Benjamin Vizcarra
Jan 1, 2019
Benjamin Vizcarra of Hondo, 30, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. Born Sept. 9, 1988, in Sonorita, Mexico, he was the son of Jose Manuel Vizcarra and Yvonne DeLeon Vargas Vizcarra. Although he was unemployed, it didn't stop him from being optimistic. He always greeted everyone he met with both a combination of a smile and a warm "peace" sign...
Robert Wayne Robbie Mcgill
Dec 10, 2018
Robert Wayne (Robbie) McGill of Hondo, 66, passed away Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. Born May 3, 1952, in Fairfield CA, he was the son of Robert and Angeline Ruez McGill. McGill served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam Conflict and retired as a Staff Sergeant after 20 years. He is preceded in death by his parents and brother,...
Virginia Frausto
Nov 30, 2018
Virginia Robles Frausto of Centerpoint, formerly of Hondo, 82, passed away Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. Born in Yancey, July 24, 1936, she was the daughter of Isaac Robles and Angelita Luna Robles. Married young, she was a loving wife and mother. She had worked many jobs and opened her own daycare center. Those children still remember her and the love...
Consuelo Chelo Delgado
Nov 30, 2018
Consuelo Esquivel "Chelo" Delgado of Hondo, 79, passed away Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. Born in Hondo, Feb. 26, 1939, she was the daughter of Francisco and Maria Guajardo Esquivel. Consuelo was a loving mother, grandmother, sister and aunt. She loved to cook, host parties for family members, have music playing, and always enjoyed Bingo. She was preceded in death by...
Mary Martha Matthews
Nov 29, 2018
Mary Martha Gilbert Matthews of Helotes, 68, passed away Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. Born in Hondo, Feb. 11, 1950, she was the daughter of Charlie Arthur Gilbert and Mildred Naomi Welch Gilbert. Mary graduated Hondo High School with the Class of 1968. She and Jack Matthews were married May 8, 1999. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death...
Edmundo Herrera
Nov 24, 2018
Edmundo Herrera of Hondo, 89, passed away Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. Born Dec. 22, 1928, in Hondo, he was the son of Jesus M. and Herminia Barrios Herrera. Edmundo attended Hondo High School and served three years in the U.S. Army. He retired as a castor after 44 years at Universal Rundle. He was a generous and loving man who...
Vivian Clair Bohlen
Nov 24, 2018
Vivian Clair Bohlen, age 72 of Hondo, passed away peacefully at home on November 24th, 2018 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Vivian was born January 6, 1946 in Castroville to Leo Paul and Margaret Mary Iltis Echtle. She graduated valedictorian from Medina Valley High School in 1964. She married Cordell Bohlen on October 22, 1966 at Our Lady of...
Roland H. Nester
Nov 21, 2018
Roland H. Nester of San Antonio, 73, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018. Born July 23, 1945, in San Antonio, he was the son of Raymond Herbert Nester and Vivian Jones Nester, who preceded him in death. A skilled taxidermist by trade, Roland was an avid outdoorsman. He served in the U.S. Air Force Reserves. Left to remember him are...
Elsie Jeannette Heath
Nov 17, 2018
Elsie Jeannette Heath, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 17, 2018, in Hondo, TX. She was 93 years old. Elsie, daughter of Robert and Florence Scharfenberg, was born on September 16, 1925, in Preeceville, Saskatchewan, Canada. She met Jack while he was in the Navy and they were married on November 7, 1947, and moved to Hondo where they lived...
Hubert Henry Hermes
Nov 13, 2018
Hubert Henry Hermes of Hondo, 96, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. Born May 27, 1922, in Hondo, he was the son of Henry J. Hermes Jr. and Edith C. Maass Hermes. He is preceded in death by his parents; his wife of 72 years, Bernice Brucks Hermes; brothers, Lloyd, Leroy and Clyde Hermes; and sisters, Violet McGarvin, Lorene Balzen...
Edwinnie Brown Mcwhirter
Nov 11, 2018
EdWinnie Brown McWhirter of Hondo, passed away Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018, the day before her 96th birthday. Born in Leonard, TX, she was the daughter of Ira Melton Brown and Lucy Patterson Brown. For 38 years EdWinnie taught public school students in Paducah, Commerce, Waco and Hondo. She was an active member of First United Methodist Church, Huajilla Unit of...
John Edward Law
Nov 3, 2018
John Edward Law, born on December 28, 1945, left this world for his heavenly home on November 3, 2018. John attended San Antonio College and Texas University in Austin, Texas. He served his country during the Vietnam War and was on active duty in Vietnam as an operating room assistant. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in...
Elsie Louise Stanga Kotowski
Nov 2, 2018
Elsie Muennink Stanga Kotowski was born March 18, 1926, and passed away Nov. 2, 2018, at the age of 92. She was born in Hondo, Texas, to Emil and Alma Wiemers Muennink. She was baptized on Easter Sunday when she was a week old, at the Yancey Methodist Church. When she was three years old, her family moved to George...
Bernice Frances Boehle
Oct 31, 2018
Bernice Frances Lutz Boehle of Hondo, 82, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018. Born in Hondo, Oct. 8, 1936, she was the daughter of Frank Raymond and Emelia Lena Mussman Lutz. Loved by all who knew her, she was a wonderful mom and teacher to her son. She treasured her family and cared deeply about others. She loved her dogs...
Patricia Jean Grunewald
Oct 31, 2018
On Oct. 31, 2018, God welcomed another angel, Patricia Jean Hardt Grunewald of Yancey, age 83. She was born May 14, 1935, in Detroit, MI, to Margaret Lally, and then adopted by Emil Fred (Jack) and Bess Hardt and later by Jack,s second wife, Georgia Eva Snyder Walker Hardt. Pat entered the U.S. Air Force in 1954 and received an...
Jackie Lee Head Burgin
Oct 28, 2018
Jackie Lee Head Burgin of San Antonio, 76, passed away Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. Born in San Antonio, Dec. 17, 1941, she was the daughter of Leo Lloyd Head Sr. and Inez Almeda King Head. Jackie was a descendant of Alamo defender Gregorio Esparza. She had many friends and was always one who was willing to help anyone. She loved...
Margaret Ann Rothe Golden
Oct 26, 2018
Margaret Ann Rothe Golden was received into heaven on October 26, 2018 at the age of 88 years. Margaret Ann was born on March 9, 1930 on the ranch of her father and mother, Eric and Cora (Finger) Rothe. Growing up in D'Hanis, Margaret Ann and her family attended Holy Cross Catholic Church. She graduated from D'Hanis High School and...
Aurora Sendejo Duran
Oct 22, 2018
Aurora Sendejo Duran of Hondo, 92, passed away Monday, Oct. 22, 2018. Born in Floresville, Sept. 17, 1926, she was the daughter of Hipolito and Anselma San Miguel Sendejo. A hard-working woman, Aurora worked several years at Medina Community (now Regional) Hospital. She enjoyed gardening and loved spending time with family. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband,...
Rosemary Kramer Neyland
Oct 21, 2018
Our beloved Rosemary Kramer Neyland of Yancey, 90, left us to be with the Lord on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018. Born in San Antonio, July 28, 1928, she was the daughter of Joseph and Rosie Kramer. Rosemary was a military wife for 22 years and became adept at making a home for her family, no matter what location or financial...
Vivian Biry Zinsmeyer
Oct 21, 2018
Vivian Lena Biry Zinsmeyer age, 92 of Hondo, passed away Oct. 21, 2018. Born in D'Hanis, Oct. 12, 1926, she was the daughter of Henry August and Hulda Johanna Langfeld Biry. Vivian attended St. Anthony's Catholic School and D'Hanis High School. She enjoyed studying history and the arts, was in the pep squad and salutatorian of her senior class. She...
