Maxine Hammonds

Maxine Brennan Hammonds of Waco, Texas passed away on October 16, 2024. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 am October 19 at St. Mary’s Church of the Assumption, 301 S. Harrison St., West, Texas. Father Cyril Ejaidu will officiate. Burial will be at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, 1400 Cemetery Rd., West, Texas. Visitation will be October 18 from 6-8:00 pm with Rosary recited at 7:00 pm, at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd., Waco, Texas.

Maxine was born December 27, 1933 in Alamo, Texas in the Rio Grande Valley to Lawrence and Victoria Beach Brennan. She was the first of six siblings. She started school in Alamo, Texas before the family moved to West. Maxine attended St. Mary’s Elementary and graduated from West High School in 1952. She then attended 4-C Business School in Waco.

After several office positions in Waco, she moved back to West to take a position at West National Bank. After enjoying the people contact and learning the functions of working in small banks, she moved to Dallas to work at Highland Park State Bank. When she moved back to Waco to work at First National Bank, she met and fell in love with her future husband, Willie E. Hammonds. They were married May 18, 1957 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in West. They made their home in Waco, Texas where they raised their four children.

As a homemaker and mother of four, Maxine volunteered at St. Louis Catholic Church and the school and was involved in numerous committees. She was a member of the Mother’s Club and parents’ Band Club. She and Willie attended many band concerts, Little League baseball games, track meets and soccer games at Reicher High School, as well as many other activities. She enjoyed membership in Waco Catholic Bible Study for over 25 years and volunteered at Providence Hospital for over 30 years. Maxine was on the Bereavement committee, served as Eucharistic Minister, and started the charity that made quilts for Providence Hospital Heart Group. She was also a member of the Waco Homespun Quilters. She truly enjoyed sewing and quilting.

Maxine shared her husband’s love of banking. They traveled on many weekend trips to Texas Bankers Association Conventions. They also shared many cruises and trips to Port Aransas with their children, other family members, and friends. She loved to go dancing, working in the yard feeding the birds, reading, playing Mah Jong, and especially working puzzles and watching the Lady Baylor Bears.

Her faith, her loving supportive family, and her many friends were very important to her. Her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren were her pride and joy. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Willie of 53 years; brother, Leroy Brennan; and brothers-in-law, George Hutyra and Dennis Long.

Maxine is survived by her sisters, Pat Hutyra and Vicky Long; brother, Larry Brennan and wife, Helen; brother, Tom Brennan and wife, Mary; and sister-in-law, Doris Hill and husband, Burl. She is also survived by sons, Mark Hammonds and wife, Lisa, John Hammonds and wife, JoAnne, and Charles Hammonds and wife, Kellie; daughter, Cynthia Casto and husband, Jim; grandchildren, Ben Hammonds, Will Hammonds, Jonathan Casto, and Jason Casto and wife, Abigail, Sarah Hammonds, Ryan Hammonds, Rachel Hammonds and fiancé, Evan Peak, Joey Hammonds, Katie Miltenberger and husband, Bryce, Jack Hammonds, and Luke Hammonds; great-grandchildren, Havilah Casto, Hineni Casto, and Atlas Casto; as well as many nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to Mission Waco: https://missionwaco.givecloud.co/give