Obituaries

Diane June Masters Lacy, 72, passed away in San Antonio, Texas, June 29, 2021 after battling ovarian cancer for five years. Diane grew up in San Antonio, the daughter of Dr.

Diane Baylor, 81, passed away on July 3, 2021, in her home in Alpine, Texas. A memorial service for Diane will be held at 10:30 a.m.

Donna J. Connor was born May 20, 1948, in Rochester, N.H.

James C. Roark, Jr., 74, of Sanderson, Texas, passed away on July 10, 2021, in Fort Worth, Texas.

Joe E. Skelton of Alpine, Texas, passed away on July 10, 2021, after a long illness. He was born in Pecos, Texas, on May 15, 1943, to Raymond and Rose Ellen Skelton and raised in Alpine, Fort Davis, and Marfa, Texas.

Did you know Ruth Abel? Ruth Abel was born Ruth Knupfer in the town of Plauen in Germany on a beautiful June day in 1933. War had not yet found the country. She was her father’s favorite of the four children, trailing after him through errands in town, and through gardens on the weekend. Her life was joyful. She wanted to be a journalist. She loved school, and she was good at it.

Rogelio Luna Valenzuela, Sr., of Alpine, Texas, passed away on June 28, 2021. Rosary will be held on Friday, July 9, 2021, at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Alpine, followed by mass. Burial will follow at the Holy Angels Cemetery.

The idea of encapsulating the life of a man as magnificent as Robert Charles Johns in something as trite and permanent as an obituary has been a true struggle. Robert Charles Johns, also known as Bobby Johns and Bob Johns, was born on Feb.

Richard V. Portillo, 62, of Alpine, Texas, passed away on June 19, 2021.

Anne Tyree Eckley was born on Dec. 31, 1927, in Lawton, Okla., to Eloise Vaughan and John Tyree.