All Obituaries

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Kenneth Dean (Hutch) Hutchison born October 9, 1941 at home in Prairie Hill, of Waco passed away on June 10th, 2021 at home with his wife by his side. Visitation will be 2 - 4 pm Saturday, June 19th at Grace Gardens Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Prairie Hill Cemetery.  Hutch was born at his family home in Prairie Hill and moved as a child to Bellmead. Attending La Vega public schools his entire life, he graduated from La Vega High School in 1960 and attended Kilgore Junior...

Dr. Andy Ainsworth passed away on Thursday, June 10, 2021, surrounded by family at the age of 80. A visitation will be held from 4:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. Sunday, June 13, 2021, in the Chapel of Grace Gardens Funeral Home at 8220 Woodway Dr. Woodway, Texas. The graveside service and interment will be 10:00 A.M. Monday, June 14, 2021, at McGregor Cemetery 514 E. Windsor Rd, McGregor, Texas with Reverend Tom Warnock officiating. Dr. Ainsworth was born in his grandparents’ house in the...

“Mimi” Marianne Stump Porter, 73, of Waco, passed away Monday, June 7, 2021 at Providence hospice Place after a long, hard fought illness.  A Visition with the family will be 6:00-8:00 pm, Thursday, June 17, 2021 at Grace Gardens Funeral Home. Mimi was born January 31, 1948 in Houston, Texas.  She was a Waco business woman acquiring many rental properties over the years.  Mimi loved gardening, cooking, reading, and her Mexican food.  She will be dearly...

Dr. John C. Parker, 86 of Waco, Texas passed away peacefully on June 6, 2021 and into the loving arms of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  He was surrounded by his loving family. John served over sixty years in service to the Lord through the Baptist Ministry.  He joyfully served churches in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.  In his later years, his greatest personal accomplishments included caring for his son David and his wife Mary.  His...

Our beloved Mariana “Mimi” Veronica Lupu, age 61, gained her wings and peacefully went to be with the Lord on June 6, 2021. She fought her battle with cancer with all her might until receiving ultimate healing on the day of her passing. She was born in Uivar, Romania on September 9, 1959, and immigrated to Texas in 1980. Shortly after, she married the love of her life, Eugen Lupu, whom she cherished and built a legacy with for over 40 years. Mariana was best known for her...

Ethan Humphrey, 53, passed away Friday, June 4, 2021. He is preceded in death by his late wife, Everlyn White Humphrey of December 2020. He was born in 1967 out of Amarillo, TX to Brenda Humphrey and the late Alvin Humphrey. Ethan went on to meet the mother of his children, Stephanie Humphrey Hashaw, at Chilton High School. They went on to have their only children, Ashleigh Humphrey and Alysha Humphrey. Ethan lived life in the fast lane and never got over. It was his spirit and who he was....

Angela (Rusek) Hammond was born on July 23, 1957 in Beaumont, Texas. She was preceded in death by her parents Georgia and Walter Rusek, and she leaves to cherish her memory brother Pete Rusek (wife Robbye), & brother Walter Rusek, Jr. (wife Dawn), many nieces and nephews, a host of beloved friends, hundreds of former students, and her well-loved chocolate labs Marlene and Ella.        Angie (as she preferred to be called) graduated in 1979 from Texas A&M...

After a courageous battle with cancer, David Bryan Jones, 60, of Waco, passed from this earth to his Heavenly home while surrounded by his loved ones on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. He didn’t lose his battle, but won his reward of peace, happiness, and an eternal life in the presence of God. There will be a memorial service, with military honors, at Grace Gardens Funeral Home on Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 10:00am with visitation afterwards.  Bryan was born in Palestine, Texas on...

Elizabeth Jane Pardo, age 78, of McGregor, Texas, passed away Sunday, May 30, 2021, from lung and heart failure.  Visitation will be from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Tuesday July 8, 2021, in the Parlor of Grace Gardens Funeral Home, 8220 Woodway Dr., Waco.  The funeral service will be 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, July 9, 2021, in the Chapel of Grace Gardens Funeral Home with Rev. Mike Tolleson officiating.  Private interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery.  Elizabeth was born October...