Obituaries

Jan 23, 2022

Melvina (Mel) Qualls passed away at home surrounded by her family.  Her husband was devoted to caring for her and he was holding her hand as she passed peacefully the morning of January 23, 2022 at the age of 84.

Mel was born December 24, 1937, she was the youngest of four children, born to Melvin and...

Jan 22, 2022

Doreen H. Parmes, 82, a resident of Waco, passed away Saturday morning at her daughter's home in Waco, TX after a lengthy illness.   The family will receive visitors from 5 PM to 7 PM, Thursday, January 27, 2022 at the Waco Memorial Mausoleum Chapel with Graveside Services held at 3 PM, Friday, January 28, 2022 at Waco Memorial Park....

Jan 20, 2022

Mary Louise (Louise) Van Zandt quietly passed away on January 20, 2022, at the age of 93. She was born the youngest of three girls to Claude and Ruby Green on June 8, 1928, in Waco, Texas. Her older sisters, Ruby and Wilma, predeceased her.

She married Ernie Van Zandt on February 2, 1951. She always said...

Jan 19, 2022

Jan 19, 2022

Bobbie Lynn Kirk Mangum went to be with our Lord on January 19, 2022. Bobbie was born in McGregor, Texas to Thelma and Clyde Kirk. She was raised in Waco and recalled with fond memories attending South Junior High School. She married James William Mangum on January 10, 1944 at First Baptist Church in Waco. A devoted Air Force...

Jan 18, 2022

Matthew Alexander McCreary, infant son of Megan McCreary and Matthew Vasquez, passed away January 18, 2022. Private family services will be scheduled at a later date.

Jan 13, 2022

Test obituary

Jan 10, 2022

Irene Maciel Salazar, 67 of Waco, passed away January 10, 2022. Memorial services will be held Monday, January 24, 2022 at 12:00 pm at the Waco Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel. Irene was born November 26, 1954 to Victoria Mata, currently of Dallas. She was raised by her grandparents, Andres and Maria H. Maciel, who preceded her in death. Irene was...

Jan 6, 2022

Marian Aline (nee Mallett) Oleksak, age 87 passed peacefully on January 6, 2022 in Cleburne, Texas.  Beloved wife of 64 years of the late Walter Carl Oleksak.  Loving mother of three sons, Michael C. (Nell Rapport) of University Heights, OH; Carl M. (Shirley) of Burleson, TX; and Joseph C. (Maria) of Cleburne, TX.  Loving grandmother of Kyle (Megan) Oleksak of Lakewood,...

Jan 2, 2022

Debora Jean (Spears) Stewart

Debora “Debbie” Stewart passed away after an arduous fight against COVID-19 on January 2, 2022 in Waco, TX.  She was born on June 25, 1959 in Oklahoma City, OK, the youngest of three daughters to Lloyd & Shirley Spears.

Debbie married in 1977 to Dave Stewart for 39 years.  She gave...

Jan 1, 2022

Delores Fowler Jackson, 78, of Waco, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, July 26, 2022. She was born July 6, 1944, to Wiley and Neutrine Fowler. She grew up in Waco and attended Waco High School. She earned her LVN at McLennan Community College in 1991 and worked in home health care for years before retiring. She loved...

Jan 1, 2022

James Harold Meeks fell asleep in death on Tuesday July 5, 2022. He was 83 years old.

A memorial talk will be given by Allen Cunningham on Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 2:00 PM at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses (2308 N. Valley Mills Dr., Waco, TX 76710) and virtually through Zoom (Meeting ID: 859 9563 7160;...

Jan 1, 2022

Harvey Lee Jirasek, 90 of Waco, went to be with his Lord and Savior February 12, 2022 at Community Hospice of Texas, St. Catherine’s in Waco. Memorial service will be held Thursday, March 3, 2022 at the Waco Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel.

Harvey is survived by his wife, Virginia Nell Jirasek of Waco; children Bobby Jirasek of...

Jan 1, 2022

Melissa was born December 21, 1964 in Houston, TX at Herman Memorial Hospital to Patricia Dyan Sutton and Wayne Hensley. She was the fourth of ten siblings and became the "mother" figure to them after her mother passed in 1990. Melissa grew up in California, Tennessee and Houston before moving to Waco with her family in 1980. She would still go...

Jan 1, 2022

Wanda Joyce Dugas was born in Waco, Texas on January 14, 1939, to the late Rev. Isaac Albert & MayDell Carter and passed away on February 23, 2022. Homegoing Service will be held Thursday, March 3 at 2:00 PM at Waco Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel. Visitation with the family will be on Wednesday, March 2 from 6:00 to 8:00...

Dec 25, 2021

Aaron Lee Thomas, prominent Architect of Waco, Texas, died peacefully at Providence Hospital, Waco, on Christmas Day, December 25th, 2021 at the age of 90 after a brief illness. He is survived by his sons: Aaron Lloyd and wife, Amy, of Temple; Mark Allan and wife, Jan, of Plano; and Glenn Scott and wife Sheila, of Waco; his eight...

Dec 22, 2021

Graveside services for Tazle LaRock Garrett, 96, of Waco will be held at 1 PM Thursday, December 30, 2021 at Chapel Hill Memorial Park..  Mrs. Garrett passed Wednesday, December 22, 2021 with family by her side.   She was born November 2, 1925, in Connerville, Oklahoma, the daughter of Alfred LaRock and Chassie Ellis LaRock. and was proud of her French/Native American culture. She...

Dec 21, 2021

Visitation for Floye Bruce will be held  on Sunday, January 2, 2022 from 2 PM to 4 PM at Waco Memorial Mausoleum Chapel.

Dec 21, 2021

J. A. ''Jay'' Baker

Broken Arrow laid on his breast, an Eagle Feather placed across the Arrow.  His body will return to the earth as it was, and his soul shall return unto the Great Spirit who gave it.

Jay was born, raised and educated on the Choctaw/Kiowa Indian Nation community near Medicine Park, Lawton,...

Dec 19, 2021

Wayne Christian Schoenleber, 86, a longtime resident of Hewitt, died Sunday, December 21, 2021 in a local nursing home. Born in Cleveland, Ohio on August 31, 1935, as a kid he worked for the coal truck man delivering coal for a quarter a day.  He later joined the U.S. Army in January of 1953 and served until April of 1955 earning...