Local Obituaries for Belton, Texas & Bell County

Jean Halbrook

Jan 2, 2021

Service for Jean Halbrook, 89, of Temple will be 1 pm Saturday, January 9, 2021, at Foundation Methodist Church in Belton, with Gary White, Jr. officiating.

Jean was born in Mineola, Texas on July 25, 1931, to Neely Harold and Oleta (Creech) Barnett. She married Dave Halbrook in Mineola, Texas in May of 1951, He preceded her...

Fredrick V Maruna

Dec 31, 2020

Fredrick V. Maruna, 84, of Belton, died Thursday, December 31, 2020 at a Temple hospital.

Services will be 10 Am Thursday, January 7, 2021 at Dossman Funeral Home in Belton. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery in Temple.

Fredrick was born in Bell County, on September 12, 1936, to John S. and Mary (Vanicek) Maruna....

Irene Jackson

Dec 28, 2020

Irene Whitson Jackson,96, of Belton went to be with the Lord on December 28, 2020. Services will be 2 Pm Saturday January 2, 2021 at Dossman Funeral Home in Belton, Irene's nephew, The Reverend Jeff Loudin, will officiate.

Twins, Irene and Ilene were born to Maudie Ethel Wise Whitson and George Augusta Whitson on December 9, 1924,...

Bettye Lou Kennedy

Dec 28, 2020

Theirs is an amazing love story – Bettye’s name was never mentioned without Bob’s, or Bob’s without Bettye’s -- and so it is again.  Bettye Lou Hampton Kennedy, born in Vinton, Louisiana on March 9, 1928, passed away peacefully Monday, December 28, 2020, with family by her side.  Her husband of 71 years, Bob Kennedy, passed away earlier this...

Wilma Hickman

Dec 25, 2020

Funeral service for Wilma Hickman, 79, of Temple will be 1 PM Monday January 4, 2020 at Dossman Funeral home in Belton.

Burial will follow at Copperas Cove city cemetery.

Visitation will be 5 PM to 7 PM Sunday January 3, 2020 at Dossman Funeral Home in Belton.

Wilma died December 25, 2020...

Richard Rutherford

Dec 25, 2020

Richard 'Wayne" Rutherford went to be with the Lord, our Savior on Christmas night. Wayne was born on September 2nd, 1955 in Nuremberg, Germany to Captain William Bert Rutherford and his wife Francis LaRue Hunter, both served in the US Army. Shortly after, the Rutherfords returned to the United States.  Then, Wayne's family moved to Bartlett, Texas with his...

Billy J. Haire

Dec 23, 2020

Billy J. Haire, 89, of Belton passed away on Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at a Bartlett Nursing Home.

Graveside services for Mr. Haire will be held on Saturday, December 26, 2020 at 9:30 AM at Rest Haven Cemetery in Belton with Gene Smith officiating.

Mr. Haire was born in Bell County on September 14, 1931...

Clara Wood

Dec 22, 2020

Clara Lou McKown Wood, 83 of Belton died in Temple on December 22, 2020.

Funeral services for Clara will be held on Saturday, December 26, 2020 at 11:00 AM at Dossman Funeral Home in Belton. Burial will follow at North Belton Cemetery.

Clara was born in San Saba, Texas on October 30, 1937.  After graduating...

Alfonso B. Lopez, Sr.

Dec 22, 2020

Alfonso Bueno Lopez Sr. , 59, of Belton passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at Baylor Scott and White hospital in Temple with his family at his side.

Funeral services for Alfonso will be held on Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at Dossman Funeral Home in Belton. Burial will follow at North...

Clyde Jones

Dec 20, 2020

Clyde Jones, 93, of Belton passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2020 at a Belton Care Facility.

Services for Mr. Jones will be private due to the current Covid-19 situation.

Clyde was born on February 9, 1927 in Cantril, Iowa to Glenn and Gladys (Howe) Jones. He soon moved to Indianola, Iowa where he graduated...

Rogelio Mendez, Jr.

Dec 19, 2020

With the deepest sorrow, we announce that Rogelio Mendez Jr. age 20 was born in Houston, Texas on July 19, 2000 but raised in Belton, Texas our most beloved father, son, brother, family member, and friend passed suddenly on Saturday, December 19,2020 while at home.

There will be a visitation for friends and family on Sunday, December...

Joshua David Boutin

Dec 17, 2020

Joshua David Boutin was born November, 27, 1989 in El Paso, Texas and passed on December 17, 2020 in Temple, Texas. He was 31 years old and far too young to have left us. Josh was a military brat for the first few years of his life, living in Germany for a time before ending up in Killeen and, eventually,...

Lloyd Montgomery

Dec 15, 2020

Funeral services for Lloyd Montgomery, 90, of Temple, will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday, December 19, 2020 at the Rest Haven Cemetery in Belton.

Mr. Montgomery died Tuesday, December 15, 2020 in a Temple Veterans Nursing Home.

Mr. Montgomery was born July 22, 1930, in Bell County, the son of Clinton Jackson Montgomery and...

Loye Kyle Hubbard

Dec 14, 2020

Memorial services for Loye Kyle Hubbard, 76, of Moody, will be held at 6:00 PM Thursday, December 17, 2020, the First United Methodist Church in Moody with Rev. Josh Pruett officiating.  The family will receive friends for visitation following the service.

Mr. Hubbard died Monday, December 14, 2020 in a Temple Hospital.

Mr. Hubbard was...

Col. Richard L. Quinn

Dec 14, 2020

A fine cavalry officer has made his final dismount. Col. (R) Richard L. Quinn passed away on December 14, 2020, at the age of 83, with his wife and several children by his side. Dick was born December 29, 1936, at Fort Hayes, Columbus, OH, to Col. Michael A. and Francis P. (Hodes) Quinn. Born into a military family,...

C. R. Siprian

Dec 14, 2020

Graveside services for C. R. Siprian, 83, of Holland will be held Thursday at 2:00 PM at the Holland Cemetery with Rev. Alberto Lopez officiating.

Mr. Siprian died Monday December 14, 2020 in a Temple hospital.

Mr. Siprian was born May 5, 1937, in Barlett, the son of Louis R. Siprian and Juanita Reyna Siprian. ...

Willa Dean Coleman

Dec 14, 2020

Willa Dean Coleman, 93, of Belton, passed away Monday, December 14, 2020 in a Temple Hospital.  No Services are planned. Dean was born September 10, 1927, in Paris, Arkansas, the daughter of Lawrence Albert Redding and Freda Elmon (Pendergrass) Redding. She married Kenneth Jerald Johnson on June 15, 1944, and he died June 17, 1950. She later...

Roy Richard Kneese

Dec 13, 2020

Funeral services for Roy Richard Kneese, 90, of Belton will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, December 18, 2020 at the Dossman Funeral Home Chapel with David Pustka officiating.  Burial with honors will follow at the North Belton Cemetery.   Mr. Kneese died Sunday, December 13, 2020, at his home in Belton.

The family will receive friends for visitation...

James E. Hebert

Dec 8, 2020

James (Jim) Edsel Hebert , 86 years old , of Temple, Texas , passed away on December 8 th , 2020 in Temple .

Private funeral services will be held at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in Temple with father John officiating, with interment to follow at Bellwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Temple.

Jim was born...

Gene Cantu

Dec 8, 2020

Rudolph ‘ Gene ’ Cantu, 64, of Belton Texas received his call home on December 8, 2020.

Gene was born on June 12,1956 in San Antonio to Ernestina Cantu. He moved to Belton in the early 1970s where he met the love of his life Penny ‘ Michelle ’ Nichols. On December 20, 1975, he and Michelle...