obit for Rose Pilcher

 

Rose Pilcher

Services for Rose Marie Pilcher, age 83, of Richardson, TX.,  will be 1:00 P.M., Saturday, March 1, 2014, at Chapel of Saints Peter and Paul in Tyler. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.  Lloyd James Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

obit from Lloyd James Funeral Home in Tyler, Texas

Clara P. Schimank

Funeral services for Clara P. Schimank are scheduled for Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church, 2001 Hunter Street in Tyler with Rev. Art Hill officiating.

 

Burial will be at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at Tyler Memorial Cemetery before the memorial services.

 

Visitation will be from 5-7pm, Monday at Lloyd James Funeral Home.

 

Clara passed away Friday evening in Tyler.

She was born on May 18, 1927 in Lexington, Texas to Henry and Hedwig Drews Polnick.

 

Clara was a wonderful, loving lady who enjoyed her family and church family. She was an avid quilter, making quilts for babies at church, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She gifted each grandchild with a wedding quilt. She loved gardening and fishing and together with her sister Meta Rackel was an original "Pie Lady" making pies for 26 years for the E. Texas Fair. She enjoyed yearly vacations with her 3 daughters. She was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Tyler.  She was a member of  the East Texas Quilter Guild.

 

She is survived by her daughters and son-in-laws, Linda & David Kittrell – Flint, Connie & Jimmy McGilvray - Mexia, and Karen Cates – Tyler,  She is also survived by two sisters and 8 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.

 

Pallbearers will be: Andy Kittrell, Jonathan Kittrell, Kenny Kittrell, Matt McGilvray, John McGilvray, Matt Emley and Bryan Serda.

Donald Hamilton (Lloyd James Funeral Home)

Donald Hamilton, 85 of Tyler passed away on Monday, Feb. 17, 2014 in Tyler.  Visitation will be from 5 to 7 PM Thursday, Feb. 20, at Lloyd James Funeral Home, followed by a Memorial Service at 11:00 AM on Friday, February 21st at Christ Episcopal Church.  Interment will be at Cathedral in the Pines Cemetery.  Survivors are his wife, Dorothy Hamilton of Tyler, daughters, Vickie Lynn and her husband Raymond Voss of Clinton, Montana, Do Ann Marie Hamilton of Bend, OR.; brother, John Michael and his wife Doris Hamilton of Ashmore, IL. and 2 grandchildren, Carrie Marie Voss and Andrew Hamilton Voss.

obit for Leola Roberts

Memorial services for Leola Edna Deitrich Roberts, 85, of Tyler are scheduled for 2:00 P.M., Friday February 14, 2014 at Trinity Lutheran Church with Pastor Mark Dahn officiating under the direction of Lloyd James Funeral Home.

Lloyd James's obits for Dana Hendon and Anastacio Estacio

Dana Ross Hendon, 55, died in Tyler after a brief illness.  He was born September 23, 1958, in Norman, Oklahoma.  He attended public schools in South Dakota, Illinois and Lufkin, Texas.  He was a graduate of Tyler Junior College and attended the University of Texas at Tyler.   He worked as a roofer and as a salesman.  He was a runner, an avid reader, an amateur poet and a kind and gentle soul. 

He is survived by his mother, Carolyn Hendon of Frankston; uncle and aunt, William and Mary Ann Hendon of Akron, Ohio and their children; his dear first cousins, Anna, William and Claude and their families and a few distant cousins.  He was predeceased by his sister, Julia and his father Robert of Tyler; his uncle and aunt, Claude and Joy Hendon and their son, John of Oklahoma City.

If desired, gifts may be made to Hospice of East Texas, Relay for Life or a charity of choice.

A memorial service for Dana's family and friends will be held later in Oklahoma.

Condolences may be sent to www.lloydjamesfuneralhome.com

A Memorial Mass for Anastacio H. Estacio, 95, of Tyler, will be held on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014
at 4:30 P.M. at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church, 1435 ESE Loop 323 in Tyler, with Bishop
Joseph Strickland officiating.

Anastacio died peacefully and unexpectedly after a brief illness on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014 in
Dallas VA Hospital.

He was born on January 21, 1919 in Bautista, Pangasinan, Philippines. He was a dentist by
profession.

In Sept. 1, 1941, he was inducted to the United States Armed Forces in the Far East (USAFFE)
under the leadership of Capt. Warren (U. S. Army), at Camp James B. Ord, in San Miguel, Tarlac,
Philippines and fought against the Japanese Imperial Forces in Bataan, Philippines. During the
Fall of Bataan in April 9, 1942, he was among the thousands of POW's, both Americans and
Filipinos, in the infamous Bataan Death March. They were concentrated at Camp O'Donnell in
Capas, Tarlac where he contracted malaria. When he had fully recovered from malaria, he
joined the USAFFE Luzon Guerilla Army Forces until the end of WWII in 1946. And because of
this act of bravery and heroism during the WWII, the U.S. Government recognized him together
with the other thousands of Filipinos by granting them as Naturalized U. S. citizen.

He was preceded in death by his wife Juanita, daughter Maria Luisa, and son Emmanuel.

He is survived by his sisters Luz Canonizado and Lily Rodrigo, both of San Diego, California;
sister Divina Fe Delos Santos, Philippines; son Lito and wife Vicky, Tyler; daughter Stella,
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; grandchildren Mary Anne, Anastacio III, and Alvin, great grandchild
Alexander, all of Tyler; five other grandchildren and four great grandchildren, all of whom are in
the Philippines.

 

 

obit from Lloyd James Funeral Home in Tyler

Funeral services for Lois Jean Pylant, 83, of Tyler, Texas are scheduled for 10:00 A.M.,  Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler with Dr. Darryle Dunks officiating under the direction of Lloyd James Funeral Home.  Burial is in Rusk County Memorial Gardens in Henderson, Texas on Wednesday at 2:00 P.M., with Bro. David Gatlin officiating.

 

Lois passed away on Saturday, February 1, 2014 in Tyler.

 

She was born on September 17, 1930 in Zwolle, Louisiana to the late Roy and Jewell Johnson. Lois married Rogie Eldon McCullar at age 17 and they were happily married for 45 years until his death in November, 1992.

 

Lois was an active member of Green Acres Baptist Church where she played piano for her Sunday school class.  She lived in Orange, Texas; Tripoli, Libya-North Africa; Artesia, New Mexico; Henderson, Texas; then Tyler.  Lois' mom was a wonderful cook and she took after her mom.  People loved to see her coming with the home-made cinnamon rolls or her desserts; in fact any food she cooked was memorable.

 

She is survived by her daughters, Sherry Conrad and husband, Robert of Midland, Texas and Connie Maxwell and husband, Troy of Henderson, Texas; sister, Johnnie Smith of Texarkana, Texas; grandchildren, Ashley Whitlock and her husband, Chris of Overton, Texas, Stacie Hutchinson and her husband Vic of Midland, Texas, Cody Maxwell of Henderson, Texas, and Misty Maxwell of Henderson, Texas; great-grandchildren, Gage and Cole Whitlock of Overton, Texas, Zoey Hutchinson of Midland, Texas; numerous nieces and nephews; and special companion, Bill Robertson of Tyler.

 

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Lloyd James Funeral Home in Tyler, Texas.

 

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to any charity of your choice.

 

obit for Bettye Laughlin

Graveside services for Bettye Louise Laughlin, 87, of Tyler, are scheduled for 2:00 P.M., Monday, February 3, 2014 at Rose Hill Cemetery, with Bro. Clyde Powell officiating.  Arrangements are under the direction of Lloyd James Funeral Home.