Recent Obituaries

Mary Terry

Dec 30, 2015

Service Funeral Service Holy Cross Anglican Church 907 N. 2nd Street Alpine, TX  79830 Monday, January 11, 2016 10 a.m. Cemetery Elm Grove Cemetery East Avenue I Alpine, TX  79830

Dayna Mast

Dec 15, 2015

Dayna Yarborough Mast went home to be with the Lord on December 15, 2015. Memorial services for Dayna will be held on Saturday, December 19th, at the First Baptist Church in Alpine, Texas at 2:00 p.m. There will be a reception to follow. Dayna was born July 30, 1954 in Lubbock, TX. She grew up in Midland, TX and...

Manuel Venegas

Nov 29, 2015

Manuel Garcia Venegas, 86, of Marfa, passed away at Big Bend Regional Medical Center on Sunday, November 29, 2015. Rosary will be recited at 10 a.m., Thursday, December 3, 2015 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Marfa with Mass of Christian Burial to follow. Graveside service will be at the Catholic cemetery. Alpine Memorial Funeral Home is in charge...

Thomas Robison

Nov 26, 2015

Thomas Max "Tom" Robison of Fort Davis, Texas passed away on Thursday, November 26, 2015, surrounded by his loving family. Thomas Max "Tom" Robison was born May 22, 1939 in San Angelo, Texas to L. Miller Robison and Eda Schneemann Robison. He attended Ozona Elementary School and then Marfa High School which he graduated from in 1957. Afterwards he...

Benjamin Macias, Jr.

Nov 18, 2015

Benjamin Macias, Jr. 87, of Alpine, passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at Saint Teresa Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in El Paso, Texas. Rosary will be recited at 10 a.m. Wednesday, November 25 at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 11 a.m. and graveside service will be at the Holy Angels cemetery....

Mark Pollock

Nov 13, 2015

Mark Thomas Pollock, 64, of Alpine, passed away at his residence, on Friday, November 13, 2015. A Celebration of Life will be held in his memory at 3:00 p.m. at the Granada Theatre at 207 E. Holland Ave. Alpine, Texas on Sunday, November 29, 2015. Mark was born in Springfield, Missouri on November 1, 1951. He was the son...

Ramon Fuentez

Nov 8, 2015

Ramon A. Fuentez, 69, resident of Alpine, Texas passed away at his residence on Sunday, November 8, 2015. Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. on Friday, November 13, 2015 at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 14 at Our Lady of Peace and military graveside...

Donald Mulhern

Oct 18, 2015

Donald Joseph Mulhern, 87, died suddenly at church on Sunday, October 18, 2015, of a coronary occlusion with immediate cardiac arrest. This followed a wonderful birthday celebration the evening before at the Alpine Country Club for four members of Holy Cross Anglican Church. Included in those members were Donald and Father Eugene Myrick, his longtime friend and companion. Many...

Maria Ramos

Oct 12, 2015

Maria Isabel Ramos, 70, of Alpine, passed away Monday, October 12, 2015 at Big Bend regional Medical Center. Rosary service will be recited at 10 a.m., followed by Mass of the Resurrection on Friday, October 16, 2015 at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church and burial will be at holy Angels cemetery. Fr. Robert S. Kobe and Fr. Antonio...

Willeen Austin

Oct 3, 2015

Willeen Smith Austin, 89, passed away peacefully at home on October 3, 2015. Willeen was born on January 2, 1926 in Brookshire, Texas to Harris Seymour and Winnie Donald Smith. Grandfather, William Oliver Smith, was a pioneer moving his family to the Big Bend in 1901 to ranch. Her father Harris, was one of the owners of the Buena...

Scott Williams

Sep 9, 2015

Scott Andrew Williams, 62, of Alpine, Texas passed away at his residence on Wednesday, September 9, 2015. A graveside service will be held at the Elm Grove Cemetery at East Ave. I, Alpine, Texas on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. Mr. Williams was a well known self employed general contractor. He owned the Rancho Nopal Construction Company....

Facundo Tovar

Aug 1, 2015

Facundo Q. Tovar, 91, of Alpine and Harlingen, Texas, entered into eternal rest surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, August 1, 2015. Facundo was born in Imperial, Texas in 1923 and grew up in Terlingua and Alpine, Texas. In 1941, Facundo served one year with the Civilian Conservation Corps., specifically building roads, trails, and cabins at the Big...

Teodoro Lujan

Jul 10, 2015

Teodoro "Ted" Galindo Lujan, 75, passed away at Big Bend Regional Medical Center on Friday, July 10, 2015. Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m., Friday July 17, 2015 at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m., Saturday, July 18, 2015 at our Lady of Peace. Burial service will follow...

Florence Halpern

Jul 10, 2015

Florence Forchheimer Halpern, a member of an Alpine pioneer merchant family, passed away peacefully in her sleep the morning of Friday, July 10, 2015 at her Alpine home. She was 95. A memorial service is 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 14 in The Alpine Memorial Funeral Home Geeslin Chapel with burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. She was born November 10,...

Antonio Molinar

Jul 7, 2015

Antonio Z. Molinar, 71, of Alpine, passed away at Pecos County Memorial Hospital in Fort Stockton, Texas on Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1:00 pm., Friday, July 10, 2015 at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Holy Angels cemetery. Alpine Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....

Juan Hernandez

Jun 21, 2015

Juan U. Hernandez passed away on Sunday, June 21st at Midland Memorial Hospital in Midland, Texas at the age of 82, due to complications from Alzheimer's. Juan was born on June 24, 1932 to Francisco and Paz Uranga Hernandez in Marfa, Texas. He was the youngest of 8 children. He married Dora Hernandez on September 12, 1959. Together they...

Javier Mancha

Jun 10, 2015

Javier "Harvey" Manuel Mancha, 53, longtime resident of Alpine, passed away at Big Bend Regional Medical Center on Wednesday, June 10, 2015. Rosary service will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, June 12, 2013 at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, June 13, 2015 at Our Lady of...

Michael Dorris

Jun 9, 2015

Michael Perry Doris, 66, of Balmorhea, passed away Monday, June 15, 2015 at Sierra Providence East Hospital in El Paso, Texas. Mike was born in Alpine, Texas on June 6, 1949, to the late Doug and Margie Dorris. He was an Alpine High School graduate and also attended Sul Ross State University. In 1968, he joined the US Navy...

Billy Ramsey

Jun 2, 2015

Billy (Bill) Mayfield Ramsey, 88, took his final journey home on June 2, 2015. Bill was born November 9, 1926 to Joe Bailey and Vyrgil Mayfield Ramsey in Merkel, Texas. Bill married the love of his life, Leila Jeanette Stewart on August 20, 1950.bill and Jeanette spent many years together working on ranches in Texas and Kansas making their...

Lionel Ramos

May 11, 2015

Lionel W. Ramos, 75, of Alpine, died Monday, May 11, 2015 at Kindred Hospital in El Paso, Texas. Rosary service will be at 7 p.m. at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church on Wednesday, May 13, 2015. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, May 14 at Our Lady of Peace and military gravesides service...