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...
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...
