Obituaries

Johnnie Combs Harwell

Johnnie Combs Harwell

Apr 25, 2013

Johnnie Combs Harwell, age 105, of Ballinger, passed away Thursday, April 25, 2013 at Ballinger Memorial Hospital after a short illness. To all her friends she was known as Johnnie and to her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-great grandchildren she was known as Nonnie or Grandmother. Johnnie was born on February 14, 1908, in Childress, Texas, to Bea and Dr....

Hubert Milam Pospichal

Hubert Milam Pospichal

Apr 22, 2013

Hubert Milam Pospichal, 90, formerly of Rowena, passed away Monday, April 22, 2013 in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was born May 7, 1922, in Rowena, Texas to Edward and Francis (Fujtik) Pospichal. During World War II, he served his country in the Army Air Force. He was a Sergeant with the 348th Army Air Forces Base Unit, which participated in...

Sherry Conley

Sherry Conley

Apr 21, 2013

Sherry Conley, 73, of Paint Rock, passed away Sunday, April 21, 2013 in Concho County Hospital in Eden. She is survived by her husband, Jerry Conley of Paint Rock; son, Bobby Mattes of California; daughter, Kelly Mattes of California; and sister, Joy Ehl of Ft. Worth. A private family service is planned.

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Alton William Fisher

Alton William Fisher

Apr 20, 2013

Alton William Fisher, 82, of Rowena, passed away Saturday, April 20, 2013 at his home, surrounded by his family after a 13 year battle with cancer. He was born December 8, 1930 in Rowena, Texas to Alfred and Christina (Jansa) Fisher. During the Korean War from 1948 to 1952, he honorably served his country in the Air Force. He...

Raymond Darrell Johnson

Raymond Darrell Johnson

Apr 15, 2013

Raymond Darrell Johnson, 73, of Ballinger, passed away Monday, April 15, 2013 at his home. He was born March 30, 1940 in Winters, Texas to Walter William and Thelma (Chapman) Johnson. He served his country honorably in the US Army in the 1st Infantry Division during the Vietnam era, achieving the rank of 1st Sergeant during his 18 years...

Barbara Knight

Barbara Knight

Apr 14, 2013

Barbara Kay (Damron) Knight, a lifetime resident of Runnels County, passed away Sunday, April 14, 2013 at Central Texas Nursing and Rehabilitation in Ballinger. She was born October 21, 1935 in Crews, Texas to Charles Fred and Earldean Margaret (Payne) Damron. Barbara married Milton Ray Knight on September 15, 1951 in Ballinger. She was a homemaker and a member...

Craig Herridge

Craig Herridge

Apr 14, 2013

Milton Craig Herridge, 50, of Big Spring, passed away Sunday, April 14, 2013 at his residence. He was born November 14, 1962 in Roswell, New Mexico to the late Air Force Master Sgt. Milton Gene Herridge and Billie Vestal Fletcher. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Lena and George Herridge; maternal grandparents, Myrtle and Clarence Vestal;...

Christine Sharp Wade

Christine Sharp Wade

Apr 14, 2013

Hazel Christine (Sharp) Wade, lifetime resident of Ballinger, passed away Sunday, April 14, 2013 at Ballinger Memorial Hospital. She was 93. She was born October 5, 1919 in Ballinger, Texas to William Frank and Dollie Lee (Hamilton) Sharp. Christine married William Davis Wade on May 4, 1935 in Ballinger. He preceded her in death August 2, 2004. Christine worked...

Kenneth D. Feist

Kenneth D. Feist

Apr 13, 2013

Kenneth D. Feist of Rowena, loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, and a lifelong resident of Runnels County, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on April 13, 2013. He was 89. A rosary will be prayed at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Rowena. A Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at...

Donald Alvin Bicknell

Donald Alvin Bicknell

Apr 13, 2013

Donald Alvin Bicknell, 80, of Ballinger passed away Saturday, April 13, 2013 at Ballinger Memorial Hospital. He was born October 10, 1932 in Dawson, TX to George and Laura Mae (Sawyer) Bicknell. He grew up in Monahans and graduated from high school there in 1951. He played for the 1948 State Champion Monahans Lobo football team. He was a...

Doris Lucille Halfmann

Doris Lucille Halfmann

Apr 9, 2013

Surrounded by her children, Doris Lucille Greger Halfmann, 85, of Ballinger, left this world on the evening of Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at San Angelo Community Medical Center. Her Lord and Savior, as well as loved ones and friends, rejoiced at her coming home. Those she left behind also shared in the joy of her everlasting health, happiness and...

Delbert Daniel Lancaster

Delbert Daniel Lancaster

Apr 9, 2013

Delbert Daniel Lancaster, 73, of Ballinger, Texas passed away Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at Shannon Medical Center in San Angelo, Texas. He was born May 2, 1939 in Norton, Texas to Daniel Russell and Reba (Hurt) Lancaster. Delbert married Joyce Williamson on February 2, 1959 in Richmond, California. During the Vietnam War era, he served his country honorably in...

Vince W. Dusek, Jr.

Vince W. Dusek, Jr.

Mar 31, 2013

Vince W. Dusek, Jr., 96, of Lowake, passed away Easter Sunday afternoon, March 31, 2013 at his home. He was born August 7, 1916 in Lowake, Texas to Vince Sr. and Mary Elizabeth (Ripple) Dusek. Vince married Frances Marie Ratchford on November 22, 1940 in Paint Rock. She preceded him in death April 13, 2006. Vince farmed in the...

Ronald "Butch" Ray Roggenkamp

Ronald "Butch" Ray Roggenkamp

Mar 28, 2013

Ronald Ray “Butch” Roggenkamp, 65, of Ballinger passed away Thursday, March 28, 2013 at his residence. He was born March 3, 1948 in El Campo, Texas to Arthur Ray and Margie Nell (McLean) Roggenkamp. He honorably served his country in the US Army during the Vietnam War in the late 1960’s. In appreciation for his 8000 hours of volunteer...

Willadeen Browning Barrett

Willadeen Browning Barrett

Mar 28, 2013

Willadeen "Deene" (Browning) Barrett, 88, of Ballinger passed away Thursday, March 28, 2013 at Ballinger Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Deene was born September 9, 1924 in Lohn, Texas to Bill and Emma Browning. She was married on July 18, 1942 to Travis M. Barrett. They were married for 54 years. She is survived by a daughter, Becky Swiderski and...

Laverne Lucille Goetz

Laverne Lucille Goetz

Mar 27, 2013

Laverne Lucille (Dankworth) Goetz, 82, of Winters passed away Wednesday, March 27, 2013 in Abilene at her daughter’s home. Heaven and earth rejoiced as she entered into the presence of God where joy never ends. She was born August 11, 1930 in Ballinger to Charles Edward and Anna Ellen (Fuchs) Dankworth. Laverne married D. J. Goetz, Jr. on November...

Lurene King Watts

Lurene King Watts

Mar 25, 2013

Zanda Lurene (Turner) King Watts, 79, of Ballinger, Texas passed away Monday, March 25, 2013 at Shannon Medical Center in San Angelo. She was welcomed “home” by her Lord and Savior, and by loved ones who were waiting. She was born May 21, 1933 in Ballinger to Zander and Janie (Spoonts) Turner. Lurene married Marell King September 30, 1952...

Andrea "Andi" Marcene Gerhart

Andrea "Andi" Marcene Gerhart

Mar 23, 2013

Beloved mother, grandmother, “Nanny,” sister, aunt, and cousin, Andrea Marcene “Andi” Gerhart, 68, passed from this earth after a brief illness on March 23, 2013 surrounded by her loving family in San Angelo, Texas. Andi was born June 18, 1944 in San Diego, California to Pat and Maxine Pritchard of Wingate, Texas while Pat was serving in the Navy...

Aurora (Dora) Valdez Garcia

Aurora (Dora) Valdez Garcia

Mar 20, 2013

Aurora (Dora) Valdez Fuentes Garcia, 93, of Rowena, Texas passed away Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at San Angelo Community Medical Center. She was born June 6, 1919 to Manuel, Sr. and Jesusita Valdez Fuentes. Dora married Raul (Robert) Garcia who preceded her in death in February of 1999. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Joseph Catholic...

Jo Ann Norred Roberts

Jo Ann Norred Roberts

Mar 16, 2013

Jo Ann (Norred) Roberts, 74, of Ballinger, Texas passed away peacefully at Ballinger’s Central Texas Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on Saturday, March 16, 2013. Jo Ann was born December 16, 1938 in San Antonio, Texas to Virgil Larue Norred and Margret Wilkinson Norred. She was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Betty Lou Yancy; brother, Larry Wayne Norred;...