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Editor’s Note: This obit ran in a previous issue and has been updated to include new memorial information.
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Dennis “Lynn” Sides, age 77, passed away on September 21, 2024.Dennis was born to Jay Sides and Mildred Lawson Sides on February 13, 1947, in Abilene,Texas. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio and SouthwestTexas State University.Lynn worked as a teacher and coach until retirement at 57; he then became a peace officerwith the Medina County Sheriff’s Office and began his second career as the schoolresource officer for Medina Valley ISD.Lynn loved Jesus, life, family, mentoring children, being outdoors, and dancing. He met his wife, Diane, at a dance in 1990. In 10 months, they married and did not stopdancing until he became too sick.He was a loving, simple man who enjoyed time with family and friends.Lynn is survived by his wife, Diane Sides; brother Hardy (Gertie); daughters, Shaylyn Wells(Russell) and Stacy Kendrick (Michiel); bonus daughter and son, Jodee Post (Sion Menely)and Ryan Thompson. Grandchildren: Chris Stoops, Stephanie Carr, Michele Good, KaileeThompson, Chance Post, and Bella Lyn Thompson. Great-grandch i ldren: Chandler Stoops,Roxin and McKenna Carr, and Christopher Trippe, along with other beloved family membersand friends.There will be no typical service for Lynn as per his request, but, as he wished, there will be acelebration of life soon with a date and time to be announced.
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Carla Christine Chase, went to be with the Lord on September 28, 2024.
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Dennis “Lynn” Sides, of Hondo, passed away in Castroville, TX, on September 21, 2024, at 3:40 p.m. Cremation services have been arranged. Further details regarding memorial services are pending. Stacy Kendrick Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
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Mark Thomas Tobin, age 72, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 25, 2024 in Hospice Care at the home of his sister, Kathleen Tobin Krueger, in New Braunfels, TX. He was born on February 12, 1952 in San Antonio, TX, the son of Don F. Tobin and Margaret P. “Peggy” Tobin, former residents of San Antonio and long-time residents and ranchers in Bandera County, TX. He was a resident of Tilden, TX where he had been working on projects in the “oil patch” and a former resident of Bandera, TX.
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Bandera, Texas – Helen Marie Davenport, 86, died on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, at the Davenport Ranch in Bandera, Texas. She was born in Wink, Texas on September 30, 1937. She was the daughter of Thelma Louise Kerr and Ellis Parrish.
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Robert Carl Larsen, 74, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, September 13, 2024, in Bandera, Texas. Born in San Antonio, Texas to Margaret Jean ‘Bobbe’ Gaskin and Robert Johnson Larsen on November 25,1949. Carl lived a life filled with love, devotion, and service.
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Constance (Connie) McCracken was born in Nixon, TX April 30th 1942 and passed away peacefully on July 25th 2024 at home with family at her side. Connie was preceded in death by her husband of 38 years, Gary Lee McCracken; her parents Robert Royce Davis and Jo Nell Burrier; and her sister Sammie Lou Bronson.
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