Joan Estelle Montgomery

Joan Estelle Montgomery, 77, of Corinth passed away Friday, May 2, 2008, in Denton.  She was born May 5, 1930 in Omaha, NE to Samuel and Eva Bordy Minkin.  She married James W. Montgomery in Las Vegas in 1952.  She retired from the U.S. Post Office. 

She is survived by daughters, Kathy Naish of Highland Village, Susan Bonnell of Corinth; son, James W. Montgomery of Kelso WA; 11 Grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.  She is preceded in death by her husband James W. Montgomery.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Epitacio Ruiz Orozco

Epitacio Ruiz Orozco, 80, of Denton passed away Thursday, May 1, 2008 at Presbyterian Hospital of Denton.  He was born May 5, 1927 in Antioquia Colombia to Fabian Antonio Orozco and Maria del Carmen Ruiz de Orozco.  He married Marina Martinez on April 13 1958 in Itagui, Colombia.

A Funeral Mass will be held Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 11 a.m. at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church with Father James Flynn officiating. 

He is survived by wife, Marina Martinez de Orozco; daughters, Sonia Velasquez, Jeannette Cristales, Luz Dary Fleury; sons, Nelson Orozco, Ramiro Orozco, Jorge Orozco, Walter Orozco, and Edwin Orozco; brothers, Bernardo Orozco and Horacio Orozco, both of Antioquia Colombia; sisters, Bernarda Ardila of Ponchester, NY, Fabiola Orozco and Laura Bedoya, both of Greenwich, CT.  He is preceded in death by brother Octavio Orozco.

Jeffrey James Kostohryz

Jeffrey James Kostohryz, 48, of Denton passed away Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at his residence. Memorial services are pending at this time with DeBerry Funeral Directors.

Thomas H. Crosby

Thomas H. Crosby of Tallahassee, FL passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at his residence. Services are pending with Denton Fu­neral Home and Cremation Services.

Katherine Smith

Katherine Smith, 85, of San Antonio passed away Wednesday, April 30, 2008 in San Antonio. Services are pending with Denton Fu­neral Home and Cremation Services.

Luana Kay Lange

Luana Kay Lange, 60 of Argyle passed away Sunday, April 27, 2008 at Presbyterian Hospital of Denton. She was born February 1, 1948 in Lubbock, TX to Edward and Louise Thiry. She attended North Texas State College. She was a massage therapist. Luana enjoyed cooking, gardening, making stain glass, and beading. She was also an avid movie fan.

Survivors include her sons, Hollin, Jonah, and Elijah Lange all of Argyle; brother, Clark Thiry; and 2 grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents. Services are under the direction of Denton Funeral Home and Cremation Services.

Nina Mae Rogers

Nina Mae Rogers, 84, of Ponder passed away Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at her residence. She was born July 27,1923 in Aubrey, TX to Logan and Zelda Mann. She was married to Sammy Rogers in 1943 in McKinney. She loved going to church and she also loved her family.

A funeral service will be held Friday, May 2, 2008 at 10am at the Denton Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow at Belew Cemetery in Aubrey. Pastor Randy Snow will officiate. Survivors include her daughters, Wanda Carter of Valley View, Sammie Lilly of Cleburn, and Zelda Loyd of Ponder; sons, George Rogers of Denton, Calvin Rogers of Valley View, and Alvin Rogers of Krum; 18 grandchildren;  37 great-grandchildren; and 2 great-great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; brothers, Wylie Mann and Dink Davidson; 3 grandchildren; and 1 great-grandchild.

Services are under the direction of Denton Funeral Home and Cremation Services.

Anna McSpadden Key

Anna McSpadden Key, 92, of Denton, passed away Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at Presbyterian Hospital of Denton. She was born March 16, 1916 in Denton to Corry Baker and Barbara Elizabeth (Ewan) McSpadden. She was married to Claude Glen Key on November 26, 1941 in Abilene, TX and he died June 11, 1971. She attended Denton Public Schools and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Denton. She was a retired Beautician.

A funeral service will be held at 2 P.M. on Saturday, May 3, 2008 in the Chapel of Mulkey-Mason, Jack Schmitz and Son Funeral Home, 705 N. Locust, Denton, with Rev. Steve Nilmeier, officiating. The family will be at the funeral home for visitation from 1 P.M. until the service. Burial will follow in the Roselawn Memorial Park.

Mrs. Key is survived by one brother, C. B. McSpadden, of Meeker, OK and Nieces and Nephew Paula Cundiff, of Nacogdoches, Elizabeth Foster, of Austin, and Corry McSpadden, and wife Gayle, of Meeker, OK Great Niece Pam Grimes, Denton, and great nephew, Steve McNeill, of Arlington, and other Great Nieces and Nephews.

William Vick (W.V.) Tunnicliff

William Vick (W.V.) Tunnicliff was born May 17, 1908 in Stanford, Texas and passed away Monday, April 28, 2008, at the age of 99 in Crescent, Oklahoma. He was preceded in death by his son, William V., Jr.; parents, Vick and Jimmie (Palmer) Tunnicliff, sister and brother-in-law, Edith and Leland Hunn; brother and sister-in-law, Walter Clarence and Alice (Mulkey); daughter and son-in-law, Norlane E. and Aaron A. Borth; and wife of 71 years, Mary Mozelle (Broyles) Tunnicliff. He is survived by a daughter, J’Nevlyne Schrock and husband Dan of Crescent; granddaughters Katherine M. Borth of Edmond, OK; Kathy J. Jones of Piedmont, OK; Myra Fleming of Oklahoma City, OK; grandsons Willian Curtis Borth of Edmond, OK, James A. Stewart of Piedmont, OK, M. James Borth, II of Cincinnati, OH, and Daniel D. Schrock, Jr. of Choctaw, OK; 14 great-grandchildren, 6 great-great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces, nephews, and friends.

W.V. or “Tunny”, as he was know to many, was a lifetime resident of the Denton, Texas community before ill health brought him to OK to live near his daughter. He was a member of the Putnam City Church of Christ in Oklahoma City at the his death, but had worshipped at the Pearl St., Welch St., and Wood St. congregations of the Church of Christ in Denton during his years in Denton. He also served as an interim preacher for the Little Elm, Texas congregation during the 1950’s and 1960’s.

Tunny began his work career as a carpenter, working with his father and brother. He “flipped” houses before it gained national prominence on HGTV, buying houses where he and his family lived while he upgraded them or built houses on adjoining property. Frequent moves and upgrades occurred over the ensuing years.

He also did window decorating for C.A. Anthony & Burr’s Department Stores in Texas and Oklahoma, then the Boston Store in Denton. During WW II, he worked at a defense plant in Fort Worth.

After the war, he opened a small lumber yard on old Fort Worth Drive in Denton, which became Tunnicliff Lumber & Hardware in 1954 after a major construction project during which he also built the building for Jay’s Grill just north of the lumber yard. W.V. gave away carpenter aprons that read “Tunny’s Mink Coat” and was proud to be the first independently owned lumber company in Denton. After some years, two back surgeries forced his retirement, after which he became a realtor, then a Master Broker. (He still continued “flipping” houses during most of his lifetime). When the First State Bank building was built, he was the first one to rent an office. He enjoyed many years of commercial real estate work before he officially retired in his mid-80’s when he moved to Oklahoma.

Tunny’s hobbies were hunting and fishing. He and a number of friends converted an old school bus into a traveling motel where they camped out while hunting in the four corners area of Colorado. In later years, he traveled with his wife in their in their Suburban with an Air Stream hitched behind from New Mexico to Nebraska. Even after he moved to Oklahoma in his mid-80’s he would drive his Suburban and travel trailer to Denton where he had a spot reserved with David and Charles Mulkey in their park. Many games of “42” and visiting with other “snow bird” families who had traveled to McAllen and Harlingen, Texas from the Denton area were enjoyed over the years. 

The family will welcome visitors from 6:00 – 9:00 pm Friday evening, May 2, 2008 at Mulkey-Mason Funeral Home, 705 N. Locust. Graveside services will be conducted Saturday morning at 10:30 a.m., May 3, 2008, at Roselawn Memorial Park. Mike Taylor of the N. MacAuthur Church of Christ, Oklahoma City, OK will preside.

Memorial contributions may be made to “In Search of the Lord’s Way” television ministry at P.O. Box 371, Edmond, OK 73083-9901 or to the charity of your choice.

Family expresses its appreciation to the Mission Hospice of Kingfisher, OK for their care and compassion. Special thanks go to Amy Anselmi and Michelle Wilson for the personal care and friendship they provided Tunny and the family for the past three years. 

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