Obituaries

Toni Jean Moreno

Dec. 23, 1950 - May 21, 2018 Toni Jean Moreno, 67, of Copperas Cove, Texas went home to be with the Lord on Monday, May 21, 2018.  She was lovingly surrounded by her family at Hillside Medical Lodge in Gatesville, Texas.

Bonnie Kay Hamby

Hamby March 29, 1946 - March 23, 2018   Bonnie Hamby, age 71, of Copperas Cove passed away on Friday, March 23, 2018, in Killeen. A Memorial Service will be held at Clear Creek Baptist Church in Kempner at 12:30 on Tuesday, March 27, 2018.

Tattooed

I wonder how many of you reading this have a tattoo. Not that it matters . . . it’s just that I don’t. And I don’t ever plan to get one. My reasons are numerous. First of all, I don’t like pain. Second, I don’t like the idea of paying someone to inflict pain on my body.

Dorothy Rockhill Kruse

Kruse July 23, 1931 -  February 12, 2018   Dorothy R. Kruse, age 86, of Copperas Cove and formerly of Brownsville, Minnesota passed away on Monday, February 12, 2018, in Copperas Cove.

Rose E. Smith

May 20, 1951 - Feb. 2, 2018 Rose E. Smith was born in 1951 in Denver, Colorado. She passed away in the home she shared with her daughter Cindy, on Saturday, February 2, 2018. Rose moved to Carlsbad, NM with her family when she was very young, and also lived in Clovis NM and Amarillo, TX for a while.

Rose E. Smith

May 20, 1951 - Feb. 2, 2018 Rose E. Smith was born in 1951 in Denver, Colorado. She passed away in the home she shared with her daughter Cindy, on Saturday, February 2, 2018. Rose moved to Carlsbad, NM with her family when she was very young, and also lived in Clovis NM and Amarillo, TX for a while.

Robert Allen Effenberger

Effenberger Robert Allen  Effenberger Nov. 4, 1968 ~ Jan. 2, 2018 Robert Allen Effenberger, 49, of Copperas Cove, passed away at Metroplex Hospital in Killeen on Tuesday, January 2, 2018.  Robert was born on November 5, 1968, in Long Beach, California, to Robert and Carol (Quinn) Effenberger.

Jack Smith Sr.

Smith Jack Emil Smith Feb. 4, 1924 ~ Jan. 19, 2017   Jack Emil Smith Sr. 90, went to be with our Lord on Jan 19, 2018. He passed away at a Copperas Cove Nursing Home. Jack was born in Tampa Florida February 4, 1924 and raised in Rudy Arkansas. He moved to Copperas Cove in 1962.

Patrick Shaun Howell

Patrick Shaun Howell Nov. 18. 1953 -  Jan. 19, 2018 Patrick Shaun Howell, age 64, of Burnside, KY, passed away on Friday, January 12, 2018 at his residence. Patrick was born on November 18, 1953 in Tulsa, OK, to the late Jack LaVerne Howell and Eileen Marie “Pat” O’Brien Howell.

Joe Milton Arnold

Joe Milton Arnold March 21, 1955 -  Jan. 1, 2018   Joe Milton Arnold 62 of Georgetown Texas passed away at his home on January 1, 2018.  Joe was born in Marnia Di Pisa Italy, March 21, 1955 to LeRoy and Dorothy Arnold.