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Local Obituaries for Families in Amarillo, Texas
Georgia Lee Wilson
May 26, 2013
Georgia Lee Wilson, 91, of Claude passed away Sunday, May 26, 2013. Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Wednesday, May 29 in the First Baptist Church of Claude, TX with Pastors Dick Gravly and Dr. Delbert Serratt officiating. Burial will follow in Claude Cemetery by Schooler Funeral Directors of Claude. Georgia was born the seventh of eight children August 14,...
Mary Elizabeth Laur
May 26, 2013
Mary E. Laur, 92, died Sunday, May 26, 2013 in Amarillo. She was born February 8, 1921, in Beaumont, Texas, daughter of Grace Talmadge Kirby and John Ralston Kirby. She married Dr. William E. Laur of Saginaw, Mich., on December 31, 1943, in Detroit. Mrs. Laur graduated high school in Beaumont in 1939. She continued her education at Lamar College...
Wanda LaNelle Shanks
May 26, 2013
Wanda LaNelle Hodges Flippin Shanks died May 26, 2013 in her home. Services will be at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday at Schooler Funeral Home, Brentwood Chapel with Chad Mantooth, pastor officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S Georgia. Wanda was born Oct. 25, 1922, in Cottle County to Gaines Clifford Hodges and...
Dorothy Marie Bell
May 25, 2013
Dorothy Marie Bell, a long-time resident of Amarillo, passed away May 25, 2013. She was 98 years young. Services will be at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at Schooler Funeral Home Brentwood Chapel, with Dr. Delbert Serratt officiating. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia. Mrs. Bell was born in Sunset, Texas...
Charles Richardson
May 24, 2013
Charles Eugene Richardson 80 of Amarillo died Friday, May 24, 2013. Services will be at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 28, 2013 in South Georgia Baptist Church with Rev. Bob Miller and Rev. Robert Field officiating. Burial will be at Llano Cemetery. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 South Georgia. Mr. Richardson was born December 20, 1932 in Chucky, Tennessee...
Frances Dolly Barker
May 23, 2013
Frances Dolly Baker, 85, of Amarillo died May 23, 2013. No services are planned at this time. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 South Georgia. To all who knew this wonderful lady, many of you will remember her in different ways such as an awesome cook, tough old ...coot, a mom away from mom, a protector, a realtor (she...
Rubye Elizabeth Vehon
May 22, 2013
Rubye E. Vehon, 85 years old of Amarillo died Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Graveside services will be at 10:00 a.m., Friday, May 24, 2013, in Llano Cemetery East. Chaplain Jerry Bell will officiate. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia, Amarillo, Texas. Rubye was born September 11, 1927 on a farm near Canute and Foss, Oklahoma to Paul...
Jewel Z Sherburn
May 22, 2013
Jewel Sherburn, 97, died Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in Amarillo, Texas. The family will have services at a later date in South Dakota. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia, Amarillo, Texas. Jewel was born May 29, 1915, in a covered wagon in South Dakota, one of 12 children to William and Grace Patterson. She has been a...
Orland G. Lacer
May 19, 2013
Orland G. Lacer, 89, of Amarillo died May 19, 2013 after living with Parkinson’s disease for 13 ½ years. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in Paramount Baptist Church Sanctuary, 3801 South Western with Dr. Gil Lain and Dr. Chester O’Brien officiating. Entombment will be in Llano Pantheon Mausoleum. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral...
Gene Edwin Davis
May 13, 2013
Gene Edwin Davis, 85, a long-time resident of Amarillo went home to glory on Monday, May 13, 2013. A service celebrating his life will be at 12:00 pm Wednesday at Trinity Baptist Church of Amarillo with the Rev. Nate Magloughlin and Carey Skinner officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Amarillo. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral home, 4100...
Jean Ann Littau
May 13, 2013
Jean Ann Littau, 81, died Monday, May 13, 2013 in Amarillo. Mrs. Littau was born August 26, 1931 in Shattuck, Oklahoma to Victor and Mabel Scarth. Services will be at 3:00 p.m., Friday, May 17 at St. Stephen United Methodist church with Rev. Don Travis and Rev. Carol Scarth officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Arrangements are by...
Sharon Lee Lang
May 13, 2013
Sharon Lee Lang, 66, of Amarillo, died Monday, May 13, 2013. The family held private memorial services. Arrangements were by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia, Amarillo, Texas. Sharon was born January 21, 1947, in Liberal, Kansas, to Arthur Rice and Margaret Thompson Rice. Sharon worked many years as a home health care nurse and loved taking care of her...
Marilyn Ruth Irish
May 12, 2013
Veteran: YES Year of birth: 1927 Marilyn Ruth Danner Irish, age 86 of Amarillo, died May 12, 2013 in Lubbock A memorial service will be held at a later date in Iowa City, Iowa at St Wenceslaus Catholic Church. Local arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 South Georgia. Marilyn was born in Iowa City, Iowa on March 23, 1927...
Dolores D. John
May 12, 2013
Dolores Audrey Dunham John of Amarillo, died Sunday, May 12, 2013 at the age of 94. Mrs. John was born in Galveston, Texas on January 25, 1919 to Roy Ernest Dunham and Ruth Alice Monroe Dunham. She graduated from Laramie Wyoming High School in 1935. Dolores married Leslie Christopher John Jr. on September 28 of the same year in Fort...
Jerilynn Ann Sumner
May 12, 2013
Jerilynn Sumner 70, of Amarillo, passed away on May 12, 2013. Memorial services will be held at 10:00 A.M., on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at Schooler Funeral Home Brentwood Chapel with Dr. Wiley “Buff” Hearn of St. Stephen United Methodist Church officiating. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St. Jerilynn was born on December 15, 1942 in...
Melecia Piseno
May 11, 2013
Melecia Guerrero Piseno was born December 5, 1916 and was born into Eternal Life, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Melecia was born in the small town of D’Hanis, Texas, and was one of eight children. At age eight, she moved with her family to San Antonio, Texas to work at a pecan factory and also attended school. She worked on a...
Tatiana Andrea Wagoner
May 11, 2013
Tanya Wagoner of Amarillo, Texas, went to meet her Lord on May 11, 2013, after an astoundingly brave battle with breast cancer. Memorial Service will be held at 2:00pm, on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at Schooler Funeral Home at 4100 South Georgia Street, Amarillo. Warren Coble of Love Fellowship officiating. Tanya was born in Boynton Beach, Florida, on March 14,...
Thomas Wayne Conwell
May 11, 2013
Thomas Wayne Conwell, 31, of Amarillo died May 11, 2013. Funeral services will be at 2:00PM, Thursday, May 16, 2013 in Kingswood United Methodist Church with Dr. Bradford Reeves officiating. Interment will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 South Georgia. Thirty one years is considered a very short life span. Tommy filled those years...
Juan Fransisco Aragon
May 8, 2013
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1950 DATE OF DEATH: May 8, 2013 NAME: Juan “Johnny” Francisco Aragon, age 62 of Amarillo passed away May 8th Funeral Services will be held at 2:00p.m. on Monday May 13, 2013 at Washington Avenue Christian Church with Rev. Jim Shelburne officiating. Burial will be at Memory Gardens Cemetery. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S...
Frances Mae Otterness
May 8, 2013
DATELINE: Amarillo YEAR OF BIRTH: 1918 Frances Mae Otterness, 94, passed away Wednesday, May 8, at Baptist St. Anthony’s Hospital in Amarillo, Texas. Memorial services will be at 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, 3500 S. Bowie, Amarillo, Texas. A memorial service and inurnment will be held at a later date in Brookings, South Dakota. ...
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