Obituaries
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:...
Marie Daskevich
May 6, 2013
ARLINGTON -- Marie Louise Daskevich, 87, of Mansfield went to join her beloved husband with our Lord on May 6, 2013. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 841125, Dallas, TX 75284-1125. Marie was born on August 9, 1925 in Ranger, to the late Clarence and Alta Gallagher. She...
Arlene Poe
May 2, 2013
Arlene "Dottie" Poe passed away Thursday, May 2, 2013.She was born on September 19, 1920 in Flint, Michigan, the daughter of Peter and Olive Loraine Westcott Flick. Dottie was preceded in death by her husband, David E. Poe, Sr. and by her daughter, Carol Smith Sadler. She is survived by her sons, John and wife, Gail, David and wife, Sherry;...
Patsy Beasley
May 1, 2013
Patsy Darlene Beasley, 73, passed away Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in Scott and White Medical Center of Temple, Texas. Patsy was born October 1, 1939, in Mansfield, Texas, the daughter of Orlie Clyde Rawdon and Clara Ploma Hill Rawdon. She married Ronnal Sam Beasley on July 3, 1959. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her Husband, Ronnal Beasley; sons, Ronnie...
Pamela Griffin
April 29, 2013
MANSFIELD -- Pamela Audrene Griffin, 66, passed away after a brief illness on Monday, April 29, 2013, at a Mansfield hospital. Service: 2 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church Mansfield. Visitation: The family will receive visitors from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Blessing Funeral Home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to a...
Scott Barthel
April 25, 2013
CROWLEY -- Scott Barthel passed away Thursday, April 25, 2013. Graveside service: 3:30 p.m. Thursday, May 2, in Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield. Visitation: 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday at Blessing Funeral Home. "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart." Jeremiah 1:5 Survivors: Mother, Donna Mommens and husband, Dave; father, Michael...
Lawanna Hamilton
April 23, 2013
MANSFIELD -- Lawanna Jean Hamilton went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Funeral: 1 p.m. Saturday at Blessing Funeral Home, Mansfield. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Blessing, Brother Walter Sanders of Rehoboth Baptist Church, Arlington, officiating. Lawanna was predeceased by her father,...
Robert Ogletree,
April 13, 2013
GODLEY -- Robert James Ogletree Sr., formerly of Fort Worth, passed on Saturday, April. 13, 2013. Service: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Blessing Funeral Home, Mansfield. Graveside service to follow in Hawkins Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Robert served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1948-52. He was a member of the Chosin Few, the...
Sandra Ratliff
April 11, 2013
ALVARADO -- Sandra P. Ratliff passed away April 11, 2013. Service: 9 a.m., Wednesday at Blessing Funeral Home, Mansfield. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday at the funeral home. Survivors: Husband, Joe Ratliff; three children; grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Peggy Phillips
April 10, 2013
GRANBURY -- Peggy Phillips, 81, passed away peacefully from this world, Wednesday, April 10, to join her Lord and Savior. Services: The viewing will be held at Blessing Funeral Home in Mansfield on Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. The funeral will be at the same location on Monday at 2 p.m. Interment: Mansfield Cemetery. Memorial: In lieu of flowers...
Barbara Maxwell
April 6, 2013
RENDON -- Barbara Lunday Maxwell, 81, passed away Saturday, April 6, 2013. Barbara was born in Dallas on March 13, 1932, the daughter of Al and Myrtle Lunday. She graduated from Mansfield High School in 1950 and Texas State College for Women in 1955. She was a volunteer choir director at Retta Baptist Church for several years and also dispatched...
James Stowe
April 4, 2013
MANSFIELD -- James Hodges Stowe passed away peacefully in his sleep Thursday, April 4, 2013, at the age of 85. James was born Oct. 4, 1927. He was preceded in death by his son, Daryl Stowe, and sister, Ruth McGuire. Survivors: Wife, Davie; daughter, Rita; grandsons, Cass, Cade and wife, Jewelleene; great-grandsons, Garrett, Tanner and Tyler.
Stephen Yetter
March 24, 2013
Stephen Paul Yetter, 57, of Mansfield, Texas, passed away Sunday, March 24, 2013 in his home. Stephen was born in Houston, Texas on December 2, 1955, the son of Russell Harlan Yetter and Joyce Fay Bradford Yetter. He married Kimberly Lynn Martindale on March 1, 1980 in Houston, Texas. Mr. Yetter was a contractor and a member of Walnut Ridge...
Joseph Hudson,
March 23, 2013
MANSFIELD -- Joseph "Joe" H. Hudson, Jr., 88, a loving husband, father and grandfather, passed away Saturday, March 23, 2013. Service: 2 p.m. Monday at Blessing Funeral Home. Interment: Mansfield Cemetery. Visitation: 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Joe farmed all his life until he went to work for Rhodes Supply. Joe and Nancy bought the company...
Michael Foster,
March 20, 2013
MANSFIELD -- Mike Foster Sr. passed away Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Blessing Funeral Home, Mansfield. Mike was born Aug. 5, 1953, in San Antonio and moved to Mansfield in 1995. He retired from Alberton's in 2001, after 25 years. Mike was an avid hunter and fisherman and loved being outdoors. He was preceded...
Donna Elmore
March 18, 2013
HILLSBORO -- Donna Elmore, 53, passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus, Monday March 18, 2013. Donna was born November 20, 1959 in Arlington, Texas to Kenneth Elmore and Dorothy Ballew Elmore. The family would like to thank her caregivers at Homestead Nursing Home for the love and care they gave to Donna over the years. She was preceded in...
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