Leroy Erhardt Kunz
Jul 3, 2018
Leroy Erhardt Kunz of Hondo, 78, passed away Tuesday, July 3, 2018. Born April 18, 1940, in New Braunfels, he was the son of Theodor Casper Kunz and Alma Bertha Meckel Kunz. He is preceded in death by his parents and his wife of 52 years, Bonnie Louise Koch Kunz. He is survived by his son, Kenneth W. "Kenny" Kunz...
Kim Tran
Jun 20, 2018
Kim Tran of Hondo, age 92, passed away Wednesday, June 20, 2018. Born Oct. 16, 1925, in Viet Nam, he and his wife came to Hondo to live near their son and his family. He was a cook at the family restaurant, Golden Dragon. He is preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Kim Thi Thai; two infant children;...
Irene Melinda Burell Bendele
Jun 20, 2018
Irene Melinda Burell Bendele, age 105, of Castroville, passed away on June 20, 2018 in Castroville. She was born January 21, 1913 Rio Medina, Texas to Frank Alexander Burell and Regina Marie Kuentz Burell. On September 14, 1935, she married Milton Henry Bendele in Castroville, TX. They were married for 56 years when he passed away on January 8, 1992....
Deanna Gauna Obregon
Jun 18, 2018
Deanna Gauna Obregon of Yancey, 57, passed away Monday, June 18, 2018. Born in Hondo, Sept. 25, 1960, she was the daughter of Ernesto D. Gauna and Marcelina Sandoval Martinez Gauna, both of whom preceded her in death. Deanna attended Hondo schools until the 8th grade when she was needed to help at home. Always a caregiver, often putting the...
Mildred Marie Martin Goffinett
Jun 18, 2018
Mildred Marie Martin Goffinett of Hondo, 96, passed away Monday, June 18, 2018. Born in Hondo, May 31, 1922, she was the daughter of Fritz A. Martin and Annie Jane Muennink Martin. Mildred graduated from Hondo High School in 1939 and married G. K. Goffinett in 1940. They had one son, Kelder, in 1942. She worked as a civil servant...
Maria Paulina Adkins
Jun 9, 2018
Maria Paulina Saathoff Adkins of San Antonio, 86, passed away Saturday, June 9, 2018. Born in Hondo, March 6, 1932, she was the daughter of Charles L "Charley" and Maria Garza Saathoff, who precede her in death. Maria grew up in Hondo and graduated from Hondo High School. As a military wife, she traveled extensively with her husband and four...
Alice Jane Martin
May 25, 2018
Jane Lester Martin, age 83, long-time resident of Hondo, Texas, went to be with the Lord on May 25, 2018. She was born to Owen and Jewel Lester in Millett, Texas, July 29, 1934. She attended Moore, Yancey, and Pearsall schools, playing volleyball, basketball, cheerleading, and twirling. She graduated from Pearsalt High School in 1952. After high school, Jane attended...
Pedro M. Frausto
May 22, 2018
Pablo M. Frausto of Center Point, 82, passed away Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in Kerrville. Born Jan. 18, 1936, in Yancey, he was the son of Santiago and Eduvejen Martinez. He is preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Juanita DeLeon, Angelina DeLeon; and brothers, Santiago Jr., Felix, Francisco "Pancho", Meliton and Ricardo Frausto. He is survived by his wife...
Elsie Mae Timmerman
May 18, 2018
Elsie was born in Hondo October 9, 1929 to William and Lillian Deckert Ziegenbalg. She was the Great Granddaughter of Jean Jacques Batot who along with his son Christian were the first two settlers of D'Hanis. She grew up and spent most of her life on the Deckert family farm known as the "Longview Farm" situated between Hondo and D'Hanis...
James Russell Edwards
May 15, 2018
James Russell Edwards of Hondo, 74, passed away Tuesday, May 15, 2018. Born Sept. 2, 1943, in Sellersville, Pennsylvania, he was the son of James Edmund Edwards and Elizabeth Borse Edwards, who precede him in death. James was a US Navy veteran of the Viet Nam era and a member of the American Legion Hal Jones Post 128, in Hondo....
Kenneth Charles Lutz
May 9, 2018
Kenneth Charles "Foamy" Lutz of D'Hanis, 59, went to be with our Lord and Savior on Wednesday, May 9, 2018. Born July 13, 1958, in Hondo, he was the son of Arthur J. and Lillian E. Rudinger Lutz. Kenny enjoyed "piddling" around the house, farming and ranching, carpentry and, most recently, raising sheep. He is preceded in death by his...
John R. Schuehle
May 5, 2018
John R. Schuehle, age 74 of Deer Park and formerly of Hondo, passed away suddenly May 5, 2018. Born May 27, 1943, in Waco, he was the son of Jake and Roselyn McLaughlin Schuehle. After graduation from Hondo High School in 1961, he continued his education, attending The University of Texas, where he pursued a master's degree in business and...
Anita Louise Wilks
Apr 28, 2018
My mom, Anita Wilks of Hondo, died on Saturday, April 28, 2018, at 1:45 in the morning when her heart finally gave way after a heroic struggle with Vascular Dementia and COPD. She was born in Stuttgart, Arkansas, on March 3 of 1941. She was the sparkle in my grandfather's, Harold Read's, eyes and was the loving daughter to my...
Ralph Jerome Zerr
Apr 27, 2018
Ralph Jerome Zerr of D'Hanis, 69, born May 6, 1948, went to heaven on Friday, April 27, 2018. Ralph married Joyce Howard in 1979. They were married 17 years and had two daughters. Ralph enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping and other outdoor fun. If you knew him, you knew that his fishing hat was really an extension of him. He loved...
Wilma Louise Sparger
Apr 24, 2018
Wilma Louise "Billie" Sparger of Comfort, formerly of the Hondo/D'Hanis area, age 93, passed away Tuesday, April 24, 2018. Born in Washington IN, April 23, 1925, she was the daughter of J. Clinton Dougherty and L. Ruth Feagans Dougherty. Billie served in the U.S. Navy during WWII as a Specialist (V) 2nd Class. She was avid hunter and fisherwoman, was...
Verlie Fay Nietenhoefer
Apr 20, 2018
Verlie Fay Nietenhoefer of Hondo, 84, passed away Friday, Apr. 20, 2018. Verlie was born on Jan. 6, 1934, in Oldenburg TX, to Johanna Wubbenhorst and Thaddeus Rudolph Keilers. She graduated from Fayetteville High School in 1951 and married Henry Christian Nietenhoefer on Jan. 15, 1955, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Warrenton TX. They became parents to two boys,...
Vernon Neal Geuea
Apr 18, 2018
Vernon Neal "Buster" Geuea, 93, passed away Wednesday, Apr. 18, 2018, in Hondo. The son of Charles Fritz and Ellie Carrie Elms Geuea, he was born in Hondo Feb. 14, 1925. Growing up in Tarpley, Buster became an avid outsdoorsman. For a time, he went hunting every opening season for deer, duck, dove, pheasant, etc. One of his proudest stories...
Jose S. Ramirez
Apr 18, 2018
Jose S. Ramirez of Hondo, 93, passed peacefully from this life Wednesday morning, April 18, 2018. He was surrounded and spported by his loving family and caregivers during the last days of his life. Born Aug. 27, 1924, in Hondo, where he grew up, he was the son of Cruz and Aurelia Suniga Ramirez. Joe, as he was known to...
Joe William Embrey
Apr 13, 2018
Joe William Embrey age 96 of Hondo, passed away Apr. 13, 2018. He was born Oct. 23, 1921, in Hondo, the son of William Henry and Lola Belle Dutton Embrey. While at Hondo High School, he played on the 1939 state championship baseball team. Joe was the last living member of that team. Following graduation from HHS, he went to...
William E. Berger
Apr 11, 2018
illiam E. (Bill) Berger, whose career as a newspaperman spanned parts of nine decades, died Wednesday, April 11, 2018, in Austin. At age 99, he was less than two months shy of his 100th birthday. He was born in Ferris, Illinois, to William George and Ethel Nelson Berger, on June 6, 1918. As a young boy, he delivered newspapers to...
