Harold Meeks
Jan 1, 2022
James Harold Meeks fell asleep in death on Tuesday July 5, 2022. He was 83 years old.
A memorial talk will be given by Allen Cunningham on Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 2:00 PM at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses (2308 N. Valley Mills Dr., Waco, TX 76710) and virtually through Zoom (Meeting ID: 859 9563 7160;...
Melissa Hensley
Jan 1, 2022
Melissa was born December 21, 1964 in Houston, TX at Herman Memorial Hospital to Patricia Dyan Sutton and Wayne Hensley. She was the fourth of ten siblings and became the "mother" figure to them after her mother passed in 1990. Melissa grew up in California, Tennessee and Houston before moving to Waco with her family in 1980. She would still go...
Delores Jackson
Jan 1, 2022
Delores Fowler Jackson, 78, of Waco, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, July 26, 2022. She was born July 6, 1944, to Wiley and Neutrine Fowler. She grew up in Waco and attended Waco High School. She earned her LVN at McLennan Community College in 1991 and worked in home health care for years before retiring. She loved...
Harvey Jirasek
Jan 1, 2022
Harvey Lee Jirasek, 90 of Waco, went to be with his Lord and Savior February 12, 2022 at Community Hospice of Texas, St. Catherine’s in Waco. Memorial service will be held Thursday, March 3, 2022 at the Waco Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel.
Harvey is survived by his wife, Virginia Nell Jirasek of Waco; children Bobby Jirasek of...
Wanda Dugas
Jan 1, 2022
Wanda Joyce Dugas was born in Waco, Texas on January 14, 1939, to the late Rev. Isaac Albert & MayDell Carter and passed away on February 23, 2022. Homegoing Service will be held Thursday, March 3 at 2:00 PM at Waco Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel. Visitation with the family will be on Wednesday, March 2 from 6:00 to 8:00...
Anthony Sanchez
Dec 30, 2021
Anthony Sanchez, 59 passed away in his home on December 30, 2021. Visitation will be held at Connally/Compton Funeral Home in Waco, Tx from 6-8pm on Thursday January 13th, 2022. Funeral services will also be held at Connally Compton at 10am on Friday January 14th, 2022. The repast will be held at The Waco Missions Club immediately after. Anthony was...
Alphonse Pete Wachsmann
Dec 28, 2021
Alphonse (Pete) Wachsmann, 95, passed away on Tuesday, December 28, 2021 in Woodway, Texas. Mass of Christian burial will be 1:00 p.m. Friday, January 7, 2022 at St. Mary's Church of the Assumption in West with Father John Boiko officiating. Burial will follow in St. Mary's Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. -8:00 p.m. with Rosary at 7:00 p.m....
Johnny Ray Caddell
Dec 28, 2021
Johnny Ray Caddell, age 63, of Woodway, Texas passed away on Tuesday, December 28, 2021. Johnny was born July 15, 1958 in Waco, Texas. Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.connally-compton.com for the Caddell family.
Grace Carrizales
Dec 26, 2021
Grace (Ortencia) Carrizales, 95, of Hewitt passed away December 26, 2021, in Driftwood, Texas. A private graveside service was held on Wednesday, January 5, 2022, at Waco Memorial Park with Father Benji of Sacred Heart Catholic Church officiating. Grace Carrizales was born May 20, 1926 in Waco, Texas to Robert Garibay, Sr., and Prajedes (Medina) Garibay. She was a lifelong...
Donald R. Thomas
Dec 26, 2021
Donald R. Thomas, age 79, of Marlin, Texas passed away on Sunday, December 26, 2021. Donald was born May 12, 1942. Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.connally-compton.com for the Thomas family.
Aaron Thomas
Dec 25, 2021
Aaron Lee Thomas, prominent Architect of Waco, Texas, died peacefully at Providence Hospital, Waco, on Christmas Day, December 25th, 2021 at the age of 90 after a brief illness. He is survived by his sons: Aaron Lloyd and wife, Amy, of Temple; Mark Allan and wife, Jan, of Plano; and Glenn Scott and wife Sheila, of Waco; his eight...
Ervin E. Fabianke
Dec 23, 2021
Ervin E. Fabianke, 92, of Waco, Texas passed away on Thursday, December 23, 2021. Ervin was born December 10, 1929 to Adolph and Evaline Fabianke in Otto, Texas. He went to school in Marlin, Texas and joined the United States Air Force; retiring after 22 years of service. After retiring he ranched for many years near Mart, Texas. He is...
Tazle Garrett
Dec 22, 2021
Graveside services for Tazle LaRock Garrett, 96, of Waco will be held at 1 PM Thursday, December 30, 2021 at Chapel Hill Memorial Park.. Mrs. Garrett passed Wednesday, December 22, 2021 with family by her side. She was born November 2, 1925, in Connerville, Oklahoma, the daughter of Alfred LaRock and Chassie Ellis LaRock. and was proud of her French/Native American culture. She...
Floye Bruce
Dec 21, 2021
Visitation for Floye Bruce will be held on Sunday, January 2, 2022 from 2 PM to 4 PM at Waco Memorial Mausoleum Chapel.
J.A. ''Jay'' Baker
Dec 21, 2021
J. A. ''Jay'' Baker
Broken Arrow laid on his breast, an Eagle Feather placed across the Arrow. His body will return to the earth as it was, and his soul shall return unto the Great Spirit who gave it.
Jay was born, raised and educated on the Choctaw/Kiowa Indian Nation community near Medicine Park, Lawton,...
Candelario Fuentes Sr.
Dec 20, 2021
Candelario Fuentes, Sr., born February 2, 1928, in Elm Mott, TX, passed away peacefully at Baylor Scott & White Hillcrest December 20, 2021. Services will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church on Thursday, December 30th at 11 a.m., with a rosary and viewing at Connally/Compton Funeral Directors on Wednesday, December 29th at 6 p.m. Candelario was a devoted husband...
Wayne Schoenleber
Dec 19, 2021
Wayne Christian Schoenleber, 86, a longtime resident of Hewitt, died Sunday, December 21, 2021 in a local nursing home. Born in Cleveland, Ohio on August 31, 1935, as a kid he worked for the coal truck man delivering coal for a quarter a day. He later joined the U.S. Army in January of 1953 and served until April of 1955 earning...
Jerry Milligan, Sr
Dec 18, 2021
Jerry Gilbert Milligan, Sr, 81, of Robinson, TX, died Saturday, December 18, 2021 in a local hospital. Born April 11, 1940 in Harod, Illinois to Gilbert Daniel and Celia Virginia (Colbert) Milligan, he joined the Navy in 1958 and lived in Southern California for several years working in banking and real-estate before moving to Texas in 2007 where he...
Lydia Ortega Almaraz
Dec 15, 2021
On December 15, 2021, at 11:22 am our mom Lydia Ortega Almaraz was called to her heavenly home. Lydia was born on July 23, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois to Pedro Ortega and Maria Louisa Martinez Ortega. Lydia is preceded in death by her parents, brothers, Robert, Roger and Peter Ortega. She leaves behind her two precious daughters Andrea Almaraz of...
Eleanor Smith
Dec 12, 2021
Eleanor Louise (Wade) Smith was born Mar 4, 1926 in Memphis, TN to William and Arline (Jewell) Wade. She died Sunday, Dec 12, 2021 at the age of 95. She was preceded in death by her parents and, in 1975, by her husband, U.S. Air Force Col. Oscar F. Smith, Jr. Also preceding her in death was her granddaughter,...
