Obits

Tommie Lee (Gardiner) Posey

October 5, 1929 — October 5, 2017

Tommie Lee (Gardiner) Posey, of Kingsland, Texas passed away Oct. 5, 2017. She was born to John Thomas and Annie Charlotta (Moore) Gardiner on Oct. 5, 1929, in LaVernia, Texas.

Tommie will be remembered most by her friends, family, and acquaintances as having a cheerful but feisty personality. As a child, she enjoyed gymnastics and performance roller skating. In her adulthood, she loved parties and having fun with her husband and friends.

She is remembered for always looking on the ground for coins that were face up (because face down was bad luck), her unmatched pickled watermelon rind, her “coffee” for the grandchildren that was mostly milk and sugar but made them feel grown up, and her winning attitude that wouldn’t allow the grand children to win a game just because they were children, which made them try harder.

H. Dean Lindenmeyer

May 9, 1941 — September 27, 2017

H. Dean Lindenmeyer, 76, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. He is now united with his loving wife of 56 years, Marietta (Beavers) Lindenmeyer, in Heaven, with our Lord and Savior.

A celebration of life will be held for Dean on Oct. 21 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Hidden Falls Country Club, 220 Meadowlakes Drive, Marble Falls.

Dean was born May 9, 1941, in Casper, Wyoming, to Harry and Norma Lindenmeyer. He attended Natrona County High School. Dean met and married the love of his life, Marietta, also from Casper, Wyoming.

Dean began working for Albertson’s in his early 20s, and quickly worked his way up to store director, opening many stores in multiple cities and states for them during his 16-year tenure.

At the age of 38, Dean bought and ran his own grocery store, Twin Oaks Minimax, in Austin, Texas, which he owned from 1977 through 1982.

Patrick Sheedy

October 27, 1950 — September 21, 2017

Patrick Clay Sheedy passed away in Marble Falls, Texas, on Sept. 21, 2017. He was born in Kingsville, Texas, on Oct. 27, 1950. He was 66.

Patrick attended and studied business at Texas A&I University and was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. He was also a member of the Methodist church.
He is preceded in death by his mother, Ruth Ann Sheedy.
Patrick is survived by father, Douglas L. Sheedy, brother Michael Sheedy, children Jonathan and Jennifer, and three granddaughters.
Arrangements under the care of Jenkins Funeral Home, formerly Edgar Funeral Home, Burnet, Texas.

Norma Jean Buth

August 1, 1930 — September 20, 2017

Funeral services for Norma Jean Buth, 87, of Temple, will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30, at the Dossman Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30, at the Central Texas State Veteran’s Cemetery in Killeen.

The family will receive friends for visitation from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26, at the Dossman Funeral Home Chapel.

Mrs. Buth died Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, in a Harker Heights Hospital.

Robert Earl Bancroft

d. September 22, 2017

Robert Earl (Hankins) Bancroft, 90, passed away on Friday, Sept. 22, 2017, after a short illness.

Robert (Bob) was born in Portland, Oregon, and was raised by loving family members Earl and Charlotte Hankins in Monterrey Park, California Bob graduated from Mark Keppel High School, Alhambra, California; Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California; and the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.

Billy Mitchell

June 23, 1934 — September 17, 2017

Billy Mitchell, 83, of Copperas Cove, passed away Sept. 17, 2017. He was born in Sparta, Tennessee, to Norman and Lula Mae Mitchell on June 23, 1934.

Bill spent 20-plus years in the United States Army and was a Vietnam veteran. He met his wife, Maryann, in Germany while in the military.

Charles Tally

d. September 19, 2017

Charles Tally of Marble Falls passed away on Sept. 19, 2017.
A funeral service is planned for 11 a.m., Friday, Sept. 22, at Jenkins Funeral Home, 109 N. Main St., Burnet.
Interment will follow immediately after the service at Resthaven Cemetery, Brady, Texas.
Charles honorably served his country in the United States Army and was a proud Vietnam veteran.
Charles is preceded in death by his parents, Floyd B. and Alice Tally; sister, Shiron Tally; and brother, Robert Tally.
He is survived by his daughter, Linda Smith of Waco; mother of his daughter, Ruthie Daniel of Mexia; sister, Elaine Newman of Gorman; and several nieces and nephews.
Arrangements under the care of Jenkins Funeral Home, formerly Edgar Funeral Home, Burnet, Texas.

Irma Louise “Nannie” Schnelle

August 9, 1919 — September 4, 2017

Irma Louise “Nannie” Schnelle, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother, was called home to her maker Sept. 4, 2017. She was surrounded by her family and friends, all of whom loved her deeply.

Kenneth Ray Bertling

August 20, 1936 — September 6, 2017

Kenneth Ray Bertling went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. He was born on Aug. 20, 1936, in Knippa, Texas to Fletcher Ray Bertling and Linnie Catherine Herring Bertling.

Kenneth was married to Barbara Pauline Stephens of Marble Falls on Nov. 17, 1956. Both were graduates of Marble Falls High School Class of 1953.

John William Berlin

May 16, 1948 — September 5, 2017

John William Berlin, 69, of Marble Falls, Texas, passed away with family by his side on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. John was born in Monroe County, Missouri, on May 16, 1948, to Clyde and Gladys Berlin, the sixth of eight children. He graduated from Monroe City High School in 1966, where he competed in football and track.