Betty Jo Lancaster
Apr 8, 2003
Betty Jo Lancaster, age 66, of Luling, passed away Tuesday, Apr. 8, 2003. Funeral service will be held Friday, Apr. 11, 10 a.m., at Trinity Lutheran Church, in Luling. Interment at the Hondo Cemetery, Oakwood Section, next to her mother Ida Mae (Saathoff) Cole, will be at 3 p.m. Arrangements are by O'Bannon Funeral Home, Luling, and, locally by Guinn-Horger...
Harry Henry Rabe
Apr 2, 2003
Mr. Harry Henry Rabe was born September 13, 1905 at Berclair in Goliad County, Texas. He passed away April 1, 2003, in the homes of his family in La Feria, Texas. His parents were Mr. Herman Ernest Rabe and Mrs. Bertha Schulenburg Rabe. His step-mother was Mrs. Dora Pahmiyer Rabe. Mr. Harry Rabe was baptized in the Lutheran Church and...
William Bryan Martin
Apr 2, 2003
William Bryan Martin, age 79, of Hondo passed away Wednesday, April 2, 2003. He was born in Vera (Knox Co.), Nov. 2, 1923, to Dolph and Jossie Spears Martin. His family moved to Gilliland in January 1925, all childhood years were spent there. After graduating from school, he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps being stationed in Wyoming until Sept. 1942....
Gerhardt Henry Weynand
Mar 29, 2003
Gerhardt Henry Weynand was born Feb. 16, 1921, to Louis and Catharina "Katie" Guly Weynand. He entered rest Saturday, Mar. 29, 2003, in San Antonio. After graduating from D'Hanis High School, he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1941 and was stationed in Pflugerville. He was among the busloads of boys who went to Austin to enlist. He was called...
Arthur Funk Vance
Mar 24, 2003
Arthur Funk "Cap'n" Vance, age 54, died peacefully in his sleep on March 24, 2003, at his home in Beaumont. He was born on Dec. 2, 1948, in Hondo, to Frank and Dorothy Vance. Vance graduated from Hondo High School and Texas A&M University. He served his country in the United States Navy and was honorably discharged in March 1973....
Irene Constante
Jan 25, 2003
Irene Constante, age 79, of Hondo passed away Jan. 25, 2003. She was born in Hondo, Nov. 8, 1923. She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Frances "Kika" and Anastacio Vasquez of Kansas, Cornia and Armando Fuentez, Katerina and Selestino Salazar, Oralia and Joel Correa, and Linda Constante, all of Hondo; sons and daughters-in-law, Jose Luis and Olga of...
John Henry Muennink
Jan 22, 2003
John Henry Muennink, age 76, of Hondo, Texas, died January 22, 2003. He was born December 27, 1926, in Hondo, Texas, the oldest of three children of Henry Louis and Dorothy Marie (Zinsmeyer) Muennink. John was a descendant of the first German and Alsatian immigrants in Texas. During his primary years, John was educated in Catholic Schools in D'Hanis and...
Jose Maria Silva
Jan 19, 2003
Jose Maria Silva, age 70, of D'Hanis passed away Jan. 19, 2003, in San Antonio. He was born in Concepcion on Nov. 7, 1932. Survivors include his wife, Maria F. Silva; daughters and sons-in-law, Sylvia Lutz and John, Diana Aquirre, and Sandy Silva, all of D'Hanis; sons and daughters-in-law, Michael Silva of Toledo, OH, Christopher and Laurie Silva of Richmond,...
Gabriel Y. Gonzales
Jan 14, 2003
Gabriel Y. Gonzales, age 89, of Hondo passed away in San Antonio. He was born in LaCoste, March 8, 1913. Gabriel was retired from Southern Pacific Railroad as a section hand. Survivors include his son, Evaristo Gonzales of San Antonio; daughter, Dominga Hernandez of Dallas; four grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; brother, Augustin Gonzales; sisters-in-law, Petra Lopez and Semona...
Lester M. Zerr
Jan 12, 2003
Lester M. Zerr, age 88, of D'Hanis passed away Jan. 12, 2003, in San Antonio. He was born in D'Hanis on May 24, 1914. Lester was a retired transport dispatcher with Southern Pacific Transport. Survivors include his wife, Lorine J. (Turner) Zerr of D'Hanis; sons, Donald M. Zerr and wife, Lillie, of San Antonio and Warren Zerr and wife, Jeri,...
Lorine F. Haby
Jan 8, 2003
Lorine F. Haby of Hondo, passed away January 8, 2003, in the Regent Care Center Nursing Home in San Antonio, at the age of 83. Mrs. Haby was born June 6, 1919, in San Antonio. She was a member of St. John's Catholic Church. She is survived by daughters, Loretta Griffin and husband, Tony, of San Antonio, LaVerne Davis and...
Jose Alfonso B. Torres
Jan 6, 2003
Jose Alfonso B. Torres, age 75, of Hondo passed away Jan. 6, 2003, in San Antonio. He was born in Mexico on Oct. 28, 1927. Survivors include his son, Raymundo Torres of Mexico City, Mexico; daughters and sons-in-law, Maria Louisa and Juan Becerra of Mexico, Teresa and Francisco Ochoa, and Alicia and Armando Becerra, all of Austin; stepdaughters, Bertha Sandoval...
Marvin G. Dean
Jan 3, 2003
Marvin G. Dean, age 86, of D'Hanis passed away Jan. 3, 2003, in San Antonio. He was born in Tarpley, Dec. 9, 1916. Marvin was a retired telegrapher for the railroad. Marvin grew up on a ranch in Bandera County and knew well the meaning of hard work. He married Mary Jo Wood in April 6, 1946, after serving his...
Rogelio Marmolejo
Jan 3, 2003
Rogelio Marmolejo, age 67, of Eagle Pass passed away Jan. 3, 2003, in San Antonio. He was born in Mexico, Sept. 12, 1935. Rogelio was a retired architect. He was preceded in death by parents, Rogelio Marmolejo and Catalina Ortega; wife, Maria de Jesus Alaman Marmolejo. Survivors include his sons, Jesus D. of San Antonio, Rogelio Jr. and Hector Marmolejo,...
