Obituaries

Betty Nell Kettler

Oct 15, 2017

Betty Nell Kettler, 78, passed away October 15, 2017 at Hillcrest Hospital. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Thursday, October 19, 2017 at Clifton Memorial Park with Mr. Butch Kettler officiating. Visitation will be held from 6:00-8:00 P.M. Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at Clifton Funeral Home.

Betty was born January 8, 1939 in Waco to Anthony...

Debra Jean Smith

Oct 11, 2017

Debra Jean Smith, 56, of Clifton passed away Wednesday, October 11, 2017, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, October 14, 2017, at the Grand Old Gospel Lighthouse in Clifton with Rev. George Watson officiating. Burial will follow at Evans Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 P.M.Friday, October 13, at Clifton Funeral...

Johnye Lou Kleine

Oct 9, 2017

Funeral services for Johnye Lou Kleine, 83, were held at the First United Methodist Church of Clifton on Friday, October 13, 2017, with Rev. Mary Gean Cope and Tony Hall officiating. A graveside service was held at the Clifton Cemetery. Johnye Lou Kleine was born on March 10, 1934 in Clifton, to Ernest Henry Schumacher and Thelma...

Vern Bergman

Oct 7, 2017

Norris Vern Bergman, 83, of Clifton passed away Saturday, October 7, 2017. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at Clifton Cemetery with Pastor Clay McCord officiating. Vern was born March 27, 1934 on the family farm in Clifton to Milton and Clarice (Pederson) Bergman. In 1973, he married Joyce Stanford. He farmed and...

Jimmy Ray Nowell

Oct 1, 2017

Jimmy Ray Nowell, 76, of Clifton passed away Sunday, October 1, 2017 at Lutheran Sunset Ministries. Memorial services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at Clifton Funeral Home with Rev. Harrell Braddock Jr. officiating. Jimmy was born June 10, 1941 in Corsicana to Burl Nowell Sr. and Lona (Lewis) Nowell. He grew up and attended...

Scott Patterson

Sep 28, 2017

Scott Patterson, 70, went to be with the lord on September 28, 2017 surrounded by his family in Ft. Worth. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday October 7, 2017 at Clifton Funeral Home with Pastor John Stanislaw officiating.

Scott was born on January 12, 1947, in Hamilton to Leslie and Mary Jo Patterson....

Gwyn Christy Christensen

Sep 23, 2017

Gwyn Christy Christensen, 78, of Cranfills Gap ended his long battle with cancer and COPD on Saturday, September 23, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Thursday, September 28, 2017 at St. Olaf Lutheran Church, Cranfills Gap with Pastor Ryan Pederson officiating. Burial will follow at the Rock Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00m P.M....

Chuck Grant Pierce

Sep 21, 2017

Chuck Grant Pierce, 61, of Clifton passed away Thursday, September 21, 2017 at his residence. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, September 25, 2017 at Evans Cemetery, 1415 CR 4145, Cranfills Gap with Pastor Ty Brown officiating. Chuck was born July 4, 1956 in Fresno, CA to George and Juanita (Healon) Pierce. At the age of...

Peggy Joyce Foster

Sep 19, 2017

Peggy Foster, 88, of Clifton passed away Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at Lutheran Sunset Ministries. Arrangements are pending at this time.

Doris Smith

Sep 16, 2017

Doris Smith, 97, of Austin passed away Saturday, September 16, 2017 at Gracy Woods Nursing Center in Austin. Arrangements are pending at this time. Doris was born August 20, 1920 in Slaton, TX to Sterling Alexander and Sally (Boone) Peavy. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and daughters, Barbara Dunn and Margaret Stephens. She is survived...

Anna Gloria Mcomber

Sep 16, 2017

Anna Gloria McOmber, 86, passed away on Saturday, September 16, 2017 in Clifton after a long illness. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, September 23, 2017 at the LDS Church 7201 Viking DR., Waco, TX. Interment will be at Hillcrest Cemetery in Deer Lodge, Montana. Anna was born near Moody on February, 25, 1931 to...

Verna Lee Jones

Sep 9, 2017

Verna Lee Colwick Jones, 99, passed away on Saturday, September 9, 2017 at the Sunset Home in Clifton. Born on February 19, 1918 in Cranfills Gap, Verna was the daughter of Syvert and Jennie Reesing, immigrants from Norway. She was the youngest of eight children. Six of her brothers and sisters served in World War I and World War...

Rev. B.I. Dahl, Jr.

Sep 8, 2017

Rev. B. I. Dahl Jr., 92, a longtime resident of Clifton passed away Friday, September 8, 2017 peacefully at home. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, September 30, 2017 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Clifton with Bishop Erik Gronberg of the Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America presiding. Born December 4,...

Dora Elizondo

Sep 7, 2017

Dora Elizondo, 66, of Clifton passed away Thursday, September 7, 2017 at her residence with family by her side. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at Clifton Funeral Home with Levi Price officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Clifton Memorial...

Timothy "Tim" Cook

Aug 27, 2017

Timothy "Tim" Cook, 53, of Clifton passed away at Providence Hospital Sunday, August 27, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, September 1, 2017 at Church of Christ, Clifton with Minister Steve Countryman officiating. Burial will follow at Oswald Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6:00-8:00 P.M. Thursday, August 31, 2017 at Clifton Funeral Home.

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H. A. Witte

Aug 24, 2017

H.A. Witte, 82, of Granbury passed away Thursday, August 24, 2017 at Medical City in Fort Worth. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, August 28, 2017 at Boggy Cemetery, Cranfills Gap.

H.A. retired from Menasco in Euless, Texas after 34 years. In his younger years he coached Football and Baseball for the Arlington Optimist...

Lee Bennett

Aug 8, 2017

Lee Glascock Evans Bennett, of Marfa and Clifton, passed away on Tuesday, August 08, 2017, at Lutheran Sunset Ministries’ Sunset Home. Her Clifton memorial service will be held at the First United Methodist Church, Clifton, on Friday, August 11, at 2:00 P.M. with the Reverend Mary Gean Cope officiating. Her Marfa memorial service will take place at...

Pearl Emma Mickelson

Aug 5, 2017

Pearl Emma Mickelson, 106, of Clifton passed away to her heavenly home on Saturday, August 5, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, August 12, 2017 at Trinity Lutheran Church with Pastor Clay McCord officiating. A visitation will be held from 1:00-1:55 P.M. at the Church. Burial will follow at Norse Cemetery. Pearl was born July...

Elvida Castelle Faries

Jul 30, 2017

Elvida Larson Faries, 93, of Clifton passed away Sunday, July 30, 2017 at Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, August 5, 2017 at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Clifton. Elvida Castelle Larson was born in Bosque County, Texas, on February 15, 1924, to Norwegian immigrants Anna Hagen Larson and Lars Larson. Reverend O. T....

Junelle Johnson

Jul 29, 2017

Junelle Loreene Swenson Johnson, 87 years of age, passed away on July 29, 2017 at Red Oak Health and Rehab in Red Oak. Funeral services will be held at The Rock Church on August 2, 2017 at 10:00 am. Visitation is scheduled from 9:00-9:50 am prior to the service and Interment will be at The Rock Church...