Obituaries
Dause O. Sherman
Jan 16, 2010
Dause O. Sherman, 85, of Ballinger passed away Saturday, January 16, 2010 in Ballinger Healthcare and Rehab Nursing Center. He was born February 11, 1924 in Runnels County to William Edward and Addie Richardson Sherman. During World War II he proudly served his country in the US Navy as a Gunners Mate 3rd. Class. He and Allene Blackmon were...
Zana Coffey Bradley
Jan 16, 2010
Zana Pearl Longmire Coffey Bradley, age 78, of Paint Rock passed away January 16, 2010 at Community Hospital in San Angelo, Texas after complications from open heart surgery. Zana’s family was by her side as she was called home. Zana was born Christmas Night 1931 in Mangam, Oklahoma, the daughter of Mary Lou Herring and Clarence C. Longmire. Zana...
Clarence Monroe Thurmond, Jr.
Jan 12, 2010
Clarence Monroe Thurmond, Jr., 66, of Ballinger passed away Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at Ballinger Memorial Hospital. He was born January 11, 1944 in Gates, Tennessee to Clarence Monroe, Sr. and Beulah (Riggs) Thurmond and was the oldest child of a very large family. He enlisted in the Navy in 1963 and was a cook, advancing to a dining...
Leoran Clois Hoelscher
Jan 11, 2010
Leoran Clois Hoelscher, 80, of Olfen, Texas passed away Monday afternoon, January 11, 2010 at Ballinger Memorial Hospital. He was born December 11, 1929 to Agnes Frerich Hoelscher and Clemence J. Hoelscher in the rock house on the family farm near Rowena. Leoran’s father died when he was sixteen years old leaving him and his brothers to continue farming...
Bertha Newsom Hambright
Jan 9, 2010
Bertha Newsom Hambright, 99, passed away Saturday, January 9, 2010 at Runnels County Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born October 22, 1910 in Runnels County to Alvie and Emma Drake Newsom. Bertha and Joe Hambright were married on October 13, 1928 in Winters, TX. They lived and farmed in the Norton area until 1954 and then moved to...
Ralph John Smetana, Sr.
Jan 7, 2010
Ralph John Smetana Sr. passed away on Thursday January 7, 2010 at Shannon Hospital. He lived 76 years and enjoyed life to the fullest. Services will be provided by Lange Funeral Home in Ballinger. Rosary will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday January 12th at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Rowena Texas. Mass will be held there at 10:00...
William Eugene "Gene" Sharp
Jan 3, 2010
William Eugene “Gene” Sharp, 84, of Rowena, passed away early Sunday morning, January 3, 2010 in Ballinger Memorial Hospital. Gene was born June 20, 1925 in Scurry, TX to Roy Cecil and Lois Cecil (Howard) Sharp. He proudly served his country in WW II by joining the 107th US Navy Sea Bees. He helped to build the runway on...
Debra Lynn Herring
Dec 31, 2009
Debra Lynn Herring, 52, of Ballinger, walked home to be with her Lord on Thursday, December 31, 2009 at Shannon Medical Center in San Angelo. She was born June 22, 1957 in San Angelo to Bonnie Brock Herring and Jack B Herring. She lived in Ballinger all her life and was a joy to everyone who met her. Debbie...
Vernon Harry Jonas
Dec 30, 2009
Vernon Harry Jonas, 72, of Ballinger passed away Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at Ballinger Memorial Hospital. He was born April 27, 1937 in Winters to Harry and Etta (Drummond) Jonas. He married Louise Jones on January 24, 1960 in Ballinger. Vernon owned and operated Vernon’s Radiator Service in Ballinger most of his working career. He served the citizens of...
Adela Elizabeth Hoelscher
Dec 29, 2009
Adela Elizabeth Niehues Hoelscher, 106, of Ballinger, formerly of Olfen and San Angelo, Texas, passed away Tuesday evening, December 29, 2009. A rosary service will be held at 6:00 p.m. Friday, January 1, 2010, at Lange Funeral Home Chapel in Ballinger, Texas. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 2, 2010, at St....
James Lee Hague
Dec 22, 2009
James Lee Hague, 83, of Granbury passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at his residence. He was born September 28, 1926 in Houston to William Samuel and Elizabeth Viola (Crain) Hague. During World War II he proudly served his country in the Navy. He and Mary Evelyn Johnson were married on September 27, 1947 in Ballinger. For several years...
August Rudolph Cmerek
Dec 14, 2009
August R. Cmerek, 90, of Miles passed away Monday, December 14, 2009 at his residence. He was born August 28, 1919 in Corn Hill, Texas, which is in Williamson County, to John and Mary (Kubacak) Cmerek. He and Dorine Braden were married November 25, 1947 in Rowena, and the couple raised their family and farmed in the Miles area...
Joycelyn Patricia Hall
Dec 9, 2009
Joycelyn Patricia Hall, 75, of Houston and formerly of Ballinger passed away Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at a Houston hospital. She was born September 20, 1934 in Ballinger to Jack and Thelma Ruth (Wilson) Miller. Known as “Pat,” she lived and worked in the Ballinger area for several years before moving away. She was an executive housekeeping supervisor for...
Phyllis E. Fanning
Dec 5, 2009
Phyllis E. Fanning, age 85, of Ballinger passed away Saturday December 5, 2009 at her home, surrounded by family. She was born May 4, 1924 in Zanesville, OH to Ralph and Margaret I. (Johnson) Ludman. She served as a Petty Officer in the US Coast Guard during WW II and married William Lloyd Fanning in Zanesville in 1945. While...
Elia Mendiola Jaques
Nov 30, 2009
Elia Mendiola Jaques, age 92, of Ballinger passed away Monday, November 30, 2009 at Ballinger Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. One of nine children, she was born on February 11, 1917 in Talpa to Jose and Ricarda Armendarez Mendiola. Her mother was university educated in Mexico, and after moving to the U.S. in the early 1900’s, she taught her children...
Arvena Lee Mcwilliams
Nov 26, 2009
Arvena Kendrick McWilliams, age 83, of Ballinger passed away Thanksgiving afternoon, November 26, 2009 in the Ballinger Memorial Hospital surround by her family. Arvena Lee was born August 21, 1926 in Brownwood, Texas to Bascom Murrah and Minnie Pearl (Morgan) Kendrick. She married her hometown sweetheart, Zane Grey McWilliams, on September 6, 1945 in San Francisco, California. He preceded...
Laverne Mcnaley
Nov 22, 2009
Laverne McNaley, 82, of Ballinger passed away Sunday, November 22, 2009 at Ballinger Memorial Hospital. She was born July 30, 1927 in California. She was married May 4, 1945 in Ballinger to Clarence McNaley who preceded her in death April 4, 1979. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Mrs. McNaley is survived by her daughter, Barbara...
Daniel Henry Beimer
Nov 21, 2009
Daniel Henry (Danny) Beimer, 68, of Ballinger went home to his Savior on Saturday, November 21, 2009 after an illness. Daniel was born August 31, 1941 in the farm home of his parents, Walter Gerhardt and Cordulla Moeller Beimer, who preceded him in death. Daniel attended St. Joseph School in Rowena, Texas graduating in 1959. He was initially a...
Coy Lavon Cochran
Nov 20, 2009
Coy LaVon Cochran, 74, of Ballinger passed away Friday, November 20, 2009 at San Angelo Community Medical Center. He was born September 23, 1935 in Cowcreek, Texas to William Emmett and Goldie Pearl (Young) Cochran. On May 29, 1955 he and Dorothy Pearl Turner were married in Slaton. He had lived in the community since 1967 and was a...
Ursula S. Tinsley
Nov 17, 2009
Ursula S. (Block) Tinsley, 95, of Ballinger passed away Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at Runnels County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She was born March 12, 1914 in Olfen Community, Runnels County, Texas to Franz and Bertha (Ledig) Block, both of whom were born in Germany. Ursula attended school in Rowena, and in 1930 she married Virgil M. McMullen in...
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