All Obituaries

  Services for Robert “Bobby” Lee Patterson, 73, of Salado, Texas will be  Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at Broecker Funeral Home Chapel in Salado, Texas with a viewing at 1pm, funeral service at 2pm and interment following the service at Salado Cemetery.  Bobby passed away Thursday, May 14, 2020 in Temple, Texas after a lengthy illness. He was born on December 18, 1946 in Houston, Texas to Robert Archie Patterson, of Crockett, Texas and Lura Doris Hill, of Frolona,...

An intimate and immediate family burial takes place Saturday, May 9, 2020. Ernest Gray Aiken left his body on May 6 in the wee twilight hours of morning. He was being cared for at home by his wife. Ern, as he was called, by those closest, was born in Austin, growing up in Georgetown. He attended a technical school and soon began work as a technical illustrator for military aviation contracts in the Fort Worth and the Metroplex area. His last contract was under Pinnacle, Mike Durant’s...

 . Kathi’s life is an endeavor founded singularly by love.  She acted in love, embracing her community, military family, friends and most importantly family.  She lived the greatest Commandment without exclusion.  This love is easily recognized and experienced by all. Kathi was born to Arthur and Cora Andrea Serrano at Fort Belvior, VA as an Army baby; a foreshadowing of her marriage to the Army.  She grew up in Corpus Christi and graduated from the...

Services for D. R. Jones, 77, of Salado, will be 2PM Monday, May 4, 2020 at the Shiny Top Ranch Cowboy Church with pastor Dennis Mitchell officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Knob Cemetery with military honors. D. R. died April 30, 2020 in his home at Shiny Top Ranch in Salado. He was born March 18, 1943 in Goose Creek (Baytown), Texas to Iva Lee Jones and Gracie Dean Willingham. He graduated from Channelview High School and enlisted in the U. S. Air Force where he spent 4...

Nancy Carol Thompson went home to be with the Father on Thursday, April 23rd, leaving from her home near Holland, Texas, as she had wanted.  She was born November 27, 1939 in Austin, Texas to Thomas Hampton Elkins and Ruth Merle Bowles.  She graduated from Luling High School in 1958. Nancy married her high school sweetheart, Billy J. Thompson, on December 20, 1959 in Luling, Texas.  The two of them celebrated sixty years of marriage last December. Nancy was a committed...

Sylvia Ann Zuehlke Kabler, 77, of Salado Texas passed away unexpectedly on April 15, 2020, in her beloved Texas home. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at a later date. Ann was born on September 26,1942 in Temple, Texas to Charlie Clarence Zuehle and Wesa Vera Pyeatt Zuehlke. She was a graduate of Temple High School, home of the Wildcats. Her career was in banking in the places she called home; New Martinsville, WV and Temple, Texas.  Ann had several hobbies she was very...

Mr. Phil Beckwith, 85, of Temple, Texas passed away on Saturday, April 11 after a brief battle with cancer.  Phil was born in South Haven, Michigan.  As a young man, he served in the navy in the Korean War.  Later he and his beloved wife Lorraine Beckwith raised their family in Port Washington, Wisconsin.  They moved to Central Texas in 1988.  He was a nurse anesthetist at the VA hospital for many years and a long-time member of Temple Bible Church.  Phil lived...

Services for Lillie Mae Berg, 93, of Salado, formerly of El Paso, Texas will be private. Lillie died April 11, 2020 at Indian Oaks Senior Living Center in Harker Heights, Texas. She was born August 1, 1926 to William Clint Dale and Deedie Maddox in Covington County, Alabama. She married Cecil Williams on December 7, 1945.  They had a daughter, Celia Williams.   After Cecil died, Lillie married MSGT James Berg on August 8, 1953 and they had a son, Donald Berg. Lillie...

  Charles (Chuck)Thomas   Kowaleski  passed  away at his home in Salado, Texas on March 23,  2020  from Brain Cancer. Chuck graduated  from Killeen  High School in 1973.   He received  a Bachelor  of Science degree  (Wildlife   and Fisheries  Sciences)  from Texas A&M in 1977. In 1979, Chuck received  a Master  of Science Degree  from Sul Ross. Chuck was a Peace Corp Volunteer in...