All Obituaries

Bonnie Virginia Largent, 90 of Bedford, passed away Wednesday, June 9, 2021 in Bedford.  She was born Wednesday, October 1, 1930 and grew up in Kentucky until she met and married her Army soldier.  He moved her to Texas where she converted to the Texas way of life. She worked many years at Acme Brick Company and the Texas Department of Health and Human Services.  She is predeceased by her husband of 65 years, Craft Largent; her daughter, Susan Largent, and grandson, Brian...

Robert Morrison Knox passed away on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 in Bedford, Texas, at the age of 89.  He was born November 8, 1931 in Miller, South Dakota to Rev. Gaylord Knox and Lela (Shearer) Knox.  Since his father was a missionary to Siam, Robert grew up traveling the world.  He attended school in Landor India and graduated from Berea Foundation Boarding School, Kentucky in 1946. He joined the US Army during the Korean War, in the Artillery Corp. He graduated from Purdue...

Stephanie Cecelia Bird, 96, of Hurst, Texas passed away on June 7, 2021. Born November 12, 1924 in Brisbane, Australia to Wilifred Evanstone Raphael Smith and Mary Evelyn Maunsel Smith. Stephanie met the love of her life, William Leo Bird, during the height of World War II while volunteering with the The Australian Women’s Voluntary Services. They married in Brisbane six months later on March 6, 1945. Stephanie immigrated to the United States but always kept Australia near to her...

Mark Andrew Cochran, 40, of Mansfield, Texas, died in an accident on Saturday, June 5, 2021.  He was doing what he loved most in the world - riding his motorcycle with his wife, Kristi.  He was born November 3, 1980, in Manhattan, Kansas, to Tim and Paula Cochran.  The family moved to Keller in 1988, where Mark grew up. He married the love of his life, Kristi, in 2000; he loved her son Nathan as if he were his own.  Together they had a son, Corey, in...

Timothy E. Johnston lost his Earthly battle with cancer and was accepted into the gates of Heaven on Monday, May 31, 2021 at the age of 72. Tim was a loving husband, father, father-in-law, brother, grandfather, uncle, friend, teacher and boss. Tim was born the third child to Lewis Chris Johnston and Ruth Helen Johnston on March 12, 1949 in Broken Arrow, OK. His father Lewis (Chris) worked for AA and transferred back to be close to family in Haslet, TX as soon as they could, settling in the...

Daphine Kendrick, 91, of Hurst, Texas passed away peacefully on May 29, 2021. Daphine was born March 6th, 1930, to Marcus and Josephine Damron in Greensburg, Kentucky. Daphine met her husband of 60 years, Creston Kendrick, in Fort Worth, Texas as neighbors carpooling to Meachum Field Airport in Fort Worth. Daphine a stewardess for Central Airlines, and Cress working for American Airlines. They married in June 1960. She retired as a stewardess when her first child was born. She became a...

Shirley T. Foster passed away Saturday, May 29, 2021 in Ft. Worth.  She was born October 11, 1927 in Clifton Springs, NY to Howard C. and Regina (Canne) Trimble. Shirley grew up in Penn Yan, NY, graduating from Penn Yan Academy in 1945 and Rochester Business Institute in 1946.  She married John Willett Foster in 1954 and they had 56 years together until his passing in 2011.  They enjoyed traveling, visiting all 50 states including Hong Kong, Macau, and going on 20 cruises in...

Simona Perez De La Rosa, 88, of North Richland Hills, passed away on May 28th, 2021. Simona was born in Sugarland, Texas on February 18th, 1933 to Macedonio and Marciala Perez. At a young age her family moved to Corpus Christi. There she later met and married Raul De La Rosa and together they raised their family of four daughters. In 2004, they moved to North Richland Hills to be closer to their children and grandchildren. She devoted her life to her family as a beloved wife, daughter,...

Chad Sullivan Broom Chad was a quiet man. A man of few words. Those that knew him, knew that he was probably thinking about how something worked or how he could take it apart and put it back together making it work even better than before. He was a huge animal lover and could be considered the “Dog Whisperer”. These two reasons alone were a huge part of why Chad loved living in the country. There were all kinds of animals and critters he could care for and something always...

Margaret Ann Kaprelian took the next step in her journey on Friday May 21, 2021 and is now in the loving arms of her lord and savior Jesus Christ. Margaret was born December 21, 1947 in War, West Virginia the first child of Lora Mae and Junior Chafin. Growing up a coal miner’s daughter was difficult, early hardship did not deter, yet molded her into the strong, loving, compassionate woman she became. When Margaret tragically lost her father at the age of ten, James JD Summers stepped...