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A Celebration of Life for Freda Oliver Thormahlen will be held on Saturday, June 3, 2023, at 11:00 am at Lake Ridge Chapel and Memorial Designers. She passed away peacefully in her sleep on April 26, 2023. Please visit www. memorialdesigners.net to view the broadcasting schedule, floral purchasing and an area to share stories of Freda with her family.
Read morePatsy Hamm passed away peacefully in Brownfield on May 24, 2023, at the age of 89. Patsy’s life began on October 17, 1933, when she was born to Willie and Lois Hyman. She grew up with her brother Bill and eventually married the love of her life, Jack Hamm. Patsy and Jack went on to have three children: Deborah, Gerry, and Tim.
Read moreGravela DeLeon Leija, of Brownfield, Texas, passed away on May 15, 2023 at the age of 77. She was born on November 30, 1945 in Stockdale, Texas, to Ignacio and Jacinta DeLeon. She is one of 10 brothers and sisters.
Read moreShae Alexandra Valenzuela was born on January 17, 2002, in San Antonio, Texas to Jesse and Kylee Valenzuela. She left this life on May 6, 2023. Shae spent most of her young life growing up in San Antonio and moved with her family to Brownfield in 2018. She graduated from Brownfield High School in 2020.
Read moreWe mourn the loss but celebrate the life of Mario Galindo Luna, who passed away peacefully on May 8, 2023, in Lubbock, Texas. Born on January 31, 1954, in Sonora, Texas, Mario was the son of Alberto and Dora Luna. Maria Louisa Luna was his loving wife who preceded him in death.
Read moreHenry Wesley “Wes” Woodard was born in Brownfield, Texas, on July 10, 2004, to Jody and Kathryn Woodard, and was taken from this life on May 1, 2023. While some would say it was too soon, in God’s eyes Wes was with us exactly the right amount of time.
Read moreNancy Reeves McGowan, a truly gentle soul, entered the Kingdom of Heaven on April 3, 2023, after battling Alzheimers for Four plus years, spending her last year in a Memory Care Facility, The Cottages At Chapel Creek in Frisco Texas, to whom the entire family is grateful. Born July 7, 1945, in Houston Texas to Jack H. Reeves and Ruth Hewitt Reeves, she graduated from Lamar High School in Houston in 1963 and that Fall entered SMU and received her Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education in 1967. She then taught 5th grade in Mesquite, Texas during the time her husband attended Law School. In October of 1967 she had her first born son. She patiently waited for her husband to finish the U.S. Army JAGC school and then joined him at Ft. Knox to begin her first of four years as an Army wife. Many life long friends were made at Ft. Knox. Her second son was born there in May of 1972. Two months later she moved to Brownfield after her husband was transferred to Southeast Asia. In August of 1972 she flew with a 4 month old and a 16 month old to Seoul Korea to join her husband. In August of 1974, her husband was released from active duty and they moved to Brownfield, Texas where her husband began his first of 54 years practifcing law with his granddad and father. In october of 1976, her third son was born in Lubbock. In March of 2019, Nancy and her husband moved to the Colony, Texas for their final home. Nancy was predeceased by her mother, father, and sister Judy Hubbel. She is survived by her husband, William J. McGowan II, sons William J. McGowan III (Jay), his three children Tristen Benjamin McGowan, Kaylen Vince McGowan and Liv Eliana McGowan, Christopher Michael McGowan, and his wife, Cristi and their son Oliver Grey McGowan, Blaine Marshall McGowan and his wife Christen McGowan, and their three children Logan Bryce McGowan, Alyssa Marie McGowan and Ella Francis (Frankie) McGowan. Nancy taught for a total of twenty years and there was not one student that she did not love to pieces, especially her TEMSCA kids. A celebration of her life was held at the Waterford Point Family Center on April 22nd. She was a voracious reader until the ravages of Alzheimer’s completely took her mind. The Family requests that only Donations be made to the Alzheimer’s Association or one’s favorite charity.
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