Obituaries
Kay Wexler
Jul 5, 2013
Kay Fay Wexler (August 3, 1934 - July 5, 2013) Kay Fay Wexler died peacefully on July 5, 2013 in Mansfield, TX. Kay was born in Wildsville, LA on August 3, 1934 and was the third child of Addie Bertha Leblanc Wexler and Charles Warren Wexler. Kay earned her Bachelor’s degree from Xavier University of Louisiana and her Master’s of...
Melba Cowin
Jun 29, 2013
ARLINGTON -- Melba Jean Cowin, 80, passed away Saturday, June 29, 2013. Melba was born in Mansfield, Texas on November 12, 1932, the daughter of Gene Hammett and Alta Watson Hammett and was the wife of Wayne Cowin Survivors: Husband of 32 years, Wayne Cowin; sons, Eddie and Ronnie White and Mike Cowin; daughters, Vickie Kohler and Tasha Dominguez; stepdaughter,...
John Schmidt
Jun 26, 2013
MANSFIELD -- John Christopher Schmidt, 63, father, husband, story teller and family physician, died Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Memorial Service: 2 p.m. Friday, July 5 at Blessing Funeral Home. John was born May 25, 1950 in Beaumont, the son of Ruth and HM Schmidt. He graduated Forest Park High School in Beaumont in 1968. John played bass in popular regional...
Paul Austin
Jun 18, 2013
MANSFIELD -- Paul Robert Austin passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Graveside service: 10 a.m. Saturday, June 29, in Cedar Hill Memorial Park, 8301 Mansfield Highway, Arlington. Survivors: Parents, TerriLee and Mark Folmar; sister, LatriciaLee Austin; and nephew, Daemon Austin.
Melvin Uselton
Jun 17, 2013
KENNEDALE -- Melvin Clyde Uselton, 78, passed away Monday, June 17, 2013. He was born in Lillian, Texas on September 10, 1934, the son of James Calvin Uselton and Dollie Shaw Uselton. Melvin married Margaret Ann Self on November 20, 1953 in Kennedale. Survivors: Wife of 59 years, Margaret; daughters, Sue Ellen Brown, Glynis Carpenter; sons, Terry Uselton, Leslie Uselton...
William Jones
Jun 15, 2013
William "Bill" Max Jones passed away Saturday, June 15, 2013. Graveside service: 3 p.m. Tuesday in Moore Memorial Gardens, Arlington. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Zoe Ministry, First United Methodist Church, Mansfield, Texas. Bill was born in Houston on May 18, 1943, the son of Chester and Marguerite Jones. He graduated from Letourneau College and served...
Juanita Mcmillen
Jun 14, 2013
MANSFIELD -- Juanita McMillen, 90, passed away Friday, June 14, 2013. Juanita was born March 17, 1923, in Fort Worth, the daughter of John Claude Barnard and Dewey Mae Phillips Barnard. She married Loyd C. McMillen Sr. on Sept. 23, 1941, in Fort Worth. She was a member of Worth Baptist Church. Juanita was preceded in death by her parents;...
Edward Ulvestad
Jun 12, 2013
MANSFIELD -- Edward Arnold Ulvestad, 86, passed away Wed., June 12. Graveside: 3:15 p.m., Friday, June 28 at DFW National Cemetery. Rememberances may be made to St. Gregory's Preschool, 1091 Country Club Dr., Mansfield, Tx. 76063; DFW Dachshund Rescue, P. O. Box 1892, Colleyville, Tx., 76034; or the charity of your choice. Ed served in the U.S. Navy during WWll...
Billy Hightower
Jun 11, 2013
MANSFIELD -- Billy Edd Hightower, 84, died on Tuesday, June 11, 2013, at the hospital in Mansfield, surrounded by his family and friends. Requiem: 10 a.m. Saturday, June 22 at St. Peter and Paul Anglican Church, 3900 Morris Lane, Arlington. Interment to follow at the church. Then the family will greet friends and relatives in the Great Hall. Memorials: Donations...
Mary Dungan
Jun 9, 2013
MANSFIELD -- Frankie Dungan, 69, passed away Sunday morning, June 9, 2013. Funeral Mass: 10 a.m. Friday at St. Jude Catholic Church, 500 E. Dallas St., Mansfield, followed by a ceremony at her final resting place at Skyvue Memorial Gardens in Mansfield. Formal visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday with rosary at Blessing Funeral Home, 401 Elm St., Mansfield. Memorials:...
Douglas "Doug" Warr
Jun 7, 2013
Douglas M. Warr, 60, of Mansfield, Texas, passed away Friday, June 7, 2013 at his home. Doug was born in Center, Texas on March 23, 1953, the son of Zelmo “Bud” Warr and Elsie Lee Hancock Warr. Doug was a sales representative for Academy Sports and Outdoors. Survivors include his Uncles and Aunts, Harold and Maudie Warr, Edsel and Jo...
Adena Tice
May 31, 2013
MANSFIELD -- Adena Sutton Tice, 93, passed away Friday, May 31, 2013. Graveside Service: 2:30 PM Monday at Rosemound Cemetery, Commerce. Memorials: Memorial donations may be made to a charity of choice or to the Grady Tice Endowment at Texas A & M University Commerce, P.O. Box 3425, Commerce, TX75429. Att: Glenda Anderson. Our Lil' Auntie, Aunt Adena, was born...
Donald Neaves
May 26, 2013
MANSFIELD -- Donald Gibbons Neaves, 64, passed away Sunday, May 26, 2013. Memorial Service: 4:30 p.m. Saturday, June 7, 2013 at Someplace Else, 1200 W. Arbrook, Arlington. Donald was born April 7, 1949 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He worked at Pier 1 Imports for 26 years as a systems programmer. He loved the outdoors, playing shuffleboard and shooting pool. Survivors:...
Joan Riley
May 22, 2013
Joan Harriet McLaughlin Riley, 79, has peacefully transitioned from human form to pure love and light. She was born in Dodgeville, Iowa, to Daniel and Mary Ellen Fitzgerald McLaughlin, and lived in Burlington until the early '70s. A rosary will be said at 6pm at Blessing Funeral Home, 401 Elm St., Friday, May 24, with a visitation to follow, until...
Brian Mulkey
May 14, 2013
Mansfield – Brian Keith Mulkey, 41, joined his Savior Jesus Christ on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. A Celebration of this Life will be held on Friday, May 31st, from 1 pm to 4 pm at the Mansfield Activities Center. Brian was born January 21, 1972, in Arlington, Texas. He was the loving father of Tyler and Trey Mulkey, son of...
Troy Looney
May 14, 2013
Troy James Looney entered the Kingdom of Heaven on May 14, 2013. Service: 10 a.m., Saturday at Blessing Funeral Home, 401 Elm St., Mansfield. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m., Friday at the funeral home. Troy was born May 30, 1958 in Dallas, the son of J. K. and Mary Lois Lewis Looney. He was a 20 year veteran of the...
Louis Muchow
May 11, 2013
Louis Muchow, 79, of Grand Prairie passed away at 9:37 a.m. May 11, 2013, surrounded by family at a hospice. Louis was born December 23, 1933, the son of Margaret and Ed Muchow in Otis, Colo. He graduated from Otis High School in 1951 and attended Colorado A&M before enlisting in the Army and was honorably discharged in 1955. Louis...
Velda Tedford
May 9, 2013
BURLESON -- Velda Lee Gibbons Tedford, 91, was born May 11, 1921 to John Robert and Lela Frank Gibbons in Valley Mills, Texas. From age five until graduation, she lived in Walnut Springs. She moved to Fort Worth with a scholarship to Brantley Draughn Business College. Upon graduation, she worked in Washington, D.C. starting in 1941 with the civil service...
James Hollenbeck
May 6, 2013
MANSFIELD -- James Robert Hollenbeck, 79, passed away Monday, May 6, 2013. Service: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 14, in Blessing Colonial Chapel, 401 Elm St., Mansfield. Interment: 2:15 p.m. Tuesday in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Bobbie Rabel, and son, James R. Hollenbeck...
Jonathan Whiteside
May 6, 2013
MANSFIELD -- Jonathan Randall Whiteside, 33, passed away Monday, May 6, 2013, in Mansfield. Service: 2 p.m. Monday, May 13, at Blessing Colonial Chapel, 401 Elm St., Mansfield. Jonathan was born in Fort Worth Jan. 23, 1980. He was preceded in death by his, father Thomas Randall Whiteside; paternal grandmother, Tommie Whiteside; and his maternal grandfather, Ernest Bill Slayton. Survivors:...
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