Obituaries
Rose Abbaspour
Dec 28, 2021
Rose Mary (Mock) Abbaspour
Those that frequented the Caldwell library knew Rose as ‘the library lady’. She loved the patrons there as well as her family at the City of Caldwell. Earlier in life she was an accountant & Real Estate Broker but her occupation as an assistant librarian was what she was most proud of. She...
Gregory Calzada Jr.
Dec 28, 2021
Gregory Albert Calzada JR 10/08/1962- 12/28/2021 Somerville, TX
Gregory spent his childhood years in California and competed on the high school swim team. Gregory and his young bride moved to Texas, started a family and had three wonderful children. Over the course of his professional life, he owned a landscaping company with his mother and was a diesel mechanic...
Thelma Darling
Dec 21, 2021
Thelma Fay Ferguson Darling, 72 of Milano, was born on October 25th, 1949, to Henry Alton Ferguson Sr. and Jo Ella Ferguson. Thelma was born and raised in Houston, Texas but always said you couldn’t pay her enough to move back. She resided in Milano for approximately the last 35 years.
Thelma loved decorating her church with...
Lois Gibson
Dec 20, 2021
Lois Gibson, 78, passed away on December 19, 2021, in Houston, TX, following complications from surgery. Her memorial will be held Monday, December 27th, at First Baptist Church in Somerville, Texas, at 2pm. Visitation will precede the service at 12:00pm.
Lois, “Lolo”, was born on June 12, 1943, in Brenham, TX. The youngest child of Beulah and...
Valeria Schoppe
Dec 10, 2021
Valeria Schoppe, 88, passed away on December 10, 2021. Visitation will be from 5:00 – 7:00 pm, with a rosary at 7:00 pm, at Strickland Funeral Home in Somerville on Sunday, December 12. Funeral Mass will be at St. Ann’s Catholic Church on Monday, December 13, at 10:00 am. Burial will follow at Oaklawn Cemetery.
Valeria Marie...
Anna Harris
Nov 29, 2021
Anna Jo Harris, 92, of Caldwell passed away November 29, 2021.
She was born on October 30, 1924 to Joseph Kroulik and Annie Marie Janecek in Smithville, Texas.
She graduated from Smithville High School, class of 1942. Upon graduation she got a job as a postal worker in the camp swift post office during World...
Victoria Pineda
Nov 26, 2021
Victoria Grace Pineda, 21, of Caldwell went home to be with the Lord on Friday, November 26, 2021. Visitation will be Wednesday, December 1, 6-8pm at Strickland Funeral Home in Caldwell. A celebration of life will be held at Burleson County Cowboy Church on Thursday, December 2 at 1pm.
Victoria was always happy, bubbly, silly, crazy, giving...
Carolyn Surovik
Nov 25, 2021
Carolyn Ann Surovik passed away at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bryan, Texas on Thursday, November 25, 2021. Her funeral service will be held at New Tabor Brethren Church in Caldwell, Texas on Monday, November 29, 2021.
Carolyn was born on April 20, 1946 to Henry and Emma Urbanovsky. She was raised on her family farm in Caldwell...
Alice Kovasovic
Nov 24, 2021
Alice Kovasovic, 89, of Somerville went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, November 23, 2021. Service will be Saturday, November 27, 2021, 11 am at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Frenstat.
Alice, lovingly known to most as Grandma Kovasovic, was a special lady who treated everyone like family. From being the peacemaker to the mighty...
Lyle Halpin
Nov 21, 2021
Lyle (Hal) Halpin
Lyle (Hal) Halpin went Home to the Father, and to rejoin his Precious Janet on Sunday, November 20, 2021. He was 85 years old. A Mass of Christian Burial is planned for Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Frenstat, with Father Melvin Dornak as Celebrant....
Tim Tollefson
Nov 11, 2021
Timothy Lowell Tollefson
January 12, 1957 – November 12, 2021
Tim was born in Carbondale Illinois to Carol Fedde Tollefson and Dean Elwood Tollefson. He grew up in the Midwest, and graduated from Shawnee Mission East High School where he was a star on the football team. He went on to...
Donnie Simons Sr.
Oct 30, 2021
CELEBRATING
The wonderful life of DONNIE RAY SIMONS, SR.
December 27, 1952 ~ October 30, 2021
We will be gathering to share some of our favorite memories, our stories, to laugh, to cry and remember a wonderful person who will be greatly...
Lauren Evans
Oct 28, 2021
Lauren Elizabeth Evans, 32, of Somerville departed on October 28, 2021. Visitation is set for Thursday, November 4, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. at Strickland Funeral Home in Somerville. Funeral Services will be Friday, November 5, 1:00pm at the Yegua Center with burial to follow at Smetana Cemetery in Bryan.
Raised in Somerville, Lauren attended Somerville High...
Wanda Goodwin
Oct 24, 2021
Wanda Marie Goodwin, 87, passed from this life, Wednesday, October 24, 2021 in Somerville, TX., with family by her side. A Graveside Service is planned for Friday, November 5, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. @ Oaklawn Cemetery in Somerville the interment will follow. The Visitation will be held Friday, morning from 9-9:30 a.m. @ Strickland Funeral Home in Somerville.
...Noe Rodriguez
Oct 23, 2021
Noe Rodriguez, 70, of Bryan, TX. formerly of Copperas Cove, passed away Saturday, October 23, 2021.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Thursday, October 28, 2021, at 10:00 at St. Mary Our Lady of the Lourdes Catholic Church in Caldwell. Visitation will be Wednesday evening from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. with the Holy Rosary being...
Hubert Krenek
Oct 21, 2021
Hubert Andrew Krenek, 88 of Caldwell, passed away Thursday, October 21, 2021, after a brief illness. A Mass of Christian Burial was held, Monday, November 1, 2021, at St. Mary’s Our Lady of the Lourdes Catholic Church in Caldwell with Father Melvin Dornak and Deacon John Young officiating. The burial followed at the church cemetery. Military Honors were provided...
Donna Fletcher
Oct 8, 2021
Donna Louise (Moore) Fletcher was born on June 5, 1942 in Houston, TX. She went home to be with the Lord on October 8, 2021 at 79 years of age surrounded by her family. Visitation is scheduled for Monday, October 11 at Strickland Funeral Home in Caldwell from 6pm-8pm. Service will be Tuesday, October 12 at Evangelical Church of...
Mary Gerdes
Oct 5, 2021
Mary Bess Gerdes of Deanville Passed away October 5, 2021 in Deanville, TX.
Mary was born August 9, 1932 to Daniel and Mary (Kubecka) Poehl. She married Garnett Gerdes on April 1, 1995 in the Deanville Church. She was an avid reader, a traveler, she worked on a dairy farm where she learned the value of hard work,...