Terry Louise Jonson
Aug 23, 2017
Terry Louise "Teri" Jonson of Hondo, 65, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. Born in Brawley, CA, Oct. 17, 1951, she was the daughter of Bill and Shirlee White Smith. She was preceded in death by her father. Teri was fun-loving and spunky. she had a kind heart and loved her family and friends. Teri enjoyed baking and helping people...
Enedina Y. Guedea
Aug 20, 2017
Enedina Ybarra Guedea of Hondo, age 91, passed away Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017. Born in Hondo, Nov. 25, 1925, she was the daughter of Eulario and Ramona Rivera Ybarra. Enedina will be fondly remembered as an excellent homemaker and a loving mother and grandmother. She will be greatly missed. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Francisco...
Rosalinda Alvarez Garcia
Aug 16, 2017
Rosalinda Alvarez Garcia of Hondo, 66, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017. Born in Natalia, Aug. 17, 1950, she was the daughter of Pablo R. and Luciana Hernandez Alvarez. Rosalinda retired from Hondo Nursing and Rehabilitation after 28 years with the facility. She was preceded in death by her mother and brothers, Carlos Alvarez and Julian Alvarez. Survivors include her...
Pedro Oranday
Aug 7, 2017
Pedro Oranday Sr. of Hondo, 94, passed away Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. Born Aug. 1, 1923, in Hondo, he was the son of Cipriano and Amada Gudino Oranday. Pedro had been an aircraft mechanic for Gary Aircraft and a kiln loader at D'Hanis Brick and Tile. He enjoyed working in his yard. He loved ranch work and caring for his...
Joseph Henry Finger
Aug 5, 2017
Joseph Henry Finger Sr. of D'Hanis, age 70, passed away Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017. Born Oct. 7, 1946, in San Antonio, he was the son of Joseph Fritz and Leona Henrietta Poerner Finger. He graduated from Del Rio High School and received his bachelor's degree from Southwest Texas State University. Upon his graduation he worked in retail for five years,...
Luis J. Willie Alderete
Aug 3, 2017
Willie Alderete was a humble man with humble beginnings. He was born Luis Jimenez Alderete, in Hondo, on Jan. 6, 1936, to Concepcion and Florentina Alderete. Luis was also known by his nickname, "Willie". As the story goes, beginning at a very young age of three, he was sent, daily, next door to pick up milk from Willie Muennink, a...
Vivian Sally Mattie Smith
Jul 27, 2017
Vivian Paine Smith of Hondo, 104, passed awayThursday, July 27, 2017. Vivian Sally Mattie Paine was born in Christine, Texas, Sept. 1, 1912, the daughter of Robert Louis and Lena Texie Jarrell Paine. Her family moved several times and finally made their home in Center Point. There, she met L. A. Smith and they were married Aug. 12, 1932. In...
Karl Edward Bishop
Jul 25, 2017
Karl Edward Bishop, 85, of Hondo, passed away Tuesday, July 25, 2017. Born Jan. 3, 1932, in Newark, OH, he was the son of Clayton and Arie Wilma Long Bishop. Karl was a graduate of Ohio University and later obtained his doctorate degree. He served in the U. S. Air Force and retired as a captain. He spent many years...
Raynaldo Junior Sanchez
Jul 23, 2017
Raynaldo Sanchez Jr.. 41. of Hondo passed away Sunday, July 23, 2017. Ray, known to his family as "Nano", was born in Manhattan, KS, on April 7, 1976. He graduated from Hondo High School and attended college at SWTJC for two years. He worked at the Hondo Wal-Mart as manager in the Deli Department. Ray's passions included detailing vehicles and...
R. J. Lutz
Jul 21, 2017
Robert J. "R.J." Lutz of Hondo, 69, passed away Friday, July 21, 2017 in San Antonio surrounded by family. He was born Dec. 6, 1947, in Hondo to Frank Raymond and Emelia Lena Mussman Lutz. After graduating from D'Hanis High School in 1966, R.J. went to work part-time for DeMontel and then joined the United States Air Force Reserves in...
Betty J. Dean Zerr
Jul 20, 2017
Betty J. Dean Zerr of Hondo, 86, passed away Thursday, July 20, 2017. Born in Medina, July 29, 1930, she was the daughter of Lewis Hope Dean and Neva Elvira Silvers Dean. Betty was a devout Catholic whose faith in God was unwavering. She lived her life surrounded by loving family and friends, and, along with her church, that was...
William David Cogburn
Jul 13, 2017
William D. Cogburn July 21, 2000 - July 13, 2017 William David Cogburn of Lytle, age 16, born July 21, 2000, in Seguin, passed away Thursday, July 13, 2017. (Apparently we should have told him this part wasn't a race, because he beat us all to heaven.) William is preceded in death by his grandfather, Billy D. Cogburn; grandparents, Pansy...
Angelita Lopez Benavides
Jul 12, 2017
Angelita Lopez Benavides of Hondo, 89, passed away Wednesday, July 12, 2017. Born in Marlin TX, Jan. 3, 1933, she was the daughter of Mauricio and Rosa Alvarado Lopez. A homemaker, Angelita was devoted to her family. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Agapito Benavides Sr.; and grandsons, Dino, Jerry and Joby Benavides. Survivors include three...
Jimmy Kelly Stewart
Jul 4, 2017
Jimmy Kelly Stewart, born January 3rd, 1939, passed away on Tuesday July 4th, 2017, at Blue Skies Freedom House, San Antonio, Texas. He was 78 years old. Jimmy was the youngest son of James Stewart and Nay Gunter Stewart of Colbert, Georgia. Jimmy enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1956 in Athens, Georgia and completed Basic Training at Lackland...
Wesley Lee Moehring
Jun 29, 2017
Wesley Lee (Wes) Moehring passed away on June 29, 2017 in Hondo. He was born to Edward and Ida Moehring on September 7, 1921 at home near Hondo, Texas on his parent's farm. He graduated from Hondo High School in 1940 where he played both football and baseball. Wesley was a member of the 1939 Texas State Baseball Championship team...
Stacey Allen Schmidt
Jun 28, 2017
Stacey Allen Schmidt of Devine, 55, passed away Wednesday, June 28, 2017, in La Vernia, Texas. . He was born April 1, 1962, in San Antonio. Stacey enjoyed fishing, hunting and working with his hands. He spent his days traveling the back roads of Texas, enjoying his career as a land surveyor. He is survived by his son, Casey Schmidt...
Tommy Mcmanus
Jun 27, 2017
Thomas "Tommy" Dale McManus passed away Tuesday, June 27, 2017. Tommy was born on February 15, 1929 in Riverside, California, the son of Thomas and Anna McManus. He moved to Texas at a very early age and was raised in Channelview. He graduated from Robert E Lee High school in Baytown, TX. Tommy then attended Lee College, followed by law...
Bernard L. Sonny Lanning
Jun 23, 2017
Bernard Lee "Sonny" Lanning of Hondo, age 70, passed away Friday, June 23, 2017. Born Sept. 29, 1946, in Des Moines, IA, he was the son of Bernard Eugene and Dottie Jean DeCamp Lanning. Sonny served in the U.S. Air Force during the Viet Nam War, retiring as a Tech Sergeant after 17 years. He was a beloved father, grandfather,...
Rene Theodore Aelvoet
Jun 23, 2017
Rene Theodore Aelvoet, a prominent South Texas farmer, businessman, investor, civic leader and proud alumni of Central Catholic High School, passed away on June 23, 2017, at the age of 87. Rene, a first generation American, was born to Belgium immigrants, Frank and Anna Aelvoet in San Antonio, on August 23, 1929. He was raised on a vegetable farm located...
Gerardo Jerry Bernal
Jun 10, 2017
Gerardo A. "Jerry" Bernal of Hondo, 69, passed away Saturday, June 10, 2017. Born June 12, 1947, in Hondo, he was the son of Esteban and Ursula Arcos Bernal. Jerry retired as a kiln operator at Universal Rundle. He is preceded in death by his parents and siblings, Sulema DeLeon, Odelia Perez, Amparo Alvarez, Esteban Bernal Jr. and Ester Bernal....
