Obituaries

Mar 6, 2020

James Edward Tipshus September 21, 1972 March 6, 2020 James Edward Tipshus, 47, of Waco, Texas passed away on Friday March 6, 2020 at his residence. Graveside services with Navel Honors will be Tuesday March 17, 2020 at St. Martin’s Cemetery, Tours, Texas, with Deacon James Poole officiating. A visitation and Rosary service was held on Monday, March 16, 2020...

Mar 5, 2020

Dorothy Mae Dvorsky passed away Thursday, March 5, 2020. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, with the Rosary to be recited at 7 p.m. at OakCrest Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 11, at St. Louis Catholic Church with Rev. Ryan Higdon as celebrant. Burial will follow at St. Mary’s Cemetery...

Mar 1, 2020

T.R. Gilmore, 86, of Bruceville-Eddy, passed away Sunday, March 1, 2020, at Providence Hospice Place in Waco. Services with Military Honors will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 5, at OakCrest Funeral Home with Pastor Wayne Blackshear officiating. Burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery. The family will receive visitors from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 4 at OakCrest Funeral...

Feb 27, 2020

Rosalio Navarro Chavez was born on September 4, 1934 in Asa, Texas to Ernesto and Amalia (Navarro) Chavez. Growing up he attended the schools in Asa and Downsville and at an early age began his vocation of farming. It was during this time his friends started calling him “Charlie” a nick name that stayed for a life time. Charlie was...

Feb 23, 2020

Feb 21, 2020

Billy Glenn Smith passed away peacefully on Friday, February 21, 2020. He was born May 16, 1952, and grew up in Waco. Billy was a proud Navy veteran and served as a medical corpsman during the Vietnam War. Upon his honorable discharge he returned to Waco where he spent the remainder of his life. Billy was previously employed as a...

Feb 18, 2020

Albert Gaylord “A.G.” White, 90, of Keller, Texas, passed on to be with his Lord and Savior in Heaven on Tuesday, February 18, 2020. The graveside service will be held at 1 pm, Friday, February 21st at Oakwood Cemetery. Reverend Ron Durham will be officiating. Visitation will be held from 5-7:00 pm, on Thursday, February 20th at Oakcrest Funeral Home....

Feb 18, 2020

Feb 12, 2020

Lupe Aguirre Virgen passed away surrounded by family on February 12, 2020, at the age of 87 years old in Waco, Texas, to enter the presence of her Lord and Savior. Lupe was born to Francisco and Beatriz Aguirre in Coleman, Texas, on January 6, 1933. She has resided in Waco since 1962 where her husband served as pastor of...

Feb 12, 2020

In Loving Memory of Richard Dean Powell July 15, 1933 February 12, 2020 Richard Dean Powell, 86, of Waco, Texas passed away Wednesday February 12, 2020 at Baylor Scott & White Hospice in Temple, Texas. Visitation will be 3:00 to 4:30 pm and a Memorial Service will begin at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 23, 2020 at OakCrest Funeral Home....

Feb 11, 2020

Sr. Roberta Pauline Aguirre Quinteros, Franciscan Sister Daughter of Mercy, who lived and worked at St. Francis Kindergarten and Nursery of Waco, Texas, passed away at the age of 73. She had courageously battled cancer with great faith and a serene spirit. She passed away Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 7:10 p.m. surrounded by her sisters; Mary Frances Tallouzi, and...

Feb 11, 2020

Gregory (Greg) Woycheshin, 50, of Waco, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, after a short illness. Rosary will be 4 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 16, at OakCrest Funeral Home followed by visitation with the family at 4:30 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m., Monday, February 17, at St. Louis Catholic Church by Father Ryan Higdon....

Feb 8, 2020

Steve Norman, 70, of Bellmead, Texas, passed away peacefully on February 8, 2020. Visitation will be at Oakcrest Funeral Home on Thursday, February 13 from 6-8:00 p.m., and a Celebration of Life Service will be held at Highland Baptist Church Chapel at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 15. Steve was born September 2, 1949, in Waco, Texas. He graduated La...

Feb 8, 2020

Jean Waller Anderson was called home by her heavenly Father Saturday morning, February 8, 2020. A graveside service will be held at Floydada Cemetery on Thursday, February 13 at 10:30 am. Jean was born on February 23, 1931 to Jennie Young Waller and W.J. Waller. She was raised in Floydada, Texas, later moving to Lubbock where she was a longtime...

Feb 6, 2020

R. Reta Guerra, 73, of Waco, passed in hospice with her family by her side. Visitation will be 10 to 11 a.m., Saturday, February 15, 2020, with Memorial service at 11 a.m., at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd, Waco, with burial of cremains to follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Pastor Wayne Williams of Renew Church will officiate. Reta was born...

Feb 5, 2020

Nelia Ramilo Abrenica of Waco, Texas passed away on February 5, 2020 at the age of 85. She was born on December 3, 1934 to Casimiro Ramilo and Patricia (Ladra) Ramilo in the Philippines. Nelia graduated with a B.S. degree in Pharmacy from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines. She married Alipio Abrenica, a lawyer, on January 27,...

Jan 29, 2020

Mary Isabel Rodriquez, 60 was born in Waco, Texas. She had been residing in Houston, Tx the years leading up to the day of her passing. Miss Most Beautiful Universe, as she liked to be called went to be with her Lord Wednesday, January 29th 2020. As her Lord came to get her and take her home she was surrounded...

Jan 26, 2020

Raymond Reich November 29, 1931 – January 26, 2020 Raymond Reich, 88, of Waco, Texas passed from this life into eternal life on January 26, 2020. Visitation will be Thursday, January 30, from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. in the Oak Room at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Boulevard, Waco. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Friday, January 31, at...

Jan 26, 2020

Larry Paul Stahr, 78, of Waco entered into eternal rest on Sunday, January 26, 2020. Larry had requested cremation and that no services be held. Larry was born October 8, 1941 in Waco to Lawrence and Goldie (Collins) Stahr. Twenty years of his working life was spent in the grocery industry. Following that he worked 20 years as a delivery...

Jan 24, 2020

Soila P. Garcia Dec. 6, 1924 ~ Jan. 24, 2020 Soila (Solia) Perez Garcia, 95, of Waco, Texas passed away on Friday January 24, 2020. Mass of Christian Burial will be 12 Noon on Wednesday January 29, 2020 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, with Very Rev. C. Benjamin Magnaye as Celebrant, with burial to follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will...