Obituaries

George Tippett

Jun 9, 2018

George Ross Tippett, PE, age 93, died June 9, 2018, in Prescott, AZ. Ross was born in Clanton, Alabama on December 29, 1924, to George and Clara (Thompson). His family moved to Gladewater, TX where he grew up and graduated from Gladewater High School. He attended Texas A&M College, Princeton and Rice University; was a proud member of the...

William Peterson

Jun 8, 2018

Bill "W.T." Peterson Jr., 81, passed away peacefully on June 8, 2018 in Abilene. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 11 AM at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Bill was born on September 22, 1936 to the late W.T. Peterson Sr. and Sylvia L. Peterson in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He joined the Air Force...

David Verner

May 31, 2018

David E. Verner, 82, went to be with the LORD on Thursday, May 31, 2018. A private family funeral service will be held on Monday, June 4, 2018 at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. David E. Verner was born on January 22, 1936 in Knox City, Texas to Tomye Carr Verner and Audie Thomas Verner. He graduated from Rule High...

Consuelo Castillo

May 26, 2018

Consuelo Castillo passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on May 26, 2018. She was born on April 4, 1928 in Cuencame Durango, Mexico. to Ezequiel & Dolores Mireles. She graduated with a college degree in Torreon, Coahuila, as a school teacher. She later married her college sweetheart Rodrigo Castillo in August 1951. They moved to the United States...

Frank Gonzalez

May 25, 2018

Frank Gonzalez passed away Friday. A visitation will be Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral services will be Wednesday, May 30, 2018 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow the service in Elmwood Memorial Park.

Visitation Elmwood Funeral Home 5750 US Highway 277 S Abilene, TX  79606 Tuesday,...

Herbert Heath

May 22, 2018

Herbert Heath, 83, passed away May 22, 2018 in Abilene. Visitation will be 6:00 - 8:00 PM, Thursday, May 24, 2018 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Graveside funeral service will be 10:00 AM, Friday, May 25, 2018 in Elmwood Memorial Park. Herb was born October 7, 1934 in Abilene, TX to parents, Harvey and Pauline Heath....

Jocelynn Serrato

May 20, 2018

Visitation Elmwood Funeral Home 5750 US Highway 277 S Abilene, TX  79606 Friday, May 25, 2018 6:00 - 8:00 PM Service Funeral Service Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel 5750 US Highway 277 S Abilene, TX  79606 Saturday, May 26, 2018 10:00 AM Cemetery Elmwood Memorial Park 5750 US Highway 277 S Abilene, TX  79606

Louise Williams

May 17, 2018

Louise Johanna Willwater Williams went to be with the Lord on May 17, 2018. Louise was born in Brooklyn, New York on June 8, 1948 to Carl Friedrich & Laura Louise Willwater. Her father passed away when she was 5 years old, and soon after she and her mother moved back to Texas where she grew up in Lubbock...

Katherine Hegg

May 12, 2018

Katherine L. Hegg of Abilene Texas passed away on Saturday, May 12, 2018 surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am on Thursday, May 17, 2018 at Brook Hollow Christian Church, 2310 South Willis, Abilene, TX. The service will be officiated by Pastor Penny Biddy. Burial will follow the service at Elmwood Memorial Cemetery. Katherine,...

Mary Cole

May 9, 2018

Mary Jo Cole passed away May 9, 2018. A time of visitation and remembrance will be 1:00PM - 2:00PM Monday May 14, 2018 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South in Abilene, Texas. A graveside service will follow beginning at 2:00PM in Elmwood Memorial Park, 5750 Hwy 277 South conducted by Reverend Mark Taylor of Faith Lutheran Church...

Charles Hambrick

May 9, 2018

Charles Wesley Hambrick passed away May 9, 2018. Visitation will begin at 6:00 PM followed by a prayer service beginning at 7:00 PM on Monday, May 14, 2018 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South in Abilene. A funeral mass will be 10:00 AM on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at St. Francis Catholic Church, 826 Cottonwood in Abilene....

Debra Gonzales

May 8, 2018

Debbie Brooks Gonzales passed away on May 8th, 2018. She was born on November 14th, 1952 to Herman and Bobbie Brooks in Abilene, TX. She graduated from Cooper High School in 1970. She was preceded in death by her mother, father, and brother (Eddy Brooks). She is survived by her husband Rudy Gonzales, her daughters Jennifer Ward and Stephanie...

Alton Lusk

May 8, 2018

Alton Lusk, 87, of Abilene, passed away Tuesday, May 8th, 2018. Funeral services will be Monday, May 14th at 2:00 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277. Alton was born March 4, 1931, in Sidney, Texas, to Cliff and Mary Lusk. On July 19, 1951, he married Bobbie Hilliard. They lived in Abilene where he worked for Jones...

Jayne Ritter

May 7, 2018

Jayne E. Ritter, 64, of Abilene, Texas, passed away peacefully in her sleep from complications of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease on Monday, May 7, 2018. She was born on March 11, 1954 in Lansing, Michigan, to John and Katherine (Hamlin) Jones. She married Steven Ritter on November 19, 1994 and they moved to Texas to start a life together...

Mike Lochner

May 6, 2018

Mike "Tiny" Lochner passed away May 6, 2018, after a one-week battle with a deadly cancer. He was born Nov. 18, 1946, in Kankakee, Ill., to James and Marjorie Lochner. He was a proud graduate of Graham High School and a proud member of the 1964 GHS State Championship Basketball team. He graduated from The University of Texas in...

Thalia Blake

May 3, 2018

Thalia "Sam" Leland Blake of Abilene, Texas passed from this life after a brief time at Hospice of Abilene on May 3, 2018 at the age of 75. Sam was born on August 4, 1942 in Ardmore, Oklahoma to Vernon Jay and Opal Lee Snyder Leland. Sam was preceded to Heaven by her grandson, Zachary Blake Goza and her...

Doris Purcell

May 1, 2018

Doris Holley Purcell, 100, went to be with her Heavenly Father on May 1, 2018. Doris was born on October 23, 1917 to William Thomas and Martha Holley in Jayton, Texas. She attended and graduated from Jayton's schools. After high school she enrolled in business school in Abilene, Texas. She was a lifelong member of Southside Baptist Church and...

Ssgt Usaf

May 1, 2018

Retired SSgt, Earl Barton Green, 60, of Abilene, TX was born August 6, 1957 in Aurora, CO to Barbara (Kreger) and Ralph Green. He was called home by the Lord on May 1, 2018. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at 10:00 AM at the Texas State Veteran's Cemetery at Abilene. Earl enjoyed the...

Alan Bailey

May 1, 2018

Alan Benjamin Bailey, 51, passed away May 1, 2018 in Abilene. Visitation for family and friends will be 6:00-8:00 PM, Thursday, May 3, 2018 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral Mass will be 11:00 AM, Friday, May 4, 2018 at Holy Family Catholic Church, 5410 Buffalo Gap Road. He was born to Laura and Ira Bailey...

Benny Cates

May 1, 2018

Benny Clark Cates, 73, passed away on May 1, 2018 in Abilene. Funeral service will be 2:00 PM, Saturday, May 5, 2018 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Chris McCurley of Oldham Lane Church of Christ will officiate the service. Benny was born in Lockney, TX to Fred Clark and Lula Mae Cates on September...