Obituaries

Herbert Holder

Herbert Holder

Jan 17, 2019

Herbert Holder, 81, beloved Father, was called to his eternal resting place on January 17, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. A funeral service will be held Friday, February 1, 2019 at 2:00 PM at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be held on February 1 from 11 to 12 PM prior...

Judy Wolpe

Judy Wolpe

Jan 14, 2019

Judy Wolpe passed away Monday, January 14, 2019 in Abilene, Texas. A visitation will be 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral Services will be held 2:00 PM Thursday, January 17, 2019 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Judy was born September 23, 1940 to L.D. and Gwendolyn...

Geneva Stem

Geneva Stem

Jan 14, 2019

Geneva Stem, 89, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother was called to her eternal resting place on January 14, 2019. She entered this world on November 14, 1929 in Haskell county. She is survived by her loving husband of 66 years, W.L. "Dub", Magnolia, TX, son Steve Stem, Cypress, TX, daughter Belinda Rambo, La Marque, TX, grandchildren Colton Rambo, Denton,...

David Shepherd

David Shepherd

Jan 13, 2019

David Lamar Shepherd, age 52, from Gatesville Texas, died on January 13, 2019 in Flower Mound Texas. David had been battling relapsed lymphoma but his death was sudden and not a progression of the disease. David was born on March 21, 1966 at Hendricks Memorial Hospital in Abilene Texas. He was born to Buster Lamar Shepherd, originally from Keota,...

Delores Towery

Delores Towery

Jan 8, 2019

Delores Towery passed away January 8, 2019 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South, Abilene Texas. A Funeral Service will follow visitation beginning at 2:00 PM. Interment will be held in Elmwood Memorial Park. Delores was born March 11, 1942 to O.B. and...

James Kinney

James Kinney

Jan 6, 2019

James Richard "Dick" Kinney, 89, of Abilene passed away Sunday, January 6, 2019 in Abilene. A funeral service will be held Saturday, January 12, 2019 at 11 AM at the Crescent Heights Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be held Friday, January 11, from 6 to 8 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home. Dick was...

Luthy Garner

Luthy Garner

Jan 5, 2019

Luthy Mae Garner passed away Saturday, January 5, 2019 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Thursday, January 10, 2019 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. A Funeral service will be held 11:00 AM, Friday, January 11, 2019 at Mount Zion First Baptist Church, 520 Stafford Street. Interment will follow the service in...

Rosemary Martin

Rosemary Martin

Jan 3, 2019

Rosemary T. Martin, 89, of Merkel passed away Thursday, January 3, 2019. Rosemary was born on October 31, 1929 in Lubbock, Texas to the late William Tatum and Carrie Shelton Tatum. She married Charles Robert Martin on April 9, 1971 in Anson, Texas. Rosemary was talented and enjoyed painting. She also loved cats, stuffed animals and watching Days of...

Darwin Springstead

Darwin Springstead

Dec 27, 2018

Darwin E. Springstead, 81, passed away Thursday, December 27, 2018 in Abilene. A funeral service will be held Monday, December 31, 2018 at 11:00 AM at Texas State Veterans Cemetery, 7457 W. Lake Rd, Abilene, TX 79601. Darwin was born February 24, 1937 to Elsworth and Edna Springstead in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He joined the Air Force on May...

John Scott

John Scott

Dec 27, 2018

John Anthony "Tony" Scott passed away Thursday December 27, 2018 in Ferris Texas. A memorial service will be held 10:00 AM, Saturday, January 5, 2018 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. John was born July 25, 1954 at Kindley Air Force Base Bermuda to John and Delphia Scott. John was a graduate of Cooper High School. He worked in...

Christine Montgomery

Christine Montgomery

Dec 24, 2018

Christine L Montgomery, 86, of Abilene passed away Monday, December 24, 2018 in Abilene. A funeral service will be held Saturday, December 29, 2019 at 2 PM at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be held prior to the service from 12 to 2 PM. Christine was born on November 14,...

Charles Lightfoot

Charles Lightfoot

Dec 22, 2018

Charles Ray Lightfoot Sr., 82, of Abilene went home Saturday, December 22, 2018 in Abilene. Visitation will be held Wednesday, December 26 from 6 to 8 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home. A private, sunrise graveside service will be held on Thursday, December 27, 2018. A Celebration of Life will be held Thursday, December 27, 2018 at 10 AM at...

Daniel Goetz

Daniel Goetz

Dec 22, 2018

Daniel Ford Goetz, 77, of Abilene, passed away Saturday, December 22, 2018 in Abilene. A funeral service will be held Friday, December 28, 2018 at 2 PM at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel.Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be held from 1 to 2 PM prior to the service. Ford was born on March 14, 1941...

Michelle Green

Michelle Green

Dec 16, 2018

Michelle Green, 73, of Clyde passed away Sunday, December 16, 2018 in Abilene. Michelle Green, 73, of Clyde passed away Sunday, December 16, 2018 in Abilene. A funeral service will be held Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at 2 PM at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be Tuesday from 6 to...

Lorenzo Bell

Lorenzo Bell

Dec 16, 2018

Lorenzo Bell, 67, went to be with his Lord, Sunday, December 16, 2018 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be 6:00PM - 8:00PM , Friday, December 21, 2018 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. A Funeral Service will be 2:00PM, Saturday, December 22, 2018 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Interment will follow the...

Chelsea Butler

Chelsea Butler

Dec 8, 2018

Chelsea Butler, 27 went to be with the Lord on December 8, 2018. Visitation will be Thursday December 13, 2018 from 6pm to 8pm at Elmwood Funeral Home located at 5750 US highway 277 S. Services will be held at 1pm on Friday December 14, 2018 at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Paul Matta officiating, located at 5750...

Rodney Leuthauser

Rodney Leuthauser

Dec 8, 2018

Rodney Darrell "Shorty" Leuthauser, 79, went to be with the Lord on December 8, 2018. Shorty was born January 16, 1939 to Theodore and Edna Leuthauser in Missouri. After joining the Air Force, he was stationed at Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, Texas where he met the love of his life Carolyn Jean Hallmark. Shorty and Carolyn married...

Hattie Washington

Hattie Washington

Dec 6, 2018

Mrs. Hattie Mae Washington is worthy of her title as "A Woman of Distinction". She was born December 23, 1921 in the old Saint Ann Hospital in Abilene, Texas to the parents of Ike and Gazzie Grant Wheeler and departed for her home in Glory on December 6, 2018. In 1940 she married Willie Washington Sr. and from that...

Adan Chavarria

Adan Chavarria

Dec 2, 2018

Adan "Adam" Chavarria, 80, of Abilene passed away Sunday, December 2, 2018 in Abilene. A funeral service will be held Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 2: 00 PM at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 1:00 to 2:00 PM prior to the service. Adam was born on January 26,...

Lucille Keeney

Lucille Keeney

Nov 30, 2018

Lucille K. Keeney, 97, of Abilene passed away Friday, November 30, 2018 in Abilene. A funeral service will be held Monday, December 3 at 2 PM at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation with the family will be held from 1 to 2 PM prior to the service. Lucille was born on...