Donald “Scooter” Odell Bailey, 48, of Hurst, Texas, passed away suddenly on Thursday, July 15, 2021. He was born on November 2, 1972, in Dallas, Texas, the son of Donald Lee and Margaret Ann Bailey. Scooter grew up in Irving and graduated from Nimitz High School. He later went on to complete his bachelor’s degree from DeVry University. On September 30, 2017, Scooter married the love of his life, Melissa. It was a love unlike any other, a fairytale kind of love.  He was...

William Charles Blaul, 69, of Irving, Texas passed away on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. He was born on December 5, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of William Bernard and Susan Blaul. William grew up in Posen, IL and attended Bremen High School. On April 16, 1982 he married the love of his life Trudie Lynn. William spent 30 years at Metal Systems Inc., as a foreman, which he deeply enjoyed. He was passionate about engineering and fabricating his custom ideas from scratch as well as indulging...

Nieves Mireles Martinez, 87, of Irving, Texas, passed away on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. She was born in Terlingua, Texas the daughter of Arcadio and Refugina Mireles. Nieves grew up and went to school in Alpine, Texas. She didn't start school until the age of 10. Nieves was the only child in her family to go as far as the 8th grade. She was the child of farm laborers and the family picked cotton around Lubbock, Texas. She later went on to work in laundry matts, at a factory in Marfa, Texas,...

Roberto Perez Lopez, 59, of Arlington, TX passed away on Tuesday, July 6, 2021. He was born on May 24, 1962 in Brownsville, TX, the son of Raul and Manuela Lopez. Roberto loved to always be on the go, especially going to the horse races, as he had great luck with picking winning horses and seemed extra lucky when it came to lottery scratch offs and slot machines at the casino. He enjoyed football, baseball, fishing, listening to music and working on cars. Most of all Roberto loved spending...

Sosamma Pailo, age 76 of Irving, Texas, passed away on July 3, 2021. She was born on November 9, 1944, in Thottakad, India, to Joseph and Annamma Pailo. Sosamma was one of eight children, five sisters and two brothers. While in India, Sosamma worked for the Christian Medical College Hospital in Vellore before being recruited to the United States by Parkland Hospital in June of 1969. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The University of Texas at Arlington in 1987 and Master of...

West, Carolyn Eleanor was born May 20, 1922, in Bangor, Maine and passed away on June 22, 2021 in Irving, TX. Her father, Samuel Desposito, was a barber, and her mother, Marion Nelligan Desposito, was a homemaker, and active in her church and community. After high school Carolyn went to Washington D.C., to work for the government during World War II. Rooming with family friends she transferred to Chicago, and then finally to Oklahoma City where she worked for many years at Tinker Air...