Westside High School Alumni Obituaries

Jane Lynn Griffin age 69 passed away at Ambassador Healthcare on December 13 2025. She was born May 31 1956 the daughter of John Verlin Griffin and Alice Marie Griffin in Richmond Indiana. Jane was a graduate of Centerville High School. She loved cooking crafting and playing golf. Her greatest love ...

Oscar Lee Matthews Jr. 71 passed away on Tuesday January 13 2026 at Ochsner LSU Health in Shreveport LA. Lee was born on October 22 1954 to Oscar and Quida Matthews in Texarkana Arkansas. Lee loved playing baseball basketball and tennis at school and in summer leagues. He graduated from Texas High S...

Peter Walter Fischer the son of Charles and Barbara Jean Rasser Fischer was born August 21 1970 at Omaha Nebraska. He departed this life at his home in Red Cloud Nebraska on November 10 2025. Pete grew up in the Omaha area and received his formal education at Westside High School where he graduated ...

Willard Lyvon Mercer of Middleburg Florida passed away suddenly on December 16th 2022 at the age of 87. He was preceded in death by his parents Homer and Nettie MercerHis wife Charlene MercerBrothers Fauline Mercer and Jessie Mercer Sisters Edna Lloyd and Elma Hand Stepsons Kevin Privett and Roger A...

Edward Allen Williams was born on August 10 1940 the third of eleven children born to Richard Matthew and LeVelma Sanders Williams in Chicago Illinois. He grew up in the Robert Brooks Housing Projects on the westside of Chicago. As a young boy he was constantly on the move. Following in his older br...

Melanie A. Buettner 59 of St. Edward NE passed away surrounded by family on Friday January 9 2026 at the Boone County Health Center in Albion NE. Funeral Service will be 1030 a.m. Thursday January 15 2026 at Levander Funeral Home in Albion NE with Rev. Brian Ketelsen officiating. Interment will take...

Ronald Bernard Tezzano 70 of Fell Township died Friday at home. His wife is the former Donna M. Gammaitoni. Born in Carbondale he was the son of the late Joseph and Teresa Fotia Tezzano. Ron was a graduate of St. Rose High School Carbondale class of 1972. He graduated from Lackawanna College with a ...

Sandra Virginia Johnson 77 departed this life at Prisma Medical Center in Greenville SC. She was born in 1945 to the late Mozelle and Codene Freeman. Sandraaffectionately known as Ms. Sandra graduated from Westside High School in 1965. Ms. Sandra further matriculated at Anderson College School of Co...

Marjorie Carson Chancellor affectionately known as Marge entered rest on Sunday March 26 2023 at her Marjorie was born on August 7 1942 in Abbeville County South Carolina. She was the third of nine children born to the late Easter Jane Carson and John M. Carson. Marjorie helped raise her younger sib...

Our beloved dad uncle grandpa and greatgrandpa Bob Rod enjoyed his last funfilled Thanksgiving surrounded by four generations of family. Born Robert Anthony Rodriguez on February 5 1944 our Popo Bob passed away November 29 2025. According to his kids he was only 81 years young too young to say goodb...

Alan Al Ray De King passed away peacefully on January 9 2026 in Sioux Falls South Dakota at the age of 64. A lifelong resident of Sioux Falls Al was born on March 27 1961 to Roy and Elbertha Babe Buus De King. Funeral services will be held at 10 am on Thursday January 15 2026 at Miller Westside Chap...

Betty Webb Sanders 92 widow of Willis Edwin Ed Sanders passed away Friday December 26 2025 at the Rainey Hospice House. Born in Anderson she was the daughter of the late Alfred Charles Doc and Carrie Wolff Webb. She was a retired lunchroom manager at Westside High School. Betty was a member of Midwa...

Richard D. Fulk 91 of Arlington Heights IL formerly of Moweaqua IL died December 4 2025 in Eden Vista Hoffman Estates. Funeral services will be held at 200 p.m. Friday December 12 2025 in Seitz Funeral Home Moweaqua. Visitation will be one hour prior to service time. Burial with full military honors...

TOGETHER AGAIN having celebrated her 100thbirthday in SeptemberMarie Moldenhauerof Kenilworth peacefully passed away at home on Tuesday December 30 2025. Even though dementia had clouded the memory that the love of her life Robert Bob married for 72 years passed away in the summer of 2021 when asked...

Tiffany Boo WatkinsWalker was born in Gary Indiana on April 24 1980 to Vicki Dunn and Lonnie Watkins. She was the oldest of her siblings brother Lonnie Dunn and sister Adrieonna Dunn. As a child she excelled academically and athletically having a strong understanding of mathematics and skills on the...

The Reverend Lloyd Haskett Sr. age 71 of Hampton Virginia passed away peacefully on October 18 2025 at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital. Born June 2 1954 in Surry County he was the fourth of seven children of the late Ernest and Annie Bell Haskett. Raised in the church he developed a lifelong...

Dollie Hobgood went to be with the Lord on January 5 2026. She went peacefully with her family by her side. Born November 19 1936 in Oak Grove community to Howard Charles Sheridan Sr and Minnie Mae McNeese Sheridan Dollie graduated from Pine High School in 1955 and immediately went to work at Morgan...

Betty Lou Adams (Burton) was born on January 12, 1939, in Big Spring, TX. She passed on Monday, November 24, 2025. Her parents were Virgie Burton (Moody) and James Samuel Burton, both deceased. After the untimely death of her mother, Betty lived with her maternal grandparents while her father served...

Richard Eugene OConnor Rich 76 of Boulder Wyoming passed away January 8 2026. Rich was born in Lakeview Oregon to Ted and Ethel OConnor. He was the second of four children Tim Rich Jerry and Hallie. He was raised at the Cove Ranch on the west side where his love of ranching and horses started. He gr...

Anne was born on Thursday June 17th 1948 in Talladega to Hershell Hawkins and Minnie Moon Hawkins. Anne was an active member of the Southside Missionary Baptist Church where she served faithfully as the Assistant Superintendent of the Sunday School and as a member of the Missionary. Her faith and co...

Janet was born on the westside of Youngstown and attended Holy Name School. She graduated from Ursuline in 1962. She leaves to cherish her memory her sisters Elaine Venneri son Lou Jeri Jim Baumgarten and her brothers Steve Joanne and Ron Kim Berdis. They along with many nieces nephews and friends w...

January 6 2026 our dear Lord and Savior called His good and faithful servant Lorna K. Jacobs home. Lorna was a devoted and cherished member of her community and passed away at 96. She was born on February 23 1929 in Sioux Falls South Dakota to Henry and Marie Martens Mielke. Lorna attended Washingto...

Life Reflections:Howard McCoo Sr. was born on October 27, 1937. He was the second child of Houston and Henrietta McCoo of Mount Pleasant, Texas.After graduating from Booker T. Washington High School in Mount Pleasant, Texas, he earned a business degree from Texas College. Then, he served two years ...

Kalondra “Loni” Nealy was born on February 24th, 1981, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Paul and Viola Nealy.Along with her parents, Loni, as she was affectionately known, became a charter member of Westside Baptist Church when she and her parents relocated from Tulsa to Lewisville, TX. She was the first WBC ...

Melva Jean Ferrell was born on September 3, 1944, in Tyler, Texas. She graduated from Jackson High School in 1962. Soon after she moved to San Francisco attending City College and working for Pacific Telephone Co. Later she would attend Texas College where she earned a degree in English in 1967. ...

Reflection of LifeOn May 12, 1949, a baby boy was born under the parentage of Levell Durham and Blanchie Harris in San Marcos, Texas. They would affectionately name him Travis Levell Durham Junior, after his father. His parents would soon leave San Marcos for Lubbock, Texas where he would spend the ...

Larry Anthony "PeeWee" Cushenberry along with his twin sister Lorraine Cushenberry was born to the union of Eola Mitchell Cushenberry and Lafe Cushenberry Sr. April 24 1947 in New Orleans La. He was educated in the Ascension Parish School District graduating from Prairieville High School in 1966. He...

Max E. Clawson age 73 passed away on Thursday December 11 2025 after a courageous battle with Glioblastoma. Max was born on March 13 1952 in El Dorado Arkansas to parents Milton and Opal Clawson. He moved to Alvin with his family when he was 11 years old and was a 1971 graduate of Alvin High School....