Obituaries
Jimmy Karol Beresky Jr.
Jimmy Karol Beresky Jr. passed away at the San Antonio Methodist Specialty & Transplant Hospital at the age of 73. He was born February 2, 1950, in Mercedes Texas to Osbelia and Jimmy Beresky Sr.
Ghazi Mahfouz Nassar
The family of Ghazi Mahfouz Nassar announce his passing on July 31, 2023 after a long battle with heart disease. Born in Jaffa, Palestine and a refugee from the 1948 Arab Israeli war, Nassar went to college in Cairo, Egypt and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Economics at the American University of Cairo.
William Michael Kirk
Surrounded by loved ones, William Michael Kirk (Mike), age 82, passed away July 22nd, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was born on March 02, 1941, in Bonham, Texas. He graduated Denison High School in 1959 where he was a member of the football team.
James Hurd Warthen
James Hurd Warthen, Jr. 91, passed away peacefully on July 22, 2023 with his family at his side. He was preceded in death by his parents, James Warthen, Sr. and Hester Warthen, and brother, Brice Warthen, and sister, Mary Kate Whitaker.
Sandra Kay McGinnes
Sandra Kay McGinnes was born on August 29, 1944 to James Bruton and Willie Mae (Gorum) Parker in Abbeyville, Louisiana. Sandi had received her Masters of Science, Information and Computer Science, from the University of Hawaii in 1973 and a Bachelor of Science, Mathematics, University of Washington, Seattle in 1966.
William John Patrick Kelly
William "Bill" John Patrick Kelly, age 89, passed away on Monday, July 17, 2023, at Respite House, with his loving family by his side. Bill was born on September 3, 1933. He spent his formative years during the Depression, living in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens.
David Walter Brown
David Walter Brown, 86, of Centennial, Colorado (recently moving from Independence, Missouri) passed away at Sunrise at Orchard Care Facility on July 13, 2023 following a ten-year battle with Parkinson's Disease, plus a five-year battle with Multiple Myeloma.
G. Wayne Laepple
G. Wayne Laepple, of Lancaster, died on July 10, 2023. Born in Philadelphia on July 12, 1947, to George J. and Susan E. Laepple, he lived there until 1954, when the family went to Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, where his father was employed by the Arabian American Oil Co. (ARAMCO).
Syed Sabir Shah
Syed Sabir Shah, 68, of Kamala, Attock Pakistan, after bravely fighting Leukemia took his last breath in the presence of all his loved ones on the afternoon of July 6th in Windsor, ON. "Surely we belong to Allah and to him shall return". ~Holy Quran
Willa Dean Wilson
Willa "Dean" (Brakefield) was born on October 23, 1932 near Yukon, in Canadian County, Oklahoma, and passed on July 5, 2023, at her home in Moore, Oklahoma. “Dean,” as she was known to friends, was raised on a dairy farm near the West Point Church and graduated from Yukon High School in 1951 as the class Valedictorian and captain of the girl’s basketball team.
Abbas Ali Khan
Our beloved friend Abbas Ali Khan, badge #74609, Saudi Aramco retiree, passed away after a long sickness on Monday, July 3, 2023 in Karachi around 12:00 Noon PST (Pakistan Standard Time).
Jacqueline Lee Callan
Jacqueline Lee Callan, 85, of Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, passed into the arms of our Eternal Father on the 29th of June, 2023. Jackie was born on July 5th, 1937 in Shreveport, LA to her parents Guy and Johnette (Stuart) Hawthorne.