Obituaries

Thomas E. Hodges

Apr 9, 2020

Thomas E. Hodges, age 93, passed away on April 9, 2020 from natural causes. Tommy was born to Barney and Lucy Hodges on November 29, 1926. The family endured the loss of his sister, Irma Hodges, as a result of the tragic New London school explosion in 1937.  He graduated London High School in 1944 which is the same...

Bettina Ann Brumbaugh

Apr 7, 2020

Bettina Ann (Brogden) Brumbaugh was born one of 12 children on March 11, 1930 in Paris, Tennessee to John and Hazel (Nichols) Brogden.  She passed away on April 7, 2020 in Plano, Texas.

Bettina attended Grove High School in Paris, Tennessee. She then moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, and was voted “Most Beautiful Woman in Nevada” by...

Judith Florence Rommel

Mar 30, 2020

Judith (Judy) Florence Rommel was born November 3, 1949 in Valley Stream, New York to parents George and Florence (Van Wart) Rommel. She peacefully passed away March 30, 2020 in Frisco, Texas.

Judy spent most of her childhood growing up in Jersey City, NJ.  Upon graduation from Henry Snyder High School, she attended Trenton State College, where...

Ronald Ashcraft

Mar 28, 2020

Ronald Ashcraft was born in Neosho County, Kansas on October 21, 1936 to parents, Willis Vaughan Ashcraft and Joy Hill Hendrickson Ashcraft. He passed away at his Dallas home on March 28, 2020. Memorial services will be at a future date at Christ Church Plano, 4550 Legacy Drive, Plano, Texas 75024.

Alexander (Al) Sudul

Mar 27, 2020

Alexander John Sudul of Plano, Texas died Friday, March 27, of heart failure after years of declining health. He was 78 years old.

Known as “Big Al” to his family, he was born April 5, 1941 in Manville, New Jersey to Margaret Sudul, née Poch, and Alexander Sudul. Raised by relatives throughout his childhood, Al spent his...

Cletis Landers

Mar 23, 2020

Cletis Landers passed away March 23, 2020 at the age of 98.

Cletis was born near Plano, Texas on December 2, 1921. He was the fifth of six sons born to Lawrence and Eva Standerfer Landers. He attended the Cottonwood School northeast of Plano and later Murphy High School where he was quarterback of the six man...

Sylvester (Syl) Sanders

Mar 19, 2020

Sylvester Sanders was born on March 16, 1931 in Benton, Illinois to parents Alonzo and Ora Sanders. His parents passed away when he was of school age and was raised by his Aunt and Uncle in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

After high school, Syl attended the University of Missouri for two years. He joined the Air Force and became...

Robert (Bob) Bailey

Mar 18, 2020

Robert Michael Bailey (Bob) passed away peacefully in his home on Wednesday, March 18, 2020 with his wife next to his side. He was sixty-one years old and fought a courageous battle with prostate cancer for fifteen years. Bob was born to Marilyn Jean Bailey in San Pedro, California on May 30, 1958. He spent the first twenty-three years...

Bonnie Jean Brockman

Mar 17, 2020

Bonnie was born in Morrill, Kansas, On February 20, 1926 to Earl Wayne Willard and Lola Irene (Beachy) Willard. She was raised in Morrill, Kansas and attended Morrill High School. Bonnie met the love of her life, Furn Owen Brockman and married November 7, 1944 in Morrill. Bonnie and Furn enjoyed 63 years of marriage. Together, Furn and Bonnie...

Brian Mitchell Milner

Mar 14, 2020

Brian Mitchell Milner, age 26, of Plano, Texas passed away unexpectedly on March 14, 2020 in Plano, Texas.  He was born on July 13, 1993 in Plano, Texas to Melinda and Steve Milner.  He was baptized at Faith Lutheran Church and attended Faith Lutheran School in Plano, Wylie schools, and finished his senior year and graduated from Willowbend Academy...

Bernard "Bernie" Lee Bresson

Mar 11, 2020

Bernie Bresson, 57, of Plano, Texas, passed away on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Bernie was born in Covina, California in 1962 to Mary and Verle Bresson. He spent his youth in California where he enjoyed playing ice hockey. Bernie moved with his parents and sister, Ruth, to Europe, where his parents served as missionaries. It was in Germany that...

John Gaylon Waldrop

Mar 9, 2020

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John Gaylon Waldrop was born on October 9, 1936 in Winters, Texas to Mary Ellen (Golden) and Dawson Walker Waldrop.

He was preceded in death by his wife Mell; brother, Joe Waldrop (Thelma); his children's mother, Anita Waldrop, and step-daughters, Delene Foreman and Vicky Kearley.

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Peter J. Grudzinski, Jr

Mar 5, 2020

Peter Joseph Grudzinski, Jr. was born to Edna and Peter Grudzinski, Sr. on September 15, 1952 in Rockville Centre, New York. He grew up in Bethpage, New York and attended St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church. He graduated from Bethpage High School in 1970, St. John’s University in Queens, New York 1974 and earned a Master’s in Secondary Education...

Zachary Chase Kwasneski

Mar 4, 2020

UPDATE as of March 17, 2020 - The Memorial Service for Zach will NOT be held this Saturday, March 21, 2020 as originally planned.

Please check back periodically for future updates and to view his video.

Zachary Chase Kwasneski was a devoted student and even more devoted son, grandson, nephew, and...

Kenneth Ross Mcilroy

Mar 2, 2020

Kenneth McIlroy was many things to many people: He was a devoted husband and brother, a loving father, and a doting DaDaw who most loved reading books with his grandchildren, riding bikes, and serving others.

He was born in Abilene in 1950 to Mary Nell and Ross McIlroy.  They moved to Austin and he spent his Reagan...

Wesley Ray Connally

Feb 29, 2020

Wesley (Wes) Ray Connally was born September 1, 1940, in San Antonio, TX, to parents Alvah Roosevelt Connally and Helen Mildred (Johnson) Connally. He passed away February 29, 2020, in Dallas, Texas, after a 32-year battle with heart disease.

Wes was a kind-hearted and caring husband to Bettie, his wife of more than 45 years.

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Michael (Chris) Christopher Hollifield

Feb 29, 2020

Michael Christopher Hollifield was born on a Sunday morning in the rectory of Christ Church Episcopal in Beatrice, Nebraska on April 15, 1945 to Rev. Joseph and Doreen Clinton Hollifield.

The family moved to serve churches in Birmingham, Alabama and Irving, Texas, where he graduated from Irving High School. After enlisting in the US Army in 1968,...

David "Dave" Lynn Miller, Sr.

Feb 26, 2020

On Wednesday, February, 26, 2020, Dave Miller, loving husband, Dad, and Papa, departed this earthly life at the age of 70. He was born May 27, 1949 in Dallas, Texas to JW and Lorene Davis Miller. He spent his early years in Dallas and McKinney, until his parents purchased a farm in Collin County near Princeton when he was...

Janet Marie (Phillips) Black

Feb 25, 2020

Janet Marie Phillips Black was born November 2, 1956 in Albuquerque, New Mexico to parents Lawrence and Dixie (Nunn) Phillips.

She was the fourth of nine children and spent her early years in Albuquerque.  Because her dad traveled extensively while working in the oil field her family moved frequently and also lived in Southern California and Midland/Odessa...

John D Healy

Feb 23, 2020

John Daniel Healy was born August 3, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York to parents John and Bridget (Mc Donald) Healy.

John Daniel Healy: equal parts Irish, New Yorker, and Texan.

John Daniel, son of Irish immigrants John and Bridget Healy, grew up with his seven siblings in Brooklyn, N.Y. His childhood in New York laid...