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Dennis Allen Hoffmann

Dennis Allen Hoffmann

Aug 23, 2024

Dennis A. Hoffmann was called to be with the Lord on Friday Aug. 23 at his home in Pipe Creek Tx. He was struggling with health issues and was recently diagnosed with ALS.

Denny was remembered in Happiness with Family events he always enjoyed attending. He also enjoyed and took pride in his work as a Stagehand and lighting technician for...

Vernon Ray Tye

Vernon Ray Tye

Aug 18, 2024

Vernon Ray Tye of Bandera, TX, passed away on August 18, 2024, in Kerrville, TX. He was born in Oklahoma City, OK, to Virgil and Verba Tye on February 7, 1941. He married Lorena Brown on May 25, 1960, in Carrizo Springs, TX.

Vernon attended high school in Fort Stockton, TX. He earned his GED and completed one year of college...

John Wesley Stewart

John Wesley Stewart

Aug 13, 2024

John Wesley Stewart went to be with the Lord on August 13, 2024, at his home in Lake Hills, Texas.

John was born the second oldest of 4 to Pat H. Stewart and MaryLou Stewart on August 22, 1943. He grew up in San Antonio, Texas and graduated from Harlendale High School. John and his wife Belinda have owned their private...

Shirley Jean McMillan

Shirley Jean McMillan

Aug 10, 2024

Shirley Jean McMillan, 84, of Bandera, Texas, passed away on August 10, 2024, in Athens, Texas, with family at her side. 

Shirley was born in 1939 to George William McMillan and Vera Cleora (McDonald) McMillan in Crystal City, Texas. She was partially named by her sister Joella who, when asked, wanted the baby’s name to be Shirley Temple! Her earliest home...

Deborah Ann Spoonire

Deborah Ann Spoonire

Aug 10, 2024

Deborah Ann Spoonire, 68, of Bandera, Texas, passed away peacefully at her home on August 10, 2024, surrounded by her loved ones. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 27, 1956, to Donald and Joan Blackenship, Deborah lived a life full of love and devotion to her family.

 She married the love of her life, Bobby Spoonire, on April 16, 1983, in...

Allan John Stettner

Allan John Stettner

Aug 7, 2024

Allan John Stettner, 64, of Lakehills, TX passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday, August 7, 2024. Allan was born in Morris, MN on March 13, 1960, to John and Rose (McCormack) Stettner. 

He attended school in Hancock, MN, and worked locally until relocating to Texas in 1983 with his wife, Linda (Lehtola). In his 41 years living in TX,...

Katherine Elizabeth Boyce

Katherine Elizabeth Boyce

Jul 26, 2024

Katherine E Boyce passed at home surrounded by family on July 26, 2024 at the age of 94. Born in Dallas, Tx on July 23, 1930 to Charles and Lela Wachter, Katherine spent her growing up years in Uvalde, Tx. She attended Uvalde Schools, then later SWTJC, San Antonio College, receiving degrees in Accounting and Business. Katherine met her husband...

Velma Leota Postert

Velma Leota Postert

Jul 26, 2024

Velma Leota Postert (Jacobs) passed away on July 26, 2024, at her home in Bandera with her family by her side. She was 94 years old.

Velma was born to Gretchen and Leonard Earl Jacobs on August 13, 1929, in Melbourne, Arkansas during the Great Depression. 

After her father passed away when she was 10 years old, her mother moved her and...

Miles Reagan Gaines

Miles Reagan Gaines

Jul 21, 2024

Miles Reagan Gaines, 74, Of Pipe Creek, TX, passed away on July 21, 2024, in San Antonio, Tx. 

 He was born in the Panama Canal Zone to Roland William and Doris Mathis Gaines on November 7, 1949.

 He went to school at Edison High School, San Antonio, TX. He worked as an installer at AT&T for 33 years.

 Miles was preceded in death...

Lynda Kay Johnson

Lynda Kay Johnson

Jul 19, 2024

Lynda Kay Johnson of Pipe Creek, Texas passed away peacefully at her home on July 19, 2024, surrounded by her loved ones.

Funeral service will be held at Grimes Bandera Funeral Chapel on July 30,2024 at 1pm.

 

Anita Fern Smoot

Anita Fern Smoot

Jul 13, 2024

Anita F. Smoot, born in Mt. Sterling, Iowa to the late Walter and Helen Vehslage embarked on her final journey to be with her lord at the age of 90. Needie, as she was affectionately known to those close to her, was a remarkable soul who touched the lives of many with her strong spirit and zest for life. 

Anita’s journey...

Elsie Martinez

Elsie Martinez

Jul 9, 2024

Elsie Martinez of Bandera, TX passed away on July 9th at home. She was born to Nicolasa and Marcelino Martinez on December 28, 1960. Although she was never married, she shared several happy years with her partner Michael Brantley. 

Elsie is proceeded in death by her parents Marcelino Martinez, Nicolasa Martinez, her siblings, Arturo Martinez, Alma Rasmussen, Margie Ann Martinez and...

Betty Jane Cavin

Betty Jane Cavin

Jul 8, 2024

Betty Jane Cavin 87 of Bandera TX passed away peacefully on July 8, 2024, at her residence surrounded by her loved ones.

Betty was born in Boerne, TX to Edward Dee Richardson and Leona Lilly Richardson on October 14, 1936.

Betty is preceded in death by her husband Thomas E. Cavin and her parents. Also preceded by Tammy Cavin (daughter in law),...

Helen "Rose" King

Helen "Rose" King

Jul 2, 2024

Helen ‘Rose’ King passed away July 2, 2024. She was born in Jacksonville, AL on December 22, 1930 to Helen Rose and John F. Waters.

As a child, she moved to Texas with her mother and grandparents. In 1939 her mother married Robert ‘Bob’ Coonrod. In 1944 they moved to Corpus Christi where she met and married Roy J. King in...

Phillip Mason Hunt

Phillip Mason Hunt

Jun 29, 2024

Phillip “Mason” Hunt, born the 23rd of May 1962 in Houston, Texas, passed away Saturday, June 29th, 2024, where his mother welcomed him into heaven by providing a rainstorm on his beloved ranch in Bandera, Texas. 

Mason was the son of Thomas Ney Hunt and Sandra Joy Hunt. He was a devoted husband to the love of his life, Rochelle Hunt....

Noah Adam Smith

Noah Adam Smith

Jun 28, 2024

Noah Smith, 17, of Bandera, Texas, passed away on June 28, 2024, unexpectedly. He was born in Kerrville, Texas, to Kelly Mann on December 28, 2006.

He attended Bandera High School and was to graduate with the class of 2025. Noah loved mechanics and working on cars.

Noah is proceeded in death by his grandpas, Kenneth Mann and Travis Wiggins and his...

Charles Allan Kluna

Charles Allan Kluna

Jun 21, 2024

Charles Allan Kluna passed away on June 21, 2024.

He was born on October 13, 1940 in McAllen, Texas and graduated from Pharr San Juan Alamo High School. He proudly served this country for over 40 years, retiring from the United States Army in 2000. His service allowed him to travel the world most significantly was his service in Germany, where...

Lewis Dean Moore

Lewis Dean Moore

Jun 14, 2024

Lewis Dean “L. D.” Moore of Medina, Texas passed away on June 14, 2024, in Medina, Texas. He was born on April 14, 1929, in Hale County, Texas to Charles Robert Moore and Nannie Mae (Finney) Moore.

Aside from a brief period in Hale County, L. D. spent most all his life in Medina. L. D. graduated from Medina High School...

Charles Dayton Whitehead

Charles Dayton Whitehead

Jun 12, 2024

Dayton, being born in 1928, lived 96 years on this earth. He said no one could imagine how the world had changed in his lifetime. Yet, even through the hard times, he still would say, “what a beautiful world”. He left home at an early age and joined the Merchant Marines at the age of 16 in 1944 as WWII...

Kurt Malloy Nichols

Kurt Malloy Nichols

Jun 9, 2024

Kurt Malloy Nichols passed away unexpectedly on 9 June 2024 at the age of 63 at his home outside of Medina, Texas, where he shared his life living on a nature preserve in the Hill Country with his beloved wife, Rosemary Reynolds whom he married in 2021.He was born to Charlene Ross and Reginald Nichols on June 21st, 1960. A...

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