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Marianne Anuario, age 65, of Kaufman, Texas passed away on October 18, 2022. Marianne was born on September 5, 1957 in Dallas, Texas to parents David Anuario and Annocaneia Noriega Anuario.
Marianne was first and foremost a loving mother and grandmother. She loved holidays and all the traditions that went with them but spending time with her family, especially...
Charla Randall, 56, of Kaufman, TX went to be with the Lord on October 12, 2022. Charla was born on February 10, 1966, to Charles and Lynda Floyd in Arlington, TX. Charla grew up in the Dallas area graduating from R.L. Turner High School in Carrollton TX in 1984. She worked for Wells Fargo for 17 years before moving to...
Matthew Edward Cline, age 60, of Kaufman, Texas, left this world for his home in Heaven on Wednesday, the 12th day of October 2022. Matt, as he was best known, was born in Dallas on the 23rd day of July 1962 to parents Glen Donald and Mary Rene Cline.
Matt graduated from Kaufman High School in 1980. He was a...
Billy Pat Koleszar, 88, of Seagoville, TX went to be with the Lord on October 10, 2022. Pat was born on April 14, 1934, to John and Stella Koleszar in Craig, OK. He was raised in Oklahoma going to high school in Haileyville and graduating in 1952.
After graduating high school, Pat joined his brothers in California where he worked...
Gaytha Jane Thomas, 83, went to be with the Lord on October 9, 2022. Gaytha was born on February 12,1939, to Mack and Evelyn Welborn in Durant, OK. Raised in Durant, she graduated from high school there, and worked at Durant Bank and Trust. Gaytha moved to Kaufman in 1983. She worked at Traveler’s Insurance Company then American National Bank...
Thomas Gail Combs, son of James and Isabell Combs and brother of Ledainne Henley, died peacefully on October 6. Daughter, Mimmie Coleman, son, Blinn Combs, and grandson, Brandon Coleman survive him. Relocating frequently for his father’s work as a stonemason, Tom attended eleven different schools in twelve years, and delivered papers all around Dallas through his teens. After graduating from...
Lorne Wayne Johnson, 57, of Dallas, TX passed away on October 3, 2022, in Mesquite, TX. Lorne was born on November 16, 1964, to Billy and Lucy Johnson in Cleburne, TX. He graduated from Cleburne High School in 1983 and went to Abilene Christian University for a little while. Lorne worked several different jobs till he married the love of...
Joni McKinney was a loving wife, mother, daughter, sister to four sisters, aunt to 17 nieces and nephews, a faithful friend, and a proud Kaufman Lion. On October 1st, 2022, Joni went home to be with Jesus, safe in the knowledge that when she closed her eyes in this life, she would open them to eternal life with him.
Joni...
Hollis Gene LaRoe, 89, of Spring, TX passed away on September 30, 2022. Hollis was born to Sam and Gladys Hall LaRoe on August 25, 1933, in Kaufman, TX. He graduated from Kaufman High School in 1952 and went to Tarleton State University and earned an Associates degree in 1954. On April 6, 1957, Hollis married Margaret Griffin in...
On September 22, 2022, Sarah Faye Smith of Scurry, TX, loving wife, and mother of three passed away at age 80. She was born on December 23, 1941, to Earnest and Georgia Dickerson of Seagoville, TX. She worked for 30 years as a Center Director for both the Kaufman County and Dallas County Senior Citizen Services before retiring in...
Sandra Ellen Martzen
1948 – 2022
Sandra was born on December 19, 1948, in Visalia, California to Antonio & Alexandria (Perry) Mancebo. She was the last of eight children and grew up surrounded by her large Portuguese family on her father’s dairy farm in the heart of California’s San Joaquin Valley.
She attended Elbow Creek Elementary School, then a small...
Concepcion Duran Chaparro, 66, of Kaufman, TX went to be with the Lord on September 11, 2022. Concepcion was born in Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico to Jesus Chaparro Reyes and Maria Concepcion Duran Martinez on March 14, 1956. She was raised in Mexico and moved to Kaufman on June 17, 1985. Shortly after moving here, she started working at Madix in...
Steve Robert Kovar, 77, passed away on September 4, 2022, in Ennis, TX. He was born to Kermit and Louise Kovar in Kaufman, TX on July 18, 1945. He worked for Ben E. Keith Co. in Dallas, TX for many years and sheet metal workers in Terrell, TX until he retired. He married Mary Cates with children, Deniese Cates and...
Toivo Mike Vilbas, 65, of Kaufman, TX went to be with the Lord on August 28, 2022. Mike was born on August 24, 1957, to Vladimir and Saimi Vilbas in Miami, FL. Growing up in Miami he played football and went on to be given a football scholarship to Henderson County Community College in Athens, TX, where he met his first...
Phyllis Jeanne Mason, 80 years of age from Mabank, Texas went to be with our Lord on the morning of August 26, 2022. Phyllis was born to Clifton and Ruth Bookout in Seymore, Texas on June 8, 1942. She married the love of her life, Richard Grady Mason, on July 18, 1959. Phyllis and Richard were happily married for 61...
Curtis Ray Donawho was born in Kaufman Texas on February 16, 1947 and died on August 25, 2022. His parents were William Otto and Maude Dockery Donawho. He grew up in Rosser, Texas and graduated from Scurry-Rosser High School in 1965. He joined the United States Navy where he served aboard the USS Matthews and USS Valley Forge during the...
Tamara Sue Hill Lovern, 53, of Kaufman, TX went to be with the Lord on August 24, 2022. Tamara was born in Kaufman, Tx on January 20, 1969, to Jesse and Martha Hill, Jr. Tamara graduated from Scurry Rosser High School in 1987. She went to DeVry University and then later got her Masters Degree while working as a teacher...
Robert W. Williams, 59, of Rowlett, TX passed away on August 21, 2022, in Dallas. Robert was born on July 22, 1963, in Kaufman, TX. He graduated from Lakeview Centennial High School in Garland in 1982. Robert worked at TL Thompson & Associates and that’s when he met Cheryl. He and Cheryl would marry on April 12, 1997, and they...
Newton Eugene Stokes, 82 of Kaufman, TX passed away on August 18, 2022. Eugene was born on September 2, 1939, to Leslie and Rosie Stokes in Refugio, TX. He was raised in South Texas and joined the Marines in 1959 until he lost his brother who served in the Army. After the Marines, he worked for the Federal Government at...
William Franklin Barfield, 80, of Kaufman, TX passed away on August 17, 2022, at home. William was born on February 13, 1942, to Frank Ewell Barfield and Johnie Talbot Barfield in Kaufman. He was a man of many talents. He tried numerous jobs, but enjoyed hauling rock, wood working, building bird cages and traps, going to First Monday, hauling hay...
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