Obituaries

Oct 7, 2016

John William Faulk, 75, of Chilton, died Friday October 7, 2016, in a Waco Hospital. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at Cook-Gerngross-Green-Patterson Funeral Home in Rosebud. Rev. Andy Kilpatrick and Deacon Butch Prewitt officiating. Burial will follow in Powers Chapel Cemetery near Rosebud. Mr. Faulk was born August 27, 1941 in Raymondville to John Lynick and...

Sep 28, 2016

Narsiso Portillo Jr., 60, of Rosebud, died Wednesday, September 28, 2016, in a Temple Hospital. Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday at St. Ann Catholic Church in Rosebud. Rev. Jim Robertson officiating. Burial will follow in Sacred Heart Cemetery in Rosebud. Mr. Portillo was born February 28, 1956 in Rosebud to Narsiso and Maria Salas Portillo Sr....

Sep 27, 2016

Thomas Whitlow, 68, of Groesbeck, died Tuesday, September 27, 2016, in a Waco Hospital. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday in Powers Chapel Cemetery near Rosebud. Rev. Don Fulton officiating. Mr. Whitlow was born February 11, 1948 in Marlin to Wesley and Lula Swanner Whitlow. He grew up in Falls County and lived in Groesbeck the...

Sep 23, 2016

Gladys Boone, 98, of Rosebud, died Friday, September 23, 2016, in a Rosebud Nursing Home. Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday in Cook-Gerngross-Green-Patterson Funeral Home in Rosebud. Rev. Don Fulton officiating Burial will follow in Powers Chapel Cemetery. Mrs. Boone was born March 23, 1918 near Lott to Walter and Nettie Stem Borden. She graduated from Beauty...

Sep 1, 2016

Mary Helen Conners, 78, of Lott, died Thursday, September 1, 2016, at her residence. Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday in the Church of the Visitation in Westphalia. Rev. Ron Feather officiating. Burial will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Westphalia. Mrs. Conners was born December 25, 1937 in Westphalia to George and Mary Dehmer Greger. She...

Aug 29, 2016

Robert J. Hoelscher, 92, of Westphalia, died Monday, August 29, 2016, at his residence. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday in the Church of the Visitation in Westphalia. Rev. Edwin Kagoo officiating. Burial will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Westphalia. Mr. Hoelscher was born December 7, 1923 in Westphalia to Bennie and Helena Halfman Hoelscher. He...

Aug 26, 2016

David Clay Ogle, 85, passed away August 26, 2016 in Rockport, Texas.  He was born July 18, 1931 in Hyannis, Nebraka to Clay Bement and Nedra Vance Ogle.   David served in the United States Air Force. He was a resident of Rockport, Texas since 1966 and retired from Reynolds Metals, member of the First United Methodist Church and American...

Aug 23, 2016

Louis B “Pat” Gottschalk, 93, of Dallas, formerly of Westphalia, died Tuesday, August 23, 2016 in Dallas. Services will be held at 9:00 a.m. Saturday in the Church of the Visitation in Westphalia. Rev. Edwin Kagoo officiating. Burial will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Westphalia. Mr. Gottschalk was born October 27, 1922 in Westphalia to Anton and Mary...

Aug 22, 2016

Lawrence W. “Buster” Gaylor, 89, of Lott, died Monday, August 22, 2016 at his residence. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday in Cook-Gerngross-Green-Patterson Funeral Home in Rosebud with Bruce Mercer officiating. Burial will follow in Clover Hill Cemetery in Lott. Mr. Gaylor was born January 16, 1927 in the Meeks community to Charlie and Florence James Gaylor....

Aug 13, 2016

Mrs. Alene Fay Bennett, 56, of Cameron, passed away Saturday, August 13, at a San Antonio hospital, after an illness. A memorial service will be announced at a later date.

Mrs. Bennett was born February 3, 1960, to Arnold Ray and Virginia Elkins, in Houston, TX. She married James Benett, who preceded her in death. She was...

Jul 31, 2016

Doris Humphus, 91, of Temple, formerly of Cedar Springs, died Sunday, July 31, 2016 in a Temple Nursing Home. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday at Cook-Gerngross-Green-Patterson Funeral Home in Rosebud with Mike Gentry and Sid Blackman officiating. Burial will follow in Powers Chapel Cemetery near Rosebud. Mrs. Humphus was born July 28, 1925 in Lott to...

Jul 12, 2016

Jesus V “Jesse” Aguilera, 77, of Durango, died Tuesday, July 12, 2016, in a Waco Hospital. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday in Union Cemetery in Durango. John Michalak officiating. Mr. Aguilera was born February 13, 1939 in San Jose Viborillas, Guanajuato, Mexico to Jose and Maria Vazquez Aguilera. He played semi-pro baseball in Mexico and...

Jul 11, 2016

Mary Ethel James, 82, of Rosebud, died Monday, July 11, 2016, in a Rosebud Nursing Home. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday at Carolina Cemetery near Durango. Larry Jackson officiating Miss James was born March 30, 1934 in Marlin to William Robert and Catherine Tull James. She lived in Falls County all of her life. She...

Jul 8, 2016

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m.  Monday, July 11, 2016, at the Kathryn W. Green  Chapel of the Green-Patterson Funeral Home, for Mrs. Lillie Mae Johnson, 98, of Rockdale. Rodney Kruse will officiate. Burial will follow in the Milano Cemetery.  Mrs. Johnson passed away July 8, 2016 at a Temple hospital, just 11 days short of her...

Jul 5, 2016

Memorial Services for Bonnie Louise Robinson will be held on Saturday, July 9, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at San Gabriel Baptist Church. She passed from this life on July 5, 2016 at Serenity Senior Living in Pflugerville, TX where she had resided for the past year.

Bonnie was born on September 12, 1933 to Jack and Ola...

Jul 4, 2016

Larry R Hoelscher, 69, of Westphalia, died Monday July 4, 2016, in a Temple Hospital. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday in the Church of the Visitation in Westphalia. Rev. Walter Dhanwar officiating. Burial will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Westphalia. Mr. Hoelscher was born October 24, 1946 in Marlin to Anton and Helen Gausemeier Hoelscher....

Jul 2, 2016

Evelyn McKinley Garrett, 99, of Rosebud, died Saturday, July 2, 2016 at her residence. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church in Rosebud. Rev. Jody Hickman and Rev. Glen Foster officiating. Burial will follow in Woodland Cemetery in Rosebud. Mrs. Garrett was born July 23, 1916 in Limestone County to O.L. and Emily Waller...

Jun 29, 2016

Harold Frank Ranly, 58, of Westphalia, died Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at his residence. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday at the Church of the Visitation in Westphalia. Rev. Walter Dhanwar officiating. Burial will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Westphalia. Mr. Ranly was born August 12, 1957 in Marlin to Leonard H. and Viola Ejem Ranly....

Jun 28, 2016

Funeral Services will be held Saturday, July 2, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in the Kathryn W. Green Chapel of Green-Patterson Funeral Home in Cameron for Mr. Gail Davidson, 77, of Gause, with the Rev. Billy Crow officiating. Mr. Davidson passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2016, in a Bryan hospital after an illness. Interment will follow in the Pin Oak...

Jun 26, 2016

Robert Martin, 70, of Cego, died Sunday June 26, 2016, in a Dallas Hospital. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church in Lott with John Michalak and Rev. Stephen James officiating. Visitation will be held from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. prior to the service. Private Burial will be at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery...