Obituaries

Obituaries

Paula Pendergraft

Paula Pendergraft

Oct 29, 2015

Pauline "Paula" Elizabeth Pendergraft, age 82, departed this earthly existence on October 29, 2015, following a courageous 18-month battle with lymphoma. She was born in Coal Hill, Arkansas on August 22, 1933, to Louis "Jack" Peila and Theresa Gilles Peila. She lived in Plano, Texas since August 2014 to be near family, after previously residing in Oklahoma City for...

Peter H Frank

Peter H Frank

Oct 27, 2015

On Dec 28, 1940 at precisely 10:36 PM at Children's Hospital in Buffalo, New York a sweet little boy with blond hair and blue eyes was born. His parents named him Peter. He had an older brother, Billy, who was keen to play with him. Peter was a curious little kid investigating about everything at 8 months and then...

Billy Joe Deweese

Billy Joe Deweese

Oct 25, 2015

Billy Joe DeWeese was born in Central Texas in 1929 to Ora and Susie. We're pretty sure he came out telling jokes and never really stopped. Good jokes, bad jokes, jokes he told over and over againsome of them real stinkers, but they all became a part of our family history. Our dad loved to laugh. And he loved...

Mitchell (Mitch) Mohanna

Mitchell (Mitch) Mohanna

Oct 25, 2015

Mitch Mohanna, 63, died October 25, 2015, at his home in Plano, Texas. Mitch was born to Dick and Jean Mohanna in Bassett, Nebraska, on March 2, 1952. He spent most of his childhood in Cairo, Nebraska, where he graduated from high school in 1970. Mitch earned his bachelor's degree in advertising/journalism at the University of Nebraska where he...

Jeanne Gilchrist

Jeanne Gilchrist

Oct 25, 2015

Jeanne was born in Seminole, Oklahoma on July 22, 1923. Her birth name was Delores Imogene Poe. In her first few months, family called her Cotton-Top because she was so blonde; she was almost white headed. Then she became "Jeanne". As a child, she loved dance class and the performances and recitals. Her picture was in the local paper...

Robert Thomas Jr

Robert Thomas Jr

Oct 22, 2015

Robert "B.T." Edward Thomas, Jr. passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 22, 2015 in Dallas, Texas. B.T. was born in Baltimore, Maryland where he graduated from Catonsville High School in 1966. His passion for golf started at an early age when he worked as a golf caddy in Maryland. He later enjoyed a 25-year career as a PGA Golf...

Frances Caroline Carroll

Frances Caroline Carroll

Oct 19, 2015

Frances Caroline Johnson Carroll was born on July 10, 1932 in Cheyenne, Wyoming to parents Archie and Katherine Johnson. Her family moved to Laramie, Wyoming when she was 12 years old. There, she graduated high school and was in her fourth year at college when her life took a change. While at a square dance, she met Charles Carroll,...

Roberta F Ehmer

Roberta F Ehmer

Oct 19, 2015

Roberta F Ehmer was born September 20, 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio to parents Franklin and Arlene Patmore. She passed from this earth into a life eternal with her Lord on October 19, 2015 in Plano, Texas. Our mother was a great mother! Even the other children in our neighborhoods loved to come to our house for playing with us,...

Lenore Ann Maitre

Lenore Ann Maitre

Oct 17, 2015

Lenore Ann Maitre was born June 28, 1929 in Coon Rapids, Iowa to parents Francis and Eunice Drake and she passed away on October 17, 2015 in Plano, Texas. Her last days were spent peacefully and surrounded by family at her daughter and son in law's home in Plano, Texas where she lived for the past 14 years. She...

Michelle Thames

Michelle Thames

Oct 11, 2015

Michelle Melton Thames of Richardson, Texas died on Sunday, October 11, 2015 in Houston, Texas due to complications related to an autoimmune disorder. Michelle was born on June 4, 1969 in Dallas, Texas to Don and Lucy Melton of Duncanville, Texas. She grew up in Duncanville with one brother, Brian Melton now of Frisco, Texas. After graduation from Duncanville...

Shannon Kathleen Klotz

Shannon Kathleen Klotz

Oct 9, 2015

Shannon Kathleen Klotz was born at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan on December 10, 1971 to SSGT Roger and Kathleen Klotz. She was the first born child of the Klotz Klan and was a very active little girl, who loved to play outside. Shannon and her parents returned to the United States in 1973 and relocated to...

Nemesio Cava Jr

Nemesio Cava Jr

Oct 8, 2015

Nemesio Cava Jr. was born in the Philippines in the province of Zambales. He was the youngest of 11 children. He had fond memories of his early youth in the Philippines often recalling swimming in the ocean and greeting the American soldiers after the war with "Hi Joe" as some of them showered the kids with candies and treats....

Robert E Hunt

Robert E Hunt

Oct 3, 2015

Robert E Hunt passed away on October 3, 2015 in Allen, Texas. He was born April 17, 1934 in Drumright, Oklahoma to Gilbert and Leona Hunt. Bob enlisted in the Marine Corp in 1953 and served with the 1st Marine Division in Korea and is a veteran of the Korean Conflict. After separation from the Marine Corp, Bob went...

Jerry Shipp

Jerry Shipp

Sep 28, 2015

Jerry Bart Shipp passed away peacefully on September 28, 2015. He was born on May 3, 1939 in Sherman, Texas to L.B. Shipp, Jr. and Jane S. Shipp. He is survived by his children, Douglas (Andy) Shipp and David B. Shipp and wife Paige; the mother of his children, Elizabeth Webb Shipp, two grandsons, David Shipp Jr. and Mitchell...

Lewis Shackelfordiii

Lewis Shackelfordiii

Sep 21, 2015

Lewis Lemuel Shackelford, III, age 58, a lifelong resident of Dallas, Texas passed away in his home from a sudden heart attack on September 21, 2015. He was preceded in death by his grandparents Lewis Lemuel Shackelford and Love DuBose Shackelford of Waxahachie, Texas and Grover C. Castleberry and Annie E. Castleberry and his parents Lewis Lemuel Shackelford, Jr....

Aida Esperanza Ortiz

Aida Esperanza Ortiz

Sep 17, 2015

Aida Esperanza Ortiz (nickname China and Negra) was born June 22, 1949 in Milagro, Ecuador to parents Aide Esperanza de Constante de Zaldumbide and Luis Alfonso Zaldumbide larrae. She died on September 17, 2015 at the age of 66 and is now resting in Peace. She attended Kinder-Middle school (Elizalde Vera) in Ecuador and high school (Roosevelt High School)...

William (Bill) Edwards

William (Bill) Edwards

Sep 16, 2015

William Michael Edwards was known as a loving husband, a wonderful and giving father, and as the best grandpa one could have. He was known by his friends as a genuine person who was always willing to help, and to his business associates as an honorable man who handled himself with class. Bill was affable and always knew the...

Maryjane Newberry

Maryjane Newberry

Sep 15, 2015

Maryjane Newberry died September 15, 2015 as a result of a fatal car accident. We know Maryjane is in heaven with the Lord and her beloved Mary. Maryjane was born to an Italian father and Polish mother in Morristown, New Jersey on July 30, 1939. She grew up in Morris Plains, attended the Fairleigh Dickinson University Business School, and...

Pat Bates

Pat Bates

Sep 13, 2015

Elvira (Pat) L Bates was born July 16, 1927 in Arcadia, Louisiana and she passed away September 13, 2015 in Plano, Texas. She married Mac on June 27, 1950 and they remained married for 37 ½ years when he passed away. Pat worked for Texas Instruments for 30 years and also worked as a care giver for 30 years....

Roy Wright

Roy Wright

Sep 11, 2015

Roy Augusto Wright was born in Panama on October 12, 1946 to parents Roy and Maria Wright. He passed away September 11, 2015 in Plano, Texas surrounded by his loving family. Strength, love, compassion and strong will; these are the words that come to mind when I think of Roy Augusto Wright. Strength: Strength of the body and strength...