Obituaries

Concetta Arrigo
Sep 22, 2009
Concetta Arrigo, 83, of Burleson, a retired candy store owner, died Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009, in Fort Worth. Memorial service: 2 p.m. Saturday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Concetta Maria Arrigo was born July 10, 1926, in New York City, N.Y., to Agostino and Angelina Rizzo Arrigo. She was owner of the Candy Hut in Brooklyn, N.Y. She enjoyed...

Robert Augusta Slack
Sep 19, 2009
JOSHUA -- Robert Augusta Slack, 80, passed away Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009, at his home in Joshua. Funeral: 2 p.m. Sunday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Roy Gee officiating. Interment will follow in Union Hill Cemetery in Joshua. Pallbearers will be family and friends. Mr. Slack was born Jan. 3, 1929, in Irving to Robert Augusta...

Rickey W. White
Sep 14, 2009
Rickey W. White, 58 of Burleson, a Mag II particle inspector for Weir SPM, died Monday, Sept. 14, 2009, at his home in Burleson. Funeral: 2 p.m. Thursday at Bethesda Baptist Church. Interment: George's Creek Cemetery in Glen Rose. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Rickey Wayne White was born Feb. 14, 1951, in Cleburne...

Robert Allan Mitten
Sep 8, 2009
JOSHUA -- Robert Allan Mitten, 53, of Joshua, a Fencer, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 10 a.m. Friday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Robert was born Sept. 19, 1955, in Killeen to Louis Robert and Mary Imogene Wells Mitten. He was a loving...

Danny E. Brown
Sep 4, 2009
Danny E. Brown, 77 of Cleburne died Friday Sept. 4, 2009 in Fort Worth. Funeral: 6:00 P.M. Sunday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation: 4-6 P.M. Sunday prior to the service. Danny E. Brown was born June 15, 1932 in Cleburne to Alvin Buford and Susan Idella Sullivan Brown. He married Amie Jo Burnett on May 12, 1951 in...

Dwaine "Hutch" Hutchinson Sr.
Sep 3, 2009
Dwaine "Hutch" Hutchinson Sr., 53 of Burleson an Engineering Specialist for Bell Helicopter, died Thursday Sept. 3, 2009 in Arlington. Memorial Service: 2:00 P.M. Saturday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. He was born March 22, 1956 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts to Franklin Thomas and Florence Violet Cooke Hutchinson. He married Dianna Kaye Spaid on July 18, 1981 in Oklahoma City,...

Sheree King
Sep 2, 2009
ALVARADO -- Sheree Marie King, 55, of Alvarado, a retired school teacher, passed away Wednesday September 2, 2009 in Fort Worth. Memorial Service: 10:00 A.M. Saturday Sept. 5, 2009 at Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Sheree was born July 26, 1954 in Dallas to Richard and Pauline Shurett Green. Sheree was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She loved cooking,...

Jacklyn Ann Faaborg
Aug 16, 2009
Jacklyn Ann Faaborg, 52, of Burleson, passed away Sunday, August 16, 2009 in Fort Worth. Funeral: 12:30 P.M. Wednesday August 19, 2009 at Victory Family Church. Visitation: 6-8 P.M. Tuesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Interment: Dallas Fort Worth National Cemetery. Jackie was born Dec. 20, 1956 in Brimerton, Washington to Jack and Elizabeth Cooper. She married Ted Faaborg in...

Shirley Scott Gwin
Aug 13, 2009
Burleson - Shirley Scott Gwin, 74 of Burleson, a homemaker, died Thursday August 13, 2009 in Fort Worth. Graveside Service: 10:30 am Monday at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery in Grand Prairie. Visitation: 2-4 pm Sunday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home- Burleson, Tx. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the American Cancer Society. Shirley was born...

George C. Davis
Aug 12, 2009
George C. Davis 85 of Burleson a retired engineer for Lockheed-Martin Corp. died Wed. Aug. 12, 2009 in Fort Worth. Memorial Service: 2 p.m. Friday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. George was born Aug. 25, 1923 in Mesa, CO. to John and Florence Martin Davis. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy during WW II aboard the...

Joseph D. Jamison
Aug 9, 2009
BURLESON -- Joseph D. Jamison, 90, of Burleson, a retired soil conservationist, died Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009, at a Fort Worth hospital following a brief illness. Funeral: 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Matthews Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Burleson. Interment: Burleson Memorial Park. Memorials: In memory of Col. Joseph D. Jamison, contributions may be made to USMCR "Retired" Marine Military Academy,...

R.E. "Jack" Emmert
Aug 7, 2009
R. E. "Jack" Emmert, 85 of Joshua, retired founder and owner of Burleson Monument Company in Burleson, died Friday Aug. 7, 2009 in Fort Worth. Funeral: 10:00 a.m. Tuesday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Union Hill Cemetery in Joshua. Visitation: 6-8 P.M. Monday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Jack was born Oct. 7, 1923 in Talihina, OK., to...

Royce "Dub" Merck
Aug 3, 2009
Royce "Dub" Merck, 79 of Crowley, a business owner and entrepreneur, was called home Monday Aug. 3, 2009 at his home in Crowley. Funeral: 10:00 A.M. Saturday at Joshua Baptist Church. Interment: Caddo Cemetery in Joshua. Visitation: 6-8 P.M. Friday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers memorial donations can be made to the American Cancer Society...

Susan Elaine Jones
Jul 30, 2009
Susan Elaine Jones, 51, of Joshua, a homemaker, passed away Thursday, July 30, 2009, at her home in Joshua. Graveside service: 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, in Caddo Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Susan was born June 25, 1958, in Odessa to Clarence and Jeanne Hughes Barfield. Susan married Kevin Jones on Oct....

Abel Avalos
Jul 28, 2009
BURLESON -- Abel Jonathan Avalos, 18, of Burleson, passed away July 28, 2009 in Burleson. Mass of Christian Burial: 10:00 am Tuesday August 4, 2009 at St. Ann Catholic Church in Burleson. Rosary: 7:00 pm Monday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Abel was born October 20, 1990 in Granbury to Dallas Joy Palmer and Jose Angel Avalos . Abel...

Helen Doris Jones
Jul 28, 2009
BURLESON -- Helen Doris Jones, 77, of Burleson, a homemaker, died Tuesday, July 28, 2009, in Decatur. Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Bethesda Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Doris was born Jan. 3, 1932, in Cleburne to Burley Martin and Mamie Estelle Summerlin Riley. Doris was a...

Darrell Glenn Mcknight
Jul 25, 2009
Darrell Glenn McKnight, 52, of Joshua, a service writer for MHC Kenworth, died Saturday, July 25, 2009, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 10 a.m. Tuesday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: 2 p.m. in Chalk Mountain Cemetery in Somervell County. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Darrell Glenn McKnight was born April 18, 1957, in...

Iris Kay Elbe Rahar
Jul 25, 2009
Iris Kay Elbe Rahar, 55 of Joshua a homemaker, died Sat. July 25, 2009 at her home in Joshua. Funeral: 10:00 A.M. Wednesday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation: 6-8 P.M. Tuesday at the funeral home. Iris was born October 11, 1953 in East Saint Louis, Illinois to Carl and Thelma Craft Elbe. She married George Ronald Rahar on...

Mary E. Allen
Jul 24, 2009
Mary E. Allen, 87, of Cleburne passed away on Friday, July 24, 2009. Service: At a later date in Hyrum, Utah, where she will be laid to rest between her two daughters. She was born Feb. 6, 1922, in New York City, N.Y., to Jesse R. Hawkins and Emma Chatfield. She retired as a bookkeeper for Hill Air Force Base...

Michal 'Mike Finstad
Jul 22, 2009
Michal "Mike" Finstad 55 of Alvarado, a self employed paint and body worker died Wed. July 22, 2009 in Cleburne. Graveside Service: 4 p.m. Thursday at Hopewell Cemetery in Joshua. Michal Wells Finstad was born January 20, 1954 in Cleburne to Marc Wells and Sonnya Evan Nutt Finstad. He married Debra Pearl King on March 30, 1974 in Cleburne. He...
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