 24, 2018 at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Hillcrest. Services will be March 1 at 10:00 am at Sacred Heart Church with Rev. Benjamin Magnaye officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Rosary and visitation will be held Wednesday, February 28 at 6:00 pm at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Simon was born in...
John Paul Kemper
Feb 23, 2018
John Paul Kemper was called to Heaven in the early morning of Friday, February 23, 2018, after a brief stay in the Providence Hospice Center, Waco, Texas. Paul was two days shy of his 81st birthday. A celebration of his life will be 4:30 pm, Tuesday, February 27, at Central Presbyterian Church, Woodway. The Rev. David Rodgers will be...
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