Merkel

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Robert Merkel, a beloved father, brother, and friend, who left this world peacefully on January 27, 2026, at the age of 7...

Norma Jean Merkel, age 99, passed away on January 15, 2026, at Allure Nursing Home in Mt. Carroll, Illinois. A funeral service will be held Friday, January 23, 2026 at 12:30 p.m...

Beatrice C. Dolly Snee 88 of South WilkesBarre PA passed away Wednesday morning December 17 2025 at the WilkesBarre General Hospital. Born on February 26 1937 in WilkesBarre PA she was the daughter of the late Theodore and Beatrice Ludden Morgans. Dolly was a graduate of St. Marys High School Class ...

Anthony “Tony” P. Swaekauski, died on December 17, 2025. Tony gained his angel wings and ascended upon heaven to meet his father Anthony, who passed away before Tony was born, and to celebrate the holiday season with the 2 people he missed dearly; his mother Dianne and step father Ernie Lind, Jr. To...

Aneta Massey Trowbridge was born on March 7 1943 to Earl and Elnora Massey. On January 13 2026 she entered into the loving arms of her Lord and Savior and was joyfully reunited with the love of her life Arlis Burl Trowbridge. Were certain that upon their reunion she made him dinner and he promptly t...

Joe was born on September 24 1946 to Eugene and Bernadine Prochaska Scott in Pawnee OK. Joe spent much of his young life in and out of foster homes and was adopted at age 12 by Jack and Pearl Stephens along with 2 of his 7 siblings. Joe served in the navy during the Vietnam war as a rescue diver a c...

Gail Denise Tyler Simmons 72 longtime resident of Nolan and Sweetwater passed away Wednesday February 4 2026 at her residence in Granbury Texas. Funeral services will be at 230 P.M. Sunday February 8 2026 at McCoy Chapel of Memories with Rev. Richard Petree officiating. Interment will follow at Slat...

Fannie Eudora Dodie Burt age 88 of Merkel Texas went home to be with her Lord and Savior on February 3 2026. Dodie was born on November 2 1937 in Altas Oklahoma to Otis Gray Jones and Fannie Eudora Hasley. From an early age she carried a strong spirit that stayed with her throughout her life. On Apr...

Raymond Shorty Yocom 80 of Merkel Tx. Passed away on February 1 2026 in Big Springs Tx. Raymond was born in Seagraves Tx to Charles Curtis Yocom and Geneva Williams Yocom on October 28 1945. He graduated from Seagraves High School in 1964 and married Martha Jean Moore on August 251995 in Albany Tx. ...

Jerry was born at Sadler Clinic in Merkel Texas to Clarence Ernest Horton and Edna Leona Skurlock Horton on December 13 1941. He went to school in Merkel and graduated from Merkel High School in 1959. He married Audra West Horton on August 16 1963 in the home of her parents George and Veda West. As ...

Floyd Everett Page, age 89 of Merkel, Texas, passed away at Hendrick Hospital South on Friday, January 23, 2026. A visitation will be held at Fry-Smith Funeral Home on Saturday,...

Vicki C. Elkins, 73, of Stamford passed away in Abilene, November 23, 2025. A memorial service will be held in the Kinney-Underwood Funeral Chapel at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 3 with Pastor Paul Wright officiating. Services will be under the direction of Kinney-Underwood Funeral Home.Vicki was...