Obituaries
Randall Shank
Oct 21, 2017
Randall Paul Shank, 67, of Little Elm, Texas passed away at his home on October 21, 2017. He was born November 5, 1949 in Warren, Ohio, a son of the late Lloyd W. and Hazel (Vean) Shank. He married Judith Lee (Montgomery) Moran on January 21st, 1972 and then later in life married Margaret Rose (Roth) Schreier on July 5th,...
Betty Allen
Oct 17, 2017
Betty Jean Allen was born October 31, 1932 in Algona, Iowa to parents Friedrich Wilhelm Gebken and Mary Ann Leininger Gebken. She married Richard James Allen, September 17, 1952 in Algona, Iowa. Betty loved to volunteer at Kennedale Senior Center and enjoyed entering her arts and crafts at the Texas State Fair. In Iowa, she loved fishing year round and...
Hiep Lien
Oct 10, 2017
Hiep Lien, 94, of Grand Prairie passed away on Tuesday, October 10, 2017. Funeral Service 11 a.m. Saturday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Interment at Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home.
Jay Baxley
Oct 8, 2017
Jay William Starr Baxley, age 56 passed away on Sunday, October 8, 2017 in Vernon, Texas. Jay was enjoying one of his many passions, flying. Jay was born on September 16, 1961 as Michel Detlef Blocker in Darmstadt, West Germany. Jay was adopted soon after birth by William Edward Baxley and Helen Catherine Klein Baxley and his name was changed to Jay William...
Patricia Moses
Oct 5, 2017
Patricia Iris Moses, 77, of Arlington passed away Thursday, October 5, 2017. Funeral Service 1 p.m. Monday, October 9, 2017 at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Interment at Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Sunday, October 8, 2017 at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Patricia Iris Moses was born on November 17, 1939, in Dime Box, Texas. She married Lee Edward Moses...
Merle Caruthers
Oct 2, 2017
Merle Max Caruthers, 86, of Granbury, Texas passed away Monday, October 2, 2017. Funeral Service 2 p.m. Friday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Merle was born in Brownsfield, Texas on August 6, 1930 to Myrka and “Gus” Caruthers. He served his country as a medic in the Navy during the Korean War...
Fredrick Trachier Sr.
Sep 29, 2017
Fredrick James Trachier, 79, of Arlington passed away Friday, September 29, 2017. Funeral Service 11 a.m. Friday, October 6, 2017 at St. Rita Catholic Church in Fort Worth. Interment at Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Rosary 6-8 p.m. Thursday, October, 5, 2017 at St. Rita Catholic Church. FREDRICK JAMES TRACHIER, SR. 1938 - 2017 Born April 26, 1938 in Lincoln, New...
Ian Woelfel
Sep 28, 2017
Ian Todd Woelfel, age 46, passed away on Thursday, September 28th, 2017, at John Peter Smith Hospital in Ft. Worth, TX. He was born January 3, 1971, in Victorville, California to Gilbert and Sharon Woelfel. Ian was a 1989 graduate of Lindsay High School. Ian lived life through simple pleasures. He had a passion for “fixing things”. If it was...
Ted Bruton
Sep 28, 2017
Ted Lee Bruton, 62, a Christian minister, heard the words "Well done, My good and faithful servant" on September 28, 2017. after a valiant battle with Lou Gahrig's Disease. His unwavering faith in God guided him through this fight and gave him God's peace. Funeral Service 1 p.m. Tuesday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Interment at Emerald Hills Memorial Park....
Catalina Delgado
Sep 28, 2017
Catalina Delgado, 92, passed away Thursday, September 28, 2017. Funeral Visitation 1-3 p.m. Monday, October 2, 2017 at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Interment immediately following at Emerald Hills Memorial Park.
Mary Stevens
Sep 24, 2017
Mary Elizabeth Stevens, 100, of Arlington passed away Monday, September 25, 2017. Funeral Service 10 a.m., Saturday, September 30, 2017 at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Interment at Everman Cemetery, Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, September 28, 2017 at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Mary raised two daughters, on her own, during the 1940’s. She was an extremely hard worker who provided well for...
Genevieve Boyd
Sep 18, 2017
Genevieve F. Boyd, 94, of Kennedale passed away Monday, September 18, 2017. Funeral Service: 2 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Kennedale. Interment: Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 pm to 8 pm Thursday at First Baptist Kennedale. Genny was born May 7, 1923 to James D. and Donnie Faulkner in Arkansas. She moved to Kennedale in 1950 and lived here for the remainder...
Gabriel Paetz
Sep 17, 2017
Gabriel Alexander Paetz was born at 7:20 pm on September 8, 2017 in Fort Worth, Texas. He blessed the earth with his life and love, touching so many people for 8 days and 21.5 hours. He was a brave fighter with a strong will to live, surviving longer than 99% of babies with anencephaly. Most of his life, Gabe cuddled in the arms...
Stefanie Massey
Sep 15, 2017
Stefanie Rae Massey, 34, passed away Friday, September 15, 2017. Funeral Service: 10 a.m. Friday, September 22, 2017 at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Interment at Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, September 21, 2017 at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Stefanie was a very intelligent girl. She loved her parents, who are both extremely proud of her. Stefanie was...
Susan Martin
Sep 15, 2017
Susan Kaye Martin, 36, passed away Friday, September 15, 2017. Funeral Service: 10 a.m. Friday, September 22, 2017 at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Interment at Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, September 21, 2017 at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Susan loved her parents, who are both extremely proud of her. Susan was always very generous with her money...
Brenda Syrios
Sep 11, 2017
Brenda Fay Syrios, 61, of Arlington passed away on Monday, September 11, 2017. Funeral Service: 2 p.m. Saturday in Emerald Hills Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Brenda was born November 28, 1955 in Whittier, CA. She later moved to San Angelo, TX where she met her husband John...
Dorothy Strand
Aug 30, 2017
Dorothy Margaret Strand, 87, of Dallas passed away Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Funeral Service: 11a.m. Monday, September 4, 2017 at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Interment 10 a.m. Tuesday at Emerald Hills Memorial Park.
Harley Cunningham
Aug 26, 2017
Harley Glen Cunningham, 80, of Arlington passed away Saturday, August 26, 2017 surrounded by his loving family. Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Interment: Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Memorials: Donations can be made in Harley's name to the American Cancer Society. Harley was born December 31, 1936...
Brenda Valenzuela
Aug 25, 2017
Brenda A. Valenzuela, 64, of Little Elm passed away on Friday, August 25, 2017. Funeral Service: 12 p.m. Saturday in Emerald Hills Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday an hour prior to the service. Memorials: Donations can be made to the any of the Margarita Society's aimed at benefiting children's charities. Brenda was...
Raye Laughlin
Aug 19, 2017
Raye Luanne Laughlin, 74, of Arlington passed away at home on August 19, 2017. Memorial Service 2 p.m. Saturday, October 7th at Trinity UMC, 1200 West Green Oaks, Arlington, Tx 76013. Raye was born February 23, 1943 to Lynden R. and Dorothy Perkins in Lima, Ohio. She graduated from Lima Senior High School in 1961. Shortly after she moved to...
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Randall Shank
Oct 21, 2017
Randall Paul Shank, 67, of Little Elm, Texas passed away at his home on October 21, 2017. He was born November 5, 1949 in Warren, Ohio, a son of the late Lloyd W. and Hazel (Vean) Shank. He married Judith Lee (Montgomery) Moran on January 21st, 1972 and then later in life married Margaret Rose (Roth) Schreier on July 5th,...
Betty Allen
Oct 17, 2017
Betty Jean Allen was born October 31, 1932 in Algona, Iowa to parents Friedrich Wilhelm Gebken and Mary Ann Leininger Gebken. She married Richard James Allen, September 17, 1952 in Algona, Iowa. Betty loved to volunteer at Kennedale Senior Center and enjoyed entering her arts and crafts at the Texas State Fair. In Iowa, she loved fishing year round and...
Hiep Lien
Oct 10, 2017
Hiep Lien, 94, of Grand Prairie passed away on Tuesday, October 10, 2017. Funeral Service 11 a.m. Saturday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Interment at Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home.
Jay Baxley
Oct 8, 2017
Jay William Starr Baxley, age 56 passed away on Sunday, October 8, 2017 in Vernon, Texas. Jay was enjoying one of his many passions, flying. Jay was born on September 16, 1961 as Michel Detlef Blocker in Darmstadt, West Germany. Jay was adopted soon after birth by William Edward Baxley and Helen Catherine Klein Baxley and his name was changed to Jay William...
Patricia Moses
Oct 5, 2017
Patricia Iris Moses, 77, of Arlington passed away Thursday, October 5, 2017. Funeral Service 1 p.m. Monday, October 9, 2017 at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Interment at Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Sunday, October 8, 2017 at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Patricia Iris Moses was born on November 17, 1939, in Dime Box, Texas. She married Lee Edward Moses...
Merle Caruthers
Oct 2, 2017
Merle Max Caruthers, 86, of Granbury, Texas passed away Monday, October 2, 2017. Funeral Service 2 p.m. Friday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Merle was born in Brownsfield, Texas on August 6, 1930 to Myrka and “Gus” Caruthers. He served his country as a medic in the Navy during the Korean War...
Fredrick Trachier Sr.
Sep 29, 2017
Fredrick James Trachier, 79, of Arlington passed away Friday, September 29, 2017. Funeral Service 11 a.m. Friday, October 6, 2017 at St. Rita Catholic Church in Fort Worth. Interment at Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Rosary 6-8 p.m. Thursday, October, 5, 2017 at St. Rita Catholic Church. FREDRICK JAMES TRACHIER, SR. 1938 - 2017 Born April 26, 1938 in Lincoln, New...
Ian Woelfel
Sep 28, 2017
Ian Todd Woelfel, age 46, passed away on Thursday, September 28th, 2017, at John Peter Smith Hospital in Ft. Worth, TX. He was born January 3, 1971, in Victorville, California to Gilbert and Sharon Woelfel. Ian was a 1989 graduate of Lindsay High School. Ian lived life through simple pleasures. He had a passion for “fixing things”. If it was...
Ted Bruton
Sep 28, 2017
Ted Lee Bruton, 62, a Christian minister, heard the words "Well done, My good and faithful servant" on September 28, 2017. after a valiant battle with Lou Gahrig's Disease. His unwavering faith in God guided him through this fight and gave him God's peace. Funeral Service 1 p.m. Tuesday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Interment at Emerald Hills Memorial Park....
Catalina Delgado
Sep 28, 2017
Catalina Delgado, 92, passed away Thursday, September 28, 2017. Funeral Visitation 1-3 p.m. Monday, October 2, 2017 at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Interment immediately following at Emerald Hills Memorial Park.
Mary Stevens
Sep 24, 2017
Mary Elizabeth Stevens, 100, of Arlington passed away Monday, September 25, 2017. Funeral Service 10 a.m., Saturday, September 30, 2017 at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Interment at Everman Cemetery, Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, September 28, 2017 at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Mary raised two daughters, on her own, during the 1940’s. She was an extremely hard worker who provided well for...
Genevieve Boyd
Sep 18, 2017
Genevieve F. Boyd, 94, of Kennedale passed away Monday, September 18, 2017. Funeral Service: 2 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Kennedale. Interment: Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 pm to 8 pm Thursday at First Baptist Kennedale. Genny was born May 7, 1923 to James D. and Donnie Faulkner in Arkansas. She moved to Kennedale in 1950 and lived here for the remainder...
Gabriel Paetz
Sep 17, 2017
Gabriel Alexander Paetz was born at 7:20 pm on September 8, 2017 in Fort Worth, Texas. He blessed the earth with his life and love, touching so many people for 8 days and 21.5 hours. He was a brave fighter with a strong will to live, surviving longer than 99% of babies with anencephaly. Most of his life, Gabe cuddled in the arms...
Stefanie Massey
Sep 15, 2017
Stefanie Rae Massey, 34, passed away Friday, September 15, 2017. Funeral Service: 10 a.m. Friday, September 22, 2017 at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Interment at Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, September 21, 2017 at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Stefanie was a very intelligent girl. She loved her parents, who are both extremely proud of her. Stefanie was...
Susan Martin
Sep 15, 2017
Susan Kaye Martin, 36, passed away Friday, September 15, 2017. Funeral Service: 10 a.m. Friday, September 22, 2017 at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Interment at Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, September 21, 2017 at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Susan loved her parents, who are both extremely proud of her. Susan was always very generous with her money...
Brenda Syrios
Sep 11, 2017
Brenda Fay Syrios, 61, of Arlington passed away on Monday, September 11, 2017. Funeral Service: 2 p.m. Saturday in Emerald Hills Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Brenda was born November 28, 1955 in Whittier, CA. She later moved to San Angelo, TX where she met her husband John...
Dorothy Strand
Aug 30, 2017
Dorothy Margaret Strand, 87, of Dallas passed away Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Funeral Service: 11a.m. Monday, September 4, 2017 at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Interment 10 a.m. Tuesday at Emerald Hills Memorial Park.
Harley Cunningham
Aug 26, 2017
Harley Glen Cunningham, 80, of Arlington passed away Saturday, August 26, 2017 surrounded by his loving family. Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Interment: Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at Emerald Hills Funeral Home. Memorials: Donations can be made in Harley's name to the American Cancer Society. Harley was born December 31, 1936...
Brenda Valenzuela
Aug 25, 2017
Brenda A. Valenzuela, 64, of Little Elm passed away on Friday, August 25, 2017. Funeral Service: 12 p.m. Saturday in Emerald Hills Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday an hour prior to the service. Memorials: Donations can be made to the any of the Margarita Society's aimed at benefiting children's charities. Brenda was...
Raye Laughlin
Aug 19, 2017
Raye Luanne Laughlin, 74, of Arlington passed away at home on August 19, 2017. Memorial Service 2 p.m. Saturday, October 7th at Trinity UMC, 1200 West Green Oaks, Arlington, Tx 76013. Raye was born February 23, 1943 to Lynden R. and Dorothy Perkins in Lima, Ohio. She graduated from Lima Senior High School in 1961. Shortly after she moved to...
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