Bandera, Texas Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Bandera, Texas & Surrounding Areas
Recent Obituaries

Robert Sheehan Jr.
Dec 26, 2016
Services for Robert John Sheehan Jr., age 73 of Lakehills, who passed away Monday, December 26, 2016 at his residence are pending at Grimes Funeral Chapels of Bandera.
Beatrice Rhyne
Dec 25, 2016
Beatrice M. Rhyne, age 95 of Kerrville, passed away Sunday, December 25, 2016 at her residence. She was born June 11, 1921 in Ancon, Canal Zone to William Wharam Mendes Monsanto and Marie Louise (Boschulte) Mendes Monsanto. On September 10, 1944, she married Harvey Glenn Rhyne in Pedro Miguel, Canal Zone. \r\n \r\nBeatrice attended Balboa High School and Canal Zone...
Roy King
Dec 25, 2016
Roy J. King passed away December 25, 2016 in Kerrville, TX.\r\n\r\nHe was born April 15, 1928 in Santa Rosa, Texas to Anna and Sol King. The family moved to Corpus Christi about 1930 where Roy lived until 1986. He married his high school sweetheart, Rose Coonrod, on January 24, 1946. They raised tree sons while Roy attended and graduated from...
Una Reiter
Dec 24, 2016
Una Miller Reiter passed away on December 24, 2016 at her home in Kerrville, Texas.\r\n \r\nUna was born in Kerrville on July 2, 1923 and graduated from Tivy High School in 1941 where she was valedictorian of her graduating class.\r\n \r\nShe attended college in San Antonio at Our Lady of the Lake University and obtained a degree in Business. After...
Willie Hufstedler
Dec 23, 2016
Willie Schmidt Hufstedler completed her earthly journey and met her Lord and Savior face to face on Dec. 23, 2016. Just days before her death, she celebrated her 94th birthday with her family. Willie was born in Hays County near Goforth, Texas to Gustav and Callie Belle Schmidt. Her earliest memories were of going to church with her brothers and...
Jake Phillips
Dec 23, 2016
Our wisest teacher, Jake Phillips, offered his final breath on December 23, 2016 after a lifelong illness, completing the embrace of his angelic presence. His heroic final days were spent surrounded by his expansive community of family and friends including a vast network of his students whom he taught from afar. His final lessons were saved for his loving mother...
Mary Powell
Dec 22, 2016
Mary Louise Powell, age 93, went to be with our Lord on Thursday, December 22, 2016 at home with her family at her side. Born January 29, 1923, she and her husband moved to Kerrville in 1945 and owned and operated Powell Welding and Machine Works.\r\n \r\nShe was preceded in death by husband, W.G. "Red" Powell; sister, Patricia Collins; brothers,...

Emojean Kosub
Dec 21, 2016
Services for Emojean Kosub, age 91 of Bandera, who passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2016 in a Bandera care center are pending at Grimes Funeral Chapels of Bandera.

Robert Robison
Dec 21, 2016
Robert Mark Robison, 57, passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at his residence after a brief battle with cancer.\r\n \r\nHe is survived by his parents, T.J. and Nancy Robison; sisters, Lori and John Rawlings of Matagorda, TX, Kristi and Kendall Cook of Lubbock, TX; daughter, Jamie Munguia; grandchildren Payton, Jackson and Mason Munguia; nieces, Betsi McKee and husband Bill, Haley...
Leila Reid
Dec 21, 2016
Leila M. Reid entered into eternal rest on December 21, 2016, in Lakehills, Texas. She was born to Hannibal and Harriet Cook on November 9, 1920, in Albany, Georgia. She married James E. Reid, the love of her life, on February 1, 1941, in Heflin, Alabama.\r\n\r\nHer greatest joy was working in her garden and sitting on the front porch watching...
Billy Shelley
Dec 21, 2016
Billy Keith Shelley, 79 of Kerrville, passed away December 21, 2016 at University Hospital in San Antonio. He was born June 7, 1937 to Hilda Hyatt Shelley and Gordon Kermit Shelley. Billy served in the United States Army two different times. The first time 10/8/1958-9/23/60. The second time was 10/26/1961-8/7/62. Billy was honorably discharged on September 30, 1964.\r\n \r\nAt the...

Cindy Chatham
Dec 20, 2016
Services for Cindy Chatham, age 59 of Kerrville, who passed away Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at her residence are pending at Grimes Funeral Chapels of Bandera.
Karen Bishop
Dec 19, 2016
Karen Ann Bishop was born on September 5, 1951 to Colonel Paul and Kathleen Marshall in Fort Meade, Maryland. She passed away on December 19, 2016 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Bryan, Texas.\r\n\r\nKaren graduated from SHAPE American High School in Brussels, Belgium and received a degree in Special Education from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and a Masters in Education...
Donald Abrams Jr.
Dec 15, 2016
Donald C. Abrams Jr., 68 of Helotes, Texas, passed away on Thursday December 15, 2016, while in the care of hospice. Don was born May 26, 1948 in Ft. Collins Colorado to Donald C. Sr., and Mary H. Abrams. \r\n\r\nDon grew up in Denver Colorado; he was involved in church youth group, played trumpet in his high school band and...
Virginia Lunday
Dec 14, 2016
Virginia Johannessen Lunday, born August 28, 1927 in Edinburg, Texas, passed away in Kerrville, Texas on December 14, 2016 with family and friends by her side.\r\n \r\nSurvivors include sons, Jesse Odell and Mary Farley of Kerrville, Virgil Odell and Lana of Marble Falls and Royce Odell and Lisa of Ft. Worth; grandchildren, Chance Odell and Mary of Rayne, LA, Candice...

Russell Bellamy
Dec 14, 2016
Russell (Russ, Rusty) Wright Bellamy, age 65, passed away in Lakehills, TX on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 with his family by his side. He was born August 15, 1951 in San Antonio, Texas to William Butler & Carolyn Wright Bellamy. \r\n\r\nRuss worked most of his career as an entrepreneur owning and managing many various businesses with his premier business ‘The...
Sarah Hall
Dec 14, 2016
Sarah Sue Hall, age 46, passed away on Wednesday, December 14th at her home in Kerrville, Texas. She was born in San Antonio, Texas on June 3, 1970, and adopted by Ben and Sue Low, on June 9, 1970.\r\n \r\nSarah graduated from Tivy High School in 1988. She received a degree in Communications with a minor in English from Texas...

Ilene Stephenson
Dec 14, 2016
Ilene Joy Stephenson, 77, of Pipe Creek, passed away on December 14, 2016 in Boerne, TX. She was born in Ponca City, Oklahoma to Myrtle and Dan Harrison on September 9, 1939. She Married Donald G. Stephenson on August 24, 1958 in Shidler, Oklahoma.\r\n\r\nIlene is preceded in death by her husband, Donald Stephenson.\r\n\r\nShe is survived by her daughters, Brenda Stephenson...
Curtis Southerland
Dec 13, 2016
Curtis Larry Southerland entered the eternal peace of heaven with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ Tuesday, December 13, 2016. "Larry" as he was known best, was born October 14, 1939 in Santa Rosa, Texas. The first born son of Ennis Clyde Southerland and Clarice Opal Nelms Southerland. Gary E. Southerland, his younger brother, as well as his parents have...
Allan Strand
Dec 13, 2016
Allan Mark Strand, 73, of Bandera, Texas, passed away on December 13, 2016 in San Antonio. He was born in Bowbells, North Dakota, to Mark Allan and Inez Strand on May 25, 1943. He married Alphee Liliane Pesch on April 23, 1966 in Butzbach, Germany.\r\n\r\nHe graduated from Colorado State University with a Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Biology. He retired...