Domingo Cannon Sanchez
Apr 6, 2018
Domingo "Cannon" Sanchez of Hondo, 71, passed away Friday, Apr. 6, 2018. Born July 28, 1946, in Hondo, he was the son of Porfirio and Victoria Ybarra Sanchez. He is preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Carolina Constante, Irene Constante and Margarita Torres; and brother, Benito Sanchez. He is survived by his wife, Guadalupe Esquivel Sanchez; sons, Gabriel Sanchez...
Steven Jay Lapp
Apr 5, 2018
Steven Jay Lapp of Hondo/Quihi, 68, passed away Thursday, April 5, 2018. Born Nov. 24, 1949, in Billingham WA, he was the son of Jay and Mary Joyce Brassard Lapp. Former owner of a gift shop in California, he and his wife moved to the Quihi area in 2000. Local history intrigued him and he became a member of the...
Veronica Valdez Sauceda
Apr 4, 2018
Veronica Valdez Sauceda of San Antonio, age 43, passed away Wednesday, April 4, 2018. Born in San Antonio, Nov. 15, 1974, she was the daughter of Ambrosio and Cecilia Tovar Valdez. Her mother preceded her in death. Veronica was a very private, humble person. She never thought of herself only and was always thinking of how to help someone, especially...
Mary Ella Meredith
Apr 2, 2018
Mary Ella Hesse Meredith, formerly of D'Hanis, age 90, passed away in Wisconsin Monday, April 2, 2018. Born in Pittsburg, PA, Sept. 27, 1927, she was the daughter of Konrad L. and Hedwig Hoffken Hesse. Mary worked for United Airlines 38 years at their congressional desk, making travel arrangements for congressional members and staff. She also loved to travel and...
Joyce Elaine Haass
Mar 29, 2018
Joyce "Ma" Noblitt Haass of Biry, 72, passed away Thursday, March 29, 2018. Born in San Antonio at the Santa Rosa Hospital, April 16, 1945, she was the daughter of JW and Amy Noblitt. She graduated from Devine High School in 1963. On May 9, 1964, she married Douglas Haass. They shared almost 54 wonderful years together. Her family was...
Herbert Gerald Zinsmeyer
Mar 28, 2018
Herbert Gerald Zinsmeyer was born on November 2nd, 1929 in DHanis, Texas to Martin and Dora (Koch) Zinsmeyer. He was their sixth of seven children and youngest son. Herb was blessed with older brothers Joseph, James, Bernard, and David, older sister Emily, and younger sister Ellen. Herb's youth was spent growing up in DHanis across the street from Holy Cross...
Nelwyn E. Borgens
Mar 27, 2018
Nelwyn Eileen Ward Borgens of Hondo, 70, passed away Tuesday, Mar. 27, 2018. Born Oct. 20, 1947, in Hondo, she was the daughter of Floyd and Darlene E. Wendland Ward. Nelwyn grew up in Hondo and graduated from Hondo High School in 1965. She then attended Texas A&I in Kingsville, TX where she met her future husband Larry. Larry and...
Blanca Lilia Q. Perez
Mar 25, 2018
Blanca Lilia Quezada Perez, 81, of Hondo passed away Sunday March 25 2018. She was born in Maguarichi, Chihuahua, Mexico, December 01, 1936. She was the daughter of Abel Quezada and Maria Luisa Nunez Quezada. Blanca was a loving, hardworking woman. She began working at the tender age of 9 to help support her widowed mother. She continued with her...
Doris May Bartelt
Mar 19, 2018
Doris May (Bendele) Bartelt of Hondo, Texas, 84, passed away on March 19, 2018, at a care facility in New Braunfels, Texas. Doris was born on May 5, 1933 in Hondo, Texas, the daughter of Oscar and Pauline (Krenmueller) Bendele. Doris grew up in Dunlay, Texas, graduating from St. Louis Catholic School in Castroville and attending Durham Business College in...
Pablo Castillo
Mar 17, 2018
Pablo Castillo of Hondo, 92, passed away Saturday, Mar. 17, 2018. Born June 30, 1925, in Hondo, he was the son of Esteban Angel Castillo and Ricarda Gonzales Castillo. A U.S. Army veteran, Pablo served in Korea and was discharged in 1954 as a corporal. Working at a trade he loved, he retired at the age of 82 as a...
Helen Betty Jane Witte
Mar 9, 2018
Helen Kelm Witte of Hondo, 84, passed away Friday, Mar. 9, 2018. Born in Burton, TX, Jan. 28, 1934, she was the daughter of Paul E. and Meta Jaster Kelm. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband of 48 years, Loyd Witte. Survivors include her daughter, Susan (Jeff Slusser) Flora; sons, Kenneth (Terry) Witte and Alan...
Margaret Agnes Poerner
Mar 9, 2018
Margaret Agnes Poerner, of New Braunfels, Texas, 63, surrounded by family, went to be with Jesus on March 9, 2018. Born in Hondo, Texas, on January 3, 1955, she was the beloved eldest daughter of John H. and JoAnn Poerner. Born intellectually disabled, she nonetheless had a lust for life while living at home and at special care facilities. She...
Bernard Duane Baker
Mar 7, 2018
Bernard Duane Baker of Hondo, 76, passed away Wednesday, Mar, 7, 2018. Born Aug. 31, 1941, in Devine, he was the son of Melvin G. Baker Sr. and Florence Fay Compton Baker. He was the third of four children and is preceded in death by his brothers, Melvin G. Baker, Jr. and Richard Dale Baker; and sister, Melba Fay Fohn....
Martha C. Mctaggart
Feb 27, 2018
Martha C. Moore Callaway McTaggart passed from this worldly life Feb. 27, 2018. Martha was born to Curtis and Nellie Moore in Poteau, OK, May 14, 1925. The family moved to Texas when she was a small girl. Martha grew up in Malakoff, and married J. E. Marlow Callaway Aug. 22, 1942. They resided in several cities in Texas over...
William Arthur Abbott
Feb 25, 2018
William Arthur "Bill" Abbott, Jr., age 72, of rural Hondo, departed this plane Feb. 24, 2018, in San Antonio. Bill was born Dec. 30, 1945, in San Antonio, to William Arthur Abbott, Sr., and Deniece Patton Abbott. He was baptized at Trinity Episcopal Church and served as an acolyte in his teen years. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School...
Irene Ida Wernette
Feb 24, 2018
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...
Betty Frances Mumme Jr.
Feb 22, 2018
Betty Frances Harrell Mumme of Hondo passed away Thursday, February 22, 2018, at the age of 78. Born in Jacksonville, TX, on December 18, 1939, she was the daughter of E.D. and Sarah Joe Wherry Harrell. Betty moved to Hondo from Grand Prairie while she was in High School. While a student at Hondo High School she met and later...
Baldemar C. Sandoval
Feb 20, 2018
Baldemar Cipriano Sandoval of Hondo, 65, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. Born May 15, 1952, in Mexico, he was the son of Gilberto and Felipa Cipriano Sandoval. A loving husband, father, grandfather and brother, Baldemar also enjoyed dancing and watching movies. He is preceded in death by his parents; infant son, Robert; brothers, Rojelio Lopez and Ediberto Sandoval; and...
Michael Joseph Bendele
Feb 17, 2018
Michael Joseph Bendele, age 50, of Grand Forks, ND, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, February 17, 2018, while on vacation in Hondo, TX. Michael was born on December 3, 1967, in Orange, CA, the only son of Michael and Maureen Kay (Dempsey) Bendele. In 1971 the family moved to Texas and then to Grand Forks in 1972 after his father...
Edward Abert Zadik
Feb 16, 2018
Edward Albert "Ed" Zadik Jr. of Natalia, 69, passed away Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. Born Dec. 20, 1948, in San Antonio, he was the son of Edward Albert Sr. and Alice Lindsey Zadik. Ed was a Vietnam-era veteran, having served in the U.S. Coast Guard, and was very proud of the fact that his father was a survivor of the...
