Obituaries

Jose Mota

Jose Mota

Feb 28, 2012

Jose Santos Mota, 65, passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2012 in Abilene. Funeral Mass will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, March 2nd at St. Francis Catholic Church 826 Cottonwood. Interment will follow in the Garden of Remembrance at Elmwood Memorial Park. Jose was born in Mexico on November 1, 1946 the son of Marcelino Mota Juarez and...

Albert Hoppe

Albert Hoppe

Feb 27, 2012

Albert Ervin Hoppe, 82, passed away on Monday, February 27, 2012, at his home, in Abilene. Visitation for family and friends will be from 6:00 8:00 PM on Wednesday, February 29, 2012, at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral service will be at 2:00 PM on Thursday, March 1, 2012, at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, with burial...

Nancy Crouse

Nancy Crouse

Feb 19, 2012

Nancy Sue Ward Crouse, 76, passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2012, at her home in Abilene. Visitation for family and friends will be from 6:00 8:00 PM on Wednesday, February 22, 2012, at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral service will be at 11:00 AM on Thursday, February 23, 2012, at Elmwood Chapel. Nancy was born...

Glenn Nelson

Glenn Nelson

Feb 19, 2012

After a long and courageous battle with cancer, Glenn Van Nelson Bubba, age 65, left this earthly world to be with his heavenly Father on February 19, 2012. He is predeceased in death by his mother Opal Bernice Nelson, his father Marvin Van Nelson, and sister Marita Darlene Nelson. Bubba was born in Blanchard, Oklahoma on August 8, 1946....

Deloris Jones

Deloris Jones

Feb 15, 2012

Deloris Hayes Jones, 81, passed away February 15, 2012, in Abilene. Visitation for family and friends will be held from 6:00 8:00 PM on Tuesday, February 21, 2012, at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South. Funeral service will be at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 520 Stafford St. Burial will follow...

Joe Wood

Joe Wood

Feb 11, 2012

Joe Franklin Wood, 60, passed away Saturday, February 11, 2012 in Abilene. Visitation will be 5 till 7 PM, Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral will be 2 PM, Wednesday, February 15, 2012 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow the service in Elmwood Memorial Parks, Garden of Remembrance. Joe...

Duane Pierce

Duane Pierce

Feb 8, 2012

Duane Marshall Pierce, 77, passed away Wednesday, February, 8, 2012 in Abilene. Visitation will be from 6 till 8 PM, Friday, February 10, 2012 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral service will be at 2 PM, Saturday, February, 11, 2012 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow the service in Elmwood Memorial Parks, Garden...

Gere Mitchell

Gere Mitchell

Feb 6, 2012

Gere Mitchell, 71, passed away Monday, February 6, 2012 in Abilene. Funeral service will be Wednesday, February 8, 2012 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Hwy 277 South, officiated by Reverend Terry Davis. Interment will follow the service in Elmwood Memorial Parks Garden of Faith. Gere was born October 21, 1940 in Abilene, TX to Pat and Jane...

Frances Almond

Frances Almond

Feb 3, 2012

Frances Evelee Long Thompson Almond, passed away Friday, February 3, 2012 surrounded by family and friends at Abilene Regional Hospital in Abilene, Texas. She was born September 30th, 1928 in Caldwell West Virginia. She was the daughter of the late Atchless Muart Long Jr. and Pearl Wood Long of Caldwell, West Virginia and spent her childhood years at The...

Marjorie Wright

Marjorie Wright

Feb 3, 2012

Marjorie Faye Wright, 86, passed away Friday, February 03, 2012 in Abilene. Her funeral service will be held at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 South with interment following in the Garden of Good Shepherd in Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation is from 5:00 to 7:00 PM on Monday at...

Dale Carlson

Dale Carlson

Feb 1, 2012

Dale M. Carlson passed away Wednesday February 1, 2012 in Abilene 10 days shy of his 91st birthday. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 7:00 PM on Friday at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South. A private family graveside will be held on Saturday. Dale was born on February 11, 1921 in Andalusia, Illinois the son of Charles...

Verle Smith

Verle Smith

Jan 28, 2012

Verle Max Red Smith, 86, of Eula passed away Saturday, January 28th in Abilene. A memorial service will be held at 12:30 PM on Wednesday, February 1st at the Eula United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at 2:00 PM in the Texas State Veterans Cemetery. Verle was born on November 23, 1925 in Little River, Kansas where he grew...

Arrie Cummings

Arrie Cummings

Jan 28, 2012

Our sweet Mammy, age 96, went to be with the Lord, she so faithfully served, on January 28, 2012. She was an amazing mother, grandmother, seamstress, and cake baker. She made many wedding cakes, including most of her grandchildrens. We will miss her sweet smile and her funny stories everyday Visitation will be from 6:00 till 8:00 PM, Monday,...

Gertrude Filipovich

Gertrude Filipovich

Jan 28, 2012

Gertrude Mansell Filipovich, 91, passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, January 28, 2012 after a brief illness. She was born in Commerce, Texas on July 18, 1920 and moved to Abilene with her parents, Bill and Velma Mansell, when she was five years old. Gertrude graduated from Abilene High School in 1937 and Draughons Business College in...

Lonnie Hohimer

Lonnie Hohimer

Jan 26, 2012

Lonnie LoHo Hohimer, 51, passed away January 26, 2012 in Sweetwater. Visitation will be from 6 till 8 PM, Monday, January 30, 2012 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral will be 10 AM, Tuesday, January 31, 2012 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow the service in Elmwood Memorial Parks Garden of Gethsemane. Lonnie...

Lynn Lee

Lynn Lee

Jan 21, 2012

Lynn Allen Lee, 88, passed away Saturday, January 21, 2012. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, January 24th in the Garden of Faith at Elmwood Memorial Park, 5750 HWY 277 South. Lynn was born on September 30, 1923 in Pittsburg, Oklahoma. He graduated from Clinton High School in Clinton, Oklahoma in 1942. He proudly...

Elizabeth Lee

Elizabeth Lee

Jan 20, 2012

Elizabeth C. Betty Lee, 95, passed away Friday, January 20, 2012 at Wisteria Place. A graveside service with Daniel Hargrave officiating will be held at 2:00 PM on Monday January 23rd in the Garden of Ten Commandments at Elmwood Memorial Park. Viewing will be available beginning at 10:00 AM on Sunday at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South....

Eleanor Gilbert

Eleanor Gilbert

Jan 19, 2012

Eleanor Clara Gilbert, 89, passed away Thursday, January 19, 2012 in Abilene. Her funeral service with Dr. Herbert Wood officiating will be held at 2:00 PM on Monday, January 23, 2012 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 South. Eleanor was born on April 24, 1922 in Newark, New York the daughter of Leonard Van Boven and...

James Brandon

James Brandon

Jan 19, 2012

James Daniel Brandon, 79, passed away Thursday, January 19, 2012 in Abilene. A graveside service will be held at1:00 PM on Saturday, January 21, 2012 in The Garden of Gethsemane at Elmwood Memorial Park, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Visitation will be before the service from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home. James was born on April...

Martha Mendoza

Martha Mendoza

Jan 19, 2012

Martha Lerma Mendoza, 68, passed away Thursday, January 19, 2012 in Abilene. Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 AM on Monday, January 23rd at St. Vincent Pallotti Catholic Church, 2525 Westview with interment following in Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be at 5:00 PM with Rosary beginning at 6:00 PM and Wake Service beginning at 7:00 PM on...