Bandera, Texas Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Bandera, Texas & Surrounding Areas
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Sue Johnson
Jan 19, 2015
Sue Johnson, age 74, of Kerrville passed away on Monday, January 19, 2015. She was born on March 10, 1940 in Norman, Oklahoma to Former State Senator Joe Smalley and Virginia Coleman Smalley. On April 5, 1957 she married Robert A. Johnson in Norman. \r\n\r\nRobert and Sue had three children and when her youngest child was 17, she attended the...
Travis Thompson
Jan 18, 2015
Travis Claude Thompson, 96, passed from this life on January 18, 2015 at Bandera Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center in Bandera, TX. He was born on March 21, 1918 in Lipan, Texas to Lee and Linnie Belle Thompson. He was the eldest of 6 children.\r\n\r\nAmidst the Great Depression and early in his education, he left school to assist his dad with...
Jonathan Ragsdale
Jan 18, 2015
Jonathan Jones Ragsdale, age 59 of Ingram, passed away Sunday, January 18, 2015 in Kerrville, TX. Jon was born June 20, 1955 at Sid Peterson Hospital in Kerrville to Silas B. Ragsdale Jr. and Ruth "Dusty" Byerly Ragsdale.\r\n \r\nHe attended Texas Woman's University Demonstration School in Denton, Hunt Elementary School and Tivy High School before graduating from high school at...
Guy Burney
Jan 17, 2015
Guy Meador Burney, 88, of Center Point, Texas, passed away Saturday, January 17, 2015, in a Kerrville care center.\r\n\r\nThe youngest of three children, he was born November 4, 1926, in Center Point, Texas to Billie and Clinton DeWitt Burney. A life-long resident of Center Point, Guy graduated from Center Point High School and married Betty Lee Hodges on December 18,...
Marilyn Walters
Jan 17, 2015
Marilyn Jeanne Walters, age 86, of Kerrville, Texas, passed away on Saturday, January 17, 2015. She was born in Detroit, Michigan to Arthur and Irene Hernden. On January 18, 1947 she married Harry J. Walters in Detroit, Michigan.\r\n \r\nJeanne is survived by her five loving daughters: Linda Fryback of Southern California; Daryl Sandy Crawford (Dan) of Southern California; Cherie Holmes...
Charlotte Rutherford
Jan 14, 2015
Charlotte Jane Rutherford, age 85 of Lubbock, formerly of Kerrville, passed away Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at her residence. She was born April 12, 1929 in Dublin, TX to William Carl Sturdivant and Dora Elizabeth (Snead) Sturdivant. \r\n \r\nShe volunteered over 1000 hours at the Kerrville VA Hospital. She loved Sunrise Baptist Church, loved to travel and will be greatly...
Eugene Bode
Jan 13, 2015
Eugene "Gene" Donald Bode, age 75, is now rejoicing in heaven after leaving this world on January 13, 2015 at Canterbury Court Nursing Home in Harlingen, Texas. \r\n \r\nBorn March 25, 1939, he lived in Harper, Texas all of his life. He began working at Bode Feed & Supply when he was just a young boy and later purchased the...
Bonnie Ahrens
Jan 13, 2015
Bonnie Ahrens, a third generation Houstonian, passed away peacefully Tuesday, January 13, 2015. She was born to Laurence Joseph Forney and Florence Lillian Ferguson on October 6, 1927.\r\n \r\nShe attended Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas until she met the love of her life, Bob Ahrens, her brother's roommate at Texas A&M University. They were married on November 6th in...
Pauline Mosty
Jan 12, 2015
Pauline Mosty, age 86 of Kerrville, passed away Monday, January 12, 2015. She was born in Kerrville on February 5, 1928 to Lawrence and Myrtle Evans. She was soon joined by sisters, Ernestine and Belva and by her brother, Scotty. She graduated from Tivy High School in 1945 and went to work at the Lower Colorado River Authority. On March...
James Heidelberg
Jan 12, 2015
James M Heidelberg, 77, of Lakehills, passed away peacefully on January 12, 2015. He was born in Bay Springs, MS to Samuel and Floy Heidelberg on November 18, 1937. He married Esther Ruth Reynolds on January 31, 1957 in Harris County.\r\n\r\nHe worked in construction at J.M. Heidelberg Co. and was co-owner of Dusti's Supermarket and Hardware. He enjoyed traveling, hunting,...
Douglas Wistner
Jan 12, 2015
Douglas Clifton Wistner, 28, passed away on Monday, January 12, 2015, at his home in Austin, Texas. Born July 12, 1986, in Houston, Texas, Doug was an athlete, a scholar, a brother, a son and a friend to many. He is survived by his parents, Kathy and Granger MacDonald of Kerrville, Texas, and Clifton and Pam Wistner of Kansas City,...
Glenn Nelson
Jan 8, 2015
Glenn Francis Nelson, 95, passed away in Kerrville, TX on Jan 8, 2015. He was born in Bessemer, PA to Charles and Eva Mae (Hofmeister) Nelson on Oct 21, 1919. \r\n \r\nHe graduated from the Pratt Institute School of Art and Design and worked as a commercial artist until his retirement in 1979. He was a veteran of WWII, served...
Irene Gilmore
Jan 8, 2015
Irene Lestarjette Gilmore went home to the Lord on Thursday, January 8, 2015. Irene was born August 2, 1919 to Fred and Clara (Usener) Lestarjette in San Antonio, TX. She married Lee Boyd Gilmore on October 1, 1938.\r\n \r\nIrene enjoyed volunteering at the Hill Country Youth Ranch thrift store as well as at CAM. She was a member of the...

Billie Welch
Jan 8, 2015
Billie Jo Welch, age 81 of Kerrville, passed away Thursday, January 8, 2015 in a local hospital. She was born July 28, 1933 in Freer, TX to Otto O. Hill and Inez M. (Webb) Hill. \r\n \r\nShe worked as a bookkeeper for Hunt-Ingram Gas Company for 13 years. \r\n \r\nSurvivors include son, Dale Burkett of Bandera; and nieces and nephews.\r\n...
Edward Rix
Jan 5, 2015
Edward Dale Rix born July 20, 1934 in Pettus, Texas to Richard Wallace Rix and Mary Ann Miller Rix died January 5, 2015.\r\n\r\nHe leaves behind his wife of 58 years, Audrey Fae Starr Rix, children Carolyn Williamson Butcher, A. W. "Wayne" Williamson and wife Kathryn, Richard Rix and wife Carletta, and Randy Rix and wife Michelle. Grandchildren Christie, Victoria, Heather,...

Douglas Clemens
Jan 4, 2015
Douglas Edward Clemens, 86, of Tarpley, Texas, passed away on Jan. 4, 2015 in Bandera, Texas. He was born June 9, 1928 in Del Rio to Ferdinand Adolph Jr. and Bessie Ray Clemens.\r\n\r\nDoug grew up in Dallas, Texas, where he graduated from North Dallas High School in 1945. He attended Texas A & M before enlisting in the Army Air...
Eula Farmer
Jan 4, 2015
Eula B. Hiler Farmer was born to Daniel I. and Josephine Rollins Hiler in Sabinal on December 1, 1920, and died peacefully in Kerrville on January 4, 2015. After having lived in at least ten different places in six Texas towns (Sabinal, San Antonio, Waelder, Troup, Trinity, Gardendale) by age 9, she lived in Dilley for most of her life,...
Evelyn Walton
Jan 4, 2015
Evelyn Farar Walton, 80, of Kerrville, TX, passed away on January 4, 2015 in Kerrville. She was born in Burkburnett, TX to Dewey B. Farar and Donnie Nabours Farar on January 26, 1934. She married Jack E. Walton in Portland, TX.\r\n\r\nShe graduated from Odessa High School in 1951. Her scholastic accomplishments placed her very near the top of her class....
Anna Stehling
Jan 4, 2015
Anna Laverne Stehling, age 83 of Ingram, passed away Sunday, January 4, 2015 in a local hospital. She was born October 29, 1931 in Stonewall, TX to Willie P. Burg and Frieda (Engel) Burg. On April 19, 1952, she married Anton R. "Tony" Stehling.\r\n \r\nAnna graduated from St. Mary's High School in Fredericksburg. She was a librarian and teacher's aide...
Marjorie Kunkel
Jan 3, 2015
Marjorie Verna Mae Jennings Kunkel, age 94, of Kerrville, passed away on Saturday, January 3, 2015 at her residence. She was born on April 10, 1920 in Knox City, TX, to Thomas Vernon and Annie Madison Cole Jennings. On July 25, 1959, she married Edward John Kunkel in Ancon, in the Panama Canal Zone. He preceded her in death in...