Obituaries

Alvine Beheler

Alvine Beheler

Nov 27, 2009

Alvin Heine Beheler November 22, 1911 - November 27, 2009 Alvine Heine Beheler, 98, of Waco, passed away Friday, November 27,2009 at a local care center. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Monday, November 30 at Waco Memorial Park with brother-in-law Tom Carter officiating Alvine was born November 22, 1911 to Katherine and Fred Heine. She married Cleve Beheler June...

Dora Warren

Dora Warren

Nov 26, 2009

Dora Louise Warren, 88, passed away Thursday, November 26, 2009. Services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, December 2, at Robinson Cemetery with the Rev. Su Milam officiating. Visitation will be 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Wednesday at OakCrest Funeral Home. Dora worked for Lonestar Gas and retired after over 20 years of service. She and two of her surviving sisters...

Alicia Bara

Alicia Bara

Nov 25, 2009

Alicia B. Bara, age 68, passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at her home. She was born June 28, 1941 in Clarkwood, Texas to Andres and Daria (Ramos) Benavides. She worked for over 15 years for the Waco ISD. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Alicia had a strong faith in God and she will be missed dearly....

Tama Porter

Tama Porter

Nov 21, 2009

Tama Dell Porter August 19, 1922 - November 21, 2009 Tama Dell Porter passed from this life to eternity with our Lord Jesus Christ on November 21, 2009. Visitation will be at OakCrest Funeral Home Tuesday, November 24 from 4 to 6 p.m. A celebration of her life will be held Wednesday, November 25 at 1 p.m. at OakCrest Funeral...

Hubert Kraft

Hubert Kraft

Nov 20, 2009

Hubert A. Kraft, 90, of Waco, passed away peacefully Friday, November 20, 2009, after a brief illness. Visitation will be Monday at 1:00 p.m. at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd., with services to follow at 2:00 p.m. with the Reverends Carl and Linda Freeto officiating. Hubert was born in Waco July 16, 1919, to George B. and Ruby Kraft....

Adan Anzures

Adan Anzures

Nov 20, 2009

Adan G. Anzures, 77, of Waco, passed away Friday, November 20, 2009 at his home. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church by Father Lawrence Solar. Burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will start 6 p.m. Tuesday with Rosary service at 7 p.m. at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd. Adan was...

Christian Erickson

Christian Erickson

Nov 19, 2009

Christian Paul Erickson, M.D. an all-ever Renaissance Man, of Los Angeles and formerly of Waco, died Thursday, November 19, 2009 at the age of 34, at Cedar-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Christian was born in Flagstaff, Arizona on October 10, 1975 and moved to Waco in 1981, where he spent the majority of his childhood. Valedictorian of Waco High...

Derek Bryant

Derek Bryant

Nov 18, 2009

Derek J. Bryant, 49, of Los Angeles and formerly of Waco, passed away November 18, 2009 in Detroit. Graveside services will be 1 p.m. Monday, November 30 at Kimmonsville Cemetery. Visitation will be 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd. Derek was born February 16, 1960 in Los Angeles. He moved to Detroit from...

Inez Hargrove

Inez Hargrove

Nov 18, 2009

Inez Hargrove May 20, 1915 to November 18, 2009 Inez Hargrove, 94, of Waco, better known as "Granny" to those who loved her, passed away peacefully Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at the Texan Nursing and Rehab of Waco. Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, November 21, at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd., with Dr. Brian Pendleton officiating. Burial will...

Elsie Vahrenkamp

Elsie Vahrenkamp

Nov 18, 2009

Elsie Holl Vahrenkamp, 81, of Waco, passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at Providence Medical Center. Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24, at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd., with the Rev. Kay Hawkins officiating. Burial will be at Rosemound Cemetery. Visitation will be 1 - 2 p.m. Tuesday prior to the service. Elsie was born March 27,...

Lois Spence

Lois Spence

Nov 17, 2009

Dorothy Lois Spence June 20, 1923 - November 17, 2009 Lois Spence, 86, of Waco, passed away Tuesday, November 17, 2009 in Waco. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, November 21 at the OakCrest Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Curtis Holland officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, November...

Jerome Jansky

Jerome Jansky

Nov 15, 2009

Jerome B. "Jerry" Jansky, 88, of Waco passed away Sunday, November 15, 2009 at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Thursday, November 19, at Coolidge Cemetery with Msgr. Mark Deering officiating. The rosary will be lead by Jim Moshinskie at 6 p.m. Wednesday, at OakCrest Funeral Home Chapel, 4520 Bosque Blvd. followed by a visitation with...

Bradley Newsom

Bradley Newsom

Nov 13, 2009

Bradley Thomas Newsom, 42, of Meridian, passed away Friday, November 13, 2009 at his residence in Meridian. The funeral services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, at the Seventh and James Baptist Church, 602 James Avenue, Waco, with Dr. J. Preston Bright and Dr. Raymond Bailey officiating. The committal service will be 4 p.m. Wednesday at Laurel Land Memorial...

Clifton Toby

Clifton Toby

Nov 11, 2009

Mr. Clifton Monroe Toby, 94, known to everyone who loved him as Pat, passed away November 11, 2009 at his daughter's home in Axtell. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, at Oakwood Cemetery with the Reverends D. Michael Toby and Billy G. Burchfield officiating. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, at OakCrest Funeral...

Ruby Wiggs

Ruby Wiggs

Nov 10, 2009

Ruby O'Neal Wiggs, 89, of Waco, passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2009. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Friday, November 13, 2009, at Rosemound Cemetery with the Rev. Curtis Holland officiating. A Memorial Video honoring her life will be shown during the viewing between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Thursday at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd. Ruby was born...

Rollin Khoury

Rollin Khoury

Nov 7, 2009

Dr. Rollin Alexander "Alex" Khoury, D.D.S., 36, of Austin, passed away November 6, 2009. His life will be celebrated at a memorial service at 11 a.m. Thursday, November 12, 2009 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, where Alex was baptized, confirmed, and served as acolyte captain. Family visitation will be at the residence of his parents, 5800 Shadywood, from 7:00 p.m....

James Johnson

James Johnson

Nov 6, 2009

James Edward Johnson Sr., 63, of Waco, passed away at home surrounded by his loving family Friday, November 6, 2009. Service will be 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd., with the Rev. Ron Hill officiating. James was born in Louisville, Ky., and spent most of his life in Fort Worth as an electrician and...

Raymond Leggett

Raymond Leggett

Nov 3, 2009

Raymond Francis Leggett Jr., joined his Lord and Savior Tuesday morning after a courageous battle with cancer. Services will be 10 A.M. Saturday, November 7 at the First Baptist Church of Waco with Dr. John A. Wood and Dr. Randall Perry officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends in celebration of Ray's life from 5-8...

Charles Usa

Charles Usa

Nov 2, 2009

Lt. Col. (ret). Charles (Chuck) Francis Afflerbach , 67, of Lorena, passed away at home Monday, November 2, after a courageous battle with cancer. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, at St. Jerome Catholic Church, 9820 Chapel Road. Burial with full military honors will be 1:45 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at Fort Sam...

Wayne Hensley

Wayne Hensley

Nov 2, 2009

Wayne A. "Grandpa" Hensley, age 75, of Axtell passed away peacefully at his home Monday morning. Wayne was born April 10, 1934 in Lakewood, Ohio to Amos Moses and Alvina (Young) Hensley. He served in the U.S. Army in the 82nd Airborne Division and worked for St. Paul's Hospital in Dallas for twenty years until he retired to Waco to...