Obituaries

Jan 31, 2021

Raksmey Chen-Lee Ek, age 52, passed away on January 31, 2021.  He was born in Cambodia on November 8, 1968 to Po Ek and Saron Phouk.

Raksmey Ek came to the United States as a refugee from Cambodia when he was 17 years old. He was the only male in his immediate family to have survived the...

Jan 30, 2021

There will be a Visitation from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at Allen Family Funeral Options.

Burial will be in Matapan, El Salvador.

Jan 26, 2021

Dennis Eugene (Buster) Bennett, age 91, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, after a courageous battle with COVID-19 Pneumonia. He was much loved, and he will be greatly missed.

Buster was born on May 31, 1929 and grew up in Donna, Texas. He was the youngest of four children of Robert and...

Jan 25, 2021

Bruce Dennis Ott, Major, USAF Ret., passed away peacefully January 25, 2021.  After sharing a quiet goodbye with his children, the effects of COVID-19 took his life.  Bruce was born October 11, 1948 in Rockville Centre, New York to parents Colonel (USA Ret.) Bruce and Marion (Kunzinger) Ott.  Bruce was a loving husband, companion, brother, father, and grandfather.

Jan 21, 2021

Jairo Mendez, age 35, of Plano Texas, passed away on 01/21/21.

He was born in Villa Hidalgo Zacatecas, MX on 10/03/85. Jairo was a motivated worker and had continued with a family pool installation business. He enjoyed traveling with his family as much possible. Jairo had a passion for music and dancing.

Jairo was such...

Jan 21, 2021

Edward Eugene “Gene” Emery was blessed to be the son of Hidalgo County Texas couple Olin C. Emery and Ruth Pursley Emery, born on January 24, 1931. He was preceded in death by his parents and older sister Jo Annette Miller of Bakersfield, California. In June 1954 he married soulmate G. L. “Geri” Emery who also preceded him. Gene...

Jan 21, 2021

Dr. W. Ford Keitzer passed away on January 21, 2021 at the home of his eldest daughter, Deb Outlaw in Plano, Texas at the age of 90.

Born July 28, 1930 in Akron, Ohio, Dr. Keitzer is predeceased by his wife, Mary Lou Keitzer, his father, Walter A. Keitzer, his mother, Betty Ford Keitzer, and his younger...

Jan 20, 2021

Dolores E. Cahn (née Fogarty), 91, passed away peacefully on January 20, 2021 in her home at Atria Canyon Creek, Plano, Texas.  Born Dec 21, 1921 in Jersey City, New Jersey, she grew up in New York City, started her family in Flushing and Rosedale, New York, lived 38 years in West Hempstead, New York raising her family and...

Jan 20, 2021

Helen Jean Houseman, age 94 passed away peacefully in her sleep on January 20, 2021.  Jean was born on May 9, 1926 to Ivy and Pansy Powell and grew up in Van Alstyne Texas.

Jean loved creating a home for her family.   Jean and Ken retired to Pecan Plantation in Granbury, Texas in 1991, close enough to...

Jan 19, 2021

Jakson Gabriel Mejia was born September 25th, 1986 in El Salvador to parents Zosino Daimir Mejia and Guadalupe Duran and raised by his paternal grandparents Lorenzo Mejia and Josefina Lopez.

Jakson graduated from Morningside High school in Inglewood, California on June 23, 2005 and began working at O'Neil Digital Solutions.

Jakson loved his car, Subaru...

Jan 16, 2021

Lisa Beckett Ward was born on October 9 th 1957 in Versailles, KY to Grover Howard and Dorothy (Dottie) Fern Williamson Becket. She entered eternal rest on January 16 th 2021 after a very brief battle with cancer.

Lisa grew up in her family home in Lawrenceburg, KY. She attended Anderson County High School where she was...

Jan 14, 2021

Nancy F. O’Leary passed away peacefully at home on January 14, 2021 at the age of 97.  She is now resting in the loving arms of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Nancy was born on February 16, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois.    She was one of nine children born to Sophie (nee Homantowska) and Gustav Heller.  Nancy married the...

Jan 14, 2021

Michael Scot Hall (Scot) was born April 13, 1972 in Port Arthur, Texas to mother Katherine O’Quinn; and was residing in Melissa, Texas.  He entered eternal rest on January 14, 2021.

Scot attended Vidor High School in Vidor, Texas and after high school; he joined the UA Local 195 in Nederland, Texas. Scot relocated to Dallas joining...

Jan 14, 2021

Virginia Bond Smith, 87, passed from the loving arms of her children into the arms of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on January, 14, 2021 following a massive stroke.  Her devotion to her family and her firm belief in Jesus supported her in her journey and ultimately gave her peace.

Virginia was born to the late...

Jan 14, 2021

Doris Nunnery was born on Sunday, November 18, 1945 in Bellville, Texas, the daughter of Robert and Doris (Lyons) Bishop. She passed this life on Thursday, January 14, 2021 at OSU Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was 75 1 month and 27 days of age.

The former Miss Doris Bishop was a 1964 graduate of Pearland,...

Jan 13, 2021

Judith Ann Thompson Dillon, 79, was welcomed into the alto section of our Lord’s heavenly choir the evening of January 13, 2021 after a 13-month struggle with an incurable glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) brain tumor.   She is survived by her loving husband of 60 years, Tom of Plano, Texas; son John (Kim) of Huntsville, Alabama; son Brian (Roxanne) of Plano,...

Jan 13, 2021

David Eugene Losey was born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin on July 7, 1947. (Same day as Roswell Crash). He was the only child of Robert Calvin Losey and Grace Kettner. (Yes, he was special). He lived in Milwaukee, when it was one of the largest industrialized cities in the United States. He would spend summers on his grandfather’s farm...

Jan 10, 2021

Charles Natcher Stewart, the only son of Drs. Harriette McLaughin Stewart and J. Natcher Stewart, was born May 6, 1948, in St. Louis, Missouri. He departed this life on January 10, 2021, in Frisco, Texas, at the Cottages of Chapel Creek where he was receiving care for Alzheimer’s disease.

When Charlie was eighteen months old the family...

Jan 10, 2021

Theresa "Resa" Margaret Raign was born March 31,1963. Yes, you read that right and it makes her 57. I am not sure she would have wanted me to publish that, but now you know (don’t tell her). She was the daughter of Lt Col Phillip Raign USAF and Stephanie Raign born in Suffolk County, England (but she was the...

Jan 8, 2021

On Friday, January 8, 2021, Kenneth Smith, loving husband, father, and grandfather, passed away at the age of 73.

Ken was born on August 15, 1947 in Aberdeen, South Dakota to Gerald and Ramona Smith.  He grew up in Aberdeen and enlisted in the Army after graduating Central High School in 1965.  Ken served as a Sergeant...