Obituaries
Jack W. Prather
Jul 27, 2017
Jack W. Prather, 83, a long-time resident of Irving, died on Thursday, July 27, 2017 in Lewisville, Texas. Jack was born on August 25, 1933 in Borger, Texas to Jack and Jean (Blankenburg) Prather. His lifelong love of aviation began with his first job out of high school with Central Airlines in the early nineteen-fifties and stayed with Central Airlines...
Margaret Hinchliffe
Jul 25, 2017
Margaret Hinchliffe, 87, a resident of Irving since 2008, died on Tuesday, July 25, 2017. She was born in Mexia, Texas to David James and Mary Jane Molly (Guthrie) Hinchliffe. Margaret was a registered nurse who worked at several hospitals in the Metroplex including Parkland Hospital in Dallas. She was a member of the Womans VFW. Margaret is preceded in...
Mary Louise Dyer Buchanan
Jul 22, 2017
MARY LOUISE BUCHANAN, 92, a former long-time resident of Irving, died Saturday, July 22, 2017 at the Atria of Richardson. Born August 20, 1924 in Cumby, Texas, she was the daughter of the late Hershel J. Dyer and Esther L. Baldwin Dyer. She was married to Charles Aden Buck Buchanan June 19, 1945 in Denton. A homemaker, Maryl, or Sis...
Virginia Cleo Plowe
Jul 21, 2017
Virginia Plowe was born October 21, 1932 and passed away July 21, 2017. She was raised in Shattuck, Oklahoma by her grandparents. She was a loving very devoted mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She excelled in life with her God given creativeness. She had special talents in designing and constructing beautiful dresses for the pageant world but her main love was...
Gwen 'Nanny' Collard
Jul 17, 2017
Gwen Nanny Collard, 85, a long-time resident of Irving, died on Monday, July 17, 2017 in Irving. Gwen was born in Canadian, Texas on May 13, 1932 to Lenous and Vera (Nichols) Stroud. After graduation from Bonham High School, she moved to Irving to find a job. She graduated from Court Reporting School but did not like that type of...
Carolyn Sue Clay
Jul 17, 2017
Carolyn Sue Clay, 70, of Mansfield, died at her home on July 17, 2017. She was born on February 7, 1947 in St. Joseph, Missouri to Charles Rice and Dorothy (Dunham) Redding. She was a Respiratory Therapist for over 40 years. Carolyn volunteered with the Mansfield Fire Department CFAAA as a treasurer and was an active member in an Interdenominational...
Moya Marie Mcpherson
Jul 14, 2017
Moya Marie McPherson, 92, a resident of Irving since 1952, died Friday, July 14, 2017 at her home. Born March 15, 1925 in Dallas, she married Frank McPherson, who preceded her in death in 1995. A life member of Texas PTA, the Metroplex Glass Club, a member of the Spouses of American Defenders of Bataan in the Corridor and American...
Gerald D. Stokley
Jul 11, 2017
Gerald D. Stokley, a resident of Irving for 51 years, died on July 11, 2017 at the age of 76. Gerald was born on February 22, 1941 in Falfurrias, Texas to Irvin Stokley, Sr. and Vertis (Anders) Stokley. He is preceded in death by his parents; brother, Irvin Stokley, Jr.; and wife, Lavern Stokley. Survivors include four children: Anne Greaver...
Sue G. Reinhardt
Jul 10, 2017
Sue G. Reinhardt, age 91, of Irving, passed away Monday, July 10, 2017. Born January 15, 1926 to the late Jim and Mary (Cannon) Gillispie in Itasca, Texas. On May 2, 1947, she married the late Elton Reinhardt. Sue retired as a branch manager from Daniel Radiator after 21 years of service, she was a dedicated Den Mother for the...
Jane M. Easter
Jul 5, 2017
Jane Marlow Easter, 87 of Irving, Texas, passed away on July 5, 2017. Jane was born in Fort Worth, Texas on September 10, 1929. She graduated from Irving High School and earned her Bachelors Degree in Education from Texas Christian University. She later obtained her Masters Degree from Southern Methodist University. Jane experienced a long teaching career with the Dallas...
Tshitambwe Raphael Mutombo
Jul 2, 2017
Tshitambwe Raphael Mutombo of Euless died on July 2, 2017 at the age of 79. He was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo to Joseph Kazadi and Anastasie on June 30, 1938. He is survived by his wife, Marie Louise. The family will receive friends on July 14 from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. at Donnelly's Colonial Funeral Home, 606...
Jimmie Dean Minks
Jun 29, 2017
Jimmie Dean (Aaron) Minks, a lifetime resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, died Thursday June 29, 2017 at The Remington At Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas. Born in El Dorado, Arkansas on July 21, 1928, Jimmie attended Secretarial College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Jimmie worked as an Executive Secretary for various companies in Baton Rouge until her retirement in 1980. Jimmie...
Fred Lane
Jun 24, 2017
FRED LANE, 63, of DeSoto, formerly of Waxahachie, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, June 24, 2017 at his home surrounded by his family. Born August 1, 1953 in Gorman, he is the son of the late James Paul Lane and Nellie Marie Jones Lane. He grew up in Cross Plains, attended Southwestern University in Waxahachie and...
Brad Hay
Jun 24, 2017
Bradley "Brad" Douglas Hay, 46, of Irving, passed away June 24, 2017. A life-long resident of Irving, He was born July 14, 1970 to the late Warren Dean and Margaret Ann (Johnston) Hay. Brad was an avid sports fan. He loved games of all kinds: board games, card games, computer games and trivia. He was always intrigued to follow all...
Thomaz A. Dagroomes
Jun 19, 2017
Thomaz Alfonso DaGroomes, 76, of Irving, Tex., passed away suddenly June 19th at Zale Lipshy Hospital, Dallas, after a lengthy illness. Born in Boston, Mass., on Feb. 2, 1941, the son of George and Esther DaGroomes, he came to the University of Dallas, Irving, in 1966 after undergraduate studies at the University of Navarre in Pamplona, Spain, a city in...
Lawrence Norman Loggins
Jun 16, 2017
LAWRENCE LOGGINS, age 90, a resident of Irving for 50 years, passed away on Friday, June 16, 2017 in Irving, Texas. Born April 19, 1927 in Haskell, Texas to Riley Lee Loggins and Eulah Belcher Loggins, married Margie Nell in 1956, was a retail supervisor at Sears, a member of Oak View Baptist Church in Irving, and an Army Veteran...
Alvin P. Fischer
Jun 15, 2017
Rev. Alvin P. Fischer, a long-time resident of Irving, and recently of North Richland Hills, died on June 15, 25017 at the age of 91. Born in Hewett, Minnesota on June 5, 1926 to Paul Otto and Freida Elsie Esther (Weier) Fischer, Alvin was a graduate of North Central Bible College in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He served in the US Navy...
Frank Willis
Jun 12, 2017
Frank Willis, age 90, a resident of Irving since June 8, 1961, died Monday, June 12, 2017 in a Fairfield care center. Born March 20, 1927 in Emmett, Arkansas, he was the son of the late Ray Willis and Iber Martindale Willis. He married Patsy Ruth Foster on June 30, 1950 in Longview, Texas. She preceded him in death June...
Antonio, 'Tony' Milton Hernandez
Jun 11, 2017
Antonio "Tony" Milton Hernandez, 82, born February 20, 1935 at Baylor Hospital in Dallas, Texas to the late Herbert and Polly (De La Cruz) Hernandez. Tony was a 1953 graduate of Lancaster High school were he was president of his class and an outstanding athlete. An accomplished church organist and pianist, he was a music major at Howard Payne University....
Maria Jorge Zapata
Jun 9, 2017
Maria Jorge Zapata, a resident of Irving for 22 years, died on Friday, June 9, 2017 at the age of 87. She was born April 16, 1930 in Cloete, Coahuila, Mexico to Esteban Gonzalez and Gerarda Mata. She married Lazaro Zapata, Sr. on June 9, 1948 in Mexico. Preceded in death by a son, Esteban, survivors include her husband of...
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