Obituaries
Evelyn Frances Newell Watkins
May 20, 2010
Evelyn Frances Newell Watkins, 90, died May 20, 2010 in a local hospital. The daughter of Cora Lee (Hicks) and George Newell, she was born on March 28, 1920 in Dallas, Texas. She was a homemaker and a member of Hope Chapel Foursquare Gospel Church in Abilene. She attended Rose Park Senior Citizens Center and had been a resident of...
David M. Thomas
May 20, 2010
David M. Thomas, 57, of Houston, Texas, formerly of Abilene, passed away on Thursday, May 20, 2010 in Midland. Funeral Service will be 2:00 p.m. on Monday, May 24, at Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, with Pastor Phillip Thomas officiating. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. David was born in Ranger, Texas to...
Peggy Lou Poe
May 17, 2010
Peggy Poe, 73, died Monday, May 17, 2010 at a local nursing home. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm on Thursday, May 20, 2010 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Rev. David Cason will officiate. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. There is no scheduled visitation. Born September 27, 1936 in San Saba, Texas,...
Zachary Leonidas Ely
May 17, 2010
Zachary Leonidas Ely, 21 month old son of Rusty and Samantha Ely, passed away Monday, May 17, 2010 at Cook Children's Hospital in Fort Worth. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May 22, 2010 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery in Merkel. The family will receive friends...
Hazel Marie Conklin
May 16, 2010
Hazel Marie Conklin Hazel Conklin, 96, died Sunday, May 16, 2010 at a local nursing home. Funeral services, with Rev. Burtis Williams officiating, will be at 10:00 am on Thursday, May 20, 2010 at the First Baptist Church in Tuscola. Burial will follow in the Drummond Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Wednesday at...
Lawrence Lee Evans
May 15, 2010
Lawrence Lee (Nuett) Evans, 86, of Abilene, died Saturday, May 15, 2010 at a local hospital. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am on Wednesday, May 19 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8:00 pm on Tuesday at the funeral...
Oscar J. Sitzes
May 15, 2010
Oscar J. (Gene) Sitzes went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, May 15, 2010. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church with Rev. Stan Allcorn and Rev. Jack Ridlehoover officiating. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on...
Patricia Marie Rowe
May 14, 2010
Patricia Marie Rowe, 59, of Abilene, passed away Friday, May 14, 2010 at home after a 10 year battle with cancer. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 pm on Wednesday, May 19, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, Texas. She will be cremated. The daughter of Silvio and Ruth Rossi of Braintree,...
William Louis Tarver
May 13, 2010
William Lewis (Bill) Tarver, 89, former Midland Fire Marshal, passed away at his home in Rockport, on Thursday, May 13, 2010. The family will receive friends from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. prior to the service at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, May 17, 2010 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Nephew, Rev. Larry Tarver, of Clear Fork...
Alice Jo Thulin
May 12, 2010
Alice Jo Thulin Alice Jo Thulin, 66, died Wednesday, May 12, 2010, at an Abilene nursing center. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 14, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, Texas. She will be cremated. The daughter of Ollie (Melton) and Russell Martin, she was born on January...
Jarold D. Comer
May 11, 2010
Jarold D. Comer, 76, died Tuesday, May 11, 2010, at his residence in Abilene, Texas The son of the late Neva (Ellis) and Clarence Comer, he was born on June 7, 1933 in Longview, Texas, and graduated from high school in Pampa before attending college. Jarold joined American National Insurance Company in 1957 as an agent in its Pampa district...
Dorothy J. Cranfill
May 8, 2010
Dorothy J. Cranfill, 87, died Saturday, May 8, 2010 at an Abilene nursing center. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, May 10, in Elmwood Memorial Park with David Cranfill and Richard Melton officiating, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Dorothy was the daughter of Bertha (Bragewitz) and Herman W. Cathey. She was...
Pauline Bontke
May 4, 2010
Pauline Bontke, of Abilene, died at her home on Tuesday, May 4, 2010. The daughter of Etta Elise (Nolte) and Alois Thomas Bontke, Jr., Pauline was born on November 12, 1933, in Abilene, and graduated from Abilene High School. She graduated from St. Johns College and Hardin-Simmons University. Pauline taught in Abilene, Dallas and Midland. From 1969 to 2006, she...
Lucille Mary Johnson
May 3, 2010
Lucille LaBue Johnson, a longtime resident of Abilene and Horseshoe Bay, died peacefully on May 3, 2010, in Austin, Texas. A Memorial Mass will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, May 7, 2010, at Holy Family Catholic Church in Abilene, with the Msgr. Fred Nawarskas officiating, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene....
Ray Carrol Hudson
May 2, 2010
Ray Carrol Hudson, 71, of Abilene, passed away at his home on Sunday, May 2, 2010. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm on Thursday, May 6 at Crescent Heights Baptist Church, 1902 North Mockingbird Lane. Rev. Butch Pesch and Rev. Price Mathieson will officiate. Burial will follow in the Oplin Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to...
Dorothy Jane Wretman
May 1, 2010
Dorothy Jane Wretman, 89, of Abilene, passed away Saturday, May 1, 2010. She was born on June 27, 1920 in Albion, Iowa, the daughter of Willie and Blanche Underwood. She married Harold Nelson on December 27, 1942. He died at sea in 1945. Dorothy married Richard Paul Wretman on July 21, 1946 in Storm Lake, Iowa. They were married for...
Warren Edward Shaw
May 1, 2010
Warren Edward Shaw, 58 years old, resided in Scottsdale, Arizona, formerly of Abilene and Irving, Texas, died May 1, 2010 at the V.A. Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. Funeral services will be at Abundant Life Assembly of God Church, 6535 I-20 in Merkel, Texas 79536, on Saturday, May 15th, at 1:00 p.m. Pastor Joe Bushnell will officiate. Interment will follow in...
Frank William Burger
Apr 30, 2010
Frank William Burger, 88, Abilene resident since 1959, independent oil operator and drilling contractor, died at his home Friday, April 30, 2010. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 am on Monday, May 3, 2010 at the Llano Cemetery in Amarillo, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 4, at First Central Presbyterian Church, at...
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