Obituaries

Shirley Tennison

Mar 24, 2018

Service Graveside Service Elmwood Memorial Park 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606 Tuesday, March 27, 2018 2:00 p.m. Cemetery Elmwood Memorial Park 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606

Kelly Moore

Mar 24, 2018

Kelly Moore, 40, passed away Saturday, March 24, 2018 in Abilene. Visitation will be Tuesday, March 27, 2018 from 6:00 till 8:00 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. A graveside funeral service will be 1:30 PM, Wednesday, March 28, 2018 in Elmwood Memorial Park. Kelly was born in Lubbock, TX on March 22, 1978. He grew...

Billy Louis

Mar 17, 2018

Billy Louis went to be with His Lord and Savior, Saturday, March 17, 2018. Visitation will be 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. A Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, March 22, 2018 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow the service in Elmwood Memorial...

Bill Sumner

Mar 17, 2018

Lt Col (retired) William (Bill) Sumner Jr, 66, son of Major (retired) William (Big Bill) and Rosana Sumner, teed off at Heaven's Gates golf course getting a hole in one on March 17, 2018. An Air Force child, Bill toured the world with his family to two continents and many states within the United States. From his Arkansas roots,...

Mario Diaz

Mar 12, 2018

Mario Diaz, passed away Monday, March 12, 2018. Visitation will begin at 6:00 PM followed by a prayer service beginning at 7:00 PM, Thursday, March 15, 2018 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. A Funeral Mass will be 10:00 AM, Friday, March 16, 2018 at St. Vincent Pallotti Catholic Church, 2525 Westview Drive. Interment will follow the...

Alfredo Hernandez

Mar 10, 2018

Alfredo Hernández was born on September 15, 1926 in León, Nicaragua. The eldest child of his parents Carlos Hernández y Juana Pereira. His sisters Tia Chila, Tia Chepita y Tia Delia. He married his sweetheart Aura Areas on Valentine's day on the year 1952. They together had 5 children, Lourdes and Edmundo, Belka, Lissette, Mauricio and Coco and Aura...

John Large

Mar 9, 2018

John Howard Large, 88, passed away March 9, 2018. A graveside Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, March 16, 2018 at Elmwood Memorial Park, 5750 Hwy 277 South. John was born December 18, 1929 in Abilene to parents, William and Elinor Large. He grew up in Abilene and graduated from Abilene High School. After graduation he...

Dottie Chaka

Mar 9, 2018

Dottie Chaka, 68, passed away Friday, March 9, 2018 at her residence. Visitation will be 6:00 PM, Tuesday, March 13, 2018 followed by a prayer service beginning at 7:00 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. A graveside funeral service will be 1:00 PM, Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at the Texas State Veteran's Cemetery of Abilene, 7457...

Glen Freeman

Mar 7, 2018

Glen Freeman, 75, passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2018 in Abilene. Visitation for family and friends will be held from 2:00 till 4:00 PM, Sunday, March 11, 2018 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. A funeral service will be 10:00 AM, Monday, March 12, 2018 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow the service in...

Hoa Bui

Mar 6, 2018

Hoa Thi Bui died at age 82 on March 6, 2018. She was born in Vietnam and was married to the late Special Armed Force Lieutenant Colonel Commander, Thien Van Bui for 60 years. Together they had 5 children: Kim Nguyen married to Ca Nguyen, James Bui married to Maria Rojas, Kim Mai married to Deacon Hoa Mai, Kim...

Kaye Reed

Mar 5, 2018

Kaye Frances Reed passed away March 5, 2018. A visitation will be 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Thursday, March 8, 2018, at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral service will be at 3 p.m. Friday, March 9, 2018, in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow the service in Elmwood Memorial Park. Kaye was born October...

Alice Rhodes

Mar 5, 2018

Alice Rhodes was called to her heavenly home on Monday, March 5, 2018. Visitation will be on Thursday, March 8th at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Highway 277 South in Abilene, 6-7 p.m. followed by a vigil service and rosary from 7-8 p.m. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 9th at Holy Family Catholic Church, 5410...

Mary Forkner

Mar 5, 2018

Mary Smith Forkner, 84, passed away Monday, March 5, 2018 in Abilene. Visitation will be 1:00 PM, Friday, March 9, 2018 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. A graveside funeral service will follow the visitation at 2:30 PM at Elmwood Memorial Park. Mary was born October 2, 1933 in Goree, TX to parents, Willie Leo and Bonnie...

Sandra Zenker

Mar 3, 2018

Sandra N. Zenker passed away Saturday, March 3, 2018. A funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, March 17, 2018 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Hwy 277 South, Abilene, Texas. Sandra was born March 19, 1935 to Ernest and Beulah Nichols in Abilene, Texas. She graduated from Baylor University in 1958 with a degree in...

Robert Maiville

Mar 3, 2018

Robert Paul Maiville passed away March 3, 2018. A visitation will be 5:00PM - 7:00PM, Tuesday March 6, 2018 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South, Abilene, Texas. A Funeral Service will be 2:00 PM, Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at Cowboy Heritage Church 8468 County Rd 112 N, Clyde, Texas. Interment will follow the service in Elmwood Memorial...

Loneta Mason

Mar 1, 2018

Loneta E. Mason passed away Thursday, March 1, 2018. A visitation will be 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Sunday, March 4, 2018 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. A Funeral service will be 10:00 AM, Monday March 5, 2018 at Wylie United Methodist Church, 3430 Antilley Road. Interment will follow the service in Elmwood Memorial Park. Loneta...

Marilyn Borcik

Mar 1, 2018

Marilyn J. Knudson Borcik, 78, passed away on Thursday, March 1, 2018. Marilyn was born on December 16, 1939 to Euell E. and Willa (Moorman) Knudson in Albuquerque, NM. She married Edward J. Borcik, Jr. on October 1, 1956. Ed and Marilyn started their USAF military life together in Albuquerque, NM. They then moved to San Antonio, TX, Hampton,...

Jessie Davis

Feb 26, 2018

Jessie Lenore Davis joyfully joined her Savior, many friends and family members in heaven on February 26, 2018. She had recently celebrated her 82nd birthday with her family and friends at Mesa Springs where she had resided since January of 2017. Jessie was born to Willie and Ada (Carpenter) McDonald on November 22, 1935, in Wichita Falls, TX. She...

Synuwae Bryant

Feb 24, 2018

Synuwae Lester Bryant, 53, passed away February 24, 2018 in Abilene, TX. His funeral service will be held at Macedonia Baptist Church, 608 N 7th St. on Friday, March 2, 2018 at 11:00 AM. He was born August 14, 1964 to parents, Ruth M. and Ernest T. Bryant and grew up in Inglewood, CA. During Elementary and Middle school,...

Irene Aguirre

Feb 24, 2018

Irene R. Aguirre went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday February 24, 2018. A funeral mass will be 2:00 PM, Thursday, March 1, 2018 at Holy Family Catholic Church, 5410 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, Texas. Interment will follow the service in Elmwood Memorial Park. Irene was born January 14, 1940 to Leonardo and Irene Aguirre in...