Obituaries
Chris Barry Gililland
Jan 20, 2022
Chris Barry Gililland, 69, of Fort Worth, passed away on January 20, 2022.He is survived by his beloved wife, Karen; sister, Juanice Kirby of Bryan, TX; children, Chad (Cheyenne) Gililland of Denver, CO; Crista (Ryan) Saunders of Roanoke, VA; and Brent (Tierney) Preston of Lubbock, TX; six grandchildren: Haley and Luke Saunders; Brentley, Lincoln, Copley, and Logan Preston; and one...
Consuelo Hernandez Sosa
Jan 19, 2022
Consuelo “Connie” Hernandez Sosa, 95, passed away Wednesday, January 19, 2022. Connie was born Nov. 3, 1926, in Dallas, the fourth of five children, to Joaquin and Refugio Hernandez. She graduated from Crozier Technical High School. She married Manuel A. Sosa on Nov. 20, 1948, moved to Fort Worth and they raised two sons. They were married for 61 years...
Josephine Riccardi
Jan 18, 2022
Josephine Riccardi, 99, died January 18, 2022. Her final days were spent surrounded by her family and friends in Fort Worth, Texas.She was born March 19, 1922, in Braddock, PA to Alfonso and Teresa Riccardi. Her father owned a candy shop. She had five brothers and two sisters. She lived in Jackson Heights, NY and then moved to Plainview, NY...
Sandra Jean Miller Lamb
Jan 18, 2022
Sandra Jean Miller-Lamb, age 61, passed away peacefully on January 18, 2022, at 10:43 am after a courageous battle with cancer.Sandra was born December 12, 1960, in Fort Worth, Texas, to Virginia & Frank Miller. Sandra was married for 40 years to Loren Michael Lamb. She was a homemaker and a nanny to her granddaughter Sophia for the first four...
Milton Bley
Jan 16, 2022
Milton Bley passed away unexpectedly on January 16, 2022. Milton was born to Louis and Anna Bley on March 1, 1946 in Cleveland, Ohio. He grew up a big fan of the Cleveland Browns, and his older brother, Norman. He attended Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH, earning a Bachelors and Master’s degree, while serving in the ROTC. He was the...
Karen Ruth Mauldin Shelton
Jan 14, 2022
Karen Ruth (Mauldin) Shelton, 79, of Fort Worth, Texas was called home by her Lord and Savior on Friday, January 14, 2022.Karen was born on January 28, 1942 in Brady, Texas to Sidney Clive Mauldin and Eddie Ruth (Fort) Mauldin.She was raised in Kerrville, Texas where she graduated from Tivy High School in December 1959. Karen began taking piano lessons...
Alberta Davis Hogg
Jan 14, 2022
Alberta “Bertie” Davis Hogg passed away peacefully on January 14, 2022. She was born May 17, 1933, in Muskegon, Michigan, the daughter of Florence and Harry Davis. Her senior year of high school, a business opportunity moved the family to Parkersburg, West Virginia where she met the love of her life, John Marshall Hogg. After attending Denison University, Bertie and...
William Calhoun Walker
Jan 11, 2022
William Calhoun Walker, age 97, passed away peacefully on January 11, 2022. He was born March 10, 1924 in Hutchinson, Kansas to Herman S. Walker and Carrie Calhoun Walker. Bill served in World War II in the Pacific Theatre constructing airfields with the US Army Corps of Engineers on numerous Pacific islands in advance of troop movements.After graduation from the...
Marion Procter
Jan 9, 2022
Nancy Marion Procter, 77, passed away Sunday, January 9, 2022.Born on May 25, 1944 in San Antonio, TX to the late Charles Wantland and Wilhelmina Ernestine (Koch) Procter, she was a 1962 graduate of Paschal H.S. and 1969 graduate of TCU in Business. Marion resided in Fort Worth her entire adult life, beginning her career with Avon and retiring from...
Irene Shnurer Stemple
Jan 9, 2022
Irene S. Stemple, 87, passed away on Sunday, January 9, 2022.Irene was born on February 28, 1934 to Mildred and John Shnurer. She met her husband Norman Stemple at Penn State, where they both received a Master’s Degree in Physics. In 1957 they were married in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, with her father, Rev. John Shnurer officiating. Together they had...
Howard F. Schmidt
Jan 8, 2022
Howard F. Schmidt, 90, passed away on Saturday, January 8, 2022.Howard was born on November 20, 1931, in Minneapolis, MN to Melita and Joseph A. Schmidt. He retired from the United States Navy after 22 years, as well as Dresser Industries and the United States Postal Service. He enjoyed skiing, playing tennis, sailing with family, and camping. Howard is the...
Edithe Hope Tillman Pearson
Jan 8, 2022
On January 8, 2022, Edithe Hope Pearson passed away peacefully in Fort Worth, Texas.She was born in Denmark, Wisconsin on November 13, 1928 to Ruby and William Tillman and was the youngest of their four children. Hope graduated from nursing school and specialized as a nurse anesthetist, making her a valued member of many surgical teams at various hospitals. She...
Juanita Gonzales Zinn
Jan 6, 2022
Juanita Gonzales Zinn, 87, passed away on Thursday, January 6, 2022.Juanita was born on May 23, 1934, in Fort Worth to Juanita and John Gonzales. She was a longtime member of St Mary the Assumption Catholic Church, Fort Worth. She loved to go to garage sales and flea markets. Juanita enjoyed embroidery, knitting, her Dallas Cowboys, and bowing. But she...
Patricia Gillespie Calvin
Jan 5, 2022
Patricia Ellen Gillespie Calvin died on January 5, 2022.Pat grew up and spent most of her life in Fort Worth. She attended Our Lady of Victory (at that time a high school), then earned a BA and MA in English at TCU. She was a librarian and a post-graduate instructor at SMU. Inspired by her loving parents and her dedicated...
Joanne Werner Hughes And Shane Edward Dunaway
Jan 4, 2022
JoAnne Werner Hughes, 78, passed away on Tuesday, January 4, 2022 and Shane Edward Dunaway, passed away on June 12, 2021.JoAnne was born on April 23, 1943, in Crowley, Louisiana to Annie and Joseph Werner. Shane was born on October 16, 1968 in Sioux City, Iowa to JoAnne and James Dunaway.JoAnne was a loving and devoted mother, grandmother, sister, and...
Stephen Kirk Morgan
Jan 3, 2022
Stephen Kirk Morgan, 61, passed away January 3, 2022.Kirk was born on March 20, 1960, in Hartford, Connecticut, to Stephen Howard Morgan and Janice Barnard Morgan during the short time that the Morgans spent up north while Kirk’s father attended Aetna Insurance School. The Morgan family of three soon moved back to their native Fort Worth, Texas, and later to...
John Michael White
Jan 2, 2022
John Michael White, known to most as Mickey, passed away Sunday, January 2, 2022 from surgery complications. Mickey was born to John Wesley White and Ailene Greer White on June 24, 1946.Mickey worked as a patrol officer for the Fort Worth Police Department but soon learned that his career would be at General Dynamics later known as Lockheed Martin. During...
Carol Ann Doerr Arber Hughes
Dec 30, 2021
Carol Ann Doerr Arber Hughes “aka Dear, Mom or Granny” has finished her long hard battle with the devastating disease of Alzheimer’s. She passed peacefully away in her bed Thursday December 30th at 11:15 am. She was born in Newark, New Jersey June 29th, 1944. Her Uncle Joe and Aunt Ruth came to her and her siblings rescue to give...
Fran Chiles
Dec 29, 2021
Fran Chiles, Fort Worth resident and widow of H. E. “Eddie” Chiles (Former owner of the Texas Rangers and founder of the Western Company) passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, December 29, 2021, one day after her 88th birthday.Both Fran and Eddie were staunch Republicans, actively involved in state and national politics. They were major supporters of the...
Fernando Ávila
Dec 29, 2021
Fernando Ávila, 86, went to join our Lord on December 29, 2021.Fernando Ávila was born in Mexico City in June 4, 1935 to Enrique Ávila and Virginia Solózarno. He was the youngest of the 4 children (he has united himself with all his sibling in heaven as he was the last one on earth) . He married Carolina Zavala and...
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