Obituaries

Apr 1, 2011

Marilyn was preceded in death by her husband, Gerald L. Wilson.        Survivors: daughter; Debra Baker of Corinth, TX., granddaughter; Sara E. Baker of Grapevine, TX., grandson; Cole J. Baker of Corinth, TX., great granddaughters; Avery Cole Baker and Coley Raye Baker both of Cornith, TX., brother; J. Charles Peterson of Rice Lake, WI, sister; Janet Campbell of Barron, WI....

Mar 31, 2011

ARLINGTON -- Martha Sue Seeton, 79, passed away Thursday, March 31, 2011, in Arlington. Service: 10 a.m. Monday at Blessing Colonial Chapel in Mansfield. Interment: Emerald Hills Memorial Park in Kennedale. Visitation: 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Sue was born Aug. 31, 1931, to Raymond Hagard and Alta Fern Ramsey Eastwood in Cedar Hill. She was...

Mar 31, 2011

MANSFIELD -- Maxine Helmick, 81, passed away Thursday, March 31, 2011. Maxine was born Nov. 20, 1929, in Britton. She was a lifelong resident of Mansfield. Maxine graduated in 1947 from Mansfield High School, where she met and later married Vernon Helmick, her high school sweetheart, June 17, 1950. She and Vernon loved to go camping and collect pottery. She...

Mar 31, 2011

Kirk Bradley Yoder, 48, of Arlington, Texas, passed away of heart disease at his home on March 31, 2011. Kirk was born March 30, 1963, to Donald and Barbara Yoder in Peoria, Illinois. He moved to Texas after his senior year at Richwoods High School in Peoria, Illinois. Kirk married the love of his life Juliann on December 11, 1987....

Mar 31, 2011

DALLAS -- Sonya Lieberman Luskey, loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died peacefully Thursday morning, March 31, 2011, during her 90th year.        Service: 3 p.m. Sunday in Ahavath Sholom Cemetery, 411 N. University Drive, with Rabbi Gary Perras officiating. Following committal prayers, she will be laid to rest next to her husband, Bennie.        Bearers of her casket will be...

Mar 30, 2011

Mary Jo Ward, 83, of Mansfield, Texas, passed away March 30, 2011. Jo was born on February 20, 1928 to Jeat and Ola Burkhalter in Throckmorton, Texas. In 1945, Jo moved to New Orleans, Louisiana to work for the National Weather Service where she met co-worker John Smithee Ward, veteran of the 36th Infantry Division of World War II. After...

Mar 30, 2011

Mar 29, 2011

HURST -- Ross George Eddy, 86, passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2011, surrounded by his loving family.        Funeral: 2 p.m. Friday at College Avenue Baptist Church, 1400 College Ave., Fort Worth. Interment: 10:45 a.m. Friday in Lane B of Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, with military honors; the procession will leave the funeral home at 9:30 a.m. Friday. Visitation: The...

Mar 27, 2011

KELLER -- Luis R. Rivera Calcano, 63, passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, March 27, 2011.        Service: Prayer service at 6:00PM Thursday, March 31 in Lucas Funeral Home, 137 E. Hill St., Keller. Visitation: Thursday 4-6PM        Luis was born to Luis and Guadalupe Rivera Calcano in Loiza, Puerto Rico on September 3, 1947. He was a...

Mar 27, 2011

FORT WORTH -- Juan Carlos Jimenez, 26, passed away Sunday, March 27, 2011.        Service: Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday at All Saints Catholic Church. Interment: Mount Olivet Cemetery. Visitation: noon to 8 p.m. Thursday at Calvario Funeral Chapel, with a rosary at 7 p.m.        Juan was born April 14, 1984.        Survivors: Wife,...

Mar 27, 2011

FORT WORTH -- Turman Barton passed away Sunday, March 27, 2011.        Graveside service: 10 a.m. Wednesday in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.        Memorials: You may honor T.M. with a gift to COPD Foundation, 2937 SW 27th Ave., Suite 302, Miami, Fla. 33133. To send flowers or a memorial gift to...

Mar 26, 2011

HURST -- Bessie Thornton, 89, passed away Saturday, March 26, 2011, at a local health care facility.       Bessie was born May 9, 1921, in Leander to Roy and Willie Taylor Briggs. Bessie was a longtime resident of Fort Worth. She came from a family of 11 girls and two boys. She was an amateur artist and belonged to different art...

Mar 26, 2011

BEDFORD -- Sandra Jean Jenny, 73, a loving wife, mother and doting grandmother, passed away peacefully Saturday, March 26, 2011.        Memorial service St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Hurst.        Sandra was the first child born to Delores and Edwin Wurdeman on a farm south of Leigh, Nebraska on July 5, 1937. She was a cheerleader and majorette at Leigh...

Mar 26, 2011

Dorothy Irene McNiel passed away Saturday, March 26, 2011. Funeral Service: 10 a.m., Wednesday, March 30 at Blessing Funeral Home. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, March 29 at the funeral home. Survivors: Children, Gene Kilgore and girlfriend, Liz Piestch, James Kilgore and wife, Jerri, and Susan Bryce and husband, John; grandchildren, Amy Tarvin and husband, James, Don Kilgore and wife, Trayce,...

Mar 26, 2011

HURST -- Audie Virginia Reyna, 76, passed away Saturday, March 26, 2011.        Memorial service: 5 p.m. Tuesday at Lucas Funeral Home in Hurst.        Audie Virginia, a native of Oklahoma, was born Feb. 18, 1935. She retired as a clerk from the U.S. Postal Service after 28 years. She was a former resident of Valley View where she was...

Mar 25, 2011

BEDFORD -- Howard "Buzz" Douglas Patterson went gone to rest with Jesus, peacefully in his sleep on Friday, March 25, 2011. He was surrounded by family and friends.   Memorials: Should friends desire, donations are requested to your local non-profit hospice care. Buzz was born to Archibold and Izora Patterson (both now deceased) in Salida, Colo., on April 26, 1932....

Mar 24, 2011

MANSFIELD -- Silas Victor "Sie" Snider passed away Thursday, March 24, 2011. Graveside Service: 11:30 a.m., Tuesday at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m., Monday at Blessing Funeral Home, Mansfield. Sie proudly served his country in the United States Air Force. Survivors: Wife of 49 years, Edna Mae Snider; children, Danny Snider and wife, Sandy, Vikki Fuller;...

Mar 24, 2011

Tracy Smith, 73 of Frisco, passed away on Thursday, March 24, 2011. He was born on March 3, 1938 in Fouke, AR to Lonnie Jewel and Hazel Estelle (Dickens) Smith. He married Shirley Ann Keese on April 10, 1965 in Irving. He was a 1955 graduate of Genoa (AR) High School and served for three years in the U.S. Army...

Mar 23, 2011

Type Obit Here    EULESS -- Floreta Laverne Poston passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2011.        Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday at Lucas Funeral Home. Interment: Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park.        Laverne was born Dec. 19, 1927, in Emory to the late Thomas and Velma Hughey. She loved to travel and to go fishing. Laverne's other passions were crossword puzzles, jigsaw puzzles...

Mar 23, 2011

FORT WORTH -- Daniel "Papa" Montgomery, 74, passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2011, surrounded by his family. Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday at Calvario Funeral Chapel (formerly Shannon North). Interment: Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Daniel was born July 17, 1936, in Fort Worth. He was a lifelong resident of Fort...