Bandera, Texas Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Bandera, Texas & Surrounding Areas
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Doris Kensinger
Jun 15, 2019
Our beloved Mother entered her heavenly home at noon on Saturday, June 15, 2019, in Forney, TX, surrounded by her loving family. Doris Dorothy Buck Kensinger was born in Brentford, United Kingdom, on April 20, 1925, to Alfred and Dorothy Jakes Buck. She was the second daughter of five children. \r\n\r\nShe was a teen when World War II began and...
Dora Taylor
Jun 14, 2019
Dora J. Taylor, age 88, of Kerrville, who passed away Friday, June 14, 2019 in Kerrville. Services will be held at 2pm , Monday, June 17, 2019 at Grimes Funeral Chapels of Kerrville officiated by Frankie Enloe.\r\n
Richard Griggs
Jun 14, 2019
Richard Lewis Griggs of Kerrville passed away at home on Friday, June 14, 2019 at the age of 87.\r\n\r\nHe was born in Stamford, Texas to John Henry Griggs and Roselee Griggs on July 31, 1931.\r\n\r\nHe graduated from Odessa High School, then married his high school sweetheart, Joyce Joan Cook, November 20, 1950 in Odessa.\r\n\r\nHe worked alongside his father, brother, sister...
Gerhard Gunther
Jun 14, 2019
Gerhard Paul Gunther, 85, of Pipe Creek, Tx, passed away on June 14, 2019 in San Antonio, Tx. He was born in Berlin, Germany to Guido Paul and Frieda Haberkorn Gunther on July 13, 1933. \r\n\r\nHe married Margrit Krause Gunther on May 24, 1954.\r\n\r\nHe worked as an electrician for Northside Independent School District. Gerhard and Margrit have lived at their...

Clyde Beaver
Jun 11, 2019
Services for Clyde Herbert Beaver, age 90 of Center Point, who passed away Tuesday, June 11, 2019 in a Kerrville care center are pending at Grimes Funeral Chapels of Kerrville.
Betty Whittier
Jun 10, 2019
Betty L. Whittier, of Kerrville, Texas, was victorious in her five-year fight with cancer, leaving it behind on her way to a better place on June 10th, 2019 in Kerrville. She was born in Toledo, Ohio, to George and Ivida Bruning on September 13th, 1936. She married Louis Westlund (who is deceased) on November 21, 1959, in Toledo, Ohio. She...
Patrick Murphy
Jun 9, 2019
Patrick Allen Murphy, age 53 of Kerrville, passed away Sunday, June 9, 2019.\r\n\r\nHe was born November 22, 1965 in Kerrville to Patrick Allen and Beverly Jean (Wiggins) Murphy.\r\n\r\nAs a golf pro, he enjoyed golfing and loved his grandchildren.\r\n\r\nSurvivors include son, Zachary Schmitt (Melanie) of Corpus Christi; brother, Stephen Loesberg of Charleston, SC; and grandchildren, Harper and Haylee.\r\n\r\nMemorial services will be...
Denis Gaines
Jun 8, 2019
Denis W. Gaines, Sr., 82, passed away on June 8, 2019 at home in Comfort, Texas. He was born in Sharon, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania to Harry W. and Ruth (neé Koonce) Gaines on April 8, 1937. He married Patricia J. Edmundson Butler on April 18, 1970 in Clute, Brazoria Co., Texas. \r\nHe graduated from PSJA High School in Pharr, Texas,...

Jess Asper
Jun 8, 2019
Surrounded by family, Jess Draper Asper was peacefully called by the Lord for his "next match" on June 8th following a 5 year battle with Primary Progressive Aphasia, a form of Frontotemporal Dementia. \r\n\r\nServices and a celebration of life will be Saturday, June 15th at 1:00 p.m. at Riverside Church of Christ in Kerrville with Pastor LuJack Martinez and son-in-law,...
Dan Bacon
Jun 8, 2019
Dan Wallace Bacon left us on June 8, 2019, surrounded by friends, loved ones and beautiful music. He was born December 17, 1930 in Childress, Texas, the son of Joseph Driver Bacon and Georgia Mae Wallace Bacon. He was raised in Humble Oil pipeline camps across South Texas and the Hill Country. Dan graduated from Alice High School in 1948;...
Patricia Thornblom
Jun 5, 2019
Patricia Jones Thornblom, of Kerrville, Texas, passed away on June 5, 2019 just shy of her 87th birthday. Born in Terrell, Texas to Carl Freeman and Lucille Hopkins Freeman on June 23, 1932, she spent her childhood in Terrell and Longview. She was married to her high school sweetheart, Roy Neal Jones, for 25 years. Pat was a mother, homemaker,...
Janice Shafer
Jun 4, 2019
Janice M. Shafer, age 79, of Flying L Ranch in Bandera, TX and Lakes of the North in Elmira, Michigan departed this world after a series of health issues, on Tuesday, June 4, 2019. She was born in St. Joseph, Michigan to Arnold G. and Maria E. (Antonovitsch) Damaske on February 22, 1940.\r\n\r\nJanice married Richard A. Shafer on January 9,...

Michael Slate
Jun 4, 2019
Michael Wayne Slate, age 57 of Fredericksburg, passed away Tuesday, June 4, 2019 in a San Antonio hospital. \r\n\r\nHe was born August 17, 1961 in Ft. Worth, TX to Milton and Joyce (Berry) Slate.\r\n\r\nNo services will be held.\r\n\r\n
Edward Helms
Jun 3, 2019
Edward Ray Helms, 85, passed away on Monday, June 3, 2019 in Kerrville, TX. He was born in Honey Grove, TX to Dewey N. Helms and Lorene I. Hudgens on May 26, 1934. He married Anita M. Porter on August 5, 1960 in Bonham, TX.\r\n\r\nHe was a veteran of the Vietnam War in the U.S. Army, then went on to...
Betty Tunstall
Jun 2, 2019
Betty Jane Mestayer Tunstall, 82, with family around her bedside, passed away one minute after midnight Sunday June 2, 2019, quietly at St. Francis Hospital in Bartlett, Tennessee.\r\n\r\nBorn on October 18, 1936 in New Iberia, Louisiana, she was one of five children of Felix Charles Mestayer and Maude Delaney Mestayer \r\n\r\nMrs. Tunstall graduated from New Iberia High School and attended...
Nancy Cecil
Jun 2, 2019
Nancy Jo Cecil (Nee Smith), 86, of Bandera, Texas, went home with Lord Jesus on Sunday, June 2, 2019 in Austin, Texas with family at her side. She was born in Mercedes, Texas to Vollie and Lorena Smith on December 19,1932.\r\n\r\nShe married Granvel G. Cecil on March 21,1953 in San Antonio, Texas.\r\n\r\nNancy Jo graduated from Stephen F. Austin high school...
Judith Wright
Jun 2, 2019
There will be no services for Judith A. Wright, 71, of Lakehills, Texas, who passed away on June 2, 2019 in Lakehills. \r\n\r\nShe was born in St. Maries, Idaho to Verner C. and Mildred Danes on June 21,1947.\r\n\r\nShe is survived by her daughter, Tina Blackwood of Fruita, Colorado; sons, Jeffery Grissett of Port Lavaca, Texas, Scot Cota of Portland, Oregon;...
George Oranday
Jun 1, 2019
George R. Oranday of Bandera, passed away unexpectedly on June 1, 2019 in San Antonio, Texas. He was born in Hondo, Texas to Pedro and Gloria Oranday on April 6, 1968. George married his loving wife, Sara Hernandez Oranday two years ago. \r\n\r\nHe is preceded in death by two sisters, both passing away in childhood, Patricia Oranday and Gracie Oranday.\r\n\r\nGeorge...
Polly Collins
Jun 1, 2019
A CAGED BIRD SINGS BECAUSE IT HAS A SONG..... God delivered Polly Ann Collins to us on August 6, 1963 in Ft. Worth, Texas. Her song began there with her parents Howard and Roma Collins and her sister Carrie Collins who survived her. \r\n\r\nPolly died at her home in Kerrville on June 1, 2019 following a brief illness. Polly had...
Rebecca Mcbryde
May 29, 2019
Rebecca (Becky) Ann McBryde, 76, of Kerrville, passed away on May 29, 2019 at Memory Care of New Braunfels. She was born in Longview to Roy Wilson White and Louise Becker White on August 26, 1942. She married R. Nowlin McBryde on July 31, 1965 in Junction, Texas. \r\n\r\nBecky attended Junction High School and later graduated from Texas Women's University....