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Reta Mae (Smith) (Swanson) Dohrer Age 95 of Dallas, Texas passed away on March 8, 2026. For a complete, obituary, service information and to leave condolences for the family, please visit affoplano.com

Glenda Ellen Wallace Adian was born on October 24, 1947, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the daughter of Jack Smith Wallace and Myrtle Corena Woodson Wallace. Her father, a part-time preacher and construction worker, moved the family frequently for work. As a result, Glenda attended more than twenty-four schools throughout her childhood. She graduated from Odessa Ector High School in 1965, demonstrating resilience, adaptability, and determination that would define her life. In 1967, Glenda married her high school sweetheart, James Kennith Adian. Together they built a loving home and shared fifty-nine years of devotion. She is survived by her daughter, Shana Lynette Adian Muzyka, and son-in-law,...

Age 91, of Plano, TX, passed away on November 28, 2025. For a complete obituary, service information, and to leave condolences, please visit affoplano.com

On November 14, 2025, Janet Bailey Shieldes, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, passed quietly after a long struggle with Alzheimer's. Janet was born in Greenville, Texas, in 1947 to Malcolm and Rosemary Bailey. She was then raised in Sulphur Springs, where she attended Sulphur Springs High School as an active and high-achieving student. Janet was a founding member of the Blue Blazes' Drill Team, an editorial writer for the school newspaper, and a member of various other school organizations. After the conclusion of her senior year, she was crowned as the Hopkins County Dairy Festival Queen. She then attended the University of Texas at Austin and completed a degree in secondary...

Judith Bryant Hughes went to be with her Savior, Jesus Christ, on Saturday, September 27, 2025, following complications from a recent fall. She was born in Sherman, Texas, on March 10, 1941, to Charles Stanley Roberts, Jr. and Kathleen Stevenson Roberts. Judith enjoyed a happy childhood in Sherman and graduated from Sherman High School in 1959. She attended Texas Christian University for two years before transferring to The University of Texas at Austin, where she graduated in 1963. After college, she moved to Dallas and began her career as a buyer for Sanger Harris Department Store before marrying John Anthony Bryant in 1965. The couple lived in Austin, Sherman, and Whitewright...

With heavy hearts we announce that Richard "Dick" Ballantine Hill, Jr. of Dallas, Texas, passed away on September 21, 2025, at the age of 82. Dick was preceded in death by his parents Richard "Buster" Ballantine Hill, Sr. and Mary Bess Hill. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Sally Schley Hill, his son Richard Hill and his wife Jacqueline, his daughter Jennifer Hill Jacobs, his grandchildren Noah Hill, Josi Hill, Bella Hill, and Sally Jacobs, and his great-grandson Rowan, all of Dallas, Texas. He is also survived by his sisters, Linda Bennett, Betsy Hagen (Buck), Nancy Hill, Melissa Cook, and brother, Gregg Hill (Jolene), and many nieces and nephews. Dick was born on January 17, 1943,...

TX Age 88, passed on September 11, 2025. For a complete obituary, Service information, and to leave condolences, please visit affoplano.com

Age 69, of Plano, Texas passed away on August 17, 2025. For a complete obituary, service information and to leave condolences, please visit affoplano.com

Age 89, of Dallas, Texas passed away on August 15, 2025. For a complete obituary, service information and to leave condolences, please visit affoplano.com

Dimitri (Miki/Mike) Alexander Lukshin passed away late in the evening of Monday, July 14, 2025, in Plano, Texas. Mike was 88. Mike was born June 11, 1937, to Alexander John (of Simbirsk, Russia) and Martha Booth (of Marietta, Ohio) Lukshin in Beirut, Lebanon. Mike moved to the United States in 1941 and grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts. Mike received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University. Mike started his career at US Steel Corporation before beginning a lifelong affiliation with the United States Navy. During his active-duty deployment, he was a Nuclear Weapons Instructor specializing in nuclear emergencies at the Defense Atomic Support Agency,...

Dimitri (Miki/Mike) Alexander Lukshin passed away late in the evening of Monday, July 14, 2025, in Plano, Texas. Mike was 88. Mike was born June 11, 1937, to Alexander John (of Simbirsk, Russia) and Martha Booth (of Marietta, Ohio) Lukshin in Beirut, Lebanon. Mike moved to the United States in 1941 and grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts. Mike received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University. Mike started his career at US Steel Corporation before beginning a lifelong affiliation with the United States Navy. During his active-duty deployment, he was a Nuclear Weapons Instructor specializing in nuclear emergencies at the Defense Atomic Support Agency,...

Age 92, of Plano Texas, passed away on July 13, 2025. For a complete obituary, service information and to leave condolences, please visit affoplano.com

John Austin O'Dwyer, 72, of Plano, Texas, was born on May 14, 1952, in Chicago, Illinois. He is a graduate of Marmion Military Academy (1970), Loyola University in Chicago (1974), and Northwestern University (1980). Sadly, John passed away on April 27, 2025, after an 18-year battle against multiple myeloma. He began his career at Pfizer Pharmaceutical, transitioned to National Starch, and in 1980, joined Celanese Chemical Corporation. John relished his career at Celanese and wholeheartedly embraced the opportunities, lifelong friendships, and memories made there. John and his better half of 52 years, Dorothy, built a life filled with family, friends, and laughter. Their shared love of...

Dr. Gene Edward Ewing, 74, passed away March 8, 2025 at his home in Highland Park, Dallas, Texas. He was a dedicated pathologist, and worked in Dallas for over 40 years in private practice, at the St. Paul University Hospital, and at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Born in Fairfield (Wayne Co), Illinois to Floyd W. and Ruth (Chalcraft) Ewing on January 25, 1951, he attended Albion, Illinois grade school and Edwards County High School before pursuing both his undergraduate and medical school degrees from the University of Illinois. He completed his pathology residency at the University of Minnesota before settling in Dallas. Gene was a kind and generous person whose...

Age 82, of Dallas, TX, passed away on March 5, 2025. For a complete obituary, service information and to leave condolences, please visit affoplano.com

Beverly Kay Walker - wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, cousin, niece, sister-in-law and mother-in-law lost her battle with multiple sclerosis on March 1, 2025. A proud fourth generation Texan, Beverly Kay Pfieffer was born in Waco on May 2, 1944, to Lawrence and Evelyn Pfieffer. "BK" as she was often referred to, was the oldest of four siblings with brothers Bruce, Brian and Brent. In her youth, she loved to visit her grandmother "Mama" in McGregor Texas - and enjoyed roller skating at the skating rink. BK attended W.H. Adamson High School in Oak Cliff, where she was involved in several high school activities, including being a member of the Leopardettes, the renowned Adamson...

Age, 84 of Dallas, TX , passed away on February 4, 2025. For a complete obituary, service information and to leave condolences, please visit affoplano.com

It is with heavy hearts that we, the family of Bill Dillon, announce his passing on February 4, 2025, at his home in Dallas, Texas. Bill, born and raised in the Detroit, Michigan, area with three younger brothers, subsequently attended Alma College, earning a degree in business administration in 1962 and making lifelong friends as a member of the TKE fraternity. Two years later he earned an MBA in accounting from the University of Detroit, and in 1967 was licensed as a CPA. Bill's entire career was spent with the accounting firm Arthur Andersen, where he started in the Detroit office. In 1975, he was admitted to partnership, responsible for the Michigan banking and financial services...

Jim was a consummate gentleman, businessman, veteran, penny-pincher, jazz pianist, pilot, sailor, barbershop singer, world traveler, civic volunteer, Irish reveler, cyclist, runner, short-cut handyman, cancer survivor, husband, brother, father, grandfather, uncle, cousin; a man whose life was very well lived with all-out energy. James Michael (Jim) Degnan, Ill passed peacefully on January 25, 2025. He was born in East Orange, NJ on June 18, 1933, to parents, James M. Degnan, Jr. and Constance Berno Degnan. Jim grew up in Detroit and Grosse Pointe Park, Ml but selected Culver Military Academy in Culver, IN for his college preparatory education. He chose Denison IJniversity in Granville, OH...

Frances McQueen current resident of Plano and recent resident of San Angelo passed away on Sunday, December 15, 2024. Frances was born in Greencastle Indiana to Mabeth Hanna and Lee Dodge on May 20, 1929. She studied at Texas Tech with a major in zoology. She met Don McQueen in college, and they married in 1950. When their kids were out of grade school, Frances got an additional degree and worked as a local librarian. They raised a family for many years in California, then retired to San Angelo, near where Donald grew up. In the 1970s she and Donald both obtained a private pilot's license, and once the kids were out of the house, they flew all around the United States in their Cherokee...

John Burke Asher, 83, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts., on June 6, 1941, to Reginald and Irene Asher. Burke grew up in Branford, Connecticut., where he excelled in academics and athletics. He was inducted into the Branford Sports Hall of Fame in 2012, an honor overshadowed only by the trouncing he delivered to football rival East Haven on Thanksgiving Day 1958 - making his parents the happiest people in the world. After discharge from active duty in Vietnam, Burke attained the rank of captain in the U.S Army Reserve. With a degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Burke had a variety of executive finance roles in the oil industry and retired...