All Obituaries

Yvonne Collins died January 18, 2021 in Odessa at age 89 after a brief illness.   Yvonne was born in Hale Center, TX on June 11, 1931 to Velma and Sam Hallmark. She spent her early years living on their farm.  As a girl, she used to say that she was born in the barn and her dog was born under the barn. She graduated from Lubbock High School in 11th grade. She attended Texas Tech University and married her husband, Marlin Collins on January 30, 1949. She and Marlin worked together...

Frances Pearl Levin, a resident of Midland for seventy years, passed away January 17, 2021 at the age of ninety-four.     Frances was born in 1926 to Martin and Anna Kornblatt in Denton, Texas where she was raised and graduated high school at Denton High.  Frances attended The Hockaday School for her first two years of her college before attending the University of Texas at Austin, where she received her degree in Art.   During her years at UT she met Max Levin, and...

Claudia Jane Roberson, 68, died on January 15, 2021 at Oaks Nursing Center in Burnet, Texas.   She was born in Odessa, Texas on August 10, 1952 to Darlyene McCuiston Roberson and William K. Roberson.  She graduated from Odessa High School in 1970 and went to Houston Baptist to study nursing.  Claudia then returned to Odessa to get her RN from Odessa College.  She worked for Dr. Turner and Dr. Albert Finch and in later years, she worked for St. John’s Episcopal...

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Kenneth David Wallender, also known as K. David, July 28, 1939 – January 12, 2021.  Passed away at his resident in Odessa, Texas.    Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 1:00 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home in Odessa with Reverend Dr. Jimmy Braswell officiating.  Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens   Born in Anderson, Missouri to Kenneth Clay Wallender and Ella Marcelle Wallender.  As a child, he lived in...

In loving memory, Vernon Elbert Dye, 89 years of age, passed away on January 12, 2021 in Odessa, Texas.   Graveside Services will be held at 1:00 PM, Monday, January 18, 2021 at Sunset Memorial Gardens.   Vernon was born in Prague, Oklahoma on April 26, 1931 to Dallas Jackson Dye and Lula Morgan Dye. He married the love of his life, Louise, on September 26, 1953 in Ada, Oklahoma.   Vernon worked in the oilfields of Texas and Oklahoma for Parker Drilling Co. for 37...

January 11, 2021, at the age of 86, our mother, Clara Ilene Storms Sissel, received her heavenly reward.  She was born May 9, 1934 on a farm in rural Hugoton, Kansas.  Mom will be remembered by many as the owner of Ba’ Lene’s Dress Shop “Open & Hopen” from 1968 to 1994.  She enjoyed dressing her ladies because she was such a people person.  Mom just couldn’t retire, so she had part-time jobs at Berggren’s Flowers, Frontier...

Tommy Dean Stanford, 71 years old, of Odessa, Texas, passed away on January 10, 2021 in Odessa, Texas.    Funeral Services will be held 10:00 AM, Monday, January 18, 2021 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with David Newton of Crossroads Church, officiating.  Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.   Tommy Dean Stanford was born in Madill, Oklahoma, to Ernest J. Stanford and Ovella Azlee Teal on June 26, 1949.  He went to Permian High School at Odessa,...

Harriet Seibold passed away on January 10, 2021 in Odessa, Texas.   Graveside Services will be Friday, January 15, 2021 at Sunset Memorial Gardens at 3:00 PM. Matt Wilson will be officiating.   Harriet Seibold was born July 20, 1928 in Albany, New York to Henry and Dorothy Greene. She married Robert Seibold on December 11, 1948 in Oklahoma. She was a homemaker for most of her life. She was active in the Church.   She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert Seibold;...