Obituaries

Oral Parker

Oral Parker

Mar 22, 2011

Oral quotEvelynquot Parker, 87, retired Golden Years Nursing Home Nurse and Administrator of Elgin, passed away peacefully Tuesday afternoon, March 22, 2011.

Allie Gorman

Allie Gorman

Mar 17, 2011

Allie Lee Gorman, Sr., 81, Plant Manager of Bastrop passed away peacefully, Thursday, March 17, 2011.

Ricarda Desiller

Ricarda Desiller

Mar 14, 2011

Ricarda R. DeSiller, 95, of Elgin passed away Monday, March 14th. She was born in Laredo, Texas on April 15, 1915. She resided in Elgin for over 50 years.

Tommie Liles

Tommie Liles

Mar 11, 2011

Tommie Jean Liles, retired nursing home aide of McDade, passed away peacefully, Friday morning, March 11, 2011 at the age of 73.

Abner Scott

Abner Scott

Mar 3, 2011

Abner Cleveland Scott, 87, went to be with his Heavenly Father on Thursday, March 3, 2011. Abner was born, the first of nine children, to Grover Cleveland and Ina Fay Scott on November 3, 1923 in McDade, Texas. After graduating from Elgin High School, he began working as a carpenter. Then during World War II, Abner joined the United...

Maria Mendez

Maria Mendez

Feb 26, 2011

Maria Mendez, age 92, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family at the Pflugerville Care Center, Saturday morning, February 26, 2011. She was born one of eight children to Pablo Garcia Rosas and Enriqueta Sanchez Rosas, in Bastrop County on January 24, 1919. Maria was a lifetime resident of Elgin, TX, where she and her husband of 73...

Ila Lenoir

Ila Lenoir

Feb 13, 2011

Ila Evelyn Griffin LeNoir of Houston passed away on February 13, 2011 at age 95 years and 6 months. Mrs. LeNoir was born in Elgin, Texas on August 13, 1915 to Jesse Richard and Mattie Evelyn Wilson Griffin. After graduating from Elgin High School in 1932, she attended Mary HardinBaylor College, Belton and East Texas State Teachers College, Commerce....

Ruth Lewis

Ruth Lewis

Feb 12, 2011

Ruth Alice was a blessing born to Lane Clay Perkins and Pearline Penson on April 15, 1930 in Bastrop, Texas. Ruth Alice was the first born to this union.

Ella Eldridge

Ella Eldridge

Feb 2, 2011

Ella Eldridge, 89, housewife of Coupland, passed away peacefully, Wednesday, February 2, 2011. A private memorial service is scheduled for a later date.

Alice Dusek

Alice Dusek

Jan 29, 2011

Alice Faye Dusek passed away on January 29, 2011. Alice was born in Austin, Texas on September 19, 1932 to John B. Dusek and Ophelia Klaus. She lived most of her life in Elgin and surrounding towns. Alice Faye always had a smile on her face which would light up a room and loved to share the fruits of...

Marjorie Sutton

Marjorie Sutton

Jan 27, 2011

Marjorie Sutton put on her heavenly wings and flew into the arms of her lord and savior, Jesus Christ, on January 27, 2011 at Saint David39s Hospital, Austin, Texas. Marjorie was born in Elgin, Texas on August 20, 1924 to Henry Clay Speer and Lela Pauline Rankin Speer. Welcoming her to the family was big sister Pauline Speer.

Alvin Eschberger

Alvin Eschberger

Jan 20, 2011

Alvin Arthur Eschberger, 91, died January 20, 2011, in Elgin, Texas. The tenth of eleven children, Alvin was born to Anna Stiewart and Gottlieb Eschberger on January 4, 1920 in German immigrant community of Paint Creek in northeast Bastrop County. He loved to tell stories of hunting and trapping with his brothers, Walter and Reinhold, of going to house...

Robert Rex

Robert Rex

Jan 17, 2011

Robert quotBobquot L. Rex, 75, passed away on January 17, 2011 after a short hospital stay. He had survived a stroke in 2008 and brain surgery in 2009. Bob now joins a daughter and a son. As a retired construction laborer from the Akron, Ohio area, Bob had moved to Elgin almost 7 years ago with his wife, Marilynn...

Spurgeon Smith

Spurgeon Smith

Jan 17, 2011

Spurgeon Eugene Smith of Elgin, 85, a longtime resident of central Texas and one of the founders of Tracor, died on Monday January 17, 2011. Gene was born in San Marcos, Texas on July 17, 1925 and joined the U.S. Navy at the age of seventeen. After attending Midshipman39s School in New York City, he was sent to Columbia,...

David Norman

David Norman

Jan 15, 2011

David Thomas Norman, 72, retired floor mechanic of Elgin, passed away peacefully early Saturday morning, January 15, 2011.

Margaret Denson

Margaret Denson

Jan 12, 2011

Margaret Denson passed away peacefully Wednesday afternoon, January 12, 2011, at the age of 81. She was born one of seven children in Amarillo, Texas to Norma and Thomas Cooper on June 27, 1929. About two years after graduating from Amarillo High School, she was briefly married to her first husband, Doug Lewis, a professional baseball player together they...

Mary Cook

Mary Cook

Jan 11, 2011

Mary quotJanequot Cook of Austin, Texas passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family and friends at the age of 71, early Tuesday morning, January 11, 2011. She was born the only child to Margaret and John E. Nichols in Elgin, Texas on June 1, 1939. After graduating from Elgin H.S. in 1957, Jane moved to Austin to broaden her...

Ivan Carranza

Ivan Carranza

Jan 6, 2011

Ivan Carranza, 20, of Blue, Texas, passed away Thursday, January 6, 2011. He is survived by his father, Rufino Carranza. The family received guests at the Elgin Funeral Home from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Monday, January 10, 2011. A Funeral Service was conducted at 11:00 AM Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at the Elgin Funeral Home. Interment followed at...

Arthur Cook

Arthur Cook

Jan 1, 2011

Arthur Lee Cook, Sr., 54, truck driver of Bastrop, passed away peacefully, Saturday evening, January 1, 2011.

Ernest Neal, Sr.

Ernest Neal, Sr.

Aug 18, 1952

Services are currently pending...