Cristina Munguia Billings
Jun 30, 2012
Cristina (Munguia) Billings of Rowlett, TX, beloved Wife, Mother, Sister, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother and Daughter passed away early Saturday morning on June 30, 2012. A tragic auto accident in Denison, TX. took her away from her loved ones. Cristina, also known as "Vita" or "Chris", was born on December 27th, 1943 in San Antonio, TX and is preceded in death by...
Jim Albright
Jun 30, 2012
Jim Albright, a longtime advertising copywriter and one of the original "Mad Men" from the '60s, died Saturday in Denton, Texas. He was 77. As a creative for Tracy Locke, Albright is best remembered for launching – along with Art Director, Ron McQuien – the landmark Doritos campaign that ran for 12 years starting in the 1970s. It starred Avery...
Carl Woodruff
Jun 29, 2012
Carl Woodruff, 78, of Valley View passed away Friday, June 29, 2012 at Presbyterian Hospital in Denton. He was born October 12, 1933 in Hildon, OK to Hollis and Lucy Boner Woodruff. He married Josephine Peel on June 1, 1957 in Fort Worth. He retired from Weber Aircraft in Gainesville and served in the U.S. Army. Carl loved his farm...
Bobby Wayne Andrews
Jun 28, 2012
Bob Andrews, known affectionately as "Burly," died June 28, 2012 at Presbyterian Hospital in Denton. He was born February 3, 1937 in Brady, Texas to Harold Wayne "H. W."Andrews and Ruth Strickland Andrews. Bob arrived in Denton in 1955 to attend North Texas State University and graduated with a B. A. in marketing. For many years, he worked as a...
Gwen Lam
Jun 25, 2012
Gwen Lam, 90 fabulous years young, passed away June 25 after a brief illness. Beloved sister, aunt and friend, proud veteran,accomplished and respected professional, and published author, she was, above all else, a devoted Christian. Gwen often described herself as a teenager stuck in an old person's body. She had a faith that was contagious to those around her, and...
William Allen Luker
Jun 25, 2012
William Allen Luker passed away on June 25, 2012 in Denton, TX. He was born on October 17, 1930 in San Antonio, TX to David and Lydia Luker. William was a graduate of Texas A&M University and then graduated with his Ed. D from North Texas State University. He retired as Dean of School of Community Service at what is...
Debbie Jean Hoelscher
Jun 25, 2012
Debbie Jean Adair Hoelscher, of Pilot Point Texas, passed away on June 25, 2012. She was born in Crosbyton Texas on January 2, 1957. Debbie is survived by her companion Randy Glenn, daughters; Natasha Lynn Bruce and her husband Nathaniel Lorin Bruce, Susan Nicole Huffman and her husband Kevin Paul Huffman, son; Michael James Hoelscher and his companion Alyssa Boggs,...
Bill Clyde Fletcher
Jun 23, 2012
Bill Fletcher, age 68, of Denton, (formally of Waxahachie) passed on June 23, 2012. Bill was born to Arthur and Glenn Fletcher in Gainesville, TX. Bill married his loving wife Carol Samo in Corpus Christi on July 19, 1969. Bill was an active member of Singing Oaks Church of Christ and was employed at Independent Bank. The family has made...
Herman Allen Saffell
Jun 21, 2012
Herman Allen Saffell, 91, of Denton passed away Thursday, June 21, 2012 at his residence. He was born April 21, 1921 in Gatesville, TX to Porter J. and Temmer Marlin Saffell. He married Billie Jackson on February 29, 1940 in Midland. He served in the U.S. Army and worked for Exxon in Odessa for more than 20 years. Visitation will...
C.E. "Shorty" Branch
Jun 19, 2012
C.E. "Shorty" Branch, 83, beloved father, brother and grandfather, of Sanger passed away Tuesday, June 19, 2012 in Denton. He was born July 16, 1928 in Crowell, TX to J.Z. and Bernice Elizabeth Branch. He married Doris Ann Waggoner on November 13, 1948 in Gainesville, TX. She preceded him in death October, 2011. He was a truck driver for Frozen...
Barbara Jean Bell Groo
Jun 18, 2012
Barbara Jean Bell Groo passed away on June 18, 2012 Denton, TX. She was born on December 4, 1934 in Decatur, Illinois to John Albert Bell and Beulah Hodge Bell. She worked as a Merchandiser before retiring and was a member of First Baptist Church of Sanger for many years. She is preceded in death by her brother, Wayne Bell....
Phyllis Crozier
Jun 13, 2012
Phyllis Crozier, 83 of Denton passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2012 in Denton. She was born December 30, 1928 in Dayton, OH to Dwight H. Whipp and Mabel J. Whipp. She married Edwin N. Crozier on August 21, 1948 in Dayton, OH. He preceded her in death in 2003. She retired as office manager for Dr. Dunn and was a...
William "Bill" Thomas Hutson
Jun 13, 2012
William Thomas (Bill) Hutson was born June 26, 1919 to Dony and Gordon Hutson in Little Elm Texas. They preceded him in death. During World War II, he served in North Africa and Europe, receiving medals and commendations for valor and bravery in the field of battle. He served twenty years in the United States Air Force. He married Claudia...
Thomas "Tom" Deussen
Jun 13, 2012
Thomas "Tom" Deussen, 60, of Ponder passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at Presbyterian Hospital of Denton. He was born September 18, 1951 in Denton to Eddie and Maurice Thomas Deussen. He married Terre Ortyn on September 16, 1996 in Ponder. He was a welder for Peterbilt Motors, member of Ponder Baptist Church and Ponder Volunteer Fire Department. Visitation will...
Ronald George Cornell, Sr.
Jun 12, 2012
Ronald George Cornell, Sr., 75 of Denton passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at his residence. He was born October 9, 1936 in Grubville, MO to George Preston Cornell and Helen Francis Martin Cornell. He married Dorothy Kathleen Neville in St. Peters, MO in 1974. He served in the U.S. Air Force, had retired from Ozark Airlines and was a...
Curtis Roger Shelstad
Jun 12, 2012
Curtis Roger Shelstad passed away in Sanger on June 12, 2012. He was born June 8, 1931 in Turner, MT to Leonard and Rosina Braunstadter Shelstad. He married Dorothy Sosebee (Shelstad) who preceded him in death. He served in the US Air Force during the Korean Conflict as a Fireman. He retired from the Lewisville Post Office as a Mail...
Willie B. Goodman
Jun 9, 2012
Went to be with the Lord Saturday June the 9th 2012. Born July 7th 1933 in Obion County TN to Samuel and Lois Goodman. Preceded in death by his parents Samuel and Lois Goodman, wives Alice Marie Goodman and Vivian Karen Goodman, Son John Walter Goodman, great grandson Connor Cox, and brothers Willard and Frank Goodman. Survived by: Siblings Robert...
Robert Scott Esther, Jr.
Jun 8, 2012
Robert Scott Esther, Jr., 50, of Denton, Texas passed away suddenly on June 8, 2012. He was born July 17, 1961 in Atlanta, Georgia, was a carpenter by trade and lived in Denton, Texas. Scott is survived by his parents of Denton, Bob and Pat Esther, daughter Leah Nicole and first wife Kenda Esther of Colorado, brother, Patrick Esther and...
Patrick Connors
Jun 8, 2012
Patrick Connors, 68, of Lake Dallas passed away Friday, June 8, 2012 after a short, but courageous, battle with cancer, at Atrium Medical Center in Corinth. He was born October 26, 1943 to Fred and Bonny Connors in Joplin, MO. He was a retired commercial builder, a member of Lakeshore Baptist Church in Lake Dallas, and a board member of...
Emily A. Pfitzenmaier
Jun 7, 2012
Emily A. Pfitzenmaier passed away on June 7, 2012 in Denton, TX. She was born on January 28, 1921 in Lake Bronson, MN to John and Gina Forsell. She graduated from the Swedish Hospital School of Nursing with her Nursing degree. She began her career honorably serving our country in WWII as an Army Nurse on a hospital ship. She...
