Carol Baker Simmons O'Neill
Mar 1, 2013
Carol Baker Simmons O'Neill passed away at home March 1, 2013. She was born on December 23, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York to Marion and Frank Ensign Simmons. She attended St. Rose of Lima Grammar school and Bay Ridge High School, where she a member of the Latin Club, National Honor Society and graduated with high honors. She attended Staten...
Clara Swanson
Feb 28, 2013
Clara Swanson, 87, of Sanger, passed away on Thursday, February 28, 2013. She was born on April 27, 1923 in Laurel, Mississippi to Carey Patt and Zula Newcomb Patt. She married Charles Swanson. She loved cooking and reading the Bible. Visitation will be held on Sunday, March 10, 2013 from 2-4 pm at DeBerry Funeral Directors. A graveside service will...
Mary Ruth Meinen Lantrip
Feb 28, 2013
Mary Ruth Meinen Lantrip, 89, of Pilot Point, passed away on Thursday, February 28, 2013. She was born on September 11, 1923 in Denton to Herman Meinen and Dora Phipps Meinen. She married Thurman Ralph Lantrip on January 26, 1942 and was a member of the First Rock Baptist Church in Aubrey all of her life. She enjoyed cooking for...
Cathy Sue Fraze
Feb 26, 2013
Cathy Sue Fraze, 59, of Denton, passed away on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 after a brave fight with cancer. She was born on December 2, 1953 in Gainesville, Texas to George W. Hammer and Mary Nell Beasley. She married Johnny Glenn Fraze on March 18, 1973 in Lewisville. Cathy enjoyed reading, movies, traveling, and was an avid Texas Ranger Fan....
Fred Noel Mccain
Feb 26, 2013
Fred Noel McCain, 90 of Denton, passed away on Tuesday, February 26, 2013. He was born on January 7, 1923 in Gainesville to Tillison Noel McCain and Pearl Ward McCain. He married Mary Lou Ray on July 22, 1949 and served in the United States Navy. He was a graduate of Gainesville High School, and received his Bachelor and Master...
Steven Anton Guttilla
Feb 25, 2013
Steven Anton Guttilla of Little Elm passed away February 25, 2013 in Plano, Texas. Steven was born on February 23, 1955 in New York City, New York to parents Vito and Jean Jurasin Guttilla. Steven married Teri Taylor in Carrollton, Texas in 1998. He worked in the warehouse at Bassett Furniture. Steven is survived by his mother Jean Guttilla, wife...
Nannie Pearl Maughan Whitehead Grigsby
Feb 24, 2013
Nannie Pearl Maughan Whitehead Grigsby of Denton passed from this life to her eternal home on February 24, 2013, at the age of 97. Nannie was a long time resident of Pecan Place Apartments in Denton. At the time of her passing she was residing at The Vintage Health Care Center. Nannie was born on May 5, 1915, at her...
Martha Frazier Collins
Feb 22, 2013
Martha Frazier Collins left this world to be with her Heavenly Father suddenly Friday, February 22, 2013. Martha, 77 years young, was a loving wife, mother, and friend. Honest and full of integrity, Martha always viewed life with great optimism. All the days of her life, she showered her love to her husband, children, family, and friends. She was the...
David George Demore
Feb 22, 2013
David George DeMore, 52, passed away on Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 1, 2013 at DeBerry Funeral Directors, Denton. Funeral service: Saturday 10 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Denton. Interment: Roselawn Memorial Park, Denton. David was born Feb. 3, 1961 in Warren, Ohio, moved to Texas in 1974, graduated from Denton High School,...
Virginia Lois Gann
Feb 21, 2013
Virginia Lois Gann, 89, of Irving, passed away on Thursday, February 21, 2013. She was born on September 27, 1923 in Haslet, Texas to Robert Ross Moon and Allie Downer Eastwood Moon. She married Peddy Ford Gann in 1941. He preceded her in death in May of 1995. She was a member of the Ponder United Methodist Church and graduated...
Cassey Renee Smelser
Feb 20, 2013
Cassey Renee Smelser, 32, of Collinsville, passed away on Wednesday, February 20, 2013. She was born in Denton on May 22, 1980 to Dale Lou Smelser and Pamela Jane Cox Smelser. She was a 1998 graduate of Sanger High School, was a member of the New Life Church in Sanger, and was employed at Sally Beauty Co. Visitation will be...
Lawanda Boenker
Feb 17, 2013
Lawanda Boenker, 90, of Krum, TX passed away February 17, 2013. She was the daughter of the late B.E. and Cora Ratliff, born July 11, 1922 near Lewisville, TX. She married Oscar Boenker August 3, 1940. Lawanda was preceded in death by her parents, husband, infant daughter (1954), brother, James Ratliff, and sister, Veeta Lee. She is survived by her...
J.R. "Jay" Jones
Feb 17, 2013
J.R. "Jay" Jones, 90, of Denton passed away Sunday, February 17, 2013. He was born August 13, 1922 in Iago, TX to Jesse Rubin and Sally Jones. He served in the Merchant Marines and the U.S. Navy during WW II. He was at Normandy on D-Day. He married Frances Dunbar on September 27, 1947. He was the owner of Jones...
Lum Edward Jacobs
Feb 16, 2013
Lum Edward Jacobs passed away February 16, 2013 in Denton, Texas at the age of 72. He was born on June 17, 1940 in Wills Point, Texas to the parents of Malcolm and Cleo Jacobs. He married Phyllis Crow April 2, 1966 in Nocona, Texas. Survivors include his wife Phyllis Jacobs of Denton. Three daughters Karen Preedin of Saint Jo,...
Garnell Fortner
Feb 16, 2013
Garnell Fortner, age 83, of Denton, Texas, quietly and peacefully died at home in the early morning hours of February 16, 2013. "Garnie,"as she was known by her family and friends, was born on June 2, 1929, in Snyder, Texas, to Lottie and Curtis Newton. She is preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Nelson B. Fortner, her...
Charlotte M. Choice
Feb 13, 2013
Charlotte M. Choice, 57, of Denton, passed away on Wednesday, February 13, 2013. She was born on August 23, 1955 in Denton to George Washington Mohair and Lena Bell Lambert. She married Ronald L. Choice, Sr. in Denton in 1981. She graduated from Denton High School in 1973, was a member of the St. Andrew COGIC, and was the director...
Grady Franklin Collom
Feb 13, 2013
Grady Franklin Collom, 74, of Denton, passed away on Wednesday, February 13, 2013. He was born on April 30, 1938 in Aspermont, TX to Walter Franklin Collom and Flossie Bell Watson Collom. He married Rosemary Lockhart in Denton on February 28, 1959 and worked for Wells Fargo for 47 years. The funeral service will be held on Friday, February 15,...
Martha Novell Johnson
Feb 12, 2013
Martha Novell Johnson, 78, of Justin, passed away on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. She was born on February 13, 1934 in Haskell, Texas to Johnny Lawson and Vera Stone Lawson. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Alvord, TX and was a retired Nursing Aid. Visitation will be Thursday, February 14, 2013 from 5-7 pm at DeBerry...
Thanna Bounds
Feb 9, 2013
Thanna Bounds, 83 of Lake Dallas passed away Saturday, February 09, 2013 in Corinth. She was born January 16, 1930 in Farmers Valley, TX to Julius Fritz Drieschner and Ruby Helen McAdams Drieschner. She married Ivan Carl Bounds on November 14, 1953 in Denton. He preceded her in death on September 22, 2009. She was a member of the Lake...
John "Jack" Robert Horwedel, Sr.
Feb 7, 2013
Horwedel, John 'Jack' Robert Sr., 75, died peacefully at his home in Little Elm, TX on Thursday, February 7, 2013. Born in Albany, N.Y. on August 5, 1937, he was the son of the late John F. and Jean (D'Angelo) Horwedel. He grew up in Albany, N.Y., attended Christian Brothers Academy and received his bachelorette degree from Syracuse University. He...
