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Mike Smith
Born in San Antonio, TX on January 2, 1954
Departed on April 7, 2003 and resided in Bandera, TX.
Service Date: Thursday, April 10, 2003
Service Location: Grimes Funeral Chapels
Bandera, TX
Mike Smith, age 49 of Bandera, died Monday, April 7, 2003 in a San Antonio hospital. He was born January 2, 1954 at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio to Lindy Lee and Neva Nell Lewis Smith. Mike was instrumental in organizing the Margaret Alkek Youth Center, Boys & Girls Club of Bandera County, was on the Battered Women's Council, was Bandera City Judge and Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4 in Bandera County for 12 years, and helped many people in Alcoholics Anonymous.
Survivors include his wife, Deanie Skinner Smith of Bandera; mother, Nell Smith of Bandera; son, Clayton Michael Smith and wife, Randi Arnet Smith of Bandera; sister, Brenda Anna Smith of Lakehills; brother in law, William Robert Dean of New Orleans, LA; brothers, Gary Wayne Smith and wife, Kim Cameron Smith of Boerne, Larry Dean Smith of San Antonio, William Ray Smith of Austin, Wayne Eugene Smith and wife of Corpus Christi, Dale Edmond Smith and wife, Linda of Crosby, TX; grandfather, Felix P. Blaschke of Bandera; cousins, Monty Herron of Cypress and Donnie Lewis of Plano; In Laws, Mr. & Mrs. Sid Skinner of Bandera; Aunt and Uncle, Mr. & Mrs. Bill Lewis; ten nieces and nephews, and seven great nieces and nephews.
Services will be held on Thursday, April 10, 2003 at 2:00 p.m., Grimes Funeral Chapels in Bandera with Rev. Skip Marks officiating. Interment will follow at Bandera Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Elvin Stanley, Joe Reidy, Eino Zapato, Allan Heisler and Mike Cloud.
Memorials may be made to the Margaret Alkek Youth Center, Boys & Girls Club of Bandera County, PMB 300424, Bandera, TX 78003.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of GRIMES FUNERAL CHAPELS of Bandera.
Lucy Faye Bierschwale Smith
Born in July 26, 1911 in San Angelo, TX
Departed on July 23, 2004, and resided in Kerrville, TX
Service Date: July 27, 2004
Service Location: First United Methodist Church, Kerrville
Lucy Faye Bierschwale Smith passed away on July 23, 2004 in the city of Kerrville, Texas after a short illness. She was born July 26, 1911 in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas. Her father was Walter Louis Bierschwale and her mother was Florence Bailey Bierschwale, both whom are deceased and buried in the Harper, Texas Cemetery.
Lucy Faye’s family included several cousins that reside in the Kerrville, Harper and Fredericksburg area. Her sister was Annie Pauline Bierschwale Roberts fo Marathon, Texas and a brother, Walter Bierschwale, who currently resides in Farmington, New Mexico. She is survived by one niece, Betty Hargus of Ft. Stockton, three nephews, Ike and John Roberts, both of Marathon and Travis Roberts, Jr. Of Dallas, and their children. She is also survived by cousins, Charley Rogers of Harper and Milton Bierschwale of Fredericksburg and their families.
Lucy Faye received her BS degree in Home Economics from Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas. Her master’s degree was completed in Sociology and Education at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.
During her early years, she taught school in the Pleasanton/Jourdanton, Texas area. She moved into the North East School District of San Antonio, where she taught in the elementary schools for many years.
On February 23, 1946, Faye was united in marriage to Cecil R. Smith. She and Cecil, who passed away on June 7, 1992, retired and moved to Kerrville, where they both became active in several associations. Some of Faye’s activities included supporting and working in the Garden Club, the Hill Country Flower Arrangers, the American Association of University Women, the Hill Country Retired Teachers Association, the Kerrville Gourmet Club, the Keystone Sunday School Class, the Methodist Workshop Group and many aspects of the First United Methodist Church as well as other civic groups. She had many friends throughout the region and enjoyed the theater, library, traveling and community functions. Faye was a very sweet, thoughtful lady who opened her home to her friends and family. She will be greatly missed by those who were blessed to know her.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 27, 2004 at the First United Methodist Church of Kerrville followed by interment in Harper City Cemetery.
Pallbearers will include Rob Elliott of Sweetwater; Scott Frantzen of Harper; Alan Harkey of McKinney; Justin Marshall of Harper; Jonathan Reeves of Bronte and Travis Roberts, III of Sanderson. Honorary pallbearers include the men of the Keystone Sunday School Class and friend, Joe Dauchy.
The family will receive friends on Monday, July 26, 2004 from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Grimes Funeral Chapels.
In lieu of flowers, Lucy Faye requested that donations be made to the Harper City Cemetery Association or the First United Methodist Church of Kerrville.
Joel A. Smith
Born in Tulsa, OK January 11, 1935
Departed on August 4, 2004, and resided in Ingram, TX
Service Date: August 8, 2004
Service Location: Grimes Funeral Chapels
Mr. Joel A. Smith, age 69 of Ingram, Texas passed away Wednesday, August 4, 2004 in Olney, Texas. He was born January 11, 1935 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Joel Thomas Smith and Grace Bea Daniel Smith and had been an area resident for 38 years, formerly residing in Wichita, Kansas. He was the service manager for Don Maxwell Aviation in Gladewater and was a Mooney test pilot for over 26 years.
He was a member of the Church of Christ, Society of Experimental Test Pilots, was a past president of Local EAA Chapter 747, a past member of Kerr Country Flyers and a member of the Venture Touring Society. He served 5 years in the U.S. Navy and 8 years in the U.S. Air Force.
He married Teresa Jane Derby on July 16, 1983 in Fredericksburg, Texas. She survives along with a daughter, Brenda Gambel of Tulsa, Oklahoma; four sons, Joel David Smith of Trinidad, Colorado; Thomas "Tommy" Smith of Irving, Texas; Aubrey C. Albrecht of San Antonio, Texas and David R Albrecht of Tomball, Texas; father & mother in law, Ralph & Bana Derby of San Angelo, Texas; sister in law, Susanne Strickland & husband, Ronnie Strickland of San Angelo; brother in law, Ralph J. Derby, Jr. & wife, Elayne of Misawa, Japan; sievengrandchildren, Randy, D.J., Joelle, Tricia, Anthony, Jessica & Kaylee and two great grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mr. Smith will be held on Sunday, August 8, 2004 at 3:00 p.m. at Grimes Funeral Chapels with Mr. Ron Briley and Judge Pat Tinley officiating.
Jeanette Elizabeth Somerville
Born in Myrtle Creek, OR on August 3rd, 1920
Departed on June 6, 2003 and resided in Kerrville, TX.
Service Date: June 9, 2003
Service Location: Grimes Funeral Chapels
In loving memory and celebration of the life of Jeannette Elizabeth (Bette) Somerville. Born August 3, 1920, in Myrtle Creek, Oregon, to Nell Cox White and George Ogden White, she died June 6, 2003, in San Antonio, Texas.
As a beloved daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, Bette encouraged everyone to live an involved, active life by doing so herself until the very end. She will be missed by all those whose lives she touched.
Bette grew up in Lake Aswego, Oregon, where she attended West Linn High School and Linfield College in McMinville, Oregon. In 1941, she married her high school sweetheart, Wesley Millikan, a Marine pilot, who was killed later that year while on active duty.
In 1944, she married her husband of 50 years, Ted Somerville, an Air Force pilot, with whom she had three children. In 1958, the family moved from Oregon to Atlanta, Georgia, where she lived until the death of her husband in 1995. In addition to raising her children in Atlanta, she worked for Eqifax Corporation and was an active member of her community. Bette was an avid gardener and a gifted, prize-winning flower arranger, who was involved for over 30 years in the Land O’ Lakes Garden Club.
Bette’s most recent years were lived in her beloved Kerrville, Texas, where she continued her active community involvement. She was a volunteer at the Women’s Auxiliary of the Hill Country Arts Foundation and served as the president of the Christmas Bazaar. Bette had many friends at the Family Sports Center and was a team leader for the Pet Therapy Program of the Humane Society of Kerrville. A devoted animal lover, she also spent untolled hours caring for her dogs and cats.
Survivors include her son David Ted Somerville of Foley, Alabama; daughter Kim Lori Williamson and her husband Bryant of Kerrville; daughter Georgia Lee Paez and her husband Luke Barber of Dallas; grandchildren Chris Paez, Alicia Paez, Kevin Paez, Danielle Somerville, and Hailey Somerville; nieces Jill Olson and Cecilia Croswell; nephew Rock Beach; and her two dogs, Sweetie and Vanessa.
A memorial service will be held at 2:00 P. M., Monday, June 9, 2003, at Grimes Funeral Chapels.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Humane Society of Kerrville, 2900 Junction Hwy, Kerrville TX 78028.
Ginger Spencer
Born in Ada, OK on October 2, 1937
Departed on July 30, 2003 and resided in Rockdale, TX.
Service Date: Monday, August 4, 2003
Service Location: Tarpley Cemetery
Ginger Spencer, age 65 of Rockdale, Texas, passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2003 in a Rockdale Care Center. She was born October 2, 1937 in Ada, Oklahoma to James M. and Ruth Opal Patterson Shipman. On December, 22, 1956, she married Donald Wayne Spencer in Pryor, OK.
Ginger was a very active member of the Women's Missionary Union of her church. In addition to her husband, Don of South Coffeyville, OK; survivors include two daughters, Janet Butler and husband, Barry of Gallup, NM and Julie Shearhart and husband, Bob of Medina; two sons, Steve Spencer and wife, Dawn of Mound Valley, KS and Phillip Spencer and wife, Christine of Bandera; sister, Virgie Lois Longcrier of Tulsa, OK; four grandchildren and two nephews, Loren and Rick Longcrier. She was preceded in death by sister, Ruth Merle Shipman and brother, James Richard Shipman.
Graveside services will be held on Monday, August 4, 2003, 10:00 a.m., Tarpley Cemetery with Jerry Jones officiating.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Foundation.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of GRIMES FUNERAL CHAPELS of Kerrville.
Anton (Tony) Stehling
Born in Fredericksburg, TX on June 30, 1930
Departed on July 17, 2003 and resided in Ingram, TX.
Service Date: Monday, July 21, 2003
Service Location: Notre Dame Catholic Church
Mr. Anton R. (Tony) Stehling, age 73 of Ingram, passed away Thursday, July 17, 2003 at a Kerrville nursing home. He was born June 20, 1930 in Fredericksburg, Texas to Robert and Elizabeth (Jenschke) Stehling. On April 19, 1952, he married Anna Laverne Burg in Fredericksburg.
Tony was a meat cutter for Super S Foods for 19 years. He served in the National Guard for 7 ½ years. He was a member of Notre Dame Catholic Church.
He is survived by his wife, Laverne Stehling of Ingram; five sons and their wives, Mike and Theresa Stehling, Greg and Barbara Stehling, Vern and Ginny Stehling, all of Ingram; Don and Carol Stehling of Kerrville and Jeff Stehling of Bandera; two brothers and their wives, Clayton and Josephine Stehling of Harper and Clarence, Sr. and Marie Stehling of Harper; brother in law, Harvey Lee Zoeller of Colorado; eleven grandchildren and one great grandchild. He was preceded in death by his sister, Ellen Zoeller.
Services will be held Monday, July 21, 2003, 10:00 a.m. at Notre Dame Catholic Church with Monsignor Balthasar Janacek officiating. Interment will follow at 12:00 noon at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Fredericksburg. Pallbearers will be Gary Nebgen, Clint Stehling, Travis Stehling, Gary Stehling, Clarence Stehling, Jr. and Bobby Burg.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of GRIMES FUNERAL CHAPELS of Kerrville.
Flo Sterne
Born in Honey Grove, TX on July 31, 1924
Departed on December 13, 2003, and resided in Kerrville, TX.
Service Date: December 16, 2003
Service Location: Garden of Memories
Mrs. Flo Sterne, age 79 of Kerrville, Texas passed away Saturday, December 13, 2003 in a San Antonio hospital. She was born July 31, 1924 in Honey Grove, Texas to Robert C. Bryan and Florence Pearl Evans Bryan. She had been a Kerrville resident for 20 years, formerly residing in Victoria, Texas, Port Lavaca, Texas and Ft. Worth, Texas. She received her master's degree from Texas Christian University and was an elementary school teacher for 38 years, retiring in 1983 from Port Lavaca Schools.
She was a member of the Hill Country Retired Teachers Association, Texas Retired Teachers Association a life member of the Friends of the Butt-Holdsworth Library. She was a former member of Delta Kappa Gamma, Epsilon Lambda Chapter in Ft. Worth and the American Association of University Women.
She married Harold E. Sterne, Sr. on September 1, 1973 in Sugarland, Texas. He survives along with many friends.
Graveside services for Mrs. Sterne will be held on Tuesday, December 16, 2003 at 2:00 p.m. at Garden of Memories.
Memorial remembrances may be made to the Butt-Holdsworth Library in Kerrville
Minnie Maye Hunt Stevens
Born in Telegraph, TX on December 5, 1912
Departed on October 29, 2003, and resided in Bandera, TX.
Service Date: October 31, 2003
Service Location: Grimes Funeral Chapels
Minnie Maye Hunt Stevens, age 90 of Bandera, died Wednesday, October 29, 2003 at her residence. She was born December 5, 1912 in Telegraph, Texas to John and Minnie Bell Terry Hunt. On September 22, 1930, she married Forest Raymond Stevens. He preceded her in death in 1982. Maye was a homemaker and was a long time member of Bandera First Baptist Church.
Survivors include one daughter, Bettye Jeane Moore and husband, Karl of San Antonio; six grandchildren, Wesley Ray Moore and wife, Clarene of Bandera, Jim Forest Moore and wife, Helen of San Antonio, Steven Wayne Moore and wife, Betty of Harlingen, David Ray Stevens and wife, Darlene of Medina, Keven Troy Stevens of San Antonio and Sue Ann Green and husband, Glen of Seguin, and eight great grandchildren, Cody Ryan Moore, Dusty James Moore, Wesley Glen Green, Matthew Tyson Moore, Kenneth James Green, Kelsey LeAnn Moore, Kaitlin Elise Moore, and Stefanie Mae Green. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her son, Ray Merle Stevens.
Services will be held on Friday, October 31, 2003, 2:00 p.m., Grimes Chapel, with Rev. Frank Pullin and John Payne officiating. Interment followed in the Bandera Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Jack McDonald, James Keith, Charles Stevens, Steve Forest, Jr., Merle Funk, and Pete Eckhart.
Funeral arrangements are entrusted to GRIMES FUNERAL CHAPELS of Bandera.
Barbara Fay Stevens
Born in Medina, TX on August 18, 1930
Departed on October 4, 2004, and resided in Bandera, TX
Service Date: October 8, 2004
Service Location: Grimes Funeral Chapels
Bandera, TX
Barbara Fay Stevens, age 74, of Bandera, passed away Monday, October 4, 2004 in a Kerrville hospital. On August 18, 1930, she was born in Medina, TX to Wendell Holmes Rees and Callie Ophelia Shuptrine Rees. Later the Rees Family resided in San Antonio where Barbara attended Harlandale High School and was a member of the Golden Battalion pep squad. In 1947, they moved to Bandera where she graduated from high school in 1948. She accepted employment in the Bandera County Sheriff’s and Tax Assessor-Collector’s office while the late Johnny Faris was sheriff. On October 12, 1949, at the home of her parents in Bandera, she became the bride of Roger D. Stevens with the late Rev. W.H. Price performing the ceremony. They resided at Camp Pendleton, CA until Roger was discharged from the service and they returned to Bandera to make their home. Barbara worked for the late Harold Brooks at the Frontier Drug Store after which she was employed at the First State Bank in Bandera until she resigned to serve as office manager and bookkeeper for Roger Stevens Construction Company, which Roger and she owned and successfully operated for 44 years before they sold the business and retired in 1999.
Survivors include her husband, Roger D. Stevens of Bandera; a son, Michael D. "Mike" Stevens of Studio City, CA; four sisters, Lucille Hardin of Harker Hts., TX, Dorothy Wyatt and husband, Floyd; Helen Hansen and husband, Jimmy, and Lola Post and husband, Lynn, all of Bandera; a brother, Wendell H. Rees, Jr., of San Antonio; three sisters-in-law, Wanda Fitzpatrick and Marguerite Stevens of Bandera, and Wilma Black and husband, Tom of Rancho Santa Fe, CA; numerous nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews, and a multitude of friends.
Services will be held at Grimes Funeral Chapels in Bandera on Friday, October 8, 2004, at 10 a.m. with Mr. Martin Smith officiating. Music included solos "Precious Memories" by Shelly Postert and "Amazing Grace" by John R. Hutcherson, Jr. Interment followed in Bandera Cemetery with Scott Post, Scott Hicks, Wes Stevens, Ted Martin, Sully Woodland, and Dustin Lowe Fitzpatrick serving as pallbearers. Named as honorary pallbearers were Jamey Hansen, Earl Hardin, Jr., Wendell Lee Hardin, Ed Stern, Ismael Villanueva, Felix Blaschke, Leonard Evans, Speedy Hutcheson and Reagan Stevens.
Funeral arrangements are entrusted to GRIMES FUNERAL CHAPELS of Bandera.
Margaret Ellen Burton Stone
Born in Ironton, OH on April 6, 1925
Departed on July 13, 2004, and resided in Kerrville, TX
Service Date: August 14, 2004
Service Location: Grimes Funeral Chapels
Margaret Ellen Burton Stone, beloved wife of Marvin Livingston Stone, died peacefully on July 13, 2004 in Kerrville, Texas surrounded by family. She was 79 years of age. Known as "Button" to one and all, she was a lovely, charming woman with a warm heart and a smile on her face for everyone she met. Blessed with a keen intelligence and an uncanny perception of human nature, she invariably met human frailty with compassion and understanding, and was never happier than when she was helping someone else.
The daughter of Guy and Lelia Williams Burton of Russell, Kentucky, she was Valedictorian of Russell High School where she was also awarded the NFL Key of Distinction in Debate and was a member of the National Honor Society. She received a B.A. from William Jewel College, Liberty, Missouri, and was an active member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority. It is also where she first met "Stoney".
Their loving partnership spanned 60 years during which Margaret was an extraordinary helpmate to her husband, mother to her three daughters, and community leader and friend, setting an example for all. In addition to managing the office for their business, she found time to lead Brownie and Scout Troops, support drill teams, teach Sunday School, host highly competitive bridge games, and, on the farm, occasionally chase runaway goats initially bought with cabrito in mind which they could never bring themselves to slaughter. She was enthusiastically packed and ready to go with her husband on their many adventures, treating the entire family to cruise for their 50th Wedding Anniversary.
Margaret Stone was a Charter Member of Tallowood Baptist Church in Houston, Texas where she was instrumental in recruiting Dr. Russell Dilday to serve as Pastor. He will preside over the Memorial Service which will be held at the Grimes Funeral Chapel on August 14, 2004, at 3:00 p.m., in Kerrville, Texas. She is survived by her husband, Marvin Stone, three daughters-Lelia Margaret Stone, Martha Stone and Neil Palmer, and Ann Stone and Tom Sheridan; two grandchildren-Derek Livingston Palmer, Evan Stone Flourney, his wife, Julie, and their daughter, her great grandchild, Astrid Wolfe Stone; her brother, the Reverend H.I. Burton, and sister, Helen Burton Stephens, and her sister-in-law, Marie Stone Watson, and many nieces, nephews, and cousins who loved her.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Hill Country Youth Ranch, P.O. Box 67, Ingram, Texas 78025, 830-367-2131.
Funeral arrangements are entrusted to GRIMES FUNERAL CHAPELS of Kerrville.
