Obituaries
(Janice) Diane Reid Harris
May 27, 2023
On Saturday May 27, 2023, Diane Reid Harris loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away at the age of 73. Janice Diane Reid was born on November 10, 1949 to Dorothy Blanchard Reid and Fred H. Reid in Sherman, Texas. She was the second of three precious daughters. Diane graduated from Kennedale High School, and was the Historian of her...
Doris Ann Ferguson
May 25, 2023
Grand Prairie - Doris Ann Ferguson, 80, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ May 25, 2023. Doris Ferguson was born September 16, 1942 in Fremont, Michigan. She retired from Texas Workforce Commission in 1997 after 25 years of state service. She loved her family, enjoyed life, and appreciated her many blessings. Dwight L. Moody, the famous...
Barbara Anita Chamberlain
May 25, 2023
Barbara Anita Chamberlain, 74, of Mansfield, Texas, went to be with the Lord, May 25, 2023. She was born July 14, 1948, in Irving, Texas the daughter of late Mary and Leonard Morris. She was the oldest of her 2 siblings, Charlene Boothe and Dale Morris. She is preceded in death by her parents, Leonard and Mary Morris. She is...
Margie Louise Wheeler
May 23, 2023
Margie Louise Long Wheeler was escorted across the timeline to her heavenly home on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. She was born to Grace Christine Hogue Long and E.F. Long in Grapevine, Texas on June 28, 1935. Margie grew up and worked on a farm in Webb. She and her brother lost their mother at a very young age. After her...
Glenna Mae Walker
May 22, 2023
Glenna M. Walker, 74, of Arlington, TX, went peacefully to be with her Lord on May 22, 2023. Glenna was born on June 15, 1948 to Glenn and Fannie Mae Seay in Dallas, TX. Glenna graduated from South Oak Cliff High School in Dallas, Texas. Glenna had 2 daughters, Traci Fisher and Robbi Abbott. Glenna worked in Administration for Automotive...
Lois Jean Rastatter
May 17, 2023
Lois Jean Rastatter, 70 of Mansfield, went to be with Lord on May 17, 2023. She was born to Margaret “Peggy” White and Lester “Les” Brace in Cleveland Ohio on January 11, 1953. Lois married Joseph Rastatter and together they had two children. She was an active parishioner at St. Jude Catholic Parish since 1995. Lois was a lifelong Girl...
David Lewis Anderson
May 16, 2023
David Lewis Anderson, 81, of Mansfield, went to be with the Lord on May 16, 2023. He was born to Maudie Mae and Robert Lee Anderson on June 3, 1941, in Leemaster, Virginia. He was one of nine children. David enlisted in the United States Army at 18, serving in an aviation unit in Germany. After his service, he began...
James Lyle Wohlfert
May 16, 2023
James Lyle Wohlfert, 75, transcended to Heaven peacefully on May 16, 2023. James, or affectionally know as Jim, was born December 19, 1947 in Lansing, Michigan, to Cleora Mae Crampton and Clarence Edmond Wohlfert. Jim spent four years in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves. He retired from General Motors after a career spanning well over forty years. In his younger...
James Paul Dowden
May 9, 2023
On May 9, 2023, James Paul Dowden passed away at the age of 57. Paul was born in 1965 to Kenneth Dowden and Shirley Dowden just north of where Arrowhead stadium would eventually be completed just before his seventh birthday. Paul braved the frigid Kansas City wind to cheer on Len Dawson and his crew from a very young age,...
Daniel Enrique Patino
May 6, 2023
Daniel Enrique Patino Daniel E. Patino peacefully left this earth on May 6, 2023, at the age of 74, surrounded by his children. He was born in Montevideo, Uruguay on October 30, 1948, to Maria and Carlos Patino. There was no spot in the world his eyes, laughter and feet did not touch. He truly loved God’s creation and wanted...
Jon Lyn Allbright Ii
May 3, 2023
Jon Lyn Allbright II, 52 of Rio Vista, died on May 3, 2023. Jon was born to Sharon Faye Self and Jon Lyn Allbright I on February 17, 1971 in Arlington, Texas. He graduated from Mansfield High School and went on to be a welder. He was employed with Supreme in Cleburne. Jon was a proud father of two sons,...
Billy Frank Porter
May 3, 2023
Billy Frank Porter, age 93, of Mansfield, Texas passed away on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. He was born on August 27, 1929 in Tyler, Texas to Lloyd Franklin Porter and Ida Gertrude Jordan Porter. Bill graduated from Tyler High School in 1947. He grew up with a younger brother, James Rudolph Porter and a sister, Judy Katherine Porter. During High...
Charles Kenneth Krause
May 1, 2023
Charles Kenneth Krause “Chuck” passed away May 1, 2023 in Mansfield, Texas. He was born on August 24, 1930 in Mt. Clemens, MI to Albert and Florence Krause of Romeo and Washington Michigan respectively. Chuck graduated from M.C.H.S. in 1949, where he played French horn in the high school band and orchestra for 4 years as well as varsity tennis...
Glenn Peyton Bilbrey
April 25, 2023
Glenn Peyton Bilbrey, 68 of Mansfield, passed away on April 25th. He was born to Doris Stewart and Escue Bryan Bilbrey Jr. on October 27, 1954 in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from McArthur High School in 1972 and went on to pursue a career in electrical engineering/contracting. Glenn was the Vice President of pre-construction at Walker Engineering where he worked...
Ricky Joe Patterson
April 18, 2023
Ricky Joe Patterson, 79, of Mansfield, Texas passed away Tuesday, April 18, 2023. He was born in Fort Worth on April 30, 1943 to Joe and Ruth Patterson. Ricky Joe Patterson graduated Technical High School and was self-employed in excavating. He was a 50 year Past Master member of the Masonic Lodge Deer Creek #510. He was a jack of...
Shirley Marguerite Whitehead
April 13, 2023
Shirley Marguerite (Margie) Whitehead, 87, of Mansfield, Texas, went peacefully to be with the Lord on April 13, 2023. Margie was born March 4, 1936, to Doc James and Sadie Eichor in Fort Worth, Texas and raised in Mansfield, Texas. Margie met her husband, Ronnie Whitehead, at Mansfield High School, where they later married, June 18, 1954, and spent 50...
Sally Ann Bratton Tipton
April 12, 2023
Sally Ann Bratton Tipton, 83, of Inez, Texas, went peacefully to be with the Lord on April 12, 2023. Sally was born on June 3, 1939 in Mansfield, Texas. Sally was a beloved mother, grandmother, and great grandmother who loved her family deeply. She lived a life filled with love, laughter and family. Sally raised a daughter, Kaylan and a...
Kathleen Christina Anderson
April 10, 2023
Kathleen Christina Anderson, 69, of Mansfield went to be with the Lord on Monday, April 10, 2023. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts on April 11, 1953 – the first in her family to be in America. As a second-generation Irish woman, she grew up Irish dancing and won many medals. She worked as an auto inspector for ITS for...
Jerry Dewain Shipley
April 8, 2023
Celebrating the Life of Jerry Dewain Shipley Jerry Dewain Shipley, 78, loving husband, father, Papa and devoted Red Raider fan, passed away peacefully on April 8, 2023 surrounded by his adoring family. He was born on June 9, 1944 in Lubbock, Texas to Alton and Ruth Shipley and was the oldest of four boys. After graduating from Monterey High School,...
Stanley Dale Melton
April 3, 2023
Stanley Dale Melton, 62 of Hurst, Texas, went to be with his Lord and Savior on April 3, 2023 with his devoted wife by his side. Stan was born to Bobbie Louise and Bill D. Melton on December 1, 1960 in Fort Worth, Texas. He spent his formative years growing up in Hurst and graduated from L.D. Bell High School...