After nearly 99 years on earth, Irene Ida Moebius Wernette of Hondo, completed her long journey home. Irene went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, February 24, 2018. Born at home near Quihi, February 27, 1919, she was the eldest daughter of Fritz M. and Adele B. Hermann Moebius. In infancy she was baptized at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Hondo and later confirmed by Pastor Laubauch at Trinity Lutheran Church in San Antonio. Irene was a member of Bethesda Christian Church in San Antonio for 43 years. She was very active, working in the nursery, and loved to attend the Bible Studies and conventions. At one point she accompanied a missionary on a trip to Belize. She especially enjoyed the preaching of Rev. J. F. Foster and singing by him and his wife Marguerite. Her favorite song was "Then I Met the Master." She attended schools in Hondo and then Harlandale High School in San Antonio. On November 24, 1938, she and Oscar Joseph Louis Wernette were married. This union was to last 21 years and was blessed with five children, Barbara, Kenneth "Buddy", Marilyn, Gary and Wayne. Irene had many interests and was very talented. In her teens, she worked at Palle's, a fabric store in Hondo. She dedicated the next years to being a mother and homemaker. Loving to sew, she studied dress design and received a certificate in Dressmaking in 1962. Her hobbies included music, gardening, baking, and writing poems and short stories about animals, birds and family. She loved to dance and to listen to her Dad play his "Golden Fiddle" as her brother played guitar and sang. Mama (Grandma Net to her grandchildren) loved her Lord, her family, and her home. Always a peacemaker and compassionate, she loved children and the "down trodden." She was preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Barbara Ann Davis; brother, Preston Floyd Moebius; and infant grandson, Dwayne Everitt Wernette. Survivors include daughter, Marilyn Irene (Kenneth J.) Heyen of Hondo; sons, Kenneth O. "Buddy" Wernette Sr. of Hondo, Gary Neal Wernette of Devine and Wayne Allen (Rose) Wernette of Hondo; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren; and sister, Virginia Heiligman of Hondo. Visitation will be Friday, March 2, from 6 to 8 p.m., at Guinn-Horger Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral service will be Saturday, March 3, 1:00 p.m., at Guinn-Horger Chapel, followed by interment at Hondo Cemetery, Oakwood Section. The family suggests memorials may be made to Bethesda Christian Church, 2210 Basse Rd., San Antonio TX 78213.