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With heavy hearts, we would like to share that we recently had to say goodbye to an incredible man. Richard Arthur McFarland was a much-loved husband, father, grandfather called "Mac", brother, and friend. Dick left this earth on May 21, 2022, six minutes into his and Karen's 39th wedding anniversary. We are grateful that he left pain and sickness behind to be perfectly restored to his Savior... What a beautiful anniversary gift for Karen to receive. He was surrounded by those he loved in his final moments. We are drawing comfort in the belief that God sent his angels to surround Dick in his time of need and lead him to a place that He has prepared for him. (Exodus 23:20) Our dad was born...

James (Jim) W Hammond was born in Memphis, TN on May 13, 1940 to Mary Molpus Hammond and James W Hammond. He grew up all over the Southeast but graduated from Bellaire High in Houston, where he was a standout in basketball. He went to Southern Methodist University on a basketball scholarship and served as captain of the 1962 SMU men's basketball team, which was Southwest Conference co-champions that year. Upon graduation, he went to work for the Robert S. Folsom Company. Throughout his career he worked in real estate, the oil business, and the restaurant industry. In 1980, he married the love of his life, Kay Rea Harmon. He lovingly referred to her as "Kay Baby" and his "Sweet Babboo". They...

Born, October 16, 1946, and raised in Seminole, Oklahoma. Deceased May 17, 2022 in Dallas where he lived most all of the past 52 years. Gary Seaman was a people person and very funny. A common comment after spending time with him was how one's face hurt from smiling and laughing. Gary Seaman was the namesake and co-founder of GL Seaman & Co. He viewed everyone he worked with as friends and family. He prided himself in showing a sincere interest in everybody in the company. His greatest pleasure was roaming the office and warehouse to check in on everyone. It has been said that no one loved the game of golf, playing it, practicing it, and talking about it more than Gary. He loved...

Rosemary Miller Olson slipped peacefully into the arms of Jesus on May 16, 2022 at the age of 101. She was born on October 10, 1920 in San Antonio, Texas. Married to Burton Roger Olson for 52 years, she lived a full, happy life. She is survived by her two children, Ronald B. Olson and wife Ginger and Gaylen Brinkerhoff and husband Jerry. In addition are her four grandchildren, Dr. Kristen Olson, Dr. Jill Olson, Lee Brinkerhoff and Noel Dahlby as well as five great grandchildren John and William Brinkerhoff, Bjorn, Fredrik, and Charlotte Dahlby. Rosemary was a member of The Church of the Incarnation. A graveside service will be held in her honor, officiated by Fr. Chase Skorburg at...

Dava Beisecker Ladymon, age 83, died on May 14, 2022. She was born on December 1, 1938 in Kansas City, Missouri and the only child of Frederick J. and Fern Huber Beisecker. She traveled with her husband to many States and Countries working on their ancestry. She was a member and office holder of many organizations including the Daughters of the American Revolution; Texas Society Dames of the Court of Honor; Daughters of Union Veterans; National Society of the Daughters of 1812; Dallas Genealogical Society; and Mesquite Historical & Genealogical Society. She was a member of St. Rita Catholic Church and sang and played guitar in the Notes of Joy Music ministry. Dava is preceded in...

Elbert Hampton "Bert" Lewis, M.D., loving husband, father, stepfather and talented physician, passed away on May 12, 2022, surrounded by his loving family. Bert was born on January 2, 1929 to James Ray and Ethel Evelyn Lewis in Dallas, Texas. His father worked extremely hard to become an attorney and his mom also worked numerous jobs to provide an environment that emphasized education as their highest priority. They raised their family and prospered in Denton, Texas. Bert was taught the value of hard work and quickly became a super star in the classroom. He graduated from Denton High School at the age of sixteen where he played football and basketball along with membership in academic...

Beloved wife and mother Patricia Ann (Pettway) Jones passed away in Dallas on May 13, 2022. She was preceded in death by her parents, Patrick Henry Pettway and Thessalone Eubank Pettway, and younger brother, Patrick Henry Pettway ll. Patricia is survived by her loving husband of 66 years, Tommy Jones; three daughters, Cheryll Freel and husband Jere, Susan Farrier and husband Jon, Laura Kay and husband Tom; and seven grandchildren, Jere Freel lll and wife Brittany, Tommy Freel, Katherine Freel and husband Josh, Leah Farrier, Wil Farrier, Melanie Kay and Tommy Kay. Patricia was born November 29, 1933, in San Angelo, Texas. She grew up in Tyler, Texas where she attended Tyler High School. A...

Shirley Ivon Laves passed away on May 12, 2022. She was born in Ft. Worth, TX on February 28, 1932. She grew up in Hillsboro, TX until the age of 15 where her parents owned a dry goods store. They moved to Dallas, TX and she finished high school at Highland Park High School. She attended college at Lindenwood in St. Charles, MO and Hockaday Jr. College in Dallas, TX. She met her husband, Jack Pollock, from Ada, OK on a blind date. She was 20 and he was 24. They started their married life together in Ada, OK where they partnered with Esther Pollock in a dress shop called The Smart Shop. They later bought Esther out and together ran the business for over 40 years. When they...

Honorable David Bryce Rosen passed away on May 11, 2022. David was born February 25, 1944 in Florence, Arizona to Hymer and Vicki Rosen. He moved to El Paso as an infant. After graduating from El Paso High, he attended Texas Western College, El Paso, receiving a degree in Accounting in 1965. He joined the Army from 1965 to 1968. He was a captain in the medical service corps in Vietnam. He then attended Saint Mary's Law School and received a J.D. in 1971. During law school he was law clerk for Arthur Domangue & Assoc. He then moved to Dallas and worked as a Police Legal Advisor and then became the Chief Prosecutor for the city of Dallas. He worked in private practice before becoming...

Born March 11, 1930 to Val and Gertrude Imm in Mankato, Minnesota, she joined her Creator and Savior on May 9, 2022 and thus began her real life. She was a graduate of Immanuel Lutheran School and Bethany Lutheran College. She also attended Mankato State University. Her father, a 30-year member of the Minnesota Legislature was the owner-publisher of the weekly Mankato News where she honed her early journalistic and political interests as editor-columnist, advertising sales, and all-around employee. Following art, theatre, and journalism stints in New York, DeKalb, Illinois, and Takoma, Washington, she came to Dallas in 1959 where she became fashion editor for the Dallas Fashion...

Dr. J. Paul Crider, 81, of Houston, passed away on May 7, 2022. Preceded in death by parents, Alfred Crider Sr and Mattie Hays Pope, first wife - Loretta Sullivan Crider, brother, Alfred Crider Jr, sister-in-law, Ruth. He is survived by daughter Tiana McLean and her husband Russell of Tomball,TX, and daughter Melinda Crider of Decatur, TX, grandchildren Andrew McLean, Shelby McLean, and Colton Simpson. He is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. In addition, extended family, Satin Blair and Chynna Blair of Dallas, Catlin Blair of Belton, and Callie Blair of Dickinson. His family would like to thank Brookdale Champion Oaks and Brookdale Hospice for their wonderful care during...

Linda Foster Sarris passed away on May 6, 2022. She died surrounded by her family in the arms of those who loved her. She was born Thalia Efestides on August 27, 1936 in Morphou, Cyprus. She immigrated to America at nine years old in 1945. She was preceded in death by her parents, Anastasia Christou Foster and Agamemnon Foster; her husband, Arthur Louis Sarris, M.D.; and her daughter, Maryann Sarris Mihalopoulos. Linda's greatest love was her husband, and her greatest joys were her daughters. The family is comforted knowing she will be re-joining loved ones. Linda graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas, Texas. She then attended Southern Methodist University, where she received...

Born April 25, 1926 in St. Louis, Mo., he passed away May 5, 2022 at Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, Texas. Bobby graduated from Highland Park High School in 1943. He lettered in tennis, and was a member of the Highland Park basketball team that reached third place in the 1943 Texas state playoffs. He also was the catcher for pitcher Bobby Layne on the Highland Park baseball team that won the 1943 Texas state championship. Graduating in 1943, during World War II, he enlisted in the infantry and was a member of the famed 42nd Rainbow Division in Europe. He was one of the few survivors of his Company that was involved near the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944. He was found...

Born April 25, 1926 in St. Louis, Mo., he passed away May 5, 2022 at Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, Texas. Bobby graduated from Highland Park High School in 1943. He lettered in tennis, and was a member of the Highland Park basketball team that reached third place in the 1943 Texas state playoffs. He also was the catcher for pitcher Bobby Layne on the Highland Park baseball team that won the 1943 Texas state championship. Graduating in 1943, during World War II, he enlisted in the infantry and was a member of the famed 42nd Rainbow Division in Europe. He was one of the few survivors of his Company that was involved near the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944. He was found...

Robert (Bob) Howard, much loved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully on May 3, 2022. He was 85. Bob had a great love for God, family, learning, travel, and Bombay Sapphire martinis. He was often greeted in his favorite restaurants with a martini already at his seat (which may be why they were his favorite restaurants). He had an inquisitive intellect and couldn't understand why he had a hard time finding others to listen to lectures on string theory with him. Bob was born in Blanchard, Oklahoma. His parents were Ruth and Lowell Howard. He had one brother, James. The family moved to Bartlesville, Oklahoma when Bob was 6. Bob graduated from...

Robert (Bob) Howard, much loved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully on May 3, 2022. He was 85. Bob had a great love for God, family, learning, travel, and Bombay Sapphire martinis. He was often greeted in his favorite restaurants with a martini already at his seat (which may be why they were his favorite restaurants). He had an inquisitive intellect and couldn't understand why he had a hard time finding others to listen to lectures on string theory with him. Bob was born in Blanchard, Oklahoma. His parents were Ruth and Lowell Howard. He had one brother, James. The family moved to Bartlesville, Oklahoma when Bob was 6. Bob graduated from...

Robert (Bob) Howard, much loved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully on May 3, 2022. He was 85. Bob had a great love for God, family, learning, travel, and Bombay Sapphire martinis. He was often greeted in his favorite restaurants with a martini already at his seat (which may be why they were his favorite restaurants). He had an inquisitive intellect and couldn't understand why he had a hard time finding others to listen to lectures on string theory with him. Bob was born in Blanchard, Oklahoma. His parents were Ruth and Lowell Howard. He had one brother, James. The family moved to Bartlesville, Oklahoma when Bob was 6. Bob graduated from...

Robert (Bob) Howard, much loved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully on May 3, 2022. He was 85. Bob had a great love for God, family, learning, travel, and Bombay Sapphire martinis. He was often greeted in his favorite restaurants with a martini already at his seat (which may be why they were his favorite restaurants). He had an inquisitive intellect and couldn't understand why he had a hard time finding others to listen to lectures on string theory with him. Bob was born in Blanchard, Oklahoma. His parents were Ruth and Lowell Howard. He had one brother, James. The family moved to Bartlesville, Oklahoma when Bob was 6. Bob graduated from...

Robert (Bob) Howard, much loved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully on May 3, 2022. He was 85. Bob had a great love for God, family, learning, travel, and Bombay Sapphire martinis. He was often greeted in his favorite restaurants with a martini already at his seat (which may be why they were his favorite restaurants). He had an inquisitive intellect and couldn't understand why he had a hard time finding others to listen to lectures on string theory with him. Bob was born in Blanchard, Oklahoma. His parents were Ruth and Lowell Howard. He had one brother, James. The family moved to Bartlesville, Oklahoma when Bob was 6. Bob graduated from...

On May 1, 2022, Mary Martha Grimes Gitelman passed peacefully from this life while at home in Dallas with her daughter by her side. Mary Martha, while not born in Bentonville, resided in Bentonville, Arkansas, most of her young life and grew up in the large and loving family of Walter and Ina Grimes. As a teenager, some of Mary's happiest moments were at the helm of an airplane accompanied by either one of her instructors or her uncle Payne. Mary loved to fly and became a licensed pilot at the age of 18. Being a majorette while attending Bentonville High School came in a close second to being a pilot and was tied with her love of roller skating. She spent many happy hours at the roller rink...

Jacqueline Elaine Fojtasek , 85 years young, was born in St. Louis Missouri on January 21, 1937. Jacqueline passed away peacefully in her sleep on April 28, 2022. Her family moved to Denison Texas when she was a young girl. She graduated from Denison High School and went on to attend Trinity College in San Antonio. She moved to Dallas and met the man that became the love of her life, Joe Fojtasek. She would marry him on her birthday, so he would never forget either. She was rarely without her beloved "Joey" by her side. Jacqueline was a devoted mother, grandmother, mother-in-law and friend. Her family meant the world to her, especially the younger ones. She doted on them as often as...