Obituaries

Mary Sanchez

Mary Sanchez

Dec 21, 2012

SERVICES ARE PENDING.

Abel Flores

Abel Flores

Dec 21, 2012

Abel M. Flores, 60, of Waco, passed away Friday, December 21, 2012 at Hillcrest Hospital. Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday December 27, 2012 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 2621 Bagby Ave. Visitation will be Wed., December 26, 6 - 8 p.m. with the rosary starting at 7 p.m. at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd. Abel graduated from University...

Jose Hurtado

Jose Hurtado

Dec 16, 2012

Services are pending

Nella Bruce

Nella Bruce

Dec 16, 2012

Nella June Bruce June 30, 1933 – December 16, 2012 Nella June Bruce, 79, of Waco, passed away Sunday, December 16, 2012. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 19 at OakCrest Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Prairie Grove Cemetery. Visitation with her family will be 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque...

Margaret Scott

Margaret Scott

Dec 15, 2012

Margaret Carter Scott August 15, 1922 – December 15, 2012 Margaret Scott, 90, of Woodway, passed away Saturday, December 15, 2012 at Providence Health Center. Graveside services will be 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at McGregor Cemetery. There is no formal visitation scheduled. Margaret was born August 15, 1922 in Rossville, Georgia to Bert and Clemmie Lee Carter. She...

Winnie Turner

Winnie Turner

Dec 11, 2012

Winnie Dunn Turner, 95, of Waco, passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at a local nursing facility. Services will be 3 p.m. Friday at OakCrest Funeral Home with burial at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Thursday at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Boulevard. Winnie was born September 10, 1917 at Ladonia, Texas, to Henry and Elena Ray...

Robert Riess

Robert Riess

Dec 10, 2012

Robert William Riess passed away Monday, December 10, 2012. Memorial service will be 1 p.m. Friday, December 14, at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Boulevard. Mr. Riess was born August 10, 1925 in Waco Texas to Henry and Sadie Smith Riess. He attended the Waco Public Schools and graduated from Waco High in 1942. He entered the Army in 1943...

Janice Hartsel

Janice Hartsel

Dec 9, 2012

Janice Lynn Cates Hartsel July 13, 1945 - December 9, 2012 Janice Lynn Hartsel 67, of Speegleville passed away at her residence Sunday December 9, 2012. Funeral Services will be held Saturday December 15, 2012 at 11:00 Am in the Speegleville Baptist Church with Dr. Joe Bailey officiating. Visitstation will be Friday December 14, from 6 - 8 Pm at...

Sara Landsfeld

Sara Landsfeld

Dec 9, 2012

Sara Don Trautschold Landsfeld December 1, 1953 – December 9, 2012 Sara Don Trautschold Jones Landsfeld, 59, passed away December 9, 2012. Mass will be Thursday, December 13 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Waco said by Msgr. Mark Deering with burial at Oakwood Cemetery. Rosary will be Wednesday, December 12 at 7:00 p.m....

Cornelia Ross

Cornelia Ross

Dec 9, 2012

Cornelia Ross January 17, 1923 – December 9, 2012 Cornelia Ross, 89 of Hewitt went to be with the Lord Jesus, on Sunday December 9, 2012. Cornelia was born Jan. 17, 1923 in Pine Bluff, Ark to Homer and Pinenna Benson. She was married to the late Billy James Ross Sr. The couple had four children: Billy James Ross Jr.,...

Barbara Mccoy

Barbara Mccoy

Dec 8, 2012

Barbara "Bobbie" Lee Zehrbach McCoy, 87, died peacefully December 8, 2012, at Providence Hospital in Waco, Texas with her children beside her. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, David McCoy. Bobbie Lee was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina on August 28, 1925. She grew up in Hampton, Virginia, the only child of Fred and Pencie Lee Zehrbach....

Edwin Canning

Edwin Canning

Dec 6, 2012

Edwin Henry “Ed” Canning died abruptly Thursday December 6, 2012 from the side effects of cancer . His friends are invited to a visitation at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd, Monday, December 10 from 4 to 7 p.m. In the spring, a Celebration of his Life will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Waco, at which time...

George Erickson

George Erickson

Dec 4, 2012

George Morris Erickson, 91, of Waco, passed away Tuesday, December 4, 2012. Graveside services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, December 8 at Oakwood Cemetery with Rev. Wayne Williams officiating. Visitation with the family will be 5 - 7 p.m. Friday, December 7 at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd. George was a first generation, American born at Stanley, Kansas, September...

James Sheehy

James Sheehy

Dec 2, 2012

James Robert (Bob) Sheehy, Sr. August 16, 1930 – December 2, 2012 Former Waco Mayor Bob Sheehy passed away Sunday, December 2, 2012. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, December 8, at St. Louis Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. On Friday evening, December 7, rosary will be recited at 6:00 and a...

William Kuczmarski

William Kuczmarski

Dec 1, 2012

William R. Kuczmarski September 13, 1938- December 1, 2012 William R. (Bill) Kuczmarski, 74 of Hewitt passed away Saturday, December 1, 2012 in a local hospital. Graveside services will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday December 5 at Oakwood Cemetery with Father Cyril Ejaidu officiating. Visitation will be from 6-8p Tuesday, December 4, at Oakcrest Funeral Home 4520 Bosque Blvd. Mr. Kuczmarski...

Mary Brown

Mary Brown

Dec 1, 2012

Mary Frances Bland Brown, 87, of Waco, joined her beloved husband, Jack Brown, Saturday, December 1, 2012. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at OakCrest Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation with her family will be 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd. Mrs. Brown was...

Major Ret

Major Ret

Nov 28, 2012

March 11,1923 November 28,2012 Alfred Paul Bockman, 89, died peacefully on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco, Texas. He was born March 11, 1923 in Wabash, Indiana. A Memorial service will be held on Friday, December 7, 2012 at Seventh and James Baptist Church, Waco, at 2:00 PM. Interment will be in Louisville, Kentucky at...

Arthur Jewell

Arthur Jewell

Nov 24, 2012

Arthur James Jewell, Jr. passed away peacefully Saturday, November 24, 2012 surrounded by his loving family. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5 – 7 p.m. Monday at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd. Arthur was born in Waco to Minnie (Ford) and Arthur J Jewell, Sr....

Mary Zanti

Mary Zanti

Nov 24, 2012

Mary Zanti, 87, passed away Saturday, November 24, 2012. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday. Nov. 27, at Holy Cross Cemetery in Waco with Father Justin Nuguyen officiating. Mary Zanti was born July 26, 1925 to Sam and Lena (Gurisco) Zanti. After her mother’s death she was cared for by her grandmother, aunts and cousins. She has resided at...

Emma Kaap

Emma Kaap

Nov 23, 2012

Emma Platt Kaap Emma Grace Platt Kaap, of Waco, just one month shy of 96, went to join her Heavenly Father and loved ones in Heaven on November 23, 2012. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at Columbus Avenue Baptist Church with Dr. Ralph Rummage officiating. Burial will take place at Vista Verde Cemetery in Albuquerque,...