Obituaries

Obituaries

Bernard Joseph Simonetti

Bernard Joseph Simonetti

Jul 9, 2016

On July 9, 2016 Bernard Simonetti passed away peacefully at the age of 93. Bernard was born on March 10, 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. A memorial service is scheduled for Thursday, July 14 at 2 p.m. at St. Elizabeth Ann Seaton Catholic Church in Plano, Texas. A reception will follow. Bernard was preceded in death by his mother,...

Mary Marie Woods

Mary Marie Woods

Jul 7, 2016

Mary Marie Woods was born August 8, 1952 in Cameron, Texas. She passed away July 7, 2016 in Plano, Texas at age 63. Mary grew up and attended high school in Brownwood, Texas where she met and married Robert L. Woods before moving to Plano, Texas. Mary remained a resident of Plano for more than 40 years. She was...

Alisha Winters Devlin

Alisha Winters Devlin

Jul 6, 2016

Alisha (Lisa) Devlin, 53, passed away July 6, 2016 in Plano TX after a long courageous battle with cancer. Her memorial service will take place on July 16, 2016 at 10:00am at Custer Road Methodist Church - 6601 Custer Road, Plano, TX 75023. She was born on September 7, 1962 in Lubbock Tx. She always liked to point out...

Margaret Mary Tischio

Margaret Mary Tischio

Jul 4, 2016

Margaret Mary (Gallagher) Tischio, 87, of Plano, Texas, passed away after a brief illness, on July 4, 2016. In her final days, she was cared for by the wonderful nurses, doctors, and technicians at The Medical Center of Plano Neuro-ICU. Margaret was preceded in death by her father and mother, William and Rose Gallagher, and her sisters Rose Marie...

George Wright Bartlett Jr

George Wright Bartlett Jr

Jun 22, 2016

George Wright Bartlett, Jr., 71, of Plano, Texas passed away June 22, 2016. The elder son of Doris and George Bartlett, Sr., he was born June 6, 1945 in Wheeling, West Virginia. He graduated from Wheeling High School and West Virginia University School of Mines and went on to work for 32 years with The North American Coal Corporation....

Joy Clinch

Joy Clinch

Jun 20, 2016

Alice Joy Wisener Clinch, age 92, passed peacefully in Dallas on June 20th, 2016. Born in Douglas, TX, on September 8th, 1923 to Fred Ramey and Nena Verline (King) Wisener, Joy graduated from Douglas High School and attended Southern Methodist University on scholarship, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. During the war years, Dallasites Percy...

Susano Escalante Acosta

Susano Escalante Acosta

Jun 16, 2016

Susano (Chano) was born on the 28 of April 1930 in Clarkdale, Arizona. He spent his childhood in Cottonwood, Arizona until he graduated High School. In 1948 at the age of 18 he joined the United States Air Force. After several years in Japan, he was stationed in Madrid Spain where he met Alicia Garcia, the love of his...

Beverly Lewis

Beverly Lewis

Jun 11, 2016

Beverly Lewis was born May 16, 1945 to Cecil and Edna Miller. She was the 3rd of 7 children: Carol, Kenneth, Beverly, Robert, Bruce, James, and Donald. She alwaus loved and cared for animals. One of her fondest childhood memories was doing homework and napping while on the back of her favorite Mare Judy. Beverly grew up in Belton...

Charles E Carroll

Charles E Carroll

Jun 9, 2016

Charles was born on 12 October 1932 in Mooreland, Oklahoma. He spent his childhood in Mooreland and Woodward, Oklahoma and Wichita, Kansas where he graduated high school. In 1952, he joined the United States Air Force. While stationed at Frances C. Warren AFB in Cheyenne, Wyoming, he met Frances Johnson. After a short courtship, they married and began what...

Vic "Tres" Wyly Iii

Vic "Tres" Wyly Iii

Jun 7, 2016

Born in Phoenix, Arizona on June 2, 1958. Died June 7, 2016 in Plano, Texas at age 58. He was a commercial airline pilot, a land developer, and an award-winning luxury custom homebuilder for over 30 years. A graduate of New Mexico Military Institute and Colorado State University, he grew up in Roswell, New Mexico and Richardson, Texas. He...

Bruce Wayne Lemons

Bruce Wayne Lemons

May 30, 2016

Bruce Wayne Lemons, born in Cushing, OK, Nov 24, 1949 passed away Monday May 30th 2016 at Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, TX with his loving son by his side. Bruce was a resident of Spearman TX, Amarillo, TX, Denton TX, Fort Worth, TX & Dallas, TX. Bruce is survived by his son James Irish of Austin TX, sister Brenda...

Richard Alvin Goza

Richard Alvin Goza

May 24, 2016

Richard Alvin Goza, 62, of Plano, Texas, passed away on May 24, 2016. He was surrounded by family and friends in Baylor Scott & White Hospital, Dallas, Texas, where he peacefully took his last breath. Through the last few years Alvin's love of people never changed no matter how much he did. Alvin simply loved to make his family...

Lee Ripley

Lee Ripley

May 23, 2016

Jonathan Lee Ripley, 58, of Allen, Texas went to be with his Lord and Savior, Monday, May 23, 2016 at Presbyterian Dallas hospital after a long and courageous battle. Lee loved his family, his friends, going on vacations, the Rangers whether they won or lost, golf-playing ~ not watching it, Christmas and Christmas movies especially Christmas Vacation and White...

William Michael Johnston

William Michael Johnston

May 21, 2016

William Michael Johnston was born November 2, 1947 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to parents Daniel and Dorothy (Mc Donough) Johnston. He passed away May 21, 2016 in Plano, Texas. Michael was hard working from a young age, he was a true business-man. Before setting out into the world of finance, he proudly served in the United States Navy at the...

William S Nicolas

William S Nicolas

May 20, 2016

William was born in Kafar Aka on 5 October in Al-Koura, North Lebanon in 1958. He came from an established/distinguished family with a tradition of self-improvement through education and learning. His father Spiridon was Greek Orthodox, his mother Salwa a Maronite Christian. The family owned extensive land in the Koura area including many acres of olive trees, which William...

Margaret Lynne Duncan

Margaret Lynne Duncan

May 17, 2016

At home, surrounded by friends and family, Margaret Lynne (Wadsworth)Duncan; wife, daughter, mother, and friend, received the ultimate healing at 2:48pm May 17th, 2016, as she passed from this life into the eternal loving arms of Jesus. Born to Jack and Alice (Brown) Wadsworth in Fort Worth, Texas on October 8th, 1955, she was raised in Haltom City, Texas...

Kenneth Dean Sterns

Kenneth Dean Sterns

May 16, 2016

Kenneth Dean Sterns, a long-time resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma, died May 16, 2016, in Plano, Texas, where he was residing at the time. He was 86. Born March 19, 1930, to Kenneth Winkles Sterns and Ethyl (Felts) Sterns in Hiawatha, Kansas, Kenneth graduated from Hiawatha High School in 1948. A standout high school athlete and fierce competitor, Kenneth continued...

Catherine Lafon Wilson

Catherine Lafon Wilson

May 14, 2016

Catherine LaFon Wilson passed away peacefully May 14, 2016. Born August 6, 1943 in Lawton, Oklahoma, she grew up in Dallas and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1961. She received a bachelor's and master's degree from East Texas State University and was the librarian at William M. Anderson Elementary School for close to 38 years. She was...

Martha Hensley

Martha Hensley

May 14, 2016

Martha Ann (Cantrell) Hensley was born in Houston Texas to parents Edward (Edd) and Eula Belle (Ivey) Cantrell. She died Saturday, May 14, 2016 after an extended battle with cancer. She grew up in Maysville, Oklahoma, graduated from Maysville High School and Baptist Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was in St. Louis, Missouri for...

Raymond Lapp Kurtz Jr

Raymond Lapp Kurtz Jr

May 10, 2016

Raymond Lapp Kurtz, Jr. age 99, of Ft. Clark Springs in Brackettville, Texas passed away in Dallas on May 10, 2016 after a short illness just 10 days prior to his 100th birthday. He was born in Flint, Michigan on May 20, 1916 to Raymond Lapp Kurtz and Sarah Viola Owen. He graduated from South Bend High School in...