Obituaries

Bernice Simon

Nov 3, 2018

Bernice Odessa Mae Pearl Urdy Simon aka "Mother" and "Beck" was born on November 16, 1925 to the union of William Braxton Urdy and Pearl Roberta Jackson in Allen, Texas. After a long battle of illness, she died in Bastrop, Texas at the Bastrop Lost Pines Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on November 3, 2018. She was 92 years old....

Patricia Malerk

Oct 31, 2018

Patricia Ann Malerk,"Pat", passed away October 31, 2018 at the age of 70. She was born August 9, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois to Mary and Marvin Shafer. She was preceded in death by her parents and brother, Bill Shafer. Pat is survived by her husband of fifty years, Robert J Malerk, Jr. ; son, Robert J Malerk, III, daughter-in-law,...

Isie Sewell

Oct 26, 2018

Isie Evelyn Bailey Sewell was born on February 28, 1942, to Walter Earl Bailey and Allie Lee Farmer Bailey in Bastrop County, Texas. She passed away on October 26, 2018, at the age of 76 at Grand Brook Memory Care in Garland, Texas from complications of a year's struggle with dementia. She loved the Lord and was a long-time...

Joe Adare

Oct 25, 2018

Joe Howard Adare (passionately known as Pa Pa), of Bastrop, Texas went to his Heavenly Home on October 25, 2018. Joe Howard was born in Austin to Howard and Bessie Adare on November 25, 1942. He graduated from Briggs High School and attended Southwest Texas State University. He married his bride, Wanda Wright, on September 28, 1962 in Bastrop....

Pat Iv

Oct 15, 2018

Pat Maynard Vardell IV, age 40, of Cedar Creek was called from this life on Monday, October 15, 2018. Pat was born June 16, 1978 in Austin, Texas to Pat Maynard Vardell and Jerree Bullock Vardell. Pat served the State of Texas Department of Transportation. He was an avid hunter and fisher and he enjoyed being outdoors. Pat was...

Valentin Orozco

Oct 9, 2018

Valentin Lopez Orozco was born to Jesus and Sara Orozco in Phelan in Bastrop County on February 14, 1929. Valentin was called from this life on October 9, 2018 at the age of 89 years. He graduated from high school in Bastrop and later received an Associate of Arts degree from San Diego City College while serving in the...

Eva Langham

Oct 2, 2018

Eva Langham, 96, passed away quietly Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. She was born in Bates, Arkansas, one of five children of Blackburn H. and Mattie Pearl (Oxford) Bird. Her father worked for Hunt Oil Company, but when the East Texas Oil Field was discovered in the 1930s, he moved the family to Northeast Texas. While visiting her sister Glenn,...

Earl Kilgore

Sep 29, 2018

Earl Ray Kilgore of Cedar Creek, TX passed on Saturday, Sept 29, 2018 at his home. Earl was retired from the 10th Air Force Civilian Personnel Service and from his real estate firm, Benchmark Realty. He is survived by his devoted wife Neva, daughters Vickie and Suzanne and grandchildren Wesley, Trevor, Emma, and Brandon. Beloved siblings in his native...

Horace Henley, Jr.

Sep 27, 2018

Horace Henley, Jr., age 88, of Bastrop was called from this life on Thursday, September 27, 2018. He was born March 18, 1930 in Dickens County, Texas to Horace and Foya Henley. Horace was the owner and operator of a metal building manufacturing firm and held 3 U.S. Patents. Horace was a 32nd Degree Mason. He loved playing dominoes...

Ida Kretschmar

Sep 25, 2018

Ida L Smith Kretschmar, age 91, of Paige, Texas was called from this life on September 25, 2018. She was born in Livermore falls Maine. Ida was predeceased by her parents Samuel and Bernice Smith, her sister Eva Smith Batchelder, her brothers Ralph and Harold Smith, her son Timothy James, and husband Burton Kretschmar. She is survived by her...

Shonda Williams

Sep 21, 2018

Family and friends will gather at 2:oo PM on Saturday September 29, 2018 at Marrs Jones Newby Funeral Home to celebrate the life of Shondra "Monique" Williams

Service Celebration of Life Marrs Jones Newby Funeral Home 505 Old Austin Highway Bastrop, TX  78602 Saturday, September 29, 2018 2:00PM

Rosa Tijerina

Sep 20, 2018

Rosa Selvera Tijerina October 27, 1927 - September 20, 2018 Our beloved Rosa Martinez Tijerina, age 90, resident of Austin, was called by our Heavenly Father on Thursday, September 20, 2018. She was born October 27, 1927 in Bastrop County, Texas to Margarita Martinez and Augustin Selvera. She is preceded in death by her son; Felimon Hernandez, son-in-law Kenneth...

Jack Nelson

Sep 10, 2018

Our beloved father, brother-in-law, brother and husband went to be with the Lord on Sept 10,2018 at 7:30 am at the age of 61. Jack was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana on October 12, 1956. He is preceded in death by his father Jack Miller Nelson and wife Elizabeth Ann Nelson. He is survived by: his loving son Jack...

Margaret Montgomery

Sep 5, 2018

On Wednesday, September 5, 2018, Margaret Montgomery, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away at the age of 75. Margaret was born on February 25, 1943 in Temple, TX to Clyde and Lucille Burtchell. She graduated from Temple High School in 1961, where she was an avid tennis player. On February 27, 1961, she married Roy Dolan Montgomery....

Zelma Herndon

Sep 5, 2018

Zelma Mae Maxfield Herndon, affectionately known by "Momma, Sis, and Granny" formerly of Dumas, TX, passed away on September 5, 2018 in Smithville Texas. Zelma was born to A.H. and Nellie (Cummins) Maxfield on February 28, 1930 in Hollis, Oklahoma. She attended Hollis Elementary and Bivins Schools and graduated from Dumas High School in 1948. On August 10, 1947,...

Ernest Goertz

Sep 1, 2018

Ernest Pius Goertz passed from this life peacefully at home surrounded by family on September 1, 2018. He was born in Rockne, Texas to Albert and Sophie Goertz on July 20, 1923. He was preceded in death by his parents and wife Clara. He is survived by his four children and their spouses Loretta, Allan (Verna), Glenn (Tammy) and...

Carolyn Reid

Aug 28, 2018

Carolyn Jo (Ebner) Reid, age 70 of Bastrop was called from this life on Tuesday, August 28, 2018 in Austin, Texas. She was born February 5, 1948 in Bastrop, Texas to Emil "Pete" Ebner and Ruth Marie (Schindler) Ebner. She and her husband, Billy Reid, have owned and operated Billy's Barbeque in Bastrop for many years. A Visitation will...

Lorenzo Juarez, Jr.

Aug 25, 2018

Lorenzo Juarez, Jr., age 47, of Bastrop was suddenly called from this life on Saturday, August 25, 2018. Lorenzo is survived by his father, Lorenzo Juarez; several brothers, sisters; nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends. A visitation will begin at 10:00am Saturday, September 1, 2018 at Marrs-Jones-Newby Funeral Home and the Rosary will be recited at 11:00am.

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Willie Carroll

Aug 21, 2018

Willie Patrick Carroll was born March 12, 1950, in Austin, Texas. Pat attended Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas and worked as a union plumber for 45 years in the Plumbers and Pipefitters Union Local 286. Pat retired in January 2016. Pat loved God, his family, his church and Texas A&M. He was a faithful member of Calvary...

Esther Seidel

Aug 21, 2018

Esther Lucille Seidel of Austin Texas went to be with our Lord Tuesday August 21st 2018 surrounded by her Husband, Children, Brothers and Sisters. She was born September 20th 1940 to Matthew Bartsch and Mary H Beck in Rockne Texas. She is survived by Her husband of 59 years Leroy Frank Seidel of Austin Texas, Her sons Darryl and...