Obituaries
Recent Obituaries in Waco, TX
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...
April Dianne Pickard
Feb 22, 2018
April Dianne Pickard, 38, of Robinson, passed into eternal life on February 22, 2018, after a courageous battle with cancer. Services will be 4:00 p.m., Sunday, February 25, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home with the Rev. Kay Hawkins officiating. Burial will be 1:30 p.m., Monday, February 26, at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 5:00-7:00 p.m., Saturday, February 24, at...
Marylee Presley
Feb 22, 2018
A memorial service for MaryLee Presley will be held at the Nell Pape Garden Center at 1901 5th Street in Waco, Texas, on Sunday, March 11, 2018, from 3:00-5:00 p.m., with a reception to follow. Please join her family and friends in celebrating her life. MaryLee, who was also known as Honeymother, was well loved by family, friends and...
Elwood C. Seith, Sr.
Feb 20, 2018
Elwood C. Seith, Sr., of Waco went home to be with his Lord and Savior on February 20, 2018. Graveside services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, February 24, at Waco Memorial Park Cemetery in Waco with Rev. Kip Osborne and Rev. Bruce Worley officiating. Kip will sing “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” and “The Pearly White City”....
Elsie Wooten
Feb 19, 2018
Elsie Wooten, 90, was called home on February 19, 2018, at Wesley Woods. Graveside services will be 10:30 a.m., Thursday, February 22, at Oakwood Cemetery with her grandson, Bryan Wooten, officiating. Visitation will be at 6:00-8:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 21, Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home in Waco. Elsie was born in Sarepta, Louisiana, on October 16, 1927. She graduated from Sarepta...
Stanley Hersh
Feb 13, 2018
On Tuesday, February 13, 2018, a great luminary left this world when Dr. Stanley Hersh passed away peacefully at his home. Services will be held on 1:30 p.m., Thursday, February 15, at Congregation Agudath Jacob, 4925 Hillcrest Drive, with Rabbi Ben Zion Lanxner, followed by graveside services and interment at Congregation Agudath Jacob Cemetery, located at 1400 Garden Street....
Terry Joe Walters
Feb 9, 2018
Terry Joe Walters of Waco passed away Friday, February 9, 2018. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 13, at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., Monday, February 12, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Terry Joe Walters was born April 23, 1938, in Groesbeck, Texas, to T.J. and Mildred Walters. He grew up in Waco, with...
Kathryn Woods Mccusker
Feb 8, 2018
Kathryn Woods McCusker passed from this life on Thursday, February 8, 2018, at the age of 90. Ms. McCusker was a life-long resident of the Alexandria, Louisiana area, prior to moving to Waco, Texas in 2015. Interment will take place on a date to be determined in a private memorial service at Hemphill Baptist Cemetery in Boyce, Louisiana. Kathryn...
Dorothy Roberts
Feb 8, 2018
Dorothy Gaynell Roberts passed away Thursday, February 8, 2018. Services will be 3:00 p.m., Saturday, February 10, at Waco Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel. Burial will follow. Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 p.m., Friday, February 9, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Dorothy was born September 21, 1914, in Bridgeport, Texas, to Vaughn and Zoula Miller. Dorothy was educated at San Angelo Junior...
Lois Landis
Feb 5, 2018
Lois Landis passed away Monday, February 5, 2018. Memorial Services will be 2:00 p.m., Sunday, February 25, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Chapel with Rev. Richard Roland officiating. A visitation will follow the memorial service at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home. Lois was born July 6, 1924, in Ashland, Ohio, to John and Nettie Alverson. She graduated from Ashland High School in 1942 and...
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