Obituaries

Inez Tucker

Apr 23, 2024

Aletha Inez Tucker will be laid to rest on May 2, 2024 at 2:00 PM graveside service.

Inez was born in McLean, Texas on August 16, 1921. After 4 years there they moved to Abilene area. She graduated in 1938 from Tuscola high school, then moved to Shamrock, Texas. While shopping for shoes with her cousin she met the...

Mac Bowman

Apr 19, 2024

Mac Bowman, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, great-great grandfather, brother, uncle, and Navy veteran, passed away on Friday, April 19, 2024 at the age of 82 in Abilene, Texas. A visitation will be 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Thursday, April 25, 2024 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Graveside service will begin immediately following at 1:00 PM in Elmwood Memorial...

Leigha Stevens

Apr 18, 2024

Leigha Stevens, 77, beloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother, was called to her eternal resting place on April 18, 2024 at her home in Abilene, TX.

Leigha was born on October 18, 1946 in Olney, Illinois born to James Edward Walters and Beatrice Michels.

Mrs. Stevens is survived by her loving husband,...

Betty Wicker

Apr 17, 2024

Betty Marie Wicker was born January 25,1929, in the state of California, raised by her father Lee Parks in Winters, Tx. Betty graduated from Ballinger High School in 1946, then married Billy B. Massey in 1947. She attended Draughons Business College in 1947 and then moved to Austin to help her husband Billy get through pharmacy school at the University...

Katrina Paro

Apr 17, 2024

Katrina Renee Paro of Abilene, TX. passed away on April 17, 2024, in the comfort of her home with family at the age of 49. She was born on May 17, 1974. She had been chronically ill for years. She loved her children and had her fur baby killer by her side the entire time.

 She is preceded in death by...

Anna Karen Frost

Apr 16, 2024

Anna Karen Frost, beloved by family, friends, and the community, passed away on April 16, 2024, at the age of 76 after bravely battling Glioblastoma for 18 months. Anna was born on January 27, 1948, in Abilene, Texas, to Conway and Elizabeth (Owen) Frost.

Anna Karen's journey was marked by a deep love for learning and the arts. She graduated...

Ronald White

Apr 13, 2024

Ronald Eugene White, 78, of Boerne, Texas, passed away on April 13, 2024. Ron was born in Big Spring, Texas, to Elmo and Juanita White. A visitation will be 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Thursday, April 18, 2024, at Elmwood Funeral Home 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral services will be 10:00 AM on Friday, April 19, 2024, in the Elmwood...

Annie Barker

Apr 12, 2024

Annie (Ann) J Barker, 97 passed away on April 12, 2024, in Fort Pierce, Florida.

She was born in Dallas, Texas on June 11,1926. Her parents were Clyde Harvey and Mamie (Meier) Harvey. Ann joined brother, Clyde and sisters, Vera and Lillian. The Harvey's moved to Abilene, Texas where the family was completed with the births of Joan and...

Peggy Campbell

Apr 12, 2024

Peggy Dawn Campbell, beloved sister, wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully on April 12, 2024, in Abilene, Texas, at the age of 64. A funeral service will be at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Hwy 277 South.

Born on March 1, 1960, to Paul and Eleanor Angleton in...

Joy Castleman

Apr 10, 2024

Joy Duckworth Castleman, 89, passed away on April 10, 2024, in Abilene, Texas. A visitation will be 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM, Thursday, April 18, 2024, in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Hwy 277 South. A funeral service will begin at 11:00 AM immediately following the visitation.  

Joy was born in Oklahoma, but it wasn’t long before her parents...

James Kilton

Apr 6, 2024

James Robert Kilton, 76, passed away peacefully in his home on Saturday, April 6, 2024.

A visitation will be held on Sunday, April 14, 2024, at Elmwood Funeral Home Family Center, 5750 Hwy 277 South, Abilene, Texas. A graveside service will be held on Monday, April 15, 2024, at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery of Abilene, 7457 West Lake...

Sharon Bruneau

Apr 5, 2024

Sharon Lyn Pehl Bruneau (73) beloved by many, was born July 21, 1950, and passed into life eternal April 5, 2024.

Sharon was born to Chester and Laguan Carroll in Three Rivers, TX, where she spent her early childhood. In 1963 the family relocated to Abilene where she attended Abilene schools and was a 1969 Abilene High School graduate....

Mary Tavera

Apr 4, 2024

Mary Tavera was born on January 11, 1941, in San Antonio, Texas to the late Macedonio Donias and Adelina Garcia Donias. She peacefully transitioned to her heavenly home on April 4, 2024.

Memorial Services will be Saturday, April 20, 2024 at 10:00am at Elmwood Funeral Home 5750 Hwy 277 South, Abilene, Texas.

In addition to her parents,...

Frances Mijares

Apr 4, 2024

With great sorrow and bittersweet gratitude, the family of Frances M. Mijares announce the passing of our brave, kind, caring, strong and undeniably compassionate mother, grandmother, aunt, sister, and friend. She passed in the early morning hours of April 4, 2024. Frances was born on January 29th, 1945 in Abilene, Texas. She was the daughter of the late Jessie and...

Esperanza Mendoza

Apr 2, 2024

Esperanza (Hope) Mendoza, 83, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother departed this life peacefully on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 surrounded by her family.

Esperanza was born in San Angelo, Tx. to Secundino and Josefa Lopez on April 20, 1940. In her childhood, she traveled the country as a migrant worker helping to support her family. They eventually settled...

Daniel Salazar

Apr 1, 2024

Daniel "Danny" Salazar, beloved son, brother, uncle, friend, and adventurer, passed away on April 1, 2024 at the age of 21. Danny's life was a vibrant tapestry woven with love, passion, and an insatiable curiosity for the world around him. Visitation will be 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Tuesday, April 16, 2024, with a Rosary beginning at 7:00 PM in...

Peggy Elmore

Apr 1, 2024

Loving, loyal and West Texas gal, Peggy Joyce Baskett Elmore died on April 1, 2024. She fought a long, valiant battle with Myasthenia Gravis diagnosed in 1996. Services will be held in Abilene at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel on Saturday, April 13, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. Visitation will be held at Elmwood Funeral Home on Friday, April 12, from 6:00...

Abraham Williams

Mar 31, 2024

Abraham Cewood Williams (Butchie) Jr. was born to Abraham Cewood Williams Sr. and Allessia Willams on August 3, 1941.

Funeral Services will be Saturday April 13, 2024, at 2:30pm at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel 5750 Hwy 277 South, Abilene, Texas. The visitation will be Friday April 12, 2024, at Elmwood Funeral home. A burial will follow at Elmwood...

Vernetta Graham

Mar 31, 2024

Vernetta Mae Graham was born on April 10, 1931, to Howard and Golda White Smith in Coleman County, Sealy Hospital, in Santa Anna, Texas. She attended several schools while she was growing up, since her father was a Nazarine minister during the depression, and they moved around quite a lot. She graduated from Quanah TX High School in 1948. She...

Emil Szymanski

Mar 29, 2024

Emil John Szymanski, beloved father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully on March 29, 2024, surrounded by his family, at Legend at Jefferson's Garden in Edmond, Oklahoma. He was 99 years old.Emil was born on July 24, 1924, in Chicago, Illinois, to John and Agatha (Michalska) Szymanski, the youngest of six siblings. He graduated from Lane Tech in Chicago and...