Obituaries

Jennie Ortiz

Sep 1, 2013

Jennie Jojola Ortiz, 80, passed away September 1, 2013 in Abilene. Visitation will be Wednesday, September 4, 2013 from 6 till 8 PM, at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Graveside Funeral will be 2 PM, Thursday, September 5, 2013 in Elmwood Memorial Park. Jennie was born in Windsor, Colorado on February 19, 1933 to parents, Elias and...

Payton Templeton

Sep 1, 2013

Payton Leann Templeton, 5 days old, passed away Sunday, September 1, 2013 in Abilene. Her funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, September 7 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 South with interment following in the Potosi Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10:00 AM until service time at the funeral home. Payton is...

Santiago Mendez

Aug 30, 2013

Santiago Jimmy Mendez, 70, long time resident of Tye passed away in Abilene on Friday, August 30, 2013. Visitation will be 6 till 7 PM, Tuesday, September 3, 2013 with reciting of Rosary beginning at 7 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral service will be 10 AM, Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at St. Francis Catholic...

Rias Majors

Aug 26, 2013

Rias Hilton Majors, 89, passed away Monday, August 26, 2013 in Abilene. Visitation will be Friday, August 30, 2013 from 4:00 PM till 6:00 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral service will be 2:00 PM, Saturday, August 31, 2013 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow the service at Elmwood Memorial Park. He...

Don Slatton

Aug 23, 2013

Don The Lawman Slatton, prominent Abilene Wrestler and Bail Bondsman, died Friday, August 23, 2013 at an Abilene Hospital. Visitation will be at Elmwood Funeral Home Tuesday, August 27th from 68 P.M. His funeral service will held be at 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at Trinity Baptist Church, 871 Woodlawn Drive, with burial following at Elmwood Memorial Park,...

Glenn Nunnally

Aug 20, 2013

Glenn Robert Bob Nunnally, 96, passed away Tuesday, August 20, 2013 in Abilene. His funeral service with Larry Fitzgerald and Larry Condra officiating will be held at 10:00 AM on Thursday, August 22nd at the Woodlawn Church of Christ, 3185 N. 10th with interment following in Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation is from 5:00 to 7:00 PM on Wednesday at...

Billie Rejon

Aug 20, 2013

You came to me and touched me and Ill never be the same. Im overwhelmed. This is incredible, even indescribable. The person I was has died and I am a new person, a new creation in You. Billie Rue Rejon, 81, Midland, TX, went to heaven, August 20, 2013. She was born in Chattanooga, Oklahoma, October 1, 1931 to...

Abe Burrus

Aug 19, 2013

Abe Bryan Burrus, 60, died Monday, August 19, 2013 in Abilene. His wishes were to be cremated and a memorial service will be held by the family at a later date. Abe was born in Abilene on January 18, 1953 the son of Ulyess Gene Burrus and Gladys Irene Flippin. He graduated from Cooper High School and worked for...

Stephanie Thompson

Aug 15, 2013

Stephanie Renee French Thompson, 39, died August 15, 2013, at Hendrick Hospice following a massive stroke. Service will be held Monday, August 19, 2013 at 10:00 AM at the Oldham Lane Church of Christ. Visitation will be Sunday, August 18, 2013 from 2:00 PM till 5:00 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home. Stephanie was born October 7, 1973, to Ron...

Emory Hames

Aug 14, 2013

E.M. Jack Hames went to be with his Lord and Savior Wednesday, August 14, 2013. Visitation will be 6 till 8 PM, Friday, August 16, 2013 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral will be 11 AM, Saturday, August 17, 2013 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow the service in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Jack...

Philip Calhoun

Aug 13, 2013

Philip Wade Calhoun, 74, departed this world on August 13, 2013, and is now with his heavenly father. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, August 16, 2013, at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Hwy 277 South, under the direction of Elmwood Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Cottonwood Cemetery in Cross Plains. Visitation for...

James Lowrie

Aug 12, 2013

James Paul Jim Lowrie, 83, passed away August 8, 2013, in Abilene. Funeral service will be at 2:00 PM on Monday, August 12, 2013, at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Jim was born on August 11, 1929, in Tahoka, TX, to parents Jack and Jessie Lawrence Lowrie. He met and married Laverne Sanders on August 18, 1953...

Antonina Holder

Aug 10, 2013

Antonina Lee Holder, 89, passed away Saturday, August 10, 2013 in Abilene. Her graveside service will be held at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, August 14th at Elmwood Memorial Park under the direction of Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South. Antonina was the sixth child born to Domenico Pupella and Giuseppina Mercurio. She was raised in Providence, Rhode Island...

Susan Brown

Aug 4, 2013

Susan Brown, 72, died Sunday, August 4, 2013 in Abilene. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM on Thursday, August 8th in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 South.

Service Chapel Service Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606 Thursday, August 8, 2013 2:00 PM

Alice Finch

Aug 3, 2013

Alice Mae Finch, 93, died Saturday, August 3, 2013 in Abilene. Her graveside memorial service was held at 12:30 PM on Tuesday, August 6 in the Garden of Faith at Elmwood Memorial Park. Alice Mae was born on September 25, 1919 in Tipp City, Ohio the daughter of Arthur Judd and Florence Kessler Judd. She was a dedicated homemaker...

Gerald Garrett

Aug 2, 2013

TSGT RETIRED GERALD JERRY GARRETT Gerald Garrett, 79, died Friday, August 2, 2013, at his home from a short illness. Visitation will be August 5, 2013, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Elmwood Funeral home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral service will be August 6, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. in the Elmwood Funeral home Chapel officiated by Reverend...

Louis Zientek

Jul 27, 2013

Louis Jacob Pop Zientek,Sr., 79, passed away Saturday, July 27, 2013 in Abilene. His funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Monday in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 South with interment following in Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation is from 6:00 to 8:00 PM on Sunday at Elmwood Funeral Home. Louis was born on August...

Evelyn Stevens

Jul 27, 2013

Evelyn May Stevens, 91, passed away Saturday, July 27, 2013 in Abilene. Her wishes were to be cremated and no service is planned at this time. Arrangements are with Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South. Evelyn was born in OBerlin, Pennsylvania on June 28, 1922 the daughter of Clair J. Stauffer and Daisy B Fink Stauffer. She served...

Erma Waters

Jul 19, 2013

Erma Dean Waters, 83, passed away Friday, July 19, 2013 in Abilene. Visitation will be 6:00 till 7:00 PM, Monday, July 22, 2013 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral service will be 10:00 AM, Tuesday, July 23, 2013 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow the service in Elmwood Memorial Park. Erma Dean Gardenhire...

Marie Huffman

Jul 15, 2013

Marie Davis Huffman, 88, died on Monday, July 15, 2013 in a local hospital. A service will be held in the chapel at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 U.S. Hwy 277 South, at 10 a.m. on Monday, July 22, 2013. Visitation will be from 5:00 till 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 21, at Elmwood Funeral Home. Mrs. Huffman was born...