JOHN “JACK” PLACKE

Longtime District Judge John “Jack” Placke, 88, passed away at his home in Giddings with his family by his side on Tuesday morning, Nov. 21, 2023. Funeral services are scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, at 2 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Giddings.

Jack Allen Hearne

Jack Allen Hearne, 86, of Caldwell passed away on Friday, November 17, 2023. Visitation was held on Monday, November 20th from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, November 21st at 10:00 a.m. at Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home with his brother-in-law Glenn Connor officiating.

Virginia Ozue Seibert

Virginia Ozue Seibert, 78, passed from natural causes on October 20, 2023, and has been interred at the Caldwell Masonic Cemetery.

Wayne Lamar Kristof

Wayne Lamar Kristof, 77, of Caldwell, Texas, passed away at his residence on Monday, November 13, 2023. A graveside service will be held at St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery on Tuesday, November 28, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. Wayne Lamar Kristof was born on November 24, 1945, at St.

Richard Harrison

The funeral service for Richard Harrison, 79, of San Antonio, formerly of Burleson County, will be held at 11 a.m on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, at the Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Frenstat. Richard was born on June 22, 1944, in Bay City, Texas.

Joe William Criner

Joe William Criner, 65, of Lyons, Texas, passed away at his home on Saturday, November 11, 2023. Joe was born in Houston, Texas, on October 28, 1958, and was raised in Milano, Texas. He was the son of Evelyn Louise Cotten Criner Smith and Roy Howard Criner.

Frances Lucille Sowell

A funeral service for Frances Lucille Sowell, of Somerville, Texas, was held at 10:00 a.m. on Nov. 14, 2023, at the Strickland Funeral Home, located at 545 8th St. in Somerville, Texas. She was born on Sept. 25, 1937, in Pontotoc, Mississippi, to Merton and Grace Pipkin.

ARVELL POEHL

Arvell Poehl, of Caldwell, Texas passed away on Monday, October 30, 2023, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bryan, Texas. A time for visitation with family and friends was held at Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home in Caldwell on Thursday, November 2, 2023, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

CLARENCE JUNEK

Clarence Lee Junek, 99, of Snook, passed away at Fortress Nursing and Rehabilitation of College Station on November 4, 2023. A visitation for Clarence will be held on Friday November 17, 2023, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Strickland Funeral Home in Somerville. Funeral Service is set for 10 a.m.

PATSY WILLIS

Patsy Smith Willis, 94, of Caldwell, Texas, passed away on Monday, November 6, 2023. Apublic visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, November 10, 2023, in the chapel at Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home in Caldwell, Texas. Graveside services will be at 10:00 a.m.