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Marjorie Alice Stephens
Born in San Antonio TX on Jan. 2, 1921
Died Apr. 8, 2005 and resided in San Antonio, TX.
Service: Thursday Apr. 14, 2005
Funeral Home: Porter Loring Mortuary North
Marjorie Alice Stephens, age 84, passed away on Friday, April 8, 2005 in San Antonio, TX.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Stephens.
Marjorie is survived by her daughters, Leanna Reitz and husband, Neil of Boerne, Annette Aptaker and husband, Stuart of Las Vegas, NV and Marsha Wren and husband, Bob of Boise, ID; son, Thomas Stephens, Jr and wife, Laurie of San Antonio, TX; 8 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great grandchildren; sisters, Gladys Milam, Bernice Holloway and husband, Wayne, all of San Antonio and Edith K. Dean of Colorado; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Harvey Raymond` Bialk
Born in Detroit, Michigan ` on Sep. 12, 1957
Died Apr. 5, 2005 and resided in San Antonio, TX.
Visitation: Thursday Apr. 7, 2005
Service: Friday Apr. 8, 2005
Funeral Home: Porter Loring Mortuary North
Harvey Bialk, age 47, of San Antonio, died Tuesday, April 5, 2005. Survivors: wife, Joedalyn Bialk; sons, Harvey Bialk, Jr., San Antonio and John Bialk, Boulder, CO; daughter, Monica Bialk, San Antonio; 2 sisters; mother, Dorothy Bialk; father, Raymond Bialk.
Francisca G. Hernandez
Born in Monterrey, Mexico on Jan. 29, 1910
Died Apr. 5, 2005 and resided in San Antonio, TX.
Visitation: Thursday Apr. 7, 2005
Rosary: Friday Apr. 8, 2005
Service: Saturday Apr. 9, 2005
Funeral Home: Porter Loring Mortuary
cemetery: Buena Vista Memorial Park
Mrs. Francisca G. Hernandez, 95, died peacefully on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 at 9:25 P.M. at Vitas Hospice & Patient Unit in San Antonio.
She was surrounded by her family at time of death. Mrs. Hernandez was born January 29, 1910 in Monterrey, N.L., Mexico and moved to Brownsville, Texas as a child during the Mexican Revolution.
She lived in Brownsville until 1996 when she moved to San Antonio to be closer to her family.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Napoleon Hernandez, Sr. and her son, Roberto Raul Hernandez.
Her husband was proprietor of First Street Grocery and Bakery in Brownsville for many years until he retired.
She is survived by her children, Irma H. Campesi, Napoleon Hernandez, Jr. and his wife, Olivia of San Antonio, Rachel H. Champion and her husband, A. T. Champion of Houston, and Mary Ann Longoria and her husband, Juan Longoria of Lake Jackson; a brother, Serapio Garcia Tovar of Matamoros, Mexico, fourteen grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers: Mike Barron, Luis A. Hernandez, Robert Hernandez, Rey Hernandez, Juan Longoria, and Eric Henderson.
Gloria Martinez Irizarry
Born in Monterry, MX on Mar. 27, 1937
Died Apr. 3, 2005 and resided in San Antonio, TX.
Visitation: Thursday Apr. 7, 2005
MASS: Friday Apr. 8, 2005
Funeral Home: Porter Loring Mortuary
cemetery: Colonial Chapel Hill Memorial Park
Gloria Martinez Irizarry passed away on Sunday, April 3, 2005.
She died peacefully surrounded by her family.
She was preceded in death by her parents Inocencia Garcia and Fabian Martinez, and her grandson, Leonard James III.
She is survived by her beloved husband of 41 years, Rufino Irizarry; children, Gonzalo Briones and wife, Leticia; Fernando Briones; Ruth Irizarry; Rufino Irizarry, Jr. and wife, Lourdes; Reynaldo Irizarry; Maria James and husband, Leonard; and 13 grandchildren.
She arrived in the United States at a very young age from San Luis Potosi, Mexico for a better life and a new start.
She began her new life in Chicago, Illinois and later moved to San Antonio.
She suffered many years with complications from diabetes and kidney failure. The family is consoled knowing she is resting in peace.
Gloria was always a hard worker and enjoyed cooking, crafts, music and was very devoted to her family. We love you Mom.
The family would like to express their heartfelt gratitude to the I.C.U. Staff at St. Luke’s Baptist Hospital for their kind care and compassion.
Jesse William Grooms, Jr.
Born in San Antonio, TX on Mar. 18, 1927
Died May 7, 2005 and resided in San Antonio, TX.
Visitation: Tuesday May 10, 2005
Service: Wednesday May 11, 2005
Funeral Home: Porter Loring Mortuary
cemetery: No Burial
Jesse William (Bill) Grooms, Jr., beloved husband, father, mentor and friend, died peacefully at home early Saturday, May 7, 2005.
Bill was born in San Antonio on March 18, 1927. His education was in the S.A.I.S.D. at Travis Elementary, Mark Twain Junior, and Jefferson High schools.
He served in the U.S. Navy in 1945 and 1946.
After graduation from the University of Texas in 1950, he married
Emily Thompson in 1951.
Bill was engaged for about one half of his business career in the wholesale lumber trade.
He was then employed by Winn’s Store, Inc. where he became Vice President and Director before retiring in 1989.
Bill joined St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church in January 1955 and had been a faithful and productive member assuming various leadership roles, especially in the development of church facilities.
Along with Emmy, his wife of 54 years, his survivors are his son and daughter-in-law, Matthew and Julia Grooms of San Antonio; daughter and son-in-law, Melissa and Michael Sullivan of Austin; nephews, Ralph W. Hall, Jr. of Sugar Land; William B. Hall of Pahrump, Nevada and Tracy D. Hall of Denton, North Carolina; and brother-in-law and wife, Daniel Thompson and Elizabeth Callaway.
Active Pallbearers: H. H. Batchelder, Glen J. Krueger, Mike Manuppelli, Stephen R. Spears, A. Haygood Wilson and Ellis M. Wilson, Jr. Honorary Pallbearers: Eugene Reed, W. E. Richards, Louis Rossner and John Timperley.
Richard Henry Carnahan, DDS
Born in Big Wells, TX on Mar. 12, 1912
Died May 7, 2005 and resided in San Antonio, TX.
SERVICE: Wednesday May 11, 2005
Graveside Service: Wednesday May 11, 2005
Funeral Home: Porter Loring Mortuary
cemetery: Sunset Memorial Park
Exactly one week and twelve hours after losing his beloved wife, Adele, Richard Henry Carnahan, DDS, through death, rejoined his wife. Richard H. Carnahan, DDS was born to Margaret Bailey Carnahan and Henry Welch Carnahan March 12, 1912 in Big Wells, Dimmit County, Texas. As the middle child, he was predeceased by older siblings, Elizabeth Carnahan Douglas and John Carnahan and younger brothers, Bailey Carnahan and Preston Carnahan, DDS. His father a druggist, merchant and farmer, moved the family to San Antonio in 1916 and narrowed his vocational interest to owning and operating drug stores until his death in 1952. “Madge” taught violin and piano and was an organist at Beacon Hill Methodist Church.
Richard, a.k.a. “Dick” or “The Chief” graduated from Main Avenue High School in 1930. As a member of the track team, he was a city finalist in the high jump. He and his brothers worked behind the soda counter at the family’s drug store throughout junior-high and high school. The Buckeyes, a Beacon Hill Boy’s Athletic Club, played a prominent role in the lives of Dick, his brothers and their contemporaries. Their football team challenged other San Antonio youth teams with notable success.
Dick attended St. Mary’s University and graduated Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1935 from Baylor University College of Dentistry. He was the only surviving member of his dental school class. After graduation, he moved to Longview, Texas during the oil boom and practiced dentistry with his classmate’s father Dr. Tom Francis. He joined the United States Army Reserves in 1935 along with fellow San Antonian “Ferdie” Arredondo who was also in Longview. In 1937, he became a Second Lieutenant in the regular Army Dental Corp. His stations included Fort DuPont, Delaware; 3rd Cavalry Unit, South Dakota; Fort Hancock, New Jersey and Carlyles Barricks. Pennsylvania where he attended the Medical Field Service School.
In 1940, he met First Lieutenant Adele Cherry, a nurse anesthetist, in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Dick and Adele began their near 65-year relationship as husband and wife on November 29, 1940. Dick soon thereafter attended the War College in Washington, D.C. Following Pearl Harbor, when the United States joined the war in Europe, Major Carnahan was deployed in the first support convoy to London. Adele expecting their first child moved to his hometown, San Antonio. As Chief of Dental Section of the General Dispensary, European Theater of Operations, Major Carnahan was among the first recipients of the Legion of Merit in the United Kingdom during the war. Immediately after the invasion of Normandy, he was deployed with the initial medical support team to France. The lines of combat being blurred, his unit was continually mobile throughout Brittany, Belgium and then to Paris when the Allied Forces moved through that city. Dick became aware sometime later that he and his brother, Major Bailey Carnahan were but 40 miles apart when the later was killed in action. Dick’s unit went through Germany where from Frankfort they returned to London. From London, Lt. Colonel Carnahan was sent to New York then Washington, D.C. and ultimately to Fort Sam Houston where he served as Chief of Dental Surgery.
Dick left the Army in August of 1946 and began his private practice of dentistry at the Downtown Nix Professional Building in association with Dr. Frank Murray Douglas.
Soon their son Richard, Jr. was joined by sisters, Susan and Margaret. Ever with the support of his loving wife Adele, Dick practiced dentistry for 55 years. He was a Life and 50 Year member of the American and Texas Dental Associations and served as President of the San Antonio District Dental Society. When the Reverend Joe Brown, who had been Bailey Carnahan’s roommate at Texas A&M; University, began the congregation of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church on Cloverleaf in Alamo Heights, the Carnahan’s were among the founding families. Dick, as a member of the Vestry served as Senior Warden and Richard, Jr., was the first son to follow his father on that body. Inseparable throughout, Dick and Adele enjoyed their memberships in the Supper Club, Oak Hills Country Club and Club Giraud.
Papa Dick and Grandma Adele are survived by son, Richard ‘Corky’ Carnahan, Jr., DDS, wife, Chrissie and children, Carey, Colleen, and Richard Carnahan, III; daughter, Susan Carnahan Hawthorne and her daughters, Megan Hawthorne and Elizabeth Hawthorne LeFlore and husband Campbell and daughter, Peggy Carnahan Taylor and husband Larry and her daughters, Maggie Hawthorne and Gretchen Hawthorne Wiestruck, her husband Erick and their children, twins Abigail and Madeline and brother, Ian. Papa Dick left us one day before the Sixtieth Anniversary of VE Day.
Elizabeth Maye Phillips
Born in Bonham TX on Jul. 31, 1906
Died May 6, 2005 and resided in San Antonio, TX.
Visitation: Monday May 9, 2005
Service: Tuesday May 10, 2005
Service: Wednesday May 11, 2005
Funeral Home: Porter Loring Mortuary North
cemetery: Oak Ridge cemetery
Elizabeth Maye Alder Phillips was born in Bonham, Texas, July 31, 1906.
She died peacefully in her home and was united with her Lord May 6, 2005.
She was third in a family of eight: 6 girls and 2 boys. She went to high school and 4 years of college at East Texas University and North Texas University. Elizabeth at an early age aspired to be a teacher and taught school for several years before marrying C.M. Phillips. She loved to ponder and memorize poetry and was an avid reader. She especially loved to study, read and teach God’s word. She was extremely active in church throughout her life and was a dearly loved member of Northside Church of Christ in San Antonio, TX.
She was preceded in death by her husband, C.M. Phillips and 2 sons, Philip Joe Phillips and Michael Alder Phillips.
Her survivors include her daughter-in-law, Carole Phillips of San Antonio, four grand children, Mark Phillips of San Antonio, Phyllis Risinger of Terrell, TX, Sandra Figari of Beaumont, TX, Kevin Phillips of Cleburne, TX and 11 great grandchildren. Other survivors include: brother and sister-in-law Dr. B.B. and Juanita Phillips, sister-in-law Doodi Phillips and numerous nieces and nephews.
Up until the last day, Elizabeth continued to touch the lives of everyone around her with the cheerful and witty personality she was known for. Her courageous outlook on life will continue to be an inspiration to us all. Special thanks are extended to all of her compassionate care givers from Vitas Hospice and Right at Home.
Mary Leigh Robertson
Born in Greenwood, LA on Jul. 12, 1912
Died May 5, 2005 and resided in Houston, TX.
Graveside Service: Monday May 9, 2005
Memorial Service: Monday May 9, 2005
Funeral Home: Porter Loring Mortuary
cemetery: Sunset Memorial Park
Mary Leigh Trosper Robertson, age 92, passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 5, 2005. She was born in Greenwood, Louisiana on July 12, 1912.
Mary (“Nana”, “Mom”) will be remembered for her unfailing kindness, gentleness, generosity, contentment and sense of humor. She was always ready to share a good joke that she had collected. She was a long term member of Alamo Heights United Methodist church, where she was a member of the Kum Doublers Sunday school class and Joy Singers, and she also enjoyed attending Lunch Bunch at the church. She had many talents and was most proud of having studied ballet in both New York and California. At one time she danced with Agnes DeMille at the Hollywood Bowl. She also loved to paint and was instrumental in establishing an oils art class at AHUMC. She had a long history of service including teaching Sunday school in both Dallas and San Antonio and volunteering at Boysville Thrift Shop.
Mary has always been devoted to her family, and she set a wonderful example of living a Christian life. Some of her last advice to her family was to “continue to worship each Sunday and to keep in touch with one another. You are family. God bless you and don’t forget your daily prayer of thanksgiving”.
Mary was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Bruce Robertson; sister, Francis Trosper; and brother, James Trosper. She is survived by her sister, Ruth Conway; son, Richard Robertson and his wife, Barbara; daughter, Leigh Robertson Cotton and her husband, Lee; stepson, Bruce Robertson, Jr. and his wife, Eileen; and four much-loved grandchildren, Miriam Leigh Lewis, Thomas Howell, Kelly Robertson and Carter Robertson. She is also survived by her dear sister-in-law, LaNelle Robertson Barclay and numerous nieces and nephews.
