Elva Adele Huser
May 13, 2017
Elva Adele Farr Huser of D'Hanis, 88, passed away Saturday, May 13, 2017. Born in Utopia, Aug. 18, 1928, she was the daughter of William Perry and Floria Adele Brown Farr. She attended school in a one-room schoolhouse in Vanderpool in her youth and always loved to go back to the hills where she grew up. Elva was a homemaker...
William Shawn Mcguyer
May 6, 2017
William Shawn McGuyer of Utopia, 48, passed away Saturday, May 6, 2017. Born Jan. 7, 1969, in Ft. Stockton, he was the son of John and Freye Cope McGuyer. He is preceded in death by his mother and brother, Randall McGuyer. He is survived by his father, John McGuyer of Utopia; brothers, Michael McGuyer of Midland, Vaughn McGuyer of Leakey...
Kevin Christopher Rohrbach
Apr 30, 2017
Kevin Christopher Rohrbach of D'Hanis, 47, passed away Sunday, April 30, 2017. Born Dec. 26, 1969, in Hondo, he was the son of Richard Allen "Rick" and Gail Ann Kollman Rohrbach. Kevin loved hunting, fishing, woodworking, working on cars and tractors, and scuba diving. He is preceded in death by his father and sister, Laurie Rohrbach. He is survived by...
Rita Esquivel Corona
Apr 27, 2017
Rita Esquivel Corona of Hondo, 80, passed away Thursday, Apr. 27, 2017. Born in Hondo, March 10, 1937, she was the daughter of Francisco and Maria Guajardo Esquivel. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Domingo Corona; and siblings, Cruz, Jesus and Juan Esquivel, Clara Carrasco and Eulalio Camacho. Survivors include her children...
John William Zerr
Apr 22, 2017
John "Doc" William Zerr was born on January 20, 1945, to Arnold Valentine Zerr and Lucine Victoria Finger Zerr in Hondo, TX. He was one of six children. He passed away April 22, 2017 in San Antonio, at the age of 72. In addition to his parents, Arnold and Lucine, he was preceded in death by his son-in-law, Mitch Bales;...
Tracey Joann Bradbury
Apr 16, 2017
Tracey Joann James Bradbury of Hondo, 48, passed away Sunday, Apr. 16, 2017. Born in Dallas, Jan. 11, 1969, she was the daughter of Joe Ben and Sherry D. Mallison James. Tracey was a supervisor at James Avery in Hondo. She was preceded in death by her father and sister, Paula James. Survivors include her mother, Sherry James of Paris...
Margaret Sue Muennink
Apr 9, 2017
Margaret Sue (Steinle) Muennink, age 85, of Hondo, Texas, passed away April 9, 2017. She was born November 25, 1931, in Somerset, Texas, the youngest of three children of Harry and Mildred (McMaster) Steinle. Margaret was very proud of her German and Scottish/Irish heritage. After attending St. Henry's Catholic School in San Antonio, as well as Somerset schools, Margaret graduated...
Mary H. Urrutia
Apr 4, 2017
Maria de Jesus Herrera Urrutia of Hondo, 87, passed away Tuesday, Apr. 4, 2017. Born Aug. 24, 1929, in Hondo, she was the daughter of Victor and Teresa Salinas Herrera. A Hondo High School graduate, Mary became a fixture in Hondo retail, greeting customers with a friendly smile at Hondo Dry Goods, Palle's, Fly Drug, Windrow Rexall Drug and Peden...
David Douglas Ivory
Mar 24, 2017
David Douglas Ivory of D'Hanis, 47, passed away Friday, Mar. 24, 2017. Born Nov. 18, 1969, in Royal Oak MI, he was the son of Darell H. and Patricia Berrey Ivory. He is preceded in death by his father. He went to high school in Houston and later completed electronics school. He could build a computer from the ground up....
Theresa Alice Zinsmeyer
Mar 18, 2017
Theresa Alice Zinsmeyer, whose Terry's Dance Studio was a rite of passage for a generation of students and adult learners on the city's Northside, passed away peacefully March 18, 2017, at Gentiva Hospice Care Center in San Antonio. Terry, as she liked to be called, was born May 30, 1927, the youngest girl of the five daughters and two sons...
Modesto F. Rodriguez, Iii
Mar 10, 2017
Modesto F. Rodriguez III of D'Hanis, 64, passed away Friday, March 10, 2017. Modesto honorably served in the USMC during the mid 1970s. Born Jan. 18, 1953, Elyria, Ohio, he was the son of Modesto II and Julia Flores Rodriguez, who preceded him in death. He is survived by his daughter, Michelle Rodriguez of D'Hanis; sons, Modesto Rodriguez IV, Mark...
Rafael Gonzales Tapia
Mar 1, 2017
Rafael Gonzales Tapia of Hondo, 83, passed away Wednesday, Mar. 1 2017. Born Oct. 24 1933, in Hondo TX, he was the son of Manuel and Estefana Gonzales Tapia. Rafael and the family grew up around the Hondo area, as a child and young adult, he assisted my Grandfather Manuel working as a farmhand for the Gilliam Ranch North of...
Abraham Abe Martinez
Feb 28, 2017
Abraham "Abe" Martinez Sr. of Hondo, 89, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. He was born Dec. 27, 1927, in Mesquite, the son of Salvador and Andrea Gonzales Martinez. Abraham had been an electrical lineman with Medina Electric Coop and with the City of Castroville. He loved the outdoors, motorcycles and his dog, Brownie. He is preceded in death by...
Margaret Ann Balderach
Feb 21, 2017
Margaret Ann Winkler Balderach of Hondo, 78, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. She was born June 27, 1938, at Sturm Hill, daughter of Henry John and Frieda Elisa Koehler Winkler. She is preceded in death by her parents and nephew, Ronald Re Balderach Jr. Survivors are her husband, Rev. Louis Balderach; son, Henry (Ishna) Balderach of San Antonio; brother,...
Magdalene Mac Haass
Feb 21, 2017
With family by her side, Magdalene "Mac" Mangold Haass of Biry, 97, was granted her angel wings when God called her home on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. She left to join her husband, August Wesley Haass; sons, Rudolph "R.L." Haass and Perry D. Haass; granddaughter, Shelly (Brett) McCelvey; great-grandson, baby Peyton Friesenhahn; and sisters, Corine Blackmon, Rose Marie Hans and...
John Peter Gibeau
Feb 18, 2017
Col. John Peter Gibeau of San Antonio, formerly of D'Hanis and Hondo, 74, passed away Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. Born Jan. 1, 1943, in Adams Mass., he was the son of Alphonse Joseph and Beatrice Aglae Duchesne Gibeau. A member of the U.S. Air Force from 1961 thru 1997, John served as a helicopter medic in Vietnam. His wife, Kay,...
Patsy Sauceda Galindo
Feb 16, 2017
Patrocinia, "Patsy" Sauceda Galindo , daughter of the late Isidoro and Refugia Sauceda was born on February 25, 1933 near Hondo Texas. She went home, into the loving arms of her Savior on February 16, 2017 in Loveland Colorado with Her loving daughter and granddaughter faithfully by her side until the end. Having lost her mother at an early age,...
Eloisa Guedea Sanchez
Feb 13, 2017
Eloisa Guedea Sanchez of Hondo, 95, passed away Monday, Feb, 13, 2017. Born in Hondo, Dec. 1, 1921, she was the daughter of Alejandro A. and Enriqueta Gamez Guedea. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Jacobo Sanchez Jr.; son, Juan Sanchez; daughter, Enedina Rodriguez; and siblings, Carlos, Domingo, Silverio, Fernando "Pat" and Francisco Guedea, Angelita Rios,...
Ellen Beatrice Richter
Jan 25, 2017
Ellen Beatrice "Bea" Franke Richter of Hondo, 94, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. Born in Uvalde24, Jan. 30, 1922, she was the daughter of Herman August and Alma Elfriede Wiederanders Franke. Ellen Beatrice Franke Richter grew up on a ranch near Uvalde, TX during the Great Depression. She was a resident of San Antonio, TX, where she practiced nursing...
Elisandro D. Ortiz
Jan 24, 2017
Elisandro D. "Sande/Eli" Ortiz of Hondo, 56, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. Born in Hondo Sept. 19, 1960, he was the son of Jose and Dolores Delgado Ortiz. He was an aircraft mechanic. He is preceded in death by his brother, Rolando Ortiz. Survivors include his parents; daughters, Vanessa (Mitchell) Olivo and Jaclyn Gonzales; son, Jon Michael (Jessica Lara)...
