(TAYLOR) Arthur E. Woelfel, age 89 of Thorndale, passed away on Friday, April 26, 2024, in Taylor.

Funeral services for Mr. Woelfel will be held on Friday, May 3, 2024, at 2:00 PM at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Thorndale with Pastor Jeff Doria officiating, Burial will follow in the St. Paul Cemetery.

Visitation will be held on Friday, May 3, 2024, from 1:00 PM until service time at the St. Paul Lutheran Church.


(FT. WORTH) Robert Pearce Colwell, 55, passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2024 in Ft. Worth Texas.

Burial Friday May 3, 2024 @ 2pm Davilla Assembly of God Burial at Seaton Cemetery to follow.

He attended public school in Grand Prairie including Eisenhower Elementary, Adams Middle School, and Grand Prairie High School. After graduating from Grand Prairie High School in 1987, Rob attended TCU in Fort Worth, Texas and graduated in 1991 with double degrees: BBA in Accounting and BS in Economics. He then attended SMU School of Law in Dallas, Texas and graduated in 1994 with a JD (Juris Doctor). After graduation he took a position as a clerk to Federal Bankruptcy Judge Harold Abramson in Dallas, Texas. What was supposed to be a two year clerkship stretched into several more years and after Abramson retired, Judge Harlin (Cooter) Hale offered Rob a career law clerk position. Rob especially enjoyed working as an adjunct professor at SMU School of Law for 12 years, teaching Creditors Rights in tandem with Judge Hale during the fall semesters. Rob spent the better part of 28 years working for the Federal Bankruptcy Courts in Dallas and eventually became the Clerk of Court for the Northern District of Texas. Rob also enjoyed performing in community theatre shows with both children for almost 10 years and was involved in every one of their many productions all over Tarrant County in one way or another, whether backstage, onstage, as a stage manager, or even as a board member! He served as Board President for Artisan Center Theater in Hurst, Texas for several years and oversaw their expansion project that involved building a new children's theatre next to the existing main stage.

Surviving spouse: Tina Colwell of Ft. Worth
Surviving children: Pearce Chadwick Colwell & Emma Elizabeth Colwell
Surviving siblings: Brad Colwell & Susan Colwell Perry

Young's Daughters Funeral Home & Bereavement Center is in charge of arrangements




(ROSEBUD) Marjorie Marceline Wright, 96, of Rosebud, Texas, passed away April 25, 2024.

Visitation will be at 10:00 a.m. at the church.
A memorial service will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 11, 2024 at the First United Methodist Church in Rosebud.

Memorials may be made to a charity of your choice or one of Marjorie’s favorites: Rosebud Volunteer Fire Department, EMS District 3, or Woodland Cemetery.

She was born January 30, 1928, near Westphalia, Texas to Frank and Freda Gerngross Bernsen.
Marjorie attended school at Westphalia where she enjoyed playing basketball and volleyball. She worked at Green’s Grocery Store before she married Melvin (Cotton) Wright on September 10, 1949. She also worked later as an inspector for a clothing manufacturer. Marjorie and Cotton enjoyed many nights following their coon dogs hot on the trail of cunning raccoons. Later, when the coon trail became too arduous, they began raising hogs as a hobby, along with the occasional calf; however, Marjorie could never watch the auction sale of her piggies. At home, in addition to gardening, Marjorie stayed busy sewing and cooking. She loved to feed people, so her house was the place to be at Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Marjorie was preceded in death by her beloved Cotton in 2016; her parents, brothers, Ervin, Clarence (Spike) Lee Allen, and Marvin Bernsen; sisters, Viola Bachman and Laverne Ewing. She is survived by nephew, Marvin Bernsen and wife Linda; grandniece, Lori Beth Mullenix; grandnephew, Travis Bernsen and wife Erin; great nephews, Blake and Dane Bernsen.

Cook-Gerngross-Green-PattersonFuneral Home in Rosebud is in charge of arrangements.



(CAMERON) Pauline Scott Wallace Grover passed away Sunday April 28th, 2024 in Cameron, Texas.
Visitation will be held on Friday May 3rd from 5-7 pm at Cook Gerngross Green Patterson Funeral Home in Rosebud.

Funeral services will be held Saturday May 4th at 10 am at the Rosebud United Methodist Church with Rev. Phil Shuler officiating.

Memorials may be made to: Travis Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 305, Rosebud, Texas 76570.

Pauline was born October 23rd, 1920 in Travis, Texas to C.A. (Gus) and Jessie Cass Scott. She attended her first nine years of school in Travis and graduated from Rosebud High School in 1938. She then graduated from Durham Business School in Austin.

She worked in the Identification Bureau for the Houston Police Dept. and during World War II she enlisted to work at the Hawaiian Air Depot in the 7th Air Force Headquarters, at Hickam Field in Hawaii. She still remembered riding the troop train to Seattle, boarding the troop ship and having to wear a “Mae West” life jacket day and night and being in a storm for 3 days and taking 7 days to get to Hawaii because of the Japanese submarines. She met and married Virgil L. Wallace and after the war she started her family and raised three sons. Her husband’s work took them all over the United States and they lived in a number of states as documented in the many photos she took through the years. She made many good friends and memories on these journeys and never forgot either. In 1958 they moved to the Scott farm in Travis where she was born and reared and in 1966 she went to work for Belfalls Electric Cooperative in Rosebud and retired in 1987 after 21 years.
She was a life long member of the Rosebud Methodist Church and the United Methodist Women. She served in many capacities in her church including being a member of thex Board of Trustees and had also been Secretary-Treasurer of the United Methodist Women for approximately 20 years. She served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Travis Cemetery Association for 31 years. She was active in helping with the Rosebud High School Golden Years Reunion each year serving as President at one time and was awarded the Outstanding Alumnus Award in 2013.
In 1992 she met and married Robert (Bob) Grover from Augusta, Maine. They traveled each year during the summer and fall and she had many good memories of those days. She had either lived in or traveled in all of the fifty states except Alaska.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands Virgil L. Wallace and Robert (Bob) Grover, as well as her five brothers, Holman, Cass, Ben, Buddie, and Hayes Scott.
Pauline is survived by three sons, Gregory L. Wallace and wife Marla of Rosebud, Retired Naval Captain Justin L. Wallace and wife Valerie of Corpus Christi, Carson L. Wallace and wife Helen of Rosebud; granddaughters Kari Len Wallace of Temple and Natalie W. Gunderson and husband Matt of Austin; grandson Evan L.Wallace of Corpus Christi; great-grandsons Braeden L. Wallace, Corbyn L. Wallace, and Gavin L. Wallace of Corpus Christi; and two great-granddaughters Makayla Gunderson and Jacklyn Gunderson of Austin; three special loving nieces Peggy Scott Duty of Waco, Sue Scott Williams of Port Arthur, and Shirley Scott Sykes of Kaufman and one nephew. She was so proud of her family and dearly loved them all.

The family wishes to express heartfelt thanks to the staff at Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation in Cameron as well as Amedisys Hospice for their kind and compassionate care for Pauline.

Cook Gerngross Green Patterson Funeral Home in Rosebud in charge of arrangments


(ROCKDALE) Harold Clifford Parker, 85, of Rockdale passed away on Tuesday, April 30, 2024 at Baylor, Scott, and White in Temple.

A graveside service will be held at 10:00 am on Saturday, May 4, 2024 at Salty Cemetery near Thorndale. A visitation will be held on Friday 6 – 8 pm at Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home in Rockdale.

Harold was born on March 25, 1939 to Dan and Alice Parker in San Saba County, Texas. He proudly served in the United States Army as a PFC from 1962 to 1968. He was a rancher. He enjoyed fishing and hunting. He always looked forward to family gathers. He is preceded in death by his parents, Dan and Alice Parker; siblings, Carmen Moses, Bernice Stiles Able, Irene Collins, Mae Belle Parker, Johnny Parker, William “Bill” Parker, and Shelvie Parker. Harold is survived by David and Melissa Parker of Thorndale, Nelda and John Paul Weaver of Gilmer, Melissa Irby of Lano, and Tracy and Ronnie Davenport; cousin, Howard Stiles of Poteet; numerous great nephews and nieces and great-great nephews and nieces; close friends, Jeff and Denise Muegge of Thorndale, Wes Payne of Thorndale, and Edwin Morrison of Thorndale; as well as numerous extended family and friends.

The family would like to thank Interim Hospice, BSW Hospice Team, BSW ICU nurses, Dr. Sharma, Dr. Whitney White, Standards Home Health, and a special thank you to the doctor, nurses, and staff at Legacy Rehab and Nursing Home.

Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home in charge of Arrangments


(ROSEBUD-LOTT) Barbara Elaine Halverson went home to our Lord on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, following a long and courageous battle with lung cancer. She was 77 years old. Barbaras devoted husband Baron along with other family were at her side when she passed.

We invite friends and family to celebrate Barbara's life and honor her passing at her family church, New Salem Baptist Church, 429 County Road 309, Lott, Texas. Barbaras service, with Pastor Donnie Fulton officiating, will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, May 25, 2024.

A meal will be held in the church hall immediately following the service. Barbaras family invites everyone to join in fellowship and remembrance of her. The private interment of her cremains will be at Powers Chapel Cemetery in Pleasant Grove at a date in the future.

She was born Barbara Elaine Downes on February 8, 1947, in Rosebud, Texas, to M.C. and Roxie Downes. When she was young, Barbara's family moved to California. They continued to move between there and Texas throughout her upbringing. She graduated from Norte Vista High School in Riverside, California in 1965. Barbara married Charles Ward. They adopted a precious baby girl and named her Lisa Ann. Barbara and Charles later divorced. When she met the love of her life, Baron Halverson, they had an immediate connection. They married on June 16, 1973, and settled in Riverside County, California. They enjoyed nearly 51 years of marriage. Together, they raised their blended family of two daughters and one son. They worked side-by-side in several businesses that they owned and operated over the years. Barbara served as the bookkeeper and office manager using the skills she developed at the Skadron College of Business in San Bernardino where she earned her associate degree. Barbara and Baron also worked for the Corona/Norco Unified School District for several years. During her tenure with the school district, Barbara became proficient at painting. While she was not particularly fond of painting, she was always willing to help family members with their projects. They relocated to Texas in the later years of their marriage settling in Falls County. Again, they worked side-by-side clearing their property, building fences, raising cows, and tending their gardens. Barbara loved driving her tractor and raising their precious pets. She was happiest working outdoors; housework was not among her preferred activities. Whenever Barbara planned to attend an event, family and friends would ask her if she was going to bring her potato salad. When her taco salad was served at family meals, there were never leftovers. Barbara loved gemstones and jewelry. She could watch jewelry channels for hours. She and Baron enjoyed antiquing together. Their homes were adorned with the treasures that they would find and restore or repurpose. Both were avid readers; Barbara would stay up into the wee hours reading every night. She was also incredibly talented at needlepoint. Family and friends were what Barbara held most dear. She spent years researching family genealogy, even to the extent of visiting libraries and cemeteries in other states to gather information. Most will remember Barbara for having a generous and caring heart, and for her powerful sense of fairness and truth. Most importantly, she had a deep faith in Jesus. She would share the comfort that she found in gospel and country music through her social media.
Her parents, M.C. and Roxie, and her sister, Mary Joyce Downes Daw, preceded Barbara in death. Barbara is survived by her husband Baron; her brothers, Ellis (BuddY) Downes and his wife, Janice of Conroe, Texas, and Danny Downes and his wife, Gwyn of Belton, Texas; her children, Laura Halverson Maxell and her husband, Kyle of Cedar Springs, Texas, Lisa Halverson Butler and her husband, Sean of Bakersfield, California, and Craig Halverson and his wife, Jaimie of Riverside, California; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins; her Aunt Effie; and, her constant four-legged companion, Bella.
Barbara had many friends. We are eternally grateful to them for their unconditional love of Barbara. The family would like to express their profound appreciation to the professional staff of Baylor, Scott and White, and Gentiva Hospice for their knowledgeable and compassionate care of Barbara.

Memorials to honor Barbaras memory may be made to New Salem Baptist Church, 429 County Road 309, Lott, Texas 76656.
Cook-Gerngross-Green-Patterson Funeral Home in Rosebud is in charge of arrangements.





(Rockdale) Geraldine Ann Waters long time resident of Rockdale, left to see her Lord on Sunday April 7, 2024. There are no services planned.

Gerri was born June 15, 1933 in Detroit, Michigan. She was 90 years old at her passing.
Gerri moved to Rockdale as a teenager with her mother. She began working at Richards Memorial
Hospital as a Nurses Aide when it was still in the old building downtown. She worked with Dr. Richards, Dr. Young and all of the old time physicians. She came to work at the (new hospital) when it opened on Brazos St. in 1975. She was a dedicated employee and was a great asset to all who worked with her. She rarely took a day off and did not want to retire when she did at the age of 85 in 2018. She worked night shift for 65 years. She trained many young aides, and quite a few nurses on how to take care of the patients. She was excellent at her job.
Gerri was the youngest child of seven. She was a twin. She is proceeded in death by her parents and all of her siblings. She is survived by one son, Michael Waters of Rockdale and close friends Shawn and Barbara McNiel, also of Rockdale. She is also survived by a cousin, Charles (June) Crabb of Pennsylvania and extended family who remain in Michigan.


(CAMERON) Judith Ann Dewees, 89 of Cameron Tx passed away Sunday, April 21, 2024, Temple Tx

Born August 18, 1934, in Springfield, Missouri, to Mr. Joseph Cecil Crawford and Mary (Peck) Crawford. She graduated from Mount Vernon High School in 1952 and pursued her passion in visual merchandising and interior design. For 23 years, she dedicated her talents to Dillard's Department Stores in San Antonio and Fort Worth before retiring to Mount Vernon in 1998 Married: Bert Dewees married January 23, 1985
She is preceded in death by her parents; ex-husband Jim Foreman; husband Bert Dewees; son Bart Foreman; and granddaughter, Abigail Dewees

Survived by Bret Foreman, daughter, Lacinda Foreman-Ashcraft; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren

In lieu of flowers please consider making a memorial donation to the Humane Society of Springfield, Mo
Arrangements at Young's Daughters Funeral Home and Bereavement Center.




(BELTON) Joseph Donald Branco 87, of Gibbstown New Jersey Died April 23, 2024, in Belton

Born on August 24, 1936, in Camden, New Jersey to Franceso Branco and Etta (Entz) Branco
In his early years, Joe graduated from Haddon Heights High School and distinguished himself as a talented high school football player. Following his graduation, he honorably enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in October 1956 and dutifully served as an Administrative Man (Chief Clerk) until September 1958. His commitment to his military service exemplified his strong work ethic, sense of duty, and patriotism.
Joe's professional career centered around magazine distribution, culminating in his retirement as a regional manager from Select Magazines. His hard work and dedication left a lasting impact on those around him.
Married Sarah “Jane” (Ralston) Branco June 17, 1961

Preceded in death Joe is reunited in death with his beloved wife of 51 years, Sarah Jane (Ralston) Branco
Surviving sons and their hometowns (please do not list spouses): Joseph Branco Jr of Franklinville, New Jersey Surviving daughters daughter Sharon Todd of Belton, Texas 3 grandchildren & 3 great grandchildren

In Lieu of flowers please consider making a memorial donation to ASPCA or your local pet rescue charity

Arrangements are under the direction of Young's Daughters Funeral Home & Bereavement Center. 


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