Obituaries

Angel Castillo, 38, of Cameron died Wednesday, Dec. 23, in a Temple hospital. 
Funeral services will be 10 am Tuesday, Dec. 29, at St. Monica’s Catholic Church. 
Burial will follow in the St. Monica’s Cemetery.
Mr. Castillo was born Jan. 11, 1977 in Minerva to Angel and Rosa (Llanas) Castillo and had worked for Royal Seating for many years. 
He was a member of St. Monica’s Catholic Church.
He is survived by his son  Angel Castillo, III of Cameron; daughters Leslie Castillo and Jasmine Castillo, both of Cameron; parents Angel and Rosa Castillo of Cameron; brothers Tomas Castillo of Waco and Mauro Castillo of Cameron; and sisters Rebecca Bolivar, Alva Castillo and Elizabeth Castillo, all of Cameron.
Marek-Burns-Laywell Funeral Home of Cameron is in charge of arrangements.

Ellen Bailey, 87, of Cameron, died Dec. 25 at her home. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 29, at Abiding Savior Lutheran Church. Burial will follow at the Oak Hill Cemetery. Family visitation will be Tuesday December 29 from Noon until service time.
Mrs. Bailey, a retired registered nurse, was born Aug. 28, 1928 in Deanville to John Benjamin and Ella (Blinka) Luedke. She graduated from Caldwell High School and then attended a three-year nursing program at the University of Houston.
She married Ben Hardie Bailey in 1951 and he preceded her in death in 2009.
She was also preceded in death by a brother, L J Luedke. She is survived by sons Jim Bailey and wife Carolyn of Cameron and John Bailey and wife Wendy of Corinth; brothers Alton Luedke and wife Alice of Sinton and Delmas Luedke and wife Bobbie of Kent, Washington; and sisters Vernell Kuehn of Caldwell and Maxine Lueke of Seguin; five grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.

Twilight Shesler, 76, of Cameron died Friday, Dec. 18, in a Temple hospital.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, Dec. 22, at Marek-Burns-Laywell Funeral Home in Cameron with Rev. Bob Glenn officiating.
Burial followed in the Oak Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Shesler, a homemaker, was born June 26, 1939 in Lexington to Gilbert and Mabel (Plant) Lyles.
She married Wayne Shesler.
She is survived by her husband Wayne Shesler of Cameron; sons Gary Wayne Shesler and Wayne Chilton Shesler, both of Cameron; a brother Leland Lyles of Lovelady; two grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Marek-Burns-Laywell Funeral Home of Cameron is in charge of arrangements.
 

Services for Timothy Lawrence Clayton of Temple, formerly of Cameron were held Dec. 19 at the Cameron Grove Baptist Church in Cameron. Burial followed at Garrett Cemetery in Cameron.

Noemi Garza, 50, of Gause and formerly of Brownsville, died Monday, Dec. 14, in a Temple hospital.
Funeral services were held Thursday, Dec. 17, at Marek-Burns-Laywell Funeral Home in Cameron with Rev. Antonio Vasquez officiating.
Burial followed in the Liberty Cemetery.
Mrs. Garza, a homemaker, was born Dec. 27, 1964 in Mexico to Nicolas Perez and Alicia Tinoco.
She is survived by her husband Roberto Garza of Brownsville; sons Fabian Garza of Brownsville and Octaviano Garza of Brownsville; daughter Jaqueline Rodriguez of Brownsville; parents Nicolas and Alicia Perez of Gause; sisters Estela Botello of Houston, Angelina Rodriguez of Houston, Silvia Rodriguez of Homestead, Sonia Peres of Sun City, Rosa Pena of Gause and Camelia Peres of Richmond; and three grandchildren.
Marek-Burns-Laywell Funeral Home of Cameron is in charge of arrangements.

Arthur Clifford Cosper, 61, of Troy, passed away Thursday, Dec. 17, at his home, after an illness.

We pay tribute to the passing of yet another of the “Greatest Generation.”

Mary Ruzicka, 101, of Temple and formerly of Buckholts, died Friday, Dec. 11, in a Temple nursing facility.
Funeral services were held Monday, Dec. 14, at Marek-Burns-Laywell Funeral Home in Cameron. Burial followed in the Corinth Cemetery.
Mrs. Ruzicka, a homemaker, was born Jan. 3, 1914 in the Clarkson community of Milam County to Vojtek and Marie (Plavec) Svoboda. She married J D Ruzicka and he preceded her in death in 2010. She was a member of the Buckholts Brethren Church.
She was also preceded in death by a grandchild, Torrey Ruzicka and by two brothers and one sister.
She is survived by her son Jack Ruzicka of Temple; daughters Mary Frances Eastwood of New Braunfels and Debra Marie Klabuhn of San Antonio; sister Milada Doyle of Denver, Colo.; six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Marek-Burns-Laywell Funeral Home of Cameron was in charge of arrangements.

Imogene Belt Willie of Cameron died Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015.
The family will receive friends Monday, Dec. 14 from 6 until 8 p.m. at Marek-Burns-Laywell Funeral Home. A private family memorial and interment will be held at a later date.
Imogene was born in Cameron to William Arthur and Alice Rachel (Stewart) Belt. She graduated from Milano High School. She lived all of her life in the Milam County area. She was a homemaker, farmer and rancher.
Imogene is the last surviving sibling of six Belt children.
She is survived by daughters Jeannine Willie Dohnalik and husband James of Cameron, Marilyn Willie of Cameron, Denise Willie Russell and husband James of Canyon; sons Paul Willie and wife Margaret of Belton; Daniel Willie of Cameron; six grandchildren, four great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to the Cameron ISD Scholarship Foundation.

Billy Floyd Dodson, 79, of Lexington, formerly of Cameron, passed away Monday, Dec. 7, 2015, at a Temple hospital.
A memorial service for Mr. Dodson is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 16, at 4 p.m. in the Kathryn W. Green Chapel of Green-Patterson Funeral Home, with O. E. Davidson officiating.
Mr. Dodson was born Aug. 9, 1936 to Floyd Bentley and Jewel Adcock Dodson. He is a 1954 graduate of C. H. Yoe High School and served in the United States Army. Mr. Dodson is retired from Alcoa after being employed there for many years. He was a member of Cameron Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Billie Dodson of Lexington; one son, Shane Dodson of Pasadena; and two daughters, Danica Lara of Cameron and Velvet Dodson of Temple. He is also survived by five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held from 3-4 p.m. on Wednesday prior to the service at the funeral home.