Obituaries

Oswald Spacca

Oswald Spacca

Apr 1, 2004

Ozzie Spacca, 59, of Waco passed away Thursday, April 1, 2004 at a local hospital. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 2 pm Saturday at St. Louis Catholic Church with Msgr. Mark Deering as the celebrant. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery. The rosary will be recited at 7 pm Friday at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd.,...

Mike Cook

Mike Cook

Mar 30, 2004

Mike Cook, 55 of Waco, passed away Tuesday, March 30, 2004 at a local care center. Services will be 2:30 pm Thursday at OakCrest Funeral Home with Mike's uncle, Ed Wiese, and Rev. Steven Daywit officiating. Burial will be in Waco Memorial Park - North. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at OakCrest, 4520 Bosque. Mike was...

Ofilia Serrato

Ofilia Serrato

Mar 30, 2004

Ofilia Vasquez Serrato, 82, of Waco, went to be with our Lord on Tuesday, March 30, 2004, at a local hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m., Friday, April 2, 2004, at El Calvario Presbyterian Church, 2222 Dutton Avenue, with Rev. Edward Perez officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday...

George Anderson

George Anderson

Mar 27, 2004

George James Anderson, Sr., 74, of Waco, passed away Saturday evening, March 28, 2004, at his home. [b]Services[/b] A prayer service will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque, with a family visitation to follow. A memorial videotape honoring his life will be shown during the visitation. [b]Personal Life[/b] George was born May 24, 1929,...

James Montgomery

James Montgomery

Mar 26, 2004

James A. (Monty) Montgomery, 92, died Friday, March 26, 2004, at 1:50 a.m. at his Waco home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Oakwood Cemetery with Pastor Juneroy Neugent officiating. Entombment will follow in the family mausoleum. Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque. Monty was born November 20, 1911...

John Cootware

John Cootware

Mar 26, 2004

John A. Cootware, 31, of Waco, passed away Friday, March 26, 2004, in an Austin hospital following heart transplant surgery. [b]Services[/b] Services will be at 2 p.m., Monday, at Park Lake Baptist Church, 3701 North 27th Street, with Drew Wilson, Kenny Wrubel, and Berry Chin officiating. Burial will be in Rosemound Cemetery. [b]Visitation[/b] Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m....

Tong Diep

Tong Diep

Mar 25, 2004

Tong Diep, 72, of Waco, passed away Thursday, March 25, 2004, in a Fort Worth hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the OakCrest Funeral Home chapel. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Alonzo Bowles

Alonzo Bowles

Mar 22, 2004

Alonzo Seth Bowles, Jr., 81, of Waco passed away at noon on Monday, March 22, 2004 at a local hospital. Services will be 10:00 am Wednesday at the Waco Memorial Park Mausoleum with Rev. David Story officiating. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Tuesday night at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd. Alonzo was born August 4,...

Julie Munos

Julie Munos

Mar 21, 2004

Julia Garcia Munos, 84 of Waco passed away Sunday, March 21, 2004 at a local care center. Services will be 1:00 pm Wednesday at OakCrest Funeral Home with burial in the Rosemound Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday night from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Julia was born on January 19, 1920 in Selma to Felis and Guadalupe (Sepulveda) Garcia.

Michael Vidrine

Michael Vidrine

Mar 19, 2004

Michael Earl Vidrine, 40, of Hewitt passed away Friday, March 19, 2004 at his residence. Services will be 2:00 pm Thursday at the OakCrest Funeral Home Chapel with Rick Mang officiating. A private burial will follow. Mike was born on April 22, 1963 in Tacoma, Washington to Earl James and Evelyn (Patton) Vidrine. He served in the United States Army....

Todd Minnish

Todd Minnish

Mar 17, 2004

Todd E. Minnish, 28 of China Spring passed away Wednesday, March 17, 2004 at a local hospital. Services will be 2:00 pm Saturday at the OakCrest Funeral Home Chapel with Rick Mang officiating. Burial will be in the China Spring Cemetery. Todd was born on February 26, 1976 in Winston Salem, NC to James Eric Minnish and Lynne Poe. He...

Aron Harrison

Aron Harrison

Mar 15, 2004

Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Salvation Army.

Paula Parker

Paula Parker

Mar 14, 2004

Paula Jean Parker, 49, sister of Mark Parker of Waco, passed away Sunday in Valparaiso, Indiana. She was born February 26, 1955, in Dallas to Junior Edward Parker and Deloris Dean Parker. Services and burial will be at 2 p.m., Wednesday, at Grove Hill Cemetery in Dallas under the direction of OakCrest Funeral Home.

Dan Graves

Dan Graves

Mar 11, 2004

Dan Allen Graves, 76, of Waco, passed away Thursday, March 11, 2004. Celebration of his life will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 13, 2004, at Lakewood Christian Church with Dr. Jerry Kirkpatrick officiating. Dan was born April 3, 1927, to James and Annie Laura Graves in Hubbard, Texas. He graduated from LaVega High School and later earned his...

Herminia Aleman

Herminia Aleman

Mar 11, 2004

Herminia Aleman, infant daughter of Andrea Aleman, passed away March 11, 2004 at a Waco hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. at Oakwood Cemetery with Father Melvin Dornak of St. Louis Catholic Church officiating. Visitation will be 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at OakCrest Funeral Home. Other survivors include sisters, Jennifer and Mercedes; niece, Marisol Rivas; aunts, uncles...

Shannon Lvn

Shannon Lvn

Mar 11, 2004

[b]To view photographs of her new baby boy and other family photos, please click the Slide Show button above. [/i]Thanks. To send and view condolence messages, click the word Guest Book above. Thanks for your prayers and support for Jimi and his family during this time. To send Flowers, click the Flowers button above. [/b] [b]Shannon's Obituary[/b] The Lord visited...

Opal Plunkett

Opal Plunkett

Mar 5, 2004

Opal Plunkett, 89, of Hillsboro, Texas, passed away Friday, March 05, 2004. Services will be Monday at 11 a.m. at Highland Baptist Church with Rev. Mark Wible officiating. Visitation will be Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. and Sunday 5 to 7 p.m. in the OakCrest Funeral Home chapel. She was born September 2, 1914, in Abbott, Texas to Marvin...

Helen Chavez

Helen Chavez

Mar 2, 2004

Helen Sanchez Chavez, 75, of Waco,, passed away Tuesday, March 2, 2004, in a Waco hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the OakCrest Funeral Home chapel with Johnny Herrera and Alfred Martinez officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, with a Prayer Service at 7 p.m. at OakCrest...

Ileene Garrison

Ileene Garrison

Mar 2, 2004

Ileene Garrison of New Braunfels passed away Tuesday, March 2, 2004, at a New Braunfels hospital. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Monday, March 8, 2004, in the chapel of the Waco Memorial Park Mausoleum, 6623 South Interstate Highway 35. Entombment will follow in the mausoleum under the direction of OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque, Waco. Ileene was born in...

Magdalene Benavidez

Magdalene Benavidez

Mar 2, 2004

Magdalene Hooper Benavidez, 65, of Waco, went home to the Lord on Tuesday, March 2, 2004, at a Waco hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the OakCrest Funeral Home Chapel. She was born September 28, 1938, in Shreveport, La., to William Melvin Hooper and Casey Mildred Gray, who both preceded her in death. She was a retired...