Obituaries

Mar 6, 2022

China Marie VonArx, 52, of Cedar Creek, TX, received her angel wings on Sunday, March 6, 2022, while peacefully at home with family.

Devoted wife and mother from Cedar Creek, TX, born on November 4, 1969, in Jackson, Michigan to Harold Eugene Bonner and Jacqueline Ann Conklin. China is survived by her husband, James VonArx; their children, Ryan,...

Mar 5, 2022

Linda Darnell Grommet (Conn), passed away on March 5, 2022, in Bastrop Texas.

Linda was born on August 5, 1950, to Vernon Floyd and Rachel Loeta Conn.  She got her education in the   Baker, OR and Gering, NE school systems. After having achieved the highest grade on the nursing test in Nebraska, she went on to become...

Mar 4, 2022

Ofelia Peasley, 85, beloved daughter, wife, mother, and grandmother, was called to the heavenly kingdom on March 4, 2022.

The sun shined a little brighter when she entered this world on March 25, 1936. She and her memories will live on with those blessed enough to have known her. She was hardworking, resilient, and loving. She lived her...

Mar 4, 2022

Wilburn Jim Ellis passed away March 4, 2022 at the age of 70. He was born in 1951 to Mildred and Melvin Ellis.

He retired from the City of Austin, Austin Energy after 21 years of service. He spent his retirement catching up on westerns and relaxing with his dogs, Alice and Harry.

He was...

Mar 2, 2022

Ruby Jane (Farris) Cooper, 80, of Smithville, TX, entered the Kingdom of Heaven on March 2, 2022, while she was surrounded by all her family, they all love her dearly and she will definitely be missed.

Ruby (Janie) was born and raised in Lebanon, Indiana. She married Edward Cooper in 1957 and they had six kids together and...

Feb 28, 2022

Visitation will be on Friday, March 4, 2022 from 4:00pm-6:00pm followed by rosary at 6:00pm in the chapel of Marrs-Jones-Newby Funeral Home in Bastrop, Texas. Graveside service will be Saturday, March 5, 2022 at 10:30am in Fairview cemetery.

Feb 25, 2022

Maria Solis Martinez, daughter of Arnulfo Solis and Agrepina Martinez, passed away February 25, 2022.

Maria was a kindhearted, humble, hard-working, an independent woman, loving mother and grandmother. She was a strong and selfless woman always putting herself last. Maria loved her family and her garden, gardening was her passion. A week before she passed, she said to me “When I...

Feb 16, 2022

Diane Sellards passed away February 16, 2022 at the age of 71. She was born in 1950 to Pat and Arthur Howlett.

She will be late to rest with her husband H.R. Sellards.

Feb 14, 2022

Ted Lyle Osborn passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus on February 14, 2022, with his wife Linda by his side.

Born on August 4, 1959, in Bastrop, TX to Elvira Norment and Curtis Osborn. Ted attended Bastrop High School. His love of livestock started at a young age, beginning from raising show steers with FFA. Ted...

Feb 9, 2022

James M. Caughron, Jr. passed away on February 9, 2022 at St. David's South Hospital in Austin, TX. at the age of 89.

James was born August 12, 1932, in the City of Eastland, Eastland County, Texas to James Melvin Caughron, Sr. (1896 - 1994) and Anett "Netta,'' Geneva Harville (1901 -1996), James had no other siblings....

Feb 8, 2022

Charles Joseph Stanek, Jr. passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus on Tuesday evening, February 8, 2022, at the age of 80 after fighting a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on December 15, 1941, in Everson, Pennsylvania to Julia Ann (Sikon) Stanek and Charles Joseph Stanek. He attended Scottdale High School where he met and married the...

Feb 5, 2022

On February 5, 2022, Charlotte Elta McMahon (Ms. McMahon} passed peacefully in her sleep from this life to the next. She was 82 years old.

Charlotte was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Wayne McMahon; and her parents, Wade Lamar Wallace, Sr. and Mabel M. Robertson Wallace.

She is survived by her two sons, Russell...

Feb 2, 2022

Diane Kathe (Moehle) Long of Bastrop, Texas passed away on February 2, 2022, in Austin, Texas at the age of 78.

Diane was born on January 14, 1944 in La Grange, Texas to the late Ernest A. Moehle and Esther Roitsch Moehle. Diane grew up in Bastrop, attended Bastrop public schools and graduated from Bastrop High School...

Jan 28, 2022

Joziah Alexzandrew Jaimes De Paz entered the arms of the Lord on January 28, 2022. He was born October 23, 2020.

Visitation will be from 4:00pm to 7:00pm on Thursday, February 3, 2022, at Marr Jones Newby Funeral Home.  The funeral home is located at 505 Old Austin Highway in Bastrop, Texas.

The funeral service will...

Jan 24, 2022

Willie L. Schlickeisen, 83, of Bastrop, Texas, died Monday, January 24, 2022, at his home.

Willie was born on March 13, 1938, in Taylor, Texas and was the only son of Willie F. Schlickeisen and Menilla (Nell) Kaatz Schlickeisen. He married Patricia (Patsy) Winkler on May 24, 1969, and had spent 51 years as her loving husband...

Jan 21, 2022

Stephanie Ann (Aaron) Johnson, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and sister, passed away peacefully on January 21, 2022, at the age of 64 with family by her side after a short battle with cancer.

Stephanie, known by Steve, was born on February 27, 1957, to her mother Sarah Margaret (Klingensmith) Aaron and her father Robert Earl Aaron in New Kensington,...

Jan 21, 2022

Rachel Kauffman Owens, age 97, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, on Friday morning, January 21, 2022, at her home in Bastrop, Texas.  She was born October 22, 1924, in Liberty Hill, Texas, to David Foman Kauffman and Bessie Viola Roberts Kauffman.  In 1929, her family moved to Hills Prairie, a farming and ranching community near...

Jan 20, 2022

Maria Del Carmen Mata, 67, passed away January 20, 2022.

Maria Del Carmen Mata was born in Candela, Coahuila, Mexico on May 28, 1954, to Gregorio Flores Cantu and Adelfa Ramirez. Maria married Jose Luis Mata. Maria went on to have two children, Carmen Michelle Mata and Jose Guadalupe Mata. Maria was fun and funny. She loved...

Jan 15, 2022

Maria Leonor Juarez-Herrera, 81, of Smithville, Texas, passed away on January 15, 2022.

Maria was born on April 19, 1940, in Jose Maria Morelos Pinos, Zacatecas, to Nestor Juarez and Maria Isabel Herrera. Maria has four brothers, Manuel Juarez, Francisco Juarez, Benjamin Juarez, and Ernesto Juarez Crecio and one sister, Odilia Juarez in the community of Jose Maria Morelos. She was...

Jan 14, 2022

Timothy Pat Pugh of Bastrop TX, a Vietnam War veteran, beloved husband, and friend to many, passed away January 14, 2022 after a lengthy period of health challenges leaving behind an admirable legacy of service to his country, the public, and his family and friends.

Born on June 3, 1948, Pat was second of two sons born to...