Jim Moshinskie Funeral Director OakCrest President

We're Waco Folks 

Jim Moshinskie's dream to operate a funeral home in Waco was achieved with the purchase of OakCrest Funeral Home in 2001.

As one of the owners of Higginbotham Funeral Homes of Texas, Jim had already managed the family's other funeral homes in Central Texas for 10 years. So when the Higginbothams purchased OakCrest Funeral Home in 2001, Jim became a hands-on manager. You'll find him busy at the funeral home almost every day always willing to help families anyway he can.

Since moving to Waco 27 years ago, Jim has been known for helping people. As the former Executive Director of Daniel Ambulance Service, he started Waco's first paramedic-level ambulance service which he operated for 10 years.

Jim stays active in the St. Louis Catholic Church where he serves as an reader, usher and communion minister, and is a past president of the Waco Sunrise Rotary Club. He retired in 2006 as a tenured professor in the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University. He actively supports the Alzheimer's Association and American Cancer Society, and is on several Waco Chamber of Commerce committees. He is a member of the Board of Advisors for Providence Hospice and St. Louis Catholic School.

A Waco Success Story

In 2007, OakCrest Funeral Home celebrates its 6th anniversary serving Waco as an overwhelming success story. Once the smallest funeral home in Waco, it is now the second largest proudly serving over 280 families annually.

Increasingly more and more families are changing to OakCrest for personalized care by our friendly, experienced staff. Our goal remains to provide individualized, honest service to each family we are privileged to serve with competitive prices that show we care.

Jacque Crawford, with over 25 years of experience in selling preneeds for our largest competitor, became our Pre-Need Consultant in 2006.

Curtis Holland, our staff chaplain, also serves as a PRe-Need Consultant. He helped thousands of Waco families while director of pastoral care at Hillcrest Hospital in Waco for 27 years. He is known and respected as "Waco's Pastor."

Bill Cooper, a licensed funeral director and emblamer who has been in the funeral business in Waco for over 20 years, joined our staff in 2005.

Bill Coleman, a licensed funeral director and embalmer who served hundreds of families as a funeral director with another Waco firm, joined OakCrest in 2006 as a shareholder and as the Director of Family Services. Bill is well known to the Waco community, and has served on numerous civic, religous and social organizations.

Our staff consists of outstanding, people-centered Waco professionals who greatly enhance our ability to serve your family.

Our office manager is Glenda Ramsower, a longtime Waco resident. Her husband, Dr. Reagan Ramsower, is the Vice President of Finance and Administration at Baylor University. He is the Board Chair of Higginbotham Funeral Homes of Texas, and his great-grandfather founded the company in 1881. Besides Waco, we also operate funeral homes in Stephenville, Comanche, Cleburne, Burleson, Rising Star, Gorman and Cross Plains.

A Historic Waco Building  

Our beautiful building has historical significance to Waco. It was built in 1954 as Waco's first television station, and proudly served KWTX-TV Channel 10, until 1985. In 1998, two Waco business leaders, Gordon Robinson and John Irwin, transformed the old, vacant building into a beautiful funeral home. A variety of magnificent oak trees gracefully line the driveways into OakCrest Funeral Home in honor of our funeral home's name.

A large chapel, complete with a private family room, seats 300 people, Three large staterooms are available for family visitations, and the funeral home operates a Children's playroom full of games and toys.

We welcome you to come by anytime to tour our facilities and meet our staff. You will join hundreds of Waco families who have switched to OakCrest Funeral Home and found that the facilities, prices, and staff were outstanding. Click Testimonials to read what they have said. We are humbled and pleased to know that we made a difference.

Our building was built in 1954 as Waco's first television station. It was converted into OakCrest Funeral Home in 1999.

The very popular Uncle Elihu entertained thousands of Waco children, perhaps even you. The show was presented daily in the main KWTX studio which is now our 300-seat chapel.