GRIMES FUNERAL CHAPEL

Henry Adolph Knocke, age 93, passed away on February 6, 2022 in Kerrville, Texas. He was born on January 5, 1929, in Yorktown, Texas to Henry John and Bertha Rosa Knocke. Henry married Marjorie Lee Smart on January 14, 1949 in Kenedy, Texas. Throughout the years, Henry worked in the oil field industry, owned and operated a billiard hall, sold crafts at local craft fairs, and was an insurance agent for 28 years. He was an active member of the Texas Lions Club and helped found the Hill Country Roadrunners RV Chapter of the National United Methodist Campers. Henry would often craft small wooden toy cars for orphanages overseas to help provide gifts during the holidays. One of his favorite...

Danna Champion, 61 of Kerrville passed away on July 18, 2021 in Kerrville. She was born in Tyler, Texas to Neil and Betty Davis on November 20, 1959. She married Fred Champion on January 5, 2008 in Clear Lake Texas. She attended high school at Robert E. Lee in Tyler before attending Baylor University and UT at Austin and received an associate degree from Austin Community College. She worked as a documentation specialist for NASA as well as for L3 for the DOD. She was a volunteer for Peterson Regional Medical Center and vacation Bible school at Kerrville First United Methodist Church (KFUMC). Danna was preceded in death by her parents Neil and Betty Davis. Survivors include Fred Champion,...

Virginia Leone Turner, 79, of Kerrville, TX, passed away on May 27, 2021, in Madison, GA. She was born in Smyrna, GA to William Henry Gann and Bertha Leone Gann on August 31, 1941. She married Phillip Thomas Turner on July 15, 1959, in Buchanan, GA. She graduated from Osborne High School in Smyrna, GA. She worked as an executive administrative assistant for Lockheed for 37 years. She ventured from her Georgia roots and lived in California and Texas but always found a Baptist church to call home wherever she lived. Virginia was a lifelong servant at heart as demonstrated by her devotion to and love and care of her parents, her husband, her family, friends, and those in need in the community....

Clarence Theo Blue of Kerrville, Texas, formerly of Tiki Island and Houston, Texas peacefully passed away on Saturday, April 3, 2021 at the age of 89. He was born the oldest of eleven children on December 15, 1931 in Shamrock, Texas to Theodore Haskell and Tolva Rabo Blue. Theo was raised in the oilfields of West Texas. He joined the Army and was stationed at Ford Ord in Monterey, California, where he met Lynn Stallings on a blind date. They were married on January 30, 1955 and celebrated 66 years of marriage this past January. Theo graduated from the University of Texas in 1953, passed the CPA exam and began his career in finance, culminating with his long tenure as the CFO of Wing...

Kay Gorges Schill died on March 25, 2021 at her home in Kerrville, Texas. She was born on February 26, 1934 to Walter and Elsa Gorges. Her husband, Gus A. Schill, Jr., predeceased her on March 25, 2018. Survivors are their children, Steven August Schill and Mary Martha Schill, son-in-law Peter Nylec, Kay's brother and sister-in-law, Matt and Patty Gorges, and their children Anne, Marshall, Mathew, Michael Gorges, Betsy Gorges Lannuier, and nephew John Rappazzo, his wife Darlene, and their children Michael, Seth, Anthony and Annaliese. Kay grew up in Harlingen, Texas and was valedictorian of the class of 1952 at Harlingen High School. She then attended the University of Texas in Austin,...

JB Pugh (80) of Kerrville, Texas was promoted to heaven on Saturday February 20, 2021. JB passed peacefully at home. He was born in Sundown, Texas to Sam Houston and Johnnie Tidwell Pugh on February 12, 1941. He married Judy Mae Harrington on January 10, 1961. They were married until her death in 2001. JB married New Mexico State Representative Shirley A. Tyler on March 12, 2011. JB was a God-fearing man-Baptist by Faith. He and his wife Shirley were members of Trinity Baptist Church. He loved his family dearly. His role as husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were his most cherished duties. JB was a man of many hats concerning his employment, but his character never wavered...

Peacefully and surrounded by her family, including her devoted Boston Terrier, Puddin, Sue Etchison Meek passed away Friday, February 12, 2021 at her home in Kerrville, TX, four days after her 87th birthday. Sue was born in McAllen, TX to Evelyn and Horace Etchison, Valley pioneers. Sue was a sixth generation Texan, an attribute she wore with true Texan pride and mentioned often to her adoring family. She graduated from McAllen High School in 1951, where she was a participant in many student organizations, which she loved so much. After high school, Sue attended Trinity University in San Antonio, TX, where she graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science. While attending college, she was...

James (Jim) Dee Monsees of Kerrville, Texas passed away on December 24, 2020. Jim was born in Chicago, Illinois on October 2, 1933. He moved to Brownsville, Texas with his mother when he was a toddler. There, his mother remarried and he was adopted by her husband, Cuban Monsees. He grew up in Brownsville and lived there until joining the Air Force where he served for four years. He was a Texas Game Warden in Eagle Pass and Floresville, Texas. He moved to Wichita, Kansas in 1979 and retired from Boeing in Wichita in 1996. Jim was a member of Midian Shrine and the Oriental Band there for 25 years. Jim was preceded in death by his mother, Julianna Monsees and half-brother, Cuban Monsees...

Frank Adolph Catalani, Jr., has returned home to the embrace of our Heavenly Father on November 24, 2020, at his home in Kerrville, Texas, surrounded by his family and loved ones. Frank was born in May of 1951, the second of eight children to Frank Sr. and Anne in San Antonio, Texas. He was a graduate of Winston Churchill High School, class of 1969, and attended West Texas A&M University on a football scholarship. As a young man, Frank began a career in law enforcement as a patrolman with the Texas Department of Public Safety. His service to the State of Texas, which was a great source of pride for him, would ultimately lead him to his long-time home in McAllen, Texas. While in the...

Bert Taylor Pfaff, 60, of Sonora, formerly of Kerrville, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on October 5, 2020 in San Angelo, Texas. Bert passed suddenly from a massive stroke. He was born in Tyler, Texas, to Rose and Mickey Pfaff on April 23, 1960. He was named for both of his grandfathers, Bert Pfaff and Luker Taylor. Bert attended schools in the Tyler Independent School District and spent summers as a camper at Kanakuk Kamps. He went on to attend Texas A&M University (class of '82) and Schreiner College. He was a life-long rancher of the 3 Bar P Ranch and found his greatest peace stewarding and spending time in God's glorious creation. Bert felt especially honored to...

Wilburn B. Peoples of Kerrville, Texas passed away on September 12, 2020. He was born on July 20, 1921, in Beaumont, Texas. He married Velma Hight Peoples on October 17, 1941. He was a veteran of World War II proudly serving with the US Coast Guard in the South Pacific. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife of 68 years, Velma, one brother, and four sisters. Wilburn is survived by Ernie Peoples (Peppie) and Kay Callender (Jim), sister Elaine Porter, four grandsons, five great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren. Visitation will be Tuesday, September 15, 2020, at Grimes Funeral Chapels from 1 to 2 PM followed by the funeral service at 2 PM. Burial will follow...

Joyce Joan Griggs, 88, passed away at home on August 26, 2020 in Kerrville, TX. She was born November 25, 1931 in Coleman, TX to Carl Ray and Jessie Cook. She graduated from Odessa High School where she met and married the love of her life on November 20, 1950 and shared 68 wonderful years together. She worked as a housewife raising four children. Joan and Richard retired and moved to Kerrville to enjoy and relax. Joan is preceded in death by her husband, Richard Griggs. Joan is survived by her children, Richard and Karen Griggs, Gerald and Chris Griggs, Robert Griggs, and Brenda Griggs; grandchildren, Cole Dodson, Kristi Griggs, Kenneth and Crystal Griggs, Cymber and Dustin Tisdale,...

Larry Wayne Spillman, 87, passed away peacefully July 1st, 2020, in Kerrville, Texas. He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Vestal B. and Ona T. Spillman on December 1st, 1932. Larry graduated from Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Active in tennis and social activities in high school, he carried his education and fraternity social life into college at the University of Oklahoma. Some of Larry's fondest memories were formed when he became one of the first salesmen hired at Harold's clothiers on the OU Campus Corner. This is where he learned to appreciate finer men's clothes and enjoyed the distraction of a store full of college friends and pretty coeds. In 1955 he graduated from the...

Fred Edward Wendt passed from this life May 18, 2020, just two months shy of his 96th birthday. He was born in Las Cruces, NM, July 15, 1924. He is preceded in death by his parents, Ruth and Fred C. Wendt, his brother, Earl, his son, Fred E. Wendt, Jr., a granddaughter, Alex Bond Roberts, and a grandson, Christopher Wendt. He attended school in Lubbock and Amarillo before moving to El Paso in 1938. After graduating from Austin High School in 1942, he entered Texas College of Mines (now UTEP). After football season was over and the last game played, the entire team joined various branches of the service, and Fred joined the Army, serving in the South Pacific Theater during WWII. After being...

Mary Alice Shafer, 98, accepted the invitation to be the guest of honor at a homecoming bash hosted by God and an angel reception committee on February 28, 2020. She was preceded in death by her husband, "Jim" Shafer, as well as her parents and all her siblings. She lived in Raymondville, Texas for many years and was a teacher's aide at Pittman Elementary School. She was loved by the children, teachers, and principal alike. She also attended First Baptist Church in Raymondville along with the rest of her family. On any given morning you would find her with a hot cup of coffee, her Bible, and a devotional. Mary Alice loved the Lord first, then her family and friends. Her beautiful life...

Arthur Soterios Docos of Kerrville passed away on February 12, 2020 in Kerrville, Texas. He was born in Manchester, New Hampshire to Soterios Docos and Anite LeMarch Docos on September 12, 1936. Art married Helen Josephine (Josie) Poole on August 5, 1961 at Notre Dame Catholic Church in Kerrville, Texas. Art went to school in Manchester, New Hampshire. He was a veteran of the Viet Nam War serving in the United States Air Force. After he retired from the military in 1974, he and Josie moved back to Kerrville, Texas. He worked for many years as an electrician. He and Josie loved to go camping in their trailer. They also enjoyed bicycle riding. They both loved their English sheepdogs of which...

Joy Cocke, passed away on Sunday, February 9, 2020 in Kerrville, Texas. She was born on July 20, 1928 in Harlingen, Texas to Eugene Pete Garrison and Roberta Dee Johnson. She married James Robert Cocke on November 27, 1958 in Harlingen, Texas. Joy spent her early life living in the Stuart Place/Adams Garden areas, graduating from Harlingen High School in 1945. She loved her Rio Grande Valley home. Joy was preceded in death by her parents, Pete & Roberta Garrison, and by her firstborn son, Guy Staton Cocke, who died April 26, 1975. She is remembered by the family for the grace and strength she showed during that loss and the faith she encouraged in others. Joy is survived by her...

Morgan Bryan Finley Jr., age 88, of Kerrville, Texas, completed his earthly journey on January 22, 2020, in San Antonio, Texas. Bryan was born on May 24, 1931, in Harlingen, Texas. He was the son of the late Morgan and Myrtle Finley and had no siblings. He grew up in San Benito, Texas, with many cousins as his closest companions. He graduated from San Benito High School in 1948 as president of his class. His college path led him to the University of Missouri, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Journalism degree in 1952. While working at the Brownsville Herald newspaper, he met Ada Betty Dunn, the love of his life. They married on Valentine's Day, February 14, 1954 and would have...

Morgan Bryan Finley Jr., age 88, of Kerrville, Texas, completed his earthly journey on January 22, 2020, in San Antonio, Texas. Bryan was born on May 24, 1931, in Harlingen, Texas. He was the son of the late Morgan and Myrtle Finley and had no siblings. He grew up in San Benito, Texas, with many cousins as his closest companions. He graduated from San Benito High School in 1948 as president of his class. His college path led him to the University of Missouri, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Journalism degree in 1952. While working at the Brownsville Herald newspaper, he met Ada Betty Dunn, the love of his life. They married on Valentine's Day, February 14, 1954 and would have...