Local obituaries for Gainesville, TX.
Richard Herbert Risser
Dec 25, 2022
Richard Herbert Risser, 92, of Crowley, passed away December 25, 2022 in Burleson. He was born March 19, 1930 in East Orange, New Jersey to George William and Sarah Isabel (Kitchen) Risser.
Mr. Risser grew up in Pleasantville, NY where he graduated from high school in 1949. He acquired a love of mechanics working on a 1936...
Bryan Terry Rasure
Dec 24, 2022
Bryan Terry Rasure, 53, of Gainesville, passed away in his home December 24, 2022. He was born April 15, 1969 in Denton to William Terry and Sandra Lynn (Collings) Rasure.
Bryan owned Rasure Paint and Body for many years. He loved to work on and race cars.
Mr. Rasure is survived by his wife Tammy...
Brandon Skaggs
Dec 23, 2022
Michael Brandon Skaggs, 44, of Gainesville, passed away December 23, 2022 in Gainesville.
Brandon was born March 27, 1978 in Sherman. He was raised and attended school in Gainesville. Brandon was a house painter by trade and had a meticulous eye for detail. He loved music and enjoyed playing guitar. Brandon will be remembered for his sense...
Bill Harris
Dec 23, 2022
Belvin “Bill” Harris, of Gainesville was born January 18th, 1938 in Midland, TX. He passed from this life on December 23, 2022 in Sherman, TX at the age of 84. Bill was preceded in death by his mother, Bonnie (Vest) Harris, his father, Victor Harris, his brother, Temple, and his sisters Charlene and Donna. He is survived by his...
Barbara Whitfield Mckinney
Dec 22, 2022
Barbara Whitfield McKinney, 71, of Gainesville, passed away December 22, 2022 in Gainesville.
Barbara was born on May 31, 1951 in Gainesville and graduated from Gainesville High School. She began her career in the floral industry as a designer with Aughtry-Horn Flowers. She then accomplished her dream of owning her own business, All About Flowers and More,...
Julian "Jute" L. Shufelt
Dec 21, 2022
Julian "Jute" L. Shufelt of Era, Texas passed away on December 21, 2022. He was born on May 13th 1947 and was the son of the late Julian and Cornelia Schuck Shufelt. Jute was a 1966 graduate of Groton Central School and a proud Vietnam Veteran who was a long-time member of Groton Legion Post 800, the Moravia Veterans of...
Virginia Ruth Hernandez
Dec 17, 2022
Virginia Ruth Hernandez, 87, of Gainesville, passed away December 17, 2022 in Gainesville. She was born May 30, 1935 to Russell Walker and LaVeda McBee in Mill Creek, OK.
Mrs. Hernandez is survived by her daughters: Sharon Lackey of Inlet Beach, FL, Linda Stewart of Panama City, FL, and Barbara Martin of Gainesville. Her grandchildren are Grechen...
Marian Starke Gruber
Dec 17, 2022
Marian Elizabeth Loretta Starke Gruber was born on January 7, 1926 at the Starke family’s first home west of Myra on the property where the Martin Trubenbach MISD AG Center now stands. She was the third child of eleven, and the oldest daughter of Joseph and Anna (Schettler) Starke. Marian grew up on the Starke home place 7 miles...
Kathryn Deann Bellar
Dec 16, 2022
Kathryn Deann Harmon Bellar, 62, of Whitesboro, passed away December 16, 2022 in Fort Worth. She was born in Sherman on October 13, 1960.
Deann attended Valley View High School. She was a cafeteria worker for Gainesville ISD for 10 years. Later she worked in retail clothing sales and then found her true gift; she cared for...
Pattie Allen
Dec 16, 2022
Pattie Allen was born on March 23 1956, in Munich Germany to her parents Clarence and Dorothy Boland. Growing up Pattie traveled from military base to military base all over the world with her family.
In 1970 the family moved to Garland, TX, where she attended South Garland High School and there, she received her...
Inice Lee Daniel
Dec 12, 2022
Inice Lee Daniel, 86, of Gainesville, passed away December 12, 2022 in Denton.
Mrs. Daniel was born August 27, 1936 in Mississippi. She moved to Houston during her childhood and has been a resident of Gainesville since 1969. Mrs. Daniel worked in the banking industry and as a legal assistant. She was skilled in the arts of...
Carl Mitchell
Dec 11, 2022
Carl Douglas Mitchell, Sr., 87, of Era, passed away December 11, 2022 in Era.
Carl was born April 12, 1935 in Frederick, OK and graduated high school in Putnam City, OK. He married Glenda Long on December 31, 1955 in Shawnee, OK. A life-long love of aviation began when he obtained his pilot’s license and purchased an...
Lutz "Bill" William Harper
Dec 7, 2022
Graveside funeral services celebrating the life of Lutz William “Bill” Harper, of Pottsboro, are scheduled for Tuesday, December 13, 2022, at the Bolivar Cemetery in Bolivar, Texas. A viewing is planned from 6 PM to 8 PM on Monday, December 12, 2022, at the Geo. J. Carroll Funeral Home in Gainesville, Texas.
Bill passed away at his...
Norma Cassie Mcnew
Dec 6, 2022
Norma Cassie Kammerdiener McNew was born on October 22, 1940 in Gainesville,
Texas to Charley and Ethel Kammerdiener. She was a graduate of Gainesville High
School in 1958. She married Robert Frank McNew on March 20, 1958 and remained
married for 62 years until the time of Robert’s death. She was an active...
Billie Dale Thurman
Dec 4, 2022
Billie Dale Thurman passed away on December 4, 2022 in Gainesville, Texas at the age of 88, with family by his side. He was born March 14, 1934 to Bill Vernon and Laura Bell (Ware) Thurman. He attended Rad Ware Schools. After High School he went to work for National Supply. Dale married Zona Mae Reynolds on January 14,...
Donna Braudaway
Dec 3, 2022
Donna Kay Braudaway, 64, of Woodbine, TX, passed away December 3, 2022 in Altus, OK.
Donna was born June 4, 1958 in Cooke County, Texas to Leon and Dorris (Sawyer) Thomison. She was a great and loving mother to her four sons and one daughter, even though they were more than any one mother should handle. She...
Jodie Vance
Dec 3, 2022
Joseph Woods “Jodie” Vance, 83, of Mountain Springs, passed away December 3, 2022 in Denton.
Jodie was born March 22, 1939 in Dallas. He attended St. Edward’s Grade School and graduated from Jesuit High School in 1957. Mr. Vance spent most of his career with Circle K Ranch training and judging quarter horses. He was also a...
Thomas (Tom) Edward Schalk
Dec 2, 2022
Thomas Edward (Tom) Schalk, 79, of Gainesville, passed away December 2, 2022. He was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on January 11, 1943 to parents Leroy and Ann Schalk. He grew up in Eldorado, Arkansas where he attended school and graduated in 1961. He selected Louisiana Tech for college where he majored in business and pledged with the Kappa...
Oscar Martinez
Nov 29, 2022
Uvaldo Oscar Martinez, 50, most recently of Gainesville, passed away November 29, 2022 in Gainesville, TX.
Oscar was born June 14, 1972 in Brownsville, TX and graduated from Homer Hanna High School in 1991. He also lived in Houston and Denton, working for Wal-Mart and Kroger. Mr. Martinez enjoyed sports cars, gaming, computers, stereos, and spending time...
Imelda Rauschuber
Nov 29, 2022
Imelda Mary Bierschenk Rauschuber, first child born to William and Mary (Neu) Bierschenk, was born on July 17, 1931. Imelda attended Lindsay Elementary until Camp Howze took the family farm and they moved to Pilot Point for a brief period. The family purchased a farm in Valley View and she graduated from Valley View High School in 1948. On...
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