Obituaries

Dorothy Guillory Hale

Dorothy Guillory Hale

Mar 16, 2022

Dorothy Guillory Hale passed away peacefully Tuesday, March 16, 2022 after spending 94 and a half years on Earth. Dorothy (Dottie) was born August 11, 1926 to Angelus Guillory and Catherine Anabell Cline in Bessmay, Texas (Jasper County). Dorothy grew up in and around the Houston area but she spent most of her life in the Dallas-Fort Worth area including...

Rosemarie Brown

Rosemarie Brown

Mar 12, 2022

Rosemarie Brown, age 84, a resident of Irving for fifty years, died Saturday, March 12, 2022 at a local care center. Born May 18, 1937 in Brookline, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of the late Nicholas Maffeo and Maria Guarino Maffeo. She married Henry James "Buddy" Brown September 9, 1956 in Boston, Massachusetts. Vice President of Park Lane Jewelry, she...

Lucille Birch Gohl

Lucille Birch Gohl

Mar 11, 2022

On March 11, 2022 Lucille Birch Gohl, 75, received her final call from her Lord and Savior telling her its time to come home to be reunited with family and friends she hasnt seen in a longtime. On 5/30/46, Lucille was born to Herman and Elizabeth (Thornton) Birch of Chincoteague Island, VA. From riding her bike, roller skating, dancing, and...

Bruce R. Schleif

Bruce R. Schleif

Mar 10, 2022

Bruce Richard Schleif, 66, a life-long resident of Irving, died Thursday, March 10, 2022 at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. Born February 7, 1956, he was the son of the late Richard Adolph Schleif and Mary Prestridge Schleif. He married Brenda Chewning Williams November 5, 1988 in Irving. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, he worked as...

Jo Gaylen Chanslor

Jo Gaylen Chanslor

Mar 5, 2022

Jo Gaylen Chanslor of Irving, TX passed away March 5, 2022. She was born on January 12, 1947 in Plano, TX to Evelyn Marie (Thomas) and Billy Joe Cole. A loving, caring, outgoing person, she was a loyal friend to many and a faithful servant of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She cherished her family and if you werent...

Mary E. Owen

Mary E. Owen

Mar 2, 2022

Mary Elwanda Owen, 91, a resident of Irving for 67 years, died Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at her home surrounded by her family. Born August 7, 1930 in Honey Grove, Texas, she was the daughter of the late Alvin Loschke and Addie Prickett Loschke. She married Stanley F. Owen December 17, 1949 in Allens Chapel, Texas. They moved to Irving...

Jerry L. Ramey

Jerry L. Ramey

Feb 28, 2022

Jerry L. Ramey, age 86, passed away February 28, 2022. Born to Velma (Pruitt) and Ezra Baxter Ramey on February 19, 1936 in Olney, TX. He was a lifelong resident of Irving, TX. Jerry was known for his good since of humor, quick wit and happy outlook on life. He was helpful by nature and strong in stature. In high...

Mary Annette Hyde

Mary Annette Hyde

Feb 27, 2022

"Mary Annette (Louviere) Hyde, born November 18, 1949 in New Orleans, Louisiana, passed at age 72 on Sunday February 27, 2022. Mary was the daughter of the late Melvin and Linda Louviere. She was preceded in death by her husband of 48 years William Ronald Hyde in December 2017. Survivors include her daughter Audrey Hyde, her son Jeremy Hyde and...

Frances A. Wernli

Frances A. Wernli

Feb 27, 2022

Frances A. Wernli, age 83, of Mineral Wells, formerly a resident of Irving for sixty-four years, a beloved wife, mother, granny, sister, aunt, cousin and friend went to her Heavenly home Sunday, February 27, 2022 in Mineral Wells. Frances was born May 7, 1938 in Taylor, Texas, to Joe V. and Hattie Jarosek. She graduated from Saint Mary's High School...

Irma Vega-Zadeh

Irma Vega-Zadeh

Feb 26, 2022

Irma Vega-Zadeh, 64, a resident of Irving for thirty-four years, and a retired elementary school Principal, died Saturday, February 26, 2022 at Baylor Scott, and White Medical Center in Irving. Born August 31, 1957 in Mercedes, Texas, she was the daughter of the late Guillermo Vega and Rafaela Garcia Vega. She had a Master's Degree in Education and retired as...

Antonia Acosta Ruiz

Antonia Acosta Ruiz

Feb 25, 2022

Antonia Acosta Ruiz, 95, a resident of Irving since 2009, formerly of South Texas, died Friday, February 25, 2022 at Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in Irving. Born May 10, 1926 in Hanford, California, she was the daughter of the late Jesus Ruiz and Loreto Acosta Ruiz. A homemaker, she was a member of Saint Luke Catholic Church. Survivors...

Charlene Davis

Charlene Davis

Feb 19, 2022

Charlene Davis, 85, of Grand Prairie, formerly of Irving, died Saturday, February 19, 2022, at Medical City Arlington. Born June 19, 1936 in Hugo, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of the late Steadman Marshall and Marguerite Maurer Marshall. She married Floyd W. Davis September 12, 1956 in Hugo, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death August 12, 2000. She was a...

Steven A. Boothe

Steven A. Boothe

Feb 17, 2022

Steven A. Boothe, 60, of Justin, TX passed away Thursday, February 17, 2022. Steve was born August 9, 1961 in Iowa City, Iowa. He is survived by his loving wife April Boothe, their 4 children & spouses, 5 & 7/8 grandchildren, Mother in Law Barbara Martin, various loving family in Iowa, 9 cows and 4 calves. Steve was an Electrical...

William Malcolm 'Mal' Fitch

William Malcolm 'Mal' Fitch

Feb 16, 2022

Fitch, William Malcolm "Mal" Mal Fitch passed away peacefully at home on February 16, 2022, surrounded by family. He was 95. Well-known as Dallas' premier society orchestra leader from the 1960s through the 1980s, he and his Mal Fitch Orchestra became the standard for musical entertainment, playing for debutante parties, conventions, charity balls, weddings, four governors' inaugural balls, and three...

Margaret Ann Young Thacker

Margaret Ann Young Thacker

Feb 13, 2022

Margaret Ann Young Thacker, 88, a resident of Irving since 1956, owner of Adventure Discovery Center, died Sunday, February 13, 2022 at Faith Presbyterian Hospice Inpatient T. Boone Pickens Center in Dallas. Born July 3, 1933 in Gregory, Arkansas, she was the daughter of the late L. M. Young and Verbal Ruth White Young. She grew up in Searcy, Arkansas,...

Bill Wayne Owen

Bill Wayne Owen

Feb 11, 2022

Bill Wayne Owen was born in Dallas, Texas on October 17, 1958, to Carroll and Dorothy Owen. He died peacefully at his home in Irving, Texas on Wednesday, February 9 at 63 years old. Bill graduated from Irving High School in 1976. He went on to attend the University of Texas at Arlington, graduating with a Bachelor of Business Administration....

Patricia Ann Harper Wright

Patricia Ann Harper Wright

Feb 9, 2022

Patricia Ann Harper Wright, 81 of Irving, died Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at her home, surrounded by her family, after a three-year battle with complications of a stroke. Born September 29, 1940 in Argyle, Texas, she was the daughter of the late James Berton Harper and Cleopatra Goff Harper. She married Eason L. "Bud" Wright November 10, 1961 in Farmers...

Stephen Lawrence Geiger

Stephen Lawrence Geiger

Feb 8, 2022

Major Stephen L. Geiger, USMC, Ret., 71, of Espanola, New Mexico, died February 8, 2022 at an Espanola hospital. Born February 3, 1951, he was the son of the late Jerome and Janice Lawrence Geiger. He was married to Sharon Faye Frackeen. He served in the United States Marine Corps and was Catholic. Survivors include his wife Sharon and two...

Ray D. Harp, Jr.

Ray D. Harp, Jr.

Feb 7, 2022

Ray D. Harp, Jr., 59, of Grand Prairie died suddenly on Monday, February 7, 2022 in Dallas. Born August 28, 1962 in Dallas, he was the son of Ruth Varnett Harp Pevytoe and the late Raymond Dale Harp, Sr. He was a truck driver for Specs of Dallas. Survivors include his mother Ruth Pevytoe of Grand Prairie; daughter Christina Lively...

Faye Franklin

Faye Franklin

Feb 6, 2022

Faye Franklin, 89, of Rockwall, formerly of Irving, died Sunday, February 6, 2022 at her home in Rockwall. Born January 7, 1933 in Tom, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of the late Tim Chadwick and Viola Spillman Chadwick. She was preceded in death by her husband R. B. Franklin in 2000. She was a retired office manager for a medical...