Obituaries
Lorraine Bruns
Jan 28, 2016
Lorraine was born April 17, 1922 in Stafford, Kansas to Olive and Everett Schmidt. She served in the medical field a big portion of her life, devoting time and care to many of her patients. Helping people and being around them brought her an enormous amount of joy and everyone loved her. She was a member of First Baptist Church....
Mac Elaine Mcfarland Elliott
Jan 27, 2016
Mac was born July 5, 1937 in Plainview to Evelyn and Mackey B. McFarland. She moved to Amarillo with her parents in 1939 and remained a resident ever since. On September 22, 1956, she married Robert Gordon Elliott in Amarillo. Together, they raised five children. She was in the insurance business for 35 years, as an insurance claims manager. She...
Dottie J. Henk
Jan 27, 2016
Dottie was born to JD and Collette Ball in Denver, Co on October 10, 1935. She later married Lyle Henk in New Mexico, They had been married for a wonderful 60 Years. Lyle spent 20 years serving his country in the Marines, in which they were able to travel all over. In 1972 they started Henk's BBQ here in Amarillo,...
Lois Irene Love
Jan 23, 2016
Lois was born September 7, 1930 in Belfast, Maine, to Irene and Richard Bartlett. She was a Seventh Day Adventist, who liked to get her hair fixed, as well as shopping for groceries and doing for others. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Marvin V. Love, a son, Bobby Joe McKnight, Jr. and a grandson, Michael...
Ted Czachowski
Jan 22, 2016
Ted was born on October 28, 1945 in Poland. He moved to the United States in 1965 and settled in Amarillo in 1981. He married his wife, Margaret in 1997. Ted was a talented musician. He taught drum lessons to many as well as playing in many bands and serving his church as a drummer. He is survived by his...
Deborah Layman Boeka
Jan 22, 2016
Deborah "Debbie'" Layman Boeka, age 62, died peacefully in her home on January 22, 2016 Debbie was born March 10, 1953 in Amarillo to Charles and Charlene Layman. She graduated from Amarillo High School in 1971 and received a Bachelor of Arts from West Texas State in 1975 and a Masters of Science in Social Work from the University of...
Carelton Keith Goldsmith
Jan 22, 2016
Keith Goldsmith passed away peacefully in his Amarillo home on January 22, 2016. He was 57 years of age. He was born on July 26, 1958 to Bill and Clara Goldsmith in Dimmitt, Texas. During his life he participated in football with great passion. As he grew older, he loved watching football and especially enjoyed watching his nieces and nephews...
Barbara Jean Bobbitt
Jan 22, 2016
Barbara was born on September 23, 1945 in Memphis to Herman and Eva Irene Vinson. She was raised in Clarendon, where she graduated from Clarendon High School in 1964. She married Leonard "Buddy" Bobbitt on May 7, 1965 in Clarendon. Together they moved to Memphis, where Barbara devoted her life to caring for her family. She enjoyed sewing, working crossword...
Carolyn Vaughan
Jan 21, 2016
: Carolyn was born on October 29, 1937 in Tingle, NM to Luther and Vela Cone. She grew up in Lubbock, TX where she graduated from Lubbock High School in 1954. She married Denzil Vaughan in 1963. Carolyn and Denzil moved to Hereford, where they owned Vaughan Real Estate. They moved to Amarillo in 1973, where they continued to run...
Mary Jo Martellaro
Jan 21, 2016
Mary Jo Martellaro was born on October 2, 1936 to Tony and Mary Danna, in Pueblo, CO where she was raised with her sister, Nina, and her two brothers, Phil and Jim. In 1957 at the age of 21, she married Joe Martellaro. Four years later in 1961, she adopted her son, Michael Sr. Mary Jo lived in La Junta,...
Brenleigh Nichole Smith
Jan 19, 2016
Brenleigh was born on December 31, 2014 to Brandon Smith and Whitney Browning. She was a sweet baby, always happy and smiling. Though she lived but a short time, she touched the lives of many. She is survived by her mother, Whitney Browning; father, Brandon Smith; siblings, Keatn, Ridgely and Brance, all of Amarillo and many grandparents, great grandparents and...
Nancy M. Beattie
Jan 18, 2016
Nancy was born on September 13, 1929 to Ben and Martha Seeley in Mount Pleasant, IA. On September 30, 1950, she married her true love Bob Beattie, to whom she was married for 65 years. Nancy was a homemaker, a farmer's wife, and an accomplished painter and seamstress. She enjoyed attending and participating in numerous activities of all her children,...
June Mcginnis
Jan 15, 2016
June was born April 1, 1940 to J. P. & Loraine Wrather. She lived in Amarillo all her life. She graduated from AHS in 1958 and married the love of her life,Jerry McGinnis, in 1959. He passed away in 2014. They had 2 sons and after the death of their oldest son in 1998, they raised their granddaughter, Shea, as...
Jimmy W. Kemp
Jan 14, 2016
Jimmy was born October 13, 1948 in Amarillo to Josephine Juanita and Loyd Haskel Kemp. He graduated from Palo Duro High School in 1967. He married the love of his life and high school sweetheart, Trudy Jones in Amarillo on June 15, 1967. Jimmy was an army veteran of the Vietnam War. After returning home, he received an associate degree...
Avlon Conwell Taylor
Jan 13, 2016
Avlon was born on December 14, 1925 in Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia, to Lloyd Conwell Anderson and Lucy Menora Coons Anderson. She attended public schools in Warrenton, Washington, D.C., Richmond, Virginia, and Virginia Beach, Virginia, where she graduated from Oceana High School. After her 1948 graduation in advertising art from Richmond Professional Institute, an extension of the College of William...
Bobby Lee Banks
Jan 13, 2016
Bobby was born on June 21, 1928 in Gainesville to Robert and Oma Banks. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1951, where he proudly served as military police until his honorable discharge in 1956. He married Gloria Hedrick Williams on February 1, 1989. Bobby worked for the Amarillo Fire Department for over 31 years, retiring in 1989. He...
Carla Deann Auzenne
Jan 12, 2016
Carla was born September 18, 1976 in Fort Worth, Texas to Alvin and Brenda Walker. She spent her adolescence as a MK, missionary kid, with her family in Brazil. The family returned to Amarillo where Carla graduated from Tascosa High School in 1995. Carla attended Wayland Baptist University and West Texas A&M University, completing her Bachelors of Science in Nursing...
Kyle Ratliff
Jan 10, 2016
Kyle was born April 4, 1990 in Hereford to Melanie Peeler and Robert Ratliff. He was a fourth degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, with the spirit of friendship. He was an avid motor cross enthusiast, as well as mechanic. He was an iron worker who loved spending his time with the elderly. He is preceded in death by...
Rebecca Lynn Alward
Jan 7, 2016
Rebecca was born on September 18, 1958 in Amarillo to Harold and Atha Alward. She was a lifelong resident of Amarillo, attending Caprock High School and joining her home church, Newlife Foursquare Church in 1973. She was artistic, enjoying drawing, crafting and writing. Rebecca had a fun personality and had made many friends at Amarillo Skilled Care Center during her...
Trevor Anthony Rodriguez
Jan 6, 2016
Trevor was born on July 16, 1985 in Garden City, KS to John and Ginger Rodriguez. He moved to Amarillo as a child where he attended schools and married Tiffany Lane on May 21, 2011. Throughout his life, Trevor was always full of wonder and enjoyed working with his hands, tinkering on different projects. He enjoyed riding his Harley and...
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