Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Waco, TX. and surrounding areas

Richard Hollis

Richard Hollis

August 18, 2015

, August 24, at Grace Gardens Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Brad Britton officiating. Graveside services and interment will be at 3 p.m., Monday, at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, in Fort Worth. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m., Sunday, August 23, at Grace Gardens Funeral Home.The Guest Book is available on line at www.gracegardensfh.com for condolences.Sign the Guest Book...

Ernest McNiel

Ernest McNiel

August 16, 2015

Ernest (Tom) Paul McNiel, 79, of Pensacola, Florida, passed away, Sunday, August 16, 2015. A Funeral service will be held at Grace Gardens Funeral Home in Waco, Texas on Friday, August 21, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Terry Johnston officiating and a visitation an hour prior to the service. Ernest was born in Moody, Texas on December 24, 1935...

Bonnie Huffman

Bonnie Huffman

August 10, 2015

Bonnie Ruth Huffman went peacefully and gently into the arms of Jesus on August 10, 2015 while surrounded by loved ones singing to her. A Funeral Service will be on Friday, August 14, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., at Grace Gardens Funeral Home. Interment will be Friday, August 14, 2015 at 2:00 p.m., at Chapel Hill Memorial Park. A visitation will...

John Day

John Day

August 9, 2015

John Morris Day, 71, of Waco, passed peacefully into his Savior's arms on Sunday, August 9, 2015 surrounded by family and friends. Services will be 1:00 p.m., Friday, August 14, at Grace Gardens Funeral Home, 8220 Woodway Drive, Waco, Texas 76710. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Thursday night, August 13. Interment will be 1:00 p.m., Saturday,...

Arthur Acker

Arthur Acker

August 7, 2015

Arthur M. Acker, 85, of Waco, passed away Friday, August 7, 2015, quietly at his residence surrounded by his family. Per Arthur's request a Private Service for his family will be held at a later date. Arthur was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Robert and Irene Acker. Following his graduation from Watertown High School in Massachusetts, Arthur served his country...

Karla Thomas

Karla Thomas

August 3, 2015

Karla Thomas of Crawford passed away Monday August 3, 2015, at the age of 55. Memorial services will be 2:00 P.M. Friday August 7, 2015, at Osage Baptist Church, under the direction of Grace Gardens Funeral Home, with Rev. Butch Duty officiating. Karla was born December 31, 1959, in Gatesville, Texas, the daughter of the late Robert Bailey and Bobby...

Robert Ryan

Robert Ryan

July 30, 2015

Robert Patrick (Bob) Ryan, 75, of Woodway died at his home on Thursday, July 30, 2015, surrounded by his loving family. Bob was born in West Lafayette, Indiana. The only son of Robert and Alita Ryan, he was educated at Catholic schools in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Bob furthered his education at Xavier University in Cincinnati. After owning his own business...

Vasile Gorgan

Vasile Gorgan

July 24, 2015

Vasile Gorgan, 68, of Mt. Calm was called to his Lord and Savior, Friday, July 24, 2015. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Monday, July 27, 2015 at Grace Gardens Funeral Home with Brother Jim Drysdale officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Antioch Cemetery near Mt. Calm. A visitation with the family will be 5 - 7 p.m. Sunday, July...

Ronita Miller

Ronita Miller

July 20, 2015

Ronita DeCordova Miller of Valley Mills passed away on Monday, July 20, 2015 in Waco. Grace Gardens Funeral Home is hosting a memory room honoring the life of Ronita from 8:00 am to 5 pm Wednesday through Thursday for visitors. A graveside service will be held at Valley Mills Cemetery on Friday July 24,2015 at 10:00 am. Ronita was...

Susan Wehmeyer

Susan Wehmeyer

July 17, 2015

On the evening of July 17, 2015 Susan Charlene Bishop Wehmeyer ran to the arms of Jesus at the age of 38 at the Hillcrest Hospital in Waco, Texas surrounded by family and friends. Funeral services will be 11:30 Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at First Baptist Church Woodway. Visitation with the family will be 5 to 7 Monday, July 20th...

Florence Owen

Florence Owen

July 8, 2015

Florence " Flo" Claudia Owen, 78, of Hewitt, passed away Wednesday, July 08, 2015. As per her wishes, Florence will be cremated, and no memorial services will be held. She is survived by her eight adult children, numerous grandchildren , great-great grandchildren and extended family. In lieu of flowers, she asked that donations be given to the Wounded Warriors Project...

Geneva Land

Geneva Land

July 5, 2015

Geneva "MA" Land went to Jesus on July 5, 2015. A funeral service will be 10 a.m., Wednesday, July 08, 2015 at Grace Gardens Funeral Home, followed with a burial at Bethany Cemetery in Eddy, TX. A time for family to receive friends will be from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 07, 2015 at Grace Gardens Funeral Home. A family...

Delia Contreras DeVries

Delia Contreras DeVries

July 4, 2015

Delia Contreras DeVries of Waco, Texas, passed away peacefully at the age of 57, on Saturday, July 4, 2015. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 am on Saturday, July 11th, at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Waco, Texas, with Rev. Rakshaganathan Selvaraj (Father Raj) officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Family and friends are invited...

Della Adams

Della Adams

June 24, 2015

Della Mae Adams, 91, of Waco, joined her husband on Wednesday, June 24, 2015. The family will have a graveside service that will be scheduled for 11 a.m., Friday, July 10, 2015 at Rosemound Cemetery. Della was born February 27, 1924, in Brownwood, Texas. Her father, George Riley Dodson, and her mother, Myrtle Richardson Dodson, lived in nearby Comanche, Texas,...

Roy Blasingame

Roy Blasingame

June 23, 2015

Roy Virgil Blasingame, 82, of Battle Lake was called home Tuesday, June 23, 2015. The family will have private services at Mart Cemetery at a later date. Roy was born September 27, 1932 in Delia Texas to Walter Virgil and Mildred (Mathis) Blasingame. On November 18, 1950, he married Bobbie Joyce Harrison. Roy is survived by his wife, Bobbie; sons,...

Mildred Hurt

Mildred Hurt

June 21, 2015

Mildred Nadine Joyner Hurt, 76, of Waco, passed away Sunday, June 21, 2015. Funeral Services will be 10 am, Friday, June 26, 2015 at Grace Gardens Funeral Home. Mildred was born on July 24, 1938 to Joe and Katie Lelene Joyner in Lorena, Texas. She went to school in Lorena and lived in the Lorena area for most of her...

Ronald Newman

Ronald Newman

June 19, 2015

Ronald Alton Newman, 74, of Waco, passed away Friday, June 19, 2015. A Memorial Service will be Saturday, June 27, 2015 at 12 p.m. at Grace Gardens Funeral Home with a reception to follow. A visitation with the family will be one hour prior to the service. Ronald Alton Newman was born on October 29, 1940 to Andy Knight and...

Ila Blackburn

Ila Blackburn

June 14, 2015

Ila Mae Blackburn of McGregor died Sunday, June 14, 2015, at the age of 100. Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Thursday, June 18, 2015, at First United Methodist Church, 500 S. Madison, McGregor with Rev. Rebecca Hull officiating. Interment will follow in McGregor Cemetery under the direction of Grace Gardens Funeral Home, 8220 Woodway Dr. Waco, Texas. Visitation will...

James "Ed" Gordon

James "Ed" Gordon

June 13, 2015

James Edgar “Ed” Gordon, 74, of McGregor, passed away Saturday, June 13th, 2015 after many years living with Parkinsons’s disease. Friends and family will gather at Grace Gardens Funeral Home 8220 Woodway Drive at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, 2015 to visit and celebrate Ed’s life. Ed was born January 9, 1941, in Tifton, Ga. to Thomas Carlton Gordon...

Kenneth Dickenson

Kenneth Dickenson

June 10, 2015

Kenneth Wayne Dickenson, 81, of Moody passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2015. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, June 14, 2015 at Grace Gardens Funeral Home, 8220 Woodway Drive. Visitation will be one hour prior, 1 p.m. at Grace Gardens. Kenneth was born May 24, 1934, in Moody to Clayton Vernon Dickenson and Mary Francis Jenkins. Kenneth served in...