Obituaries

Oct 4, 2019

Linda Haston-Ely passed from this Earth Friday October 4 th .   She was preceded by her husband Michael Ely, and is survived by her daughters Christina Buchanan and Marsha Reitmire, her mother Ann Haston, father John Haston, brother David Haston, niece Siri Bright, nephews Jeremy Haston and Sean Haston, and their children.

She was born September 2,...

Sep 19, 2019

Rita Willberg Faltisek Weathersbee of Tyler, TX passed away Sept 19, 2019, at the age of 88. Rita was born in Rowena on March 26,1931 to Ben L. and Hattie Pohler Willberg, the youngest of seven children.

She attended school in Rowena and graduated from St. Joseph High School in May, 1949. Rita married Bernie Faltisek August...

Sep 15, 2019

Beverly Ann Smith Speckels has finished her race. She went home peacefully on September 15, 2019, surrounded by some of the people whom she loved. During her lifetime she worked as a farmers wife, a seamstress, nurse, and a clerk at the WTU office in Ballinger. But her favorite job, which she did with grace, patience, and love, was...

Sep 11, 2019

Marilyn Anna (Redman) Poehls, 85, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on September 11, 2019. Funeral service will be held on Sunday, September 15 th at the United Methodist Church in Miles under the direction of Lange Funeral Home in Ballinger. Burial will follow in the Rowena Protestant Cemetery.

Marilyn was born to Alvin and Elsie Redman...

Sep 9, 2019

Judy Lippe, of Ballinger, left the struggles of this world for her heavenly home on Monday, September 9, 2019.  She was 67.

Judy was born on April 29, 1952, in Ballinger, to Herbert Pete and Marie (Killingsworth) Cowlishaw.

Intelligent and strong-willed, she earned a bachelor's degree and worked in the medical field, both in dialysis...

Sep 9, 2019

Curtis Darrell Shipman, 58, of Paint Rock, passed away Monday, September 9, 2019, as the result of a motor vehicle accident.

Darrell was born October 13, 1960, in Abilene to Curtis Hoyt and Margaret (Loveall) Shipman.  He was a graduate of Odessa High School.  He married Wanda Elaine Alverson and was an oil field equipment mechanic.  Darrell...

Sep 7, 2019

Virgie Lee Jansa, 95, of Norton, passed away Saturday, September 7, 2019, in San Angelo.

She was born November 26, 1923, in Lott, Texas, to Adolph and Mary (Willberg) Schraeder.  She married Alfon Louis Jansa in Rowena on October 15, 1945, and they were blessed with a long, fruitful life together until his passing on January 16,...

Sep 5, 2019

Our beautiful mother, Margaret Ann (Willberg) Strube passed peacefully into the loving arms of our Lord and Savior on Thursday, September 5, 2019.

Margaret was born April 20, 1929, to Ben and Hattie (Poher) Willberg in Rowena, Texas.  Se was raised on a farm near Rowena and had many great memories of her family and childhood.  She...

Sep 2, 2019

Jimmie Gaines Brown, 81, of Abilene, Texas, passed away Monday, September 2, 2019, at Hendrick Medical Center.

Jimmie was born October 29, 1937, in Talpa, to James Irvin and Mary (Bradford) Brown.  He graduated from Talpa High School in 1955 and married Norma Gale Kirk on February 13, 1957 in Tom Green County.  She preceded him in...

Sep 1, 2019

Jimmy N. Butler passed from this earth on September 1, 2019. Jim was born October 25, l932 to Joice and Sallie Butler.  He was raised in Haltom City, graduating from Birdville High School in 1951. He came to Midwestern University as a member of the Indian football team in 1951, graduating with an accounting degree. While at Midwestern,...