Obituaries
Helen Beatrice Knopp Talbot
Apr 1, 2021
Helen Beatrice “Bea” Knopp Talbot, age 100, passed away peacefully April 1, 2021. She was born March 2, 1921 in her home in San Antonio, TX to Edwin and Annie Knopp. Bea grew up in San Antonio and met Ralph Dobrusky in 1940. They were married on April 26,1940. Ralph was killed in an airplane accident on September 5, 1942....
Lisa Graffigna Kilpatrick
Mar 28, 2021
Lisa Kilpatrick, a devoted wife, died peacefully on March 28, 2021.Lisa was born April 1, 1961 in St. Louis, MO, the daughter of Vic and Mary Ann Graffigna. Lisa loved to cook, garden and decorate for every holiday. She battled cancer for over 16 years and was a devout Christian.She is survived by her husband, Kent; father, Vic Graffigna and...
Janice Leah Breitenstine
Mar 27, 2021
Janice Leah Breitenstine, 74, of Fort Worth, TX passed away Saturday March 27, 2021.Janice was born to Curtis and Betty Beaber in Clinton, Ohio on January 26, 1947. Janice graduated from Northwest Highschool, majored in music education at Capital University where she was a member of Phi Beta Fraternity and received her master’s degree in music education from the University...
Betty Jo Horton Pate
Mar 26, 2021
Betty Jo Horton Pate, 94, passed away peacefully in her home Friday morning on March 26, 2021 shortly after visits with her family and telephone calls from relatives and friends in other states.Betty Jo was born July 1, 1926 to Ethel Nicholson Horton and Leonard Floyd Horton and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina. Soon after graduating from Queens College and...
Robert William Brown
Mar 25, 2021
Robert William “Bobby” Brown, 96, passed away on Thursday, March 25, 2021.Dr. Bobby Brown was born on October 25, 1924 in Seattle, WA to William and Myrtle Brown. He proudly served during the Korean War in a MASH Unit. He played on four World Series Championship teams with the New York Yankees while attending and graduating from Medical School from...
Betty Harpole Hyman
Mar 24, 2021
Betty Harpole Hyman of San Antonio, Texas, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 24th 2021, surrounded by her loving family. She was 82 years old. Betty was a devoted mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and sister. She was also the wife of the late General Arthur S. Hyman. Betty is survived by her sister, Ethelyn Lee Harpole Welles of Madison, WI;...
Jackie Lee Bibbs
Mar 23, 2021
Jack Bibbs of Fort Worth, went to his eternal rest on March 23rd, 2021, peacefully, while watching his favorite sports on TV. Jack was born on June 12th, 1948, in Temple, Texas. The youngest of the 4 brothers and 1 sister, born to Cleo Bibbs and Annie Bell Chambless (Ne: Walter J. Chambless, Jack’s stepfather). He is preceded in death...
Ernestine Crutchfield Nichols
Mar 21, 2021
Ernestine “Teeny” Nichols, 95, left this world and lives her new life with Christ.A faithful mon, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt and friend to many, she lived her life with kindness, patience and in service to others. Teeny was a member of Travis Avenue Baptist Church for over 50 years.Teeny is preceded in death by husband, Joseph Bruce Nichols, her parents, Ernest...
Elpida Bakintas Peters
Mar 21, 2021
Elpida (Elpis) Bakintas Peters passed away March 21, 2021 at age 84 with family and friends by her side. She was born December 15, 1936 in Iraklion, Crete, Greece to Malama and Konstantine Bakintas. Elpis was one of six children. She is survived by her sister Anna, her brother Diogenese, two children, Athena Wiginton and Paun Peters, four grandchildren, and...
Errol William Schmeits
Mar 16, 2021
Errol William Schmeits passed away at home on Tuesday, March 16, 2021.Born on March 28, 1940, to Bill and Ellen Schmeits in Burwell, Nebraska and was raised on a farming ranch just outside of Erickson. He never shied from hard work and was physically active all his days. His early work was in retail sales and then he and Eleanor...
Dorothy May Lipscomb
Mar 13, 2021
Dorothy May Lipscomb lived almost 102 years and what a life she had! She was born in Mansfield, Ohio on May 23, 1919, and passed away on Saturday, March 13, 2021. Her father, Frank Klohs, was an engineer with the Ohio Brass Company and worked his way up from engineer to a very prominent position. Her mother, Mary Boesch, was...
Mary Ann Clavin Graffigna
Mar 11, 2021
Mary Ann Graffigna, a devoted mother and grandmother, died peacefully on Thursday, March 11, 2021.Mary Ann was born May 11, 1940 in Marshall, Missouri, the daughter of Leo and Daphne Clavin. She attended Incarnate Word Academy in St. Louis, MO and Mount St. Scolastica in Atchison, KA.She is survived by her children, Lisa Kilpatrick and Kent, Vic Graffigna and Allyson...
Addie Lee Guinn
Mar 9, 2021
Addie Lee Guinn, 95, passed away on Tuesday, March 9, 2021.Addie was born on July 11, 1925 in Runge, TX to Lucille and Theodore Little. She met the love of her life Edward Guinn while in Nursing School at Prairie View A & M. After they married, she and Dr. Guinn moved to various Universities in Colorado, Washington and eventually...
Mary Elaine Breen
Mar 8, 2021
Margaret Anne Breen was the second oldest of six children. Her father, Robert Anthony Breen, was born in Fort Worth and after working for an oil company in Indiana, returned here and opened a grocery store near downtown. This was destroyed in the famous 1949 flood, so he and his wife, Helen Marie Breen, opened a second store in White...
John Robert Lively
Mar 2, 2021
John Robert Lively died peacefully at home Tuesday, March 2nd surrounded by his family.Born September 11, 1942 in Port Arthur, Texas to James O. and Pearl T. Lively, John spent his childhood in Navasota Texas, graduating from Navasota High School. He received a degree in History from Texas A&M University before receiving his law degree from the University of Texas...
Barbara Riney
Mar 2, 2021
Barbara Riney completed her journey her with us March 2, 2021.Born, Mary Barbara Hart, in Fort Worth, Texas on November 15, 1938 to Eugene Paul Hart II and Margaret Milan Healy Hart. She was a loving mother, sister, grandmother, great grandmother and most of all a friend.Barbara grew up in Fort Worth and attended Our Lady of Victory Catholic School....
Jewell Lucille Abshire Elliott
Feb 28, 2021
Jewell died peacefully Sunday, February 28, 2021 in Hospice care at Baylor All Saints. She lived a long and independent life of 97 years, however 2020 was tedious. Isolation from family, activities, and the death of Glen, her husband of 74 1/2 years in August, took it’s toll. Her plucky spirit became bridled and rather lost. Heaven surely means pie...
Renita Sue Rogers Duncan
Feb 28, 2021
Renita Sue Rogers Duncan passed away on February 28, 2021 from age-related complications. Renita was born on April 15, 1925, in a log cabin in Dickson, Tennessee, the only child of Lester and Valli Rogers. Renita was a loving and encouraging wife and mother, “Other Mama” to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.She grew up in Nashville and attended Ward-Belmont College. At...
Betty Duman
Feb 27, 2021
Betty Duman, 82, passed away peacefully in hospice care, Saturday, February 27, 2021.Elizabeth Ann Scholl (Betty) Duman was born April 8, 1938 in Pittsburgh, PA, the daughter of Frank and Madeline Clara (Lang) Scholl. She grew up in Pittsburgh where she attended Divine Providence Academy. In 1959, she married George John Duman and in 1972 they moved to Texas where...
Sue Simnacher Todd
Feb 24, 2021
Sue Simnacher Todd, 77, died February 24, 2021 in hospice care in Dallas of multiple medical issues.Born in Fort Worth, Sue crisscrossed the country with her family as her pharmacist father was transferred with the U.S. Public Health Service.Her petite frame was home to her powerful, playful, fun-loving, and sometimes impulsive free spirit. She was a catalyst who enlivened many...
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