Tributes
Recent obituaries in the Bryan and College Station, TX areas.
Wayne V. Rediker
Jan 1, 2022
Wayne V. Rediker
The community lost a musician, veteran, and man of deep and abiding faith in the early morning of Jan. 1, 2022, when Wayne Vincent Rediker passed away in his College Station home in the company of his loving wife and family.
He was born Feb. 10, 1939, in Fort Fairfield, Maine, on the Canadian border, as the...
Enrique Fuentes
Jan 1, 2022
Enrique Fuentes, 93, of College Station, Texas, passed away January 1, 2022. Cremation services are in the care of Callaway-Jones Funeral and Cremation Centers of Bryan College Station. A full obituary tribute may be posted at a later date.
Carol B. Sova
Dec 30, 2021
Carol B. Sova, 87, College Station, Texas, formally from Oswego, New York passed away on December 30, 2021.
Born in Oswego, she was the daughter of the late Bernard and Alice Goodrich. In addition to her parents, Carol was predeceased by her loving husband Ronald W. Sova, her sister Norma Hyde and her infant brother Richard Goodrich.
Carol was...
Vera Veronica Pillans
Dec 30, 2021
Vera Veronica Pillans
July 13, 1949- December 30, 2021
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Vera Veronica Pillans. She died peacefully on December 30, 2021 in Bryan, TX, surrounded by family and her husband of 50 years.
She was born on July 13, 1949 in Hamburg Germany to Nicolay and Kaleria Popoff. Her family moved...
Raymond Havel
Dec 30, 2021
Raymond Lee Havel, 88, of Bryan was called home by God on Thursday, December 30, 2021 peacefully in the comfort of his home in Robertson County. Visitation will be from 12:00pm until service time at 1:00pm, Monday, January 3, 2022 at Callaway-Jones Funeral Center, 3001 South College, Bryan, Texas. Interment will follow at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, FM 2446, Franklin, Texas.
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Maria Ruiz
Dec 30, 2021
On December 30th, 2021 Maria Ruiz gained her wings and is now soaring in the heavens alongside her parents. Maria was born July 22nd, 1984 in Nueva Rosita, Coahuila Mexico, to parents Fernando and Maria Granado. Maria and her family immigrated to the United States in 1993, where she later went on to become a citizen. She married her high...
Elvira Medina
Dec 29, 2021
At the age of 74, Elvira Medina passed into the presence of the Lord on Wednesday, December 29, 2021. She was born on April 14, 1947 in Cañada Grande, municipality of Rio Verde, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. There, she met and married José Guadalupe Medina, with whom she lived happily married for more than 57 years. Living in Bryan since...
Lynn Hodge Scott
Dec 28, 2021
Lynn Scott House was called home to heaven on December 28, 2021.
Lynn was born on November 16, 1937 in Macon, Georgia to Thomas Coleman Hodge and Nona Strother Hodge. She spent her childhood in Perry, Georgia as an only child.
As a young adult she met and soon married James Randolph Scott “Randy” on March 7, 1958 in Dallas....
Thomasa Ann Mcfalls
Dec 27, 2021
Thomasa Ann McFalls was born on February 23rd, 1953 in Hoxi, Arkansas. She passed December 27th, 2021 in Bryan. Masa attended College Heights Assembly of God Church in Bryan. She loved her church family and praising God. Masa always jumped at an opportunity to attend any church functions she could. She had many hobbies including gardening, cooking, doing puzzles, collecting...
Seldon Bob Sandlin
Dec 27, 2021
Seldon Bob Sandlin, 73, of Normangee, Texas, passed away Monday December 27, 2021 in College Station, Texas. Cremation services are in the care of Callaway-Jones Funeral and Cremation Centers of Bryan College Station.
Donna Gayle Harris
Dec 26, 2021
Donna Harris, 66, of College Station, passed away on Sunday, December 26, 2021 in College Station. Visitation will be from 5 to 7pm, Wednesday, December 29, 2021 and funeral service at 11am, Thursday, December 30, 2021 both at Callaway-Jones, 3001 South College Avenue, Bryan. Interment will follow at Florida Chapel Cemetery near Round Top. Services are in the care of...
Mario Von Castellese
Dec 26, 2021
Mario Von Castellese
10/30/1960 – 12/26/2021
Mario Castellese, 61, of Bryan (Brazos County), passed away in Temple on December 26, 2021.
Mario was born in Houston, Texas. He graduated Aldine High School in 1979. He was a big part of the FFA program. He worked as an IT specialist for Genuine Parts Company which handles all computer technology for...
Jacqueline Reese Nedbalek
Dec 25, 2021
Jacqueline Reese Nedbalek, 87, of College Station, passed away on Saturday, December 25, 2021 in College Station. Services are in the care of Callaway-Jones Funeral and Cremation Centers, Bryan-College Station.
A full obituary is soon to follow.
Roger Smith
Dec 23, 2021
Roger Lea Smith was born in Salem, MO 2/28/1949 to Harold “Wayne” Smith of Licking, MO and Hazel Vicinda (Branson) Smith of Bucyrus, MO. He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant great nephew. He is survived by his beloved wife of 38 years, Johnnie (Marlowe) Smith of Johnstown, PA; adored son and daughter-in-law Stephen Smith and...
Frances Trimm Broaddus
Dec 23, 2021
Frances Trimm Broaddus, 76, of Caldwell, Texas, was called home by her Lord and Savior on December 23, 2021.
Frances Jane Trimm, was born June 20, 1945 to Nettie Frances Brand Trimm and Oliver Hopson Trimm in Praco, Alabama.
Frances and her family later moved to Caldwell and graduated Class of 1963 from Caldwell High School. She loved her classmates...
Myra Beth Ayers
Dec 22, 2021
Myra Beth (Coldiron) Ayers
It is with extreme sadness that we announce the passing of our mom, after a very brief unexpected battle with lung cancer, she was born in North Zulch, Madison County, Texas to Milton and Mattie Lee Coldiron. Myra Beth attended North Zulch I.S.D. and later retired from Bryan I.S.D. Myra met the love of her life,...
Regina Rose Defauw
Dec 20, 2021
Regina Rose Lyons Defauw, 86, of Navasota, Texas, formerly of Hurst, Texas, passed away on December 20, 2021. Regina, loving known as Jean by her family and friends, was born to her parents Theodore Lyons and Kathryn Lyons on October 26, 1935, in Kansas City, Kansas. Jean grew up with beloved sister Mary Kathryn Lyons McMaster, who preceded her in...
James Ellis
Dec 20, 2021
James E. Ellis, 92, died Monday, December 20, 2021, at his home in College Station, Texas. Funeral arrangements are with Callaway-Jones of Bryan–College Station. Visitation on Thursday, December 23, at 1:00 p.m., with services at 2:30 p.m. Interment to follow at Wellborn Cemetery.
James was born in Frankston, Texas, to Ree and Janie Ellis. As a teenager he moved to...
Teresa Godinez Cruz
Dec 19, 2021
It is with extreme sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved wife, mother, sister, aunt, niece, and friend, Teresa Cruz. Our personal worldly angel received her permanent angel wings in heaven on December 19, 2021, after a 20+ year battle with Huntington’s Disease.
She was the light in our lives, like the sun, she always gave us warmth,...
Bobby Ray Childers
Dec 18, 2021
Bobby Ray Childers, 85, of Brenham, passed away Saturday, December 18, 2021. Services are in the care of Callaway-Jones Funeral and Cremation Centers of Bryan College Station, Texas.