Obituaries
Jimmie Gilham
Jul 10, 2013
Jimmie Earlene Gilham, age 63, passed away quietly in her home on July 10 2013 in Odessa after a lengthy illness. Jimmie Earlene Gilham was born at General Hospital in Hobart, Oklahoma on May 8th, 1950 to James Morgan and Bessie Watson she was named after her father, James. She had two older sisters, Peggy and Patsy. Jimmie lived...
Orval Schenkel
Jul 7, 2013
Orval William Schenkel, age 84, of Odessa, passed away Sunday, July 7, 2013 in Lubbock, Texas. He was born December 3, 1928 in Dallas, Texas to Herman Asbury Schenkel and Daisy Edith Kahl Schenkel. He married Weda Schenkel on March 1, 1989 in Lovington, New Mexico. He was a selfemployed Electrical Contractor for 40 years in Odessa. He was...
Roberta Johnson
Jul 4, 2013
Roberta Johnson, age 61, of Odessa, passed away Thursday, July 4, 2013 in Conroe, Texas after winning her courageous battle with cancer to celebrate Independence Day in the majesty of Heaven.. Visitation with the family will be held from 57 PM Tuesday, July 9th, 2013 at Sunset Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Wednesday, July...
Tanya Olivas
Jun 29, 2013
On June 29, 2013, a true Proverbs woman, Tanya Laynette Olivas, at age 51, entered Heavens gates into the arms of the Lord. A celebration of life will be held Tuesday, July 2, 2013 from 68 PM at Sunset Funeral Home Chapel in Odessa, with Pastor Bobby Bell officiating. On Wednesday, July 3, 2013, the funeral service will be...
Edith Coffman
Jun 28, 2013
On June 28, 2013, a true Proverbs Woman, Edith Coffman, entered Heavens Gate at the age of 96 years, 5 months and 28 days. A celebration of life will be held Monday, July 1, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. at the Northeast Church of Christ on Billy Hext Road in Odessa, Texas. Edith was born on New Years Day in...
Anita Krugman
Jun 28, 2013
Anita Krugman, 89 years of age, passed away Friday, June 28, 2013 in Odessa Texas. Visitation will be 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Monday, July 1st at Sunset Funeral Home in Odessa. Graveside services will be held 1:00 PM Tuesday, July 2nd at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Anita was born in Groesbeck, TX to Ernest and Winnie Gill on May...
Margarito Lopez, Sr.
Jun 28, 2013
Margarito C. Lopez Sr. passed away on Friday, June 28, 2013 in Odessa. He was born June 2, 1934 in La Esparanza, Texas to Manuel and Victoria Lopez. Margarito is preceded in death by his parents, Manuel and Victoria Lopez his brothers, Jose, Victor, Inez and Manuel Lopez and sister, Rita Galindo. He is survived by his wife, Rafaela...
Velma Pando
Jun 26, 2013
Velma Sanchez Pando, age 54, of Odessa, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, June 26, 2013 in Odessa, Texas. She was born August 2, 1958 in Odessa, Texas to Cipriano Sanchez and Bernarda Gonzales Sanchez. She grew up in Odessa and went to grade school here. She graduated from Ysletta High School in El Paso and graduated...
Caroll Riley
Jun 23, 2013
Caroll Sue Riley, age 82 passed away Sunday June 23, 2013 at her residence in Odessa. She was born March 25, 1931 in Sapulpa, Oklahoma to Carl George and Elva Gladys Anduss. As a young girl, the family moved to Crane County Texas where they lived in the heart of the Sandhills at the Phillips Petroleum Crane Water Station...
Leola Biddy
Jun 21, 2013
Leola Mae Biddy, 77, of Odessa, went to be with her Lord on Friday Morning, June 21, 2013. A visitation will be held on Monday night, from 6 pm to 8 pm at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. Services will be Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at 10 am at the Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel. Mae was born on May...
Irene Hollen
Jun 20, 2013
Irene Rollman von Hollen 74, of Odessa TX passed away on June 20, 2013 in Odessa. Funeral services will be held at 10:00am, Monday June 24, 2013 at Redeemer Lutheran Church 824 East 18th Street, Odessa with Pastor Bill Hillyer officiating. She was born Irene Helen Laffery to George and Mary Scheideman Laffery on June 25, 1938 in Clay...
Hazel Crone
Jun 17, 2013
On June 17, 2013 at the age of 96, Hazel Lee Crone went to be with the Lord. Mrs. Crone was born July 14, 1916 in Hollis, Oklahoma to Goldie and Frank Lockwood. Hazel was preceded in death by her husband L.D. Crone her parents two sisters, Maudie Lockwood and Lola Palmer of Amarillo, Texas, and two brothers, Dalton...
Roy Glasscock
Jun 14, 2013
Roy Brown Brownie Glasscock, 88, of Odessa, Texas passed away on Friday, June 14, 2013. He was born on May 10, 1925 to Stacy Pinkney and Dolly Stokes Glasscock in Sonora, Texas. He was preceded in death by his parents, Stacy and Dolly brothers, Jamie, Melvin and Hayden Chinky two sisters, Ernestine and Alma Lou and son, Keith Hardin....
Dorothy Bates
Jun 14, 2013
Dorothy Dot Kelley Bates passed away peacefully in her sleep, Friday, June 14, 2013 in Boerne, Texas. She was born 11171924 in Port Neches, Texas, to Rev. Robert Lee Herring and Carrie Carr Herring. She graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School, Pt. Arthur, Texas in 1942. While working in the payroll dept. at Consolidated Shipyard in Orange, Texas,...
Benjamine Ridener
Jun 10, 2013
Benjamine Corlun B.C. Benny Ridener, age 85, of Odessa, passed away Monday, June 10, 2013 in Odessa. Benny was born July 15, 1927 in Pershing, Oklahoma to Fred Ridener and Mary Margaret Corbin Ridener. He went to school in Blackburn, Oklahoma. He served as an Apprentice Seaman in the US Navy in 1945 and was honorably discharged. Benny married...
Bob Bratton
Jun 9, 2013
Bob Allen Bratton of Odessa, Texas, age 85, passed away on Sunday, June 9, 2013 in Crane, Texas. Bob was born in Floydada, Texas to Robbie and Arthur Bratton on December 1, 1927. He graduated high school in Floydada. He married Nelda Huckabee on September 28, 1948. He moved from farming to work in the oil field where he...
Roger Smith
Jun 5, 2013
Roger Alan Smith, age 52, of Odessa, passed away Wednesday, June 5, 2013 in Odessa, as the result of a motorcycle accident. He was born July 9, 1961 in Glendale, California to Delmer Franklin Scott and Patty J. Rogers Scott. He moved to Odessa June 26, 2009 and worked as a handyman doing odd jobs. He was preceded in...
Gary Gardenhire
Jun 5, 2013
Its not the birth of a man nor the death that tells the story. Its the space in between. Gary Gardenhire chronicled a life of truth, dedication, honesty and purpose. He was not a person who made a name for himself, but was instead a person who made his character, true blue. Born to a young mother, who was...
Catherine Mudd
Jun 4, 2013
Catherine Phyllis Mudd, 84, of Odessa, passed away on Tuesday, June 4, at the Home Hospice House of Odessa. Visitation hours will be held on Friday from 68 p.m. at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. Services will be held on Saturday at 9 a.m. at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton with the burial to follow at Sunset Memorial Cemetery. Born in...
Jerry Curry
Jun 4, 2013
Jerry Irene Curry, age 75, of Odessa, passed away Tuesday, June 4, 2013 in Odessa. She was born April 15, 1938 in Corsicana, Texas to the late William Henry Moore and Pauline Clark Moore. She was raised in Texon and Big Lake. She married Ernest Eugene Curry on October 16, 1954 in Rankin, Texas, They moved to Odessa in...
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