Obituaries
Jeanne D. Dodds
May 22, 2013
Tireless Volunteer and Church Pioneer Dies at 94 Jeanne Ditzler Dodds, a tireless community volunteer and church pioneer, was born at her parents' home in Selinsgrove, PA, on August 5, 1918, and died in the Presbyterian Village North retirement complex in Dallas on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at the age of 94. Jeanne and her husband of 66 years, Alan...
Bonnie Gail Baker
May 22, 2013
Bonnie Gail Baker, 67, passed away Wednesday May 22, 2013 in Dallas.She was born on June 1, 1945 in Bell Gardens, California to John T. Fulmer and Ora Mae Boyd. She was a wonderful mother and grandmother. She enjoyed camping, traveling and working in the garden. She loved to spend time on the lake. She is survived by her companion...
Orla Dwight Brown
May 21, 2013
Orla "Bud" Dwight Brown Orla Brown of Fairview, Texas, passed away Tuesday, May 21, 2013, after a heroic battle with cancer. He was born June 29, 1930, in Gentry, Arkansas, to Floyd and Gladys Brown. He graduated from Gentry High School and Oklahoma A & M University with a degree in mechanical engineering. He was a veteran of the United...
Honorio Garcia Arguelles
May 20, 2013
Memorial Service, Sunday, May 26, 2013 2:00 PM Eastgate Funeral Home Chapel, 1910 Eastgate Drive, Garland, TX 75041
George Eugene Neilon
May 19, 2013
George Eugene "Gene" Neilon, age 82, of Poetry, TX went home to the Lord May 19, 2013.Gene was born March 21, 1931, to George and Opal (Wood) Neilon in Wylie, TX and graduated from Wylie High School. He retired from Kraft Foods after a 40 year career, and spent the remainder of his life enjoying his peaceful home in the...
Jerry Alton Kiser
May 19, 2013
Jerry Alton Kiser of Princeton, Texas, well known Upholsterer in Collin County since 1969, passed away at his home at age 71 Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. due to complications after suffering from a stroke. Jerry was born in Levelland, Texas October 6, 1941. He proudly began serving the United States Marine Corps in 1961 and was honorably...
Maurine Criss
May 18, 2013
Maurine was born August 10th, 1930 and went to be with her Lord and Savior on May 18th, 2013. She was preceded in death by her sisters Juanita Key and Faye Hatcher. Anyone who knew Maurine knows that she would want us to mention her beloved cats Maggie and Mollie who also recently passed away. She is survived by son,...
Oliver Avery McElroy
May 15, 2013
Oliver Avery McElroy was born May 15, 2013 to Oliver McElroy, II and Erin Michaud McElroy and passed away on May 15, 2013 in Denton, Texas. He is survived by: Parents: Oliver C. McElroy, II and Erin Ashley McElroy; Grandparents: Oliver McElroy, Sr. and Paige Barcus, Melody Michaud and Michael Michaud; Great-grandparents: Drs. Beverly and Spencer Tucker, Carter and Ione...
Carole Ann Davidson
May 13, 2013
70, of Garland, Texas, passed away May 13, 2013 in Garland, Texas. She was born July 31, 1942 in Alton, Illinois to Mixson and Margaret Kincannon.Carole was preceded in death by her parents.She is survived by her daughter, Tammy Sherman and her husband, Brent; two sons, James Pray and his wife, Dionne and Gregory Davidson; three grandsons, Joshua Snyder, Brenin...
Billy Douglas Shanz
May 13, 2013
Billy Shanz of Waco, Tx went home to be with the Lord on May 13, 2013. He was born in Hutchins, Tx on January 30, 1944 to J.R. and Ida Lee (Gressett) Shanz. His family moved to Rylie, Tx in January of 1946 where he lived until moving to Waco in 1990. There he started his own commercial roofing company,...
Linda Lee Brune
May 13, 2013
Linda Lee Brune, 65, passed away peacefully at her home in Murphy, Texas, surrounded by her husband and her children on Monday, May 13, 2013, after a 1,334 day battle with cancer. She was born on February 25, 1948, in California, Missouri, to Eugene Reed and Marjorie Maxine (Anderson) Zumalt. She married Dwayne Martin Barner on April 16th, 1964. He...
Alleen Josephine Sims
May 8, 2013
Alleen J Sims, of Garland, Texas, passed away Wednesday night, May 8, 2013 at 10:30 p.m., after a battle with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Alleen is survived by her four children, Joan Higgins (Kenneth) , Debbie Evans, Bill Hailey (Beth) and Brenda McBrayer (R.C.); ten grandchildren, Charles Higgins (Holly), Colinda Holbrook (Stoney), Trisha Warren, Brian Evans (Alisha), Ryan Hailey (Kristin), Lyndsey...
Peggy Andrews King
May 8, 2013
Peggy Andrews King was born December 10, 1921 in Waco, TX. She passed away May 8, 2013 in Sherman, TX. Peggy gained her B.A. (1947) and M.A. (1954) in Psychology/Sociology from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, TX and remained a life-long supporter of TCU. She attended both Yale and Sanford. Her professional career spanned educational institutions, social service agencies...
James Lloyd Grider
May 8, 2013
A celebration of life for James Lloyd Grider, 60, of Frognot will be held Saturday May 18, 2013 at 2:00 pm at Charles W. Smith and Sons Funeral Home in McKinney. Mr. Grider passed away Wednesday May 8, 2013 at his residence.Born October 7, 1952 in Irving, TX. He worked for many years as a skilled laborer in the field...
Estella Salinas Castilla
May 7, 2013
ESTELLA SALINAS CASTILLA, 84Estella Salinas Castilla, 84, of Seguin, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at her daughter's home in Dallas, TX after a brief battle with brain cancer. She was born March 27, 1929 in Guadalupe County.Estella was preceded in death by her husband of twenty-three years, Manuel C. Castilla, and by her mother, Margarita Salinas, both...
Rhonda Teresa Robertson
May 7, 2013
Mrs. Rhonda Teresa (Smith) Robertson 51, of Wylie, TX. passed away in Garland, TX on May 7, 2013. She was born to Tommy and Jeryl Smith in Hillsboro, TX on November 29, 1961. She grew up in Plano and graduated from Plano Senior High School in 1980. Later in life she met and married Warren Robertson on May 13, 1988...
Laverne Samples
May 7, 2013
76, of Wylie, Texas, passed away May 7, 2013 in Wylie, Texas. She was born December 1, 1936 in Hunt County, Texas to Earl and Hazel Crawford.Laverne was preceded in death by her parents; and two brothers, William Crawford and James Crawford. She is survived her husband of fifty-nine years, Joe Samples; three sons, Ronnie Samples and his wife, Maggie,...
Charles David Snitzer
May 1, 2013
Charles David "Charlie" Snitzer, passed away on May 1, 2013 in Dallas, Texas. He was born to Joseph Albert and Isabelle Baker Snitzer in Baltimore, Maryland on January 29, 1934. Charles grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, where he attended Marist High School. He received a BBA from Emory University and a MBA from Georgia State University. He was a captain...
Mary Vieira Zier
May 1, 2013
Mary Vieira Zier, 88, of McKinney, Texas, passed away on May 1, 2013 in McKinney, Texas. She was born September 6, 1924 in Fall River, Massachusetts to John P. and Connie Vieira Azevedo. She was a Insurance Underwriter. She is survived by: Children: Kathy Seaborn, Eileen Pierce, Nancy Zier, Karen McMullin and husband Mike Crank, Vern Zier, Ella Zier, Jeanne...
Erlinda Bernardez Felarca
Apr 28, 2013
Erlinda Bernardez Felarca, of Dallas, Texas passed away April 28, 2013 peacefully of natural causes at UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER. Mrs. Felarca was born Sept. 14, 1938 in Tattawa Abra, Philippines and has been a Dallas resident for 45 years. Before coming to Dallas, she graduated from HOSPITL DE SAN JUAN DE DIOS SCHOOL OF NURSING in Pasay City, Philippines...
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