Frederick “Freddy” Julia of San Angelo went to be with the Lord on January 20, 2022, at the age of 75.

Freddy was born on November 10, 1946, in San Juan, Puerto Rico to Luisa Borrero and Maximo Julia. He was a proud Vietnam Veteran whom served in the U.S. Army from 1966-1988. This included deployments to Germany, Ethiopia, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, and Panama. He retired from the Army Intelligence division after serving 22 years as a Staff Sergeant. During Freddy’s time in the Army, his favorite memory was driving Jeeps leading to his purchase of one in 2021. He also loved to play Doo-Wop music while taking drives around town. 

Freddy is preceded in death by his beloved wife Concepcion “Connie” Cardenas. They were wed on February 18, 1986. 

He was also preceded in death by his brothers Jose Alberto Soto, Antonio Julia, Maximo Julia, Carlos Julia, and Walter Julia; his wife Connie; his granddaughter Aliaz Monique; and two beloved pets Brownie and Khloe. 

His legacy will live on by his children: Sergio Cardenas and wife Darlakay Cardenas, Adeline and husband Jay Aviles; Ivonne Julia and husband Al; Frederick Julia Jr. and fiancée Melinda; and Arlene Estrada and husband Angel. 

He is also survived by his sister Leonides Julia; grandchildren Sergio Cardenas Jr., Steven Cardenas, and Nahla Cardenas; John Cosme, Justin Cosme, Jesse Cosme, Alaura Perez, Tiffany Smith, Kevin Navarro, Joseph Jones, Ashley Calderon, Amber Estrada, Angel Estrada, great-grandchildren Alatriece Jones, Araceli Jones, Kalani, Navarro, Jared Cosme, Naya Cosme, Justina Cosme, Jewlina Cosme, Lathan Perez, Adalyn Perez, Benjamin Smith, and Odyssey Smith; great-great granddaughter Ivy Lynn Cosme; cousins Victor Lopez, Walter Lorenzo, and Max Lorenzo; and beloved pets Hendrix, Nova, Khloe, Kallie, and Oliver. 

The family would like to extend a special thank you to Anita Duran, his generous caregiver of four years; pallbearers Robert Blanco, Johnny Anderson, Armando Castillo, Roberto Sanchez, Mike Vega, and Josh Aguirre; Lance Schkade for helping Freddy care for his dogs; and the staff at Shannon Medical Center, including his nurse Josh Cady, and Medical Assistant Dulce Cortez, for their endearing care. 

A rosary will be held for Freddy at Harper Funeral Home on January 25th at 7:00 pm. The funeral service will be January 26th at 10:00 am at Saint Mary’s Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Belvedere Memorial Park. 

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” 
-John 14:27 

Family and friends may share condolences at www.harper-funeralhome.com.

Rosary

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

7:00PM

Harper Funeral Home 
2606 Southland Boulevard 
San Angelo, TX 76904

Funeral Mass

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

10:00AM

St. Mary's Catholic Church 
7 West Ave. N 
San Angelo, TX 76903

Final Resting Place

Belvedere Memorial Park 
3504 Arden Rd. 
San Angelo, TX 76901

Pamela Bennett went to be with the Lord on Tuesday January 18, 2022, at the age of 66. She is preceded in death by her parents, Claude and Jackie Bennett, her sister Debbie, and grandson Jared, and niece Sara. 

Loving mother to Catherine Mullen and her husband Todd, Larry Peters Jr. and his wife Amanda, Christina Lewis and her husband Bradley, and Amanda Pinkston. 

Proud grandmother to Ashlyn , Nathan, Mikayla, Shayna, Victoria. Makenzie, Samantha, Taylor, Curtis Jon, Brock, Jared, Ethan, Payton, Adalyn, and Bodey. Great grandmother to Isabella, Caylee, Killian, Dallon, and Dean. 

Sister to Claude “Bubba” Bennett, Steve Bennett and his wife Jill, Phyllis McCrohan and her husband Pat, and Karen Williamson and her husband Bary. 

It always seemed there was a struggle awaiting around every corner for her to face. In the end, she struggled to breathe, she struggled to walk, and struggled to move her fingers. What is remarkable is she faced every struggle with fierce tenacity and determination. She loved ceaselessly and gave without consideration for herself. She would literally give all that she had, facing yet another struggle ensuring those she loved did not have to. She was not perfect, but she loved perfectly. Life, it seems, may not be fair. And it certainly was not fair to her. But how she faced life should be a shining example to us all that life is about loving one another and carrying each other’s burdens. She didn’t have much when she left this world because while she was in this world she gave everything she had. What she leaves behind is an image, an example of what we all should live up to. She loved without ceasing, gave without question, and faced every struggle with courage. 

Nana was not a religious woman. However, she lived the gospel message. She loved her neighbor as herself. She loved her family without end. She gave without expecting anything in return. Forgiving without judgement. She put aside selfish ambitions and considered others better than herself. She was the peacemaker. She was the poor in spirit, the meek, the merciful. She was the pure in heart. She was the lending ear whenever your words needed to be heard. She was the calming voice whenever you needed the world to be silent. She was always present to help you through the troubles. Nana will be sorely missed and those she left behind must now live in a world that no longer has her in its grip. She was taken way to soon, but she is free now, and we are left behind waiting for the day to be with her again.

Claude Lanier Campbell of San Angelo passed away on Jan. 18, 2022, at the age of 82. 

He was born on Mar. 30, 1939, in Corpus Christi, Texas, to Mervyn “Mutt” Campbell and Pauline (Winters) Campbell. Raised in South Texas, he graduated from Calallen High School in 1957, where he was a sports star, participating in basketball, baseball, and golf, achieving state-level honors in the latter. 

On a Sunday morning in 1957, Lanier was introduced to a petite young lady named Sandra Gillespie after church, and they quickly became inseparable. They were married on Christmas Day 1960 in Corpus Christi and began their life together in Austin, Texas, where Lanier was continuing his education. In 1963, he was awarded a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas, Austin. 

He worked as an engineer in the petroleum industry all his life, beginning in South Texas in the 1960s, to West Texas in the ‘70s, and settling down for good in San Angelo in 1985. 

He was gentle and soft-spoken, but when he spoke, people listened. His engineer’s brain was active to the end, always planning and always three steps ahead of everyone else. His wife, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren were his source of greatest earthly joy, and he never tired of bragging about all of them. Above all, he was a godly man, constant and confident in his faith and unafraid to share it with others.  

Lanier was predeceased by his parents; two sisters, Barbara Nell Campbell and Cynthia Stewart; and a brother, Larry Campbell.  

Survivors are his beloved wife of 61 years, Sandra Campbell of San Angelo; his children, Sherilyn Brown and husband, John, of Wise County, Texas; Lorna Ayers and husband, John, of Albany, Texas; Bonnie Johnson and husband, Derek, of Newalla, Okla.; and son, Michael Campbell and partner, Clint Whitehead, of Lewisville, Texas; grandchildren, Aimee Caudle, Justin Brown, Cori Bezner, Cali Rose, Sarah Waller, Seth Waller, Abby Hoard and Campbell Johnson; 17 great-grandchildren; one great-grandchild on the way; and a sister, Sharon Campbell. 

Funeral services are set for Saturday, Jan. 22, at 2 p.m. at Harper Funeral Home. Interment will be at Johnson’s Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens. Mills Carraway will officiate, and pallbearers will be Joshua Avelar, John Ayers, Jeff Bezner, John Brown, Nick Rose, and Seth Waller. Harper Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Funeral Service

Saturday, January 22, 2022

2:00PM

Harper Funeral Home 
2606 Southland Boulevard 
San Angelo, TX 76904

Final Resting Place

Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens 
4989 FM Highway 1223 
San Angelo, TX 76905

Candelaria R. Lopez, 92, passed away January 18, 2022 surrounded by family. 

Candelaria was born on February 20, 1929 to Margarito and Petronila Rodriguez she was the oldest of eight siblings. Candelaria became the matriarch of her family after her parents; she loved her whole family. She was a devoted Catholic praying daily. Candelaria was a hard worker and a tough woman working most of her life. Candelaria loved to drink coffee with pan dulce and would offer coffee any time someone would visit. She was greatly loved and will be missed. 

She is preceded in death by Husband Humberto F. Lopez; Son Jose L. Lopez Sr.; Daughter Maria Lopez Harrison; three grandchildren Maritza L. Juarez, Roberto Lopez, Jesse and Alex Gutierrez; Great Grandchild Alysia Juarez; Brother Fidel Rodriguez. 

Candelaria is survived by Son Juan F. Lopez and wife Estella; five grandchildren Amy Lopez Hernandez and late husband Demas Hernandez, Martin R. Lopez and Misty Gallimore, Elizabeth Morales and husband Jorge, Jose L. Lopez Jr. and wife Gloria, Ginelda L. Martinez and husband Santiago; Daughter-In-Law Maria R. Lopez; Son-In-Law Terry Harrison; Great-Grandchildren Alundra and Analea Gutierrez; 19 Great-Grandchildren: 6 Great Great-Grandchildren; two Sisters, and four brothers. 

A Rosary service will be held at Harper Funeral Home at 4:00 PM, Sunday, January 23, 2022. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church at 10:00 AM, Monday, January 24, 2022.

Rosary

Sunday, January 23, 2022

4:00PM

Harper Funeral Home 
2606 Southland Boulevard 
San Angelo, TX 76904

Funeral Mass

Monday, January 24, 2022

10:00AM

St. Mary's Catholic Church 
7 West Ave. N 
San Angelo, TX 76903

Final Resting Place

Calvary Catholic Cemetery 
1100 W. Avenue N 
San Angelo, TX 76903

Gregg Michael Elsner Sr., passed at his home on January 15, 2022. Gregg was born November 27, 1946, in Denver, Colorado. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. 

Gregg is survived by his wife of 53 years Mary Ann Elsner and four sons, Michael Elsner, Geoffrey (Beth) Elsner, Gabriel Elsner, Geremy (Maggie) Elsner, two daughters Megan (Dan) Adams and Meredith (Mark) Johnson. He was Papa to 13 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. 

A Memorial Mass will be held at Holy Angels Catholic Church on February 21, 2022, at 10:00 AM. 

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Mt. Carmel Hermitage, P.O. Box 337, Christoval, TX 76935-0337 or Diocese of San Angelo Seminarian Burse, 804 Ford Street, San Angelo, TX 76904.

Funeral Mass

Monday, February 21, 2022

10:00AM

Holy Angels Catholic Church 
2309 A & M 
San Angelo, TX 76904

Venda Arnette Reed Tolbert was born on September 13, 1962 to Charles E. Reed and Julia F. Reed in Cameron Texas. She graduated from Central high school in San Angelo Texas. 

Venda was known for her baking, she loved baking for family and friends. She also had a love for children since she ran a in-home childcare for 20+ years. If you knew her you loved her, she was so pure at heart you had no choice but to love her. Her sweet and soothing spirit was definitely un-matched. She was preceded in death by her grandparents Callie King Daniels, Edward King, Helena Reed, Grant Reed Sr. and uncle Edward Daniels. 

Venda leaves to cherish her memory her husband of 40 years Dexter J Tolbert Sr.; father Charles Reed (LaRue), mother Julia Reed; her children Sankirk Bailey, La’Toya Tolbert, Dexter Tolbert, Demetria Tolbert, Aschleē Fisher, Khalil Johnson, and Anais Davidson; siblings, Jeanette Reed, Charles Reed Jr. and Cealan Reed bonus; DeTrina Solomon, Shawna Walker (Marquette), and Tiwana Luckett (Mike); grand children, Aundrea Bailey, Marcus Tolbert, Jayden Suiters, Cameron Tolbert, and Khaliq Johnson; mother in law, Ines Tolbert; god son Tré and a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends. 


The family will receive friends for visitation from 5:00 PM - 7:00 P.M., Monday, January 24, 2022 at Harper Funeral Home. The Funeral Service will be 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ in San Angelo. Interment will follow at Fairmount Cemetery. 

Family and friends may share condolences and sign the online register book at www.harper-funeralhome.com.

Visitation

Monday, January 24, 2022

5:00PM - 7:00PM

Harper Funeral Home 
2606 Southland Boulevard 
San Angelo, TX 76904

Funeral Service

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

11:00AM

New Jerusalem Church of God In Christ 
1515 N. Chadbourne 
San Angelo, TX 76903

Final Resting Place

Fairmount Cemetery 
1120 W. Ave. N 
San Angelo, TX 76901

Kay Elaine Keys entered this world into her parents' loving and welcoming embrace in December 1947 in San Angelo, Texas, and departed this earthly realm from Austin, Texas to return to her parents' loving and welcoming embrace, on January 13, 2022 after suffering a stroke on New Year's Day. 

Her father, Albert Lee Keys, owned a cotton farm in Wall, while her mother, Frances Mulkey Keys, was an elementary school teacher in Wall. 

Kay graduated from Wall High School, and then continued her love of learning, attaining her PhD in Philosophy from the University of Texas in Austin. 

She taught high school in Midland/Odessa and later was an English Instructor at UT Austin. But computers were coming on the scene, and they fascinated Kay. She pursued additional education and training and became a Systems Analyst, spreading the joy of tech love amongst various state agencies before her retirement in 2012. 

Kay had many passions in life: 

She loved art -- creating it, experiencing it all over the world in her travels, and sharing it with others through the Art Museum of Austin (now The Contemporary) as a docent. The Contemporary at Laguna Gloria with the villa of Clara Driscoll was a favorite place of beauty, sanctuary and contemplation for Kay. Later, she never missed the Austin Studio Art Tours, and always made a purchase to support a local artist. 

She loved the performing arts as well, and was a volunteer usher for both the Texas Performing Arts at BASS and the Long Center in Austin. 

And how Kay loved traveling! She made the Grand Tour of Europe as part of her college graduation celebration, which planted the seed for her love of world travels. She later travelled to Egypt (3 times!), Peru, Crete, Greece, Malta, Turkey, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Mexico and Canada. She also enjoyed traveling the United States: New York Illinois, Arkansas, Georgia, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Michigan, Kentucky, and California. 

Kay loved Austin! 

She particularly waxed nostalgic over the Austin of the 70's-'90's. 

She loved BookWoman, Half-Price Books, Celebration!, Crystal Works, Nature's Treasures, and all the great "mama 'y papa" Mexican restaurants. She loved Austin outdoors: Zilker Botanical Gardens, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Towne Lake/Lady Bird Lake, McKinney Falls, and Mayfield Park. 

It was in Mayfield Park that she and her wife, Cindy Tincher, held their handfasting/wedding ceremony in October 2001. Over the next two decades they shared spiritual journeys, adventures abroad and stateside, tending their gardens to create and enjoy their own private "park" at home, loving and being loved by their clowder of cats, and practicing "eat, pray, love" in the best of ways: in the good company of family and friends. 

Kay leaves behind family and friends too numerous to name, claim or count. 

Among them: her wife, Cindy, and her adopted-by-marriage family - mom-in-law Mary, and sibs-in-law Carolyn, Donna, Gene & James. She also leaves to Cindy's care their beloved felines Lili, Luna and Romeo. She was greeted at the Rainbow Bridge by Malcolm, Merchona, Mozart, Thomas Hobbes, Toni Lynn, Weasel, Apollo, and her most beloved Burmeses: Isis, Sekhmet & Bastet. 

Kay was preceded in death by her parents, Albert and Frances Keys, and her cousins May Jackson and Robert Ann Jones. 

She is survived by her cousins Jan Duncan (ne Jackson) and Michael, Dallas Franklin (ne Duncan) and Sam, Jackson Duncan and Sarah, and Roy Jackson and Terrie. 

She also leaves behind her beloved sister-of-the-heart, Janet Cobb, and fellow world traveler and lover of books and words, Katherine Staples. 

Kay was interred near her parents in the Wall Protestant Cemetery on Tuesday, January 18. A memorial service is planned in the spring in Austin, when the weather warms and, hopefully, the pandemic cools. 

In lieu of flowers, Kay asks you give to Project Hope, Habitat for Humanity, Doctors Without Borders, Americares, Girls Gotta Run, Austin Pets Alive (or your local animal shelter or sanctuary) or a charity of your choice.

Graveside

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

10:00AM - 11:00AM

Wall Cemetery 
Texas Loop 579 at Hawk Ave. 
Wall, TX 76957

Final Resting Place

Wall Cemetery 
Texas Loop 579 at Hawk Ave. 
Wall, TX 76957

Ida Christine "Chris" (Maxwell) Russell, 71, of Miles was transformed back to wholeness on Saturday, January 15, 2022, at her home. Death was swallowed up in victory, as she made her way to her promised, eternal home.

She was born March 9, 1950 in Stanton to Ed and Eunice Maxwell. Chris graduated from San Angelo Central High School in 1968 and married Richard Russell Sr. in October of 1972. They had three children: Nicole, Rick, and Wes, and five grandchildren: Sutton, Corley, Rachel, Lane, and Brody. Chris was a Christian, wife, mother, sister, grandmother, and friend, pretending to be nothing more.

Left to celebrate and cherish Chris's love and memory is her husband of 49 years, Richard Russell, Sr., Nicole Schwertner and husband Jason, Rick Russell, Jr. and wife Shannon, and Wes Russell; along with grandchildren Corley, Rachel and Lane Russell and Sutton and (MaKenzie) and Brody Schwertner; Chris's brothers, Boyd and wife Ardis Maxwell and Ed Maxwell Jr. and wife Mary; along with sister-in-laws, Denise Givens and husband Kent; and nieces, Merritt Grogan and husband Jim, Jessica Arredondo and husband Andy and nephew, Shane Maxwell and (Tiffany).

Chris was preceded in death by her parents, Ed Sr. and Eunice Maxwell, her in-laws, Hugh and Billie Russell, and brother-in-law, Wayne Russell.

The family wishes to thank Kindred Hospice, Dr. Kristen Goen, Dr. Raj Cheruku, Dr. Buddy Flynn, and Pastor Anne Williams. It is in times like these that the gifts of love, compassion and sincerity are evident. You all possess these gifts and blessed us with them.

A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, January 29, 2022, at Trinity Lutheran Church of Miles with Pastor Ann Williams, officiating. Cremation and arrangements are under the direction of Robert Massie Funeral Home in San Angelo.

MEMORIAL SERVICE

Saturday
January 29, 2022
11:00 AM
Trinity Lutheran Church
501 Groves Street
Miles, TX 76861