Obituaries

May 28, 2022

Ronnie Anthony Simmons was born April 28, 1962 to the late Clay Lawrence Simmons Sr., and Myrtle Lee Simmons. Ronnie grew up on the southside of Elgin with his siblings and loved to be around his family.

Ronnie attended Elgin Public Schools and  graduated from Elgin High School in 1981.

Ronnie accepted Christ as his...

May 17, 2022

Barbara Jean Kylberg Fredrickson, 89, of Elgin, was called Home, to be with her Lord and Savior, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. She was born in Elgin, Texas, to Ernest Oscar Kylberg and Ida Mae Klaus Kylberg.

Barbara's greatest enjoyment came from spending time with family and friends. Her unwavering faith in God influenced her commitments to work...

May 17, 2022

Earlene Whited Torres was born in Bullard, Texas, on November 10, 1929.  The small family moved to Port Arthur, Texas, where her sister, Alice Faye and brother, Buddy were born.  Her parents, W.T. “Shorty” Huff and Jessie Mae Hodge later moved to Austin, where baby sister Wanda was born.

Throughout Earlene’s life, she was an industrious person;...

May 16, 2022

Bruce Brockway Lynn, 95, of Elgin, passed away Monday, May 16, 2022.  An immediate, private burial was held at Elgin Cemetery. The family will hold a memorial in Bruce's honor at a later date.

May 15, 2022

Mary Wade, 95, of Elgin, passed away Sunday morning, May 15, 2022.  Services will be private.

May 13, 2022

Mauro Arturo Samago Simental, 43, of Elgin, passed away Friday morning, May 13, 2022.  Family and Friends will gather at the Elgin Funeral Home, Monday, May 23rd from 12:00 PM until 2:00 PM with a Celebration of Mauro's life will follow at Elgin Funeral Home at 2:00 PM. Interment will be held at Elgin Latin Cemetery.

May 11, 2022

Bob was born at his grandmother’s home in Foster, Kentucky, a one street town where he could confidently stand on his bike seat, coast downhill, and dare not even a cat to cross his path. He teased, yet adored his younger twin sisters, Jean and Janet. He milked the cows at dawn and played his harmonica at night, making...

May 10, 2022

Anthony Brage, 50, of Manor, passed away Tuesday afternoon, May 10, 2022.  Services are pending.

May 8, 2022

Our beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister and aunt, Elvira Jimenez Flores was called to Heaven Sunday morning, May 8, 2022 at the age of 87, in Manor, Texas.

She was born in Ben Bolt, Texas, August 29, 1934. She was a devoted Wife, Mother, seamstress, baker, member of the Helping Hands, a substitute teacher and cafeteria...

May 6, 2022

Phyllis Marilyn Nungester, 84, of Hutto, passed away Friday evening, May 6, 2022.  Family and friends will gather at Hutto Bible Church, Wednesday, May 11th from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM.  A Celebration of Phyllis' life will be conducted at Hutto Bible Church, Thursday, May 12th at 10:00 AM with Pastor Bobby Pruitt officiating.  Interment will follow at Pleasant...

May 5, 2022

After recently discovering that cancer had invaded her lung and spread to her brain, Evelyn Irene Broadway of Elgin, Texas passed away at the age of seventy-eight on Thursday, May 5th, 2022, in the hospital.

Evelyn was born May 11, 1943, in Los Angeles, CA. She was baptized in March of 1953 and was always a believer...

May 5, 2022

Francisca Mendoza Moreno, 90, of Elgin, passed away surrounded by family Thursday morning, May 5, 2022.  Services are pending.

May 5, 2022

Amonte Lamonte Mendez was born on August 31, 2004.

He attended schools in the Austin Independent School district.. Pickle Elementary, Pecan Springs Elementary, Webb Middle School, and Reagan Early College High School and his first job was disaster clean-up after Hurricane Ida hit.

“Monte” loved to play his game, stay up to date on the...

May 3, 2022

Antonia Martinez Hernandez, 75, of Elgin, passed away Tuesday morning, May 3, 2022.  Family and Friends gathered at Elgin Funeral Home for a Visitation, Thursday, May 5th, from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM with Recitation of the Holy Rosary at 7:00 PM.  A Celebration of Christian Funeral Mass was conducted at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Friday, May 6th, at...

May 1, 2022

Standford Lee Craine, 83, of Austin, passed away Sunday, May 1, 2022.  Family and friends will gather for a Memorial Service with Military Honors at Williams Memorial Chapel in Elgin Funeral Home on Wednesday afternoon, May 25th at 2:00 PM with Bishop Alton Carter presiding.

Apr 29, 2022

William Henry Bodley, Sr., 54, of Elgin, passed away Friday, April 29, 2022.  Services will be private.

Apr 24, 2022

Eduardo A. Perez, 21, of Elgin, passed away Sunday, April 24, 2022.  Family and Friends will gather at the family residence for visitation, Monday, April 25th. A Celebration of Christian Funeral Mass will be conducted at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Wednesday, April 27th at 10:00 AM with Father Paul presiding. Interment will be private.

Apr 22, 2022

Carolyn Tingle, 90, of Taylor, passed away Friday, April 22, 2022.  She was born in Waco, Texas, to Annie Davidson Bowen and William Daniel Bowen, Jr. on March 24, 1932.  Carolyn graduated from Texas High School in Texarkana with the Class of ’49.  After graduation, she went onto attend the Brackenridge School of Nursing in Austin and graduated in...

Apr 22, 2022

Josiah Lee McCalvin, Infant son of Victoria, of Austin, passed away Friday, April 22, 2022.  Services will be private.

These Are My Footprints

These are my footprints,

So perfect and so small.

These tiny footprints,

...

Apr 21, 2022

Martin “SHARK” Fidencio Ruiz, 50, of Cedar Creek, formerly of Bastrop, passed away Thursday, April 21, 2022.  Martin was born at Brackenridge Hospital, on September 27, 1971 to Yolanda Ruiz and Raymond Medina, Sr. Martin grew up in Stoney Point, he then moved to Bastrop where he attended Bastrop high school.  After receiving his G.E.D., attended school to become...