Obituaries

Barbara Tucker Yarborough Scheler

Jan 16, 2015

Barbara Jean Tucker Yarborough Scheler, 73, of Axtell, passed away Friday, January 16, 2015. Services will be 11:30 am Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at Mighty Wind Worship Center, 1100 Washington Ave. Waco, TX 76701 with Rev. Curtis Holland and Rev. Jack Bodenhamer officiating. Burial will be at Axtell Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 to 8 pm Monday, Jan. 19...

Michael Joseph Smith

Jan 15, 2015

Michael Joseph Smith, 59, of Lacy Lakeview, passed away Thursday, January 15, 2015. Memorial services will be 3 pm Saturday, January 24, at Bellmead Funeral Home Chapel with Rick Lowe officiating. Michael was born April 3, 1955 in Waco, Texas to Willis J. and Doris Jean (Vrba) Smith. He married Christa Womack and was a carpet layer by...

Mary Elizabeth Adams

Jan 11, 2015

Mary "Betty" Beard Adams, 83, of Waco, passed away Sunday, January 11, 2015. Services will be 11 am Friday, Jan. 16 at Bellmead Funeral Home Chapel with Rusty Kwast officiating. Burial will be at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 6 to 8 pm Thursday, Jan. 15 at the funeral home. Mrs. Adams was born March 20, 1931 in...

Sondra Jean Gilbert

Jan 10, 2015

Sondra Jean (Knutson) Gilbert, of Waco, Texas and formerly of Devils Lake, North Dakota passed away peacefully at Providence Health Center Hospice in Waco, Texas on January 10, 2015. Sondi, 71, was born in Devils Lake, North Dakota on March 26, 1943. After she graduated from Central High School in Devils Lake, she went to Los Angeles where she...

Edith L. Teat

Jan 9, 2015

Edith Louise Teat, 77, of West, passed away Friday, January 9, 2015. Services will be 11 am Tuesday, Jan. 13 at Bellmead Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Phil Immicke officiating. Burial will be at White Rock Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 to 8 pm Monday, Jan. 12 at the funeral home. Mrs. Teat was born March 12, 1937 in...

Herman J. Buro Jr.

Jan 8, 2015

Herman J. Buro Jr., 91, of Bellmead, passed away Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015 at his residence. Services will be 2 pm Monday, Jan. 12 at Sparks Memorial United Methodist Church with Rev. Linda Wimberley and Rev. Jimmy Sansom officiating. Burial with Military Honors will be at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 6 to 8 pm Sunday, Jan. 11...

Walter Butch Bailey

Jan 6, 2015

Walter "Butch" Bailey, 74, of Bellmead, passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2015. Services will be 1 pm Saturday, Jan. 10 at Bellmead Funeral Home Chapel with Pat Cummings officiating. Burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 to 8 pm Friday, Jan. 9 at the funeral home. Butch was born April 19, 1940 in Temple, Texas to...

Brittany Dawn Stevenson

Dec 31, 2014

Brittany Stevenson, 24 of Axtell, Texas passed away late December 31, 2014. Brittany was born in Waco, Texas on February 26, 1990 to Kami Kay Stevenson Sudduth. She graduated 3rd in her class from Axtell High School with honors and received the Presidential Academic Award. Brittany was a cheerleader for 4 years; she played numerous sports including basketball,...

Jimmie Dale Nitschke

Dec 29, 2014

Jimmie Dale Nitschke, 61, of Bellmead, passed away Monday, December 29, 2014. The family will receive visitors from 6 to 8 pm Friday, January 2, 2015 at Bellmead Funeral Home. Jimmie was born January 3, 1953 in Waco, to RH and Bonnie (Price) Nitschke. He graduated from La Vega High School in 1971 and married his high school sweetheart...

Edna "Sis" Gladene Olson

Dec 27, 2014

Edna G. "Sis" Olson, 96, of Bellmead, passed away Saturday, December 27, 2014. Burial will be at 11 am Tuesday, December 30 at Oak Grove Cemetery in Walnut Springs, Texas. Visitation will be 5 to 7 pm Monday, Dec. 29 at Bellmead Funeral Home. Edna was born June 4, 1918 in Walnut Springs to Jess and Janie (Hicks) Sapp. She...

Henry J. Carter

Dec 23, 2014

Henry Jerome Carter, 88, of Bellmead, passed away Tuesday, December 23, 2014. Services will be 2 pm Saturday, Dec. 27, at Bellmead Funeral Home Chapel with Rusty Kwast officiating. Burial will be at Bold Springs Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 to 8 pm Friday, Dec. 26 at the funeral home. Henry was born November 6, 1926, in Bangs, Texas...

Mary M. Henry

Dec 23, 2014

Mary Mach Henry, of Waco, passed away Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at the age of 104 and one-half years old. Services will be 1 pm Monday, December 29 at Waco Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel with Rev. Curtis Holland officiating. Mary was born in 1910 in Elk, Texas to Adolph and Kathryn (Sana) Mach and was the oldest of...

Francis Pearl Douthit

Dec 22, 2014

Francis P. Compton-Douthit, 85, of Waco, passed away Monday, December 22, 2014 after suffering a stroke. Funeral service will be held at 10 am Saturday, December 27 at Concord Baptist Church, 4412 Concord Road, Bellmead, Texas with Rev. Lester Adams officiating. Burial will follow at Prairie Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 pm Friday,...

Rebecca Sue Crawley Meza

Dec 14, 2014

Rebecca Sue Crawley Meza, 47, of Bellmead, passed away Sunday, December 14, 2014. Services will be 10 am Wednesday, Dec. 17, at Mighty Wind Worship Center with Rev. Joe Carbajal officiating. Burial will be at Waco Memorial Park. Becky grew up the only girl out of 5 children. Fighting with her brothers, Rick, Mike, Jimmy and Gary is...

W. O. Boelter

Dec 14, 2014

Wilfred "Red" Boelter, 93, of Bellmead, passed away Sunday, December 14, 2014. Services will be 1 pm Wednesday, Dec. 17 at the First Evangelical Church with Bro. Richard Rust officiating. Burial will follow at 3 pm at Clifton Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 to 8 pm Tuesday, Dec. 16 at Bellmead Funeral Home. Red was born January 19, 1921 in...

Everett Edsol January Jr.

Dec 12, 2014

Everett Edsol January Jr., 82, of Bellmead, passed away Friday, December 12, 2014 at a local nursing home. Private family services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at Bellmead Funeral Chapel with Rev. Terry Wilkerson and Rev. Lester Adams officiating. Burial will be at Rosemound Cemetery. Visitation will be 5 to 8 pm Monday, Dec. 15...

Donald Ray Toten

Dec 11, 2014

Donnie, as known by his family, was born December 2, 1952 to Purvey and Katy Toten. He was the 4th born of 6 children and grew up in the China Spring community. He attended China Spring school where he was very active in the band. He attended TSTI for an Ammonia Hazmat degree. He was the father to 4...

Barbara Coffman Tacker Green

Dec 9, 2014

Barbara June Coffman Tacker Green went into Christ's loving arms on Tuesday, December 9, 2014. A celebration of life for Barbara will be held at 12:30 pm Saturday, December 13 at Bellmead Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Curtis Holland officiating. Burial will be at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 6 to 8 pm Friday, Dec. 12 at the funeral...

Patrick "Pat" W. Zalman

Dec 8, 2014

Patrick W. Zalman, 75, passed away Monday, December 8, 2014. Services will be 10 am Friday, Dec. 12 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Elk with burial to follow at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. Pat was born February 25, 1939 in Waco. He served in the Air Force and retired from the City of Garland after 25 years of service....

Betty Lou Livingston

Dec 3, 2014

Betty Lou Cook Livingston, age 91, passed away Wednesday, December 3, 2014 in Waco, Texas. Graveside services will be 2:30 pm Wednesday, Dec. 10, at Okmulgee Cemetery. She was born January 13, 1923 in Okmulgee, OK where she lived until graduating high school. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Robert N. Chapman Sr, her second husband,...