Area Obituaries

Loretta Jean Esbenshade, 82, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018 in Wichita Falls, Texas. Services are pending under the direction of Sullivan Funeral Home. Loretta is survived by two daughters, Ginger and Cathey.

Laverne Fern Dowlen, formerly of Quanah, died Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, at her home in Lubbock. She was 82. A funeral service was held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018, at Smith Funeral Home Chapel. Interment followed at Quanah Memorial Park, under direction of Smith Funeral Home.

Sandra Darlene Beck, 71 of Vernon, Texas, died on Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, in Vernon. Services will be Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 at 2 p.m., at Wilbarger Street Church of Christ. Dave Winn will officiate. Interment will be at Wilbarger Memorial Park under the direction of Sullivan Funeral Home. Visitation will be Wednesday from 6 p.m.…

Ola Faye Carpenter Fish, 96, died Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018, in Lubbock, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, Oct. 12, 2018 with graveside at Crowell Cemetery, under direction of Womack Manard Funeral Home.

Robert Lamb, 77, of Quanah, died Sunday, Oct.7, 2018. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m., Oct. 10, 2018, at First Christian Church in Quanah.  Interment will follow at Quanah Memorial Park under direction of Smith Funeral Home.

Frances Marguerite Barnhill Suttle passed away on Sept. 30, 2018 in Snyder. A celebration of life service was held on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018 at Bell Cypert Seale Chapel in Snyder. Interment followed at the Eastview Cemetery in Vernon. Locally, she is survived by a sister, Sheila White.

Patsy Lee Dale, 72, of Vernon, Texas, died on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, in Vernon, Texas. Graveside services will be Friday, Oct. 5, 2018 at 11 a.m. at Wilbarger Memorial Park under the direction of Sullivan Funeral Home. Officiating will be Rev. Ron Fox.

Miles Munson Welch, 75, died Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, in Arlington, Texas.  A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, at Crowell Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Womack Manard Funeral Home, Crowell, Texas.

Rosemary Ellis, 90, of Crowell, died Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018. A funeral service was held at 10 a.m., Friday, Sept. 28, 2018, at Womack Manard Funeral Home Chapel, in Crowell. She is survived by her daughter, Sandra (Jim) Davis, of Blanchard, Okla., and her son, Larry (Roseann) Ellis, of Crowell.