Cecilia Vera Hernandez
Jan 9, 2017
Cecilia Vera Hernandez of Hondo, 76, passed away Monday, Jan. 9, 2017. Born near Devine on Nov. 22, 1940, she was a daughter of Domingo M. and Maria Hernandez Vera. Cecilia was a patient and loving wife, sister and aunt. She was a good cook and a didn't mind hard work. She was preceded in death by her parents and...
Herbert Louis Faseler
Jan 8, 2017
Herbert Louis Faseler of Utopia, formerly of Yancey, 77, passed away Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017. Born April 29, 1939, in Hondo, he was the son of Robert Alton and Dora Mae McAnelly Faseler. Herb graduated Hondo High School and served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army. He earned a BA degree in music from Sul Ross University and was...
Patrick Joseph Mcgraw
Jan 5, 2017
Patrick Joseph McGraw of D'Hanis, 85, passed away Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. Born Dec. 8, 1931, in Steubenville OH, he was the son of John Joseph and Anna Caroline Nehr McGraw. Pat was a graduate of D'Hanis High School and served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He was a retired engineer with Texas Highway Department. He enjoyed...
Margarita R. Ramirez
Dec 31, 2016
Margarita Ramos Ramirez of Hondo, 88, passed away Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016. Born in Sabinal Feb. 22, 1928, she was the daughter of Francisco and Juanita Duran Ramos. She was a homemaker, a loving wife and mother, and a dedicated member of First Mexican Baptist Church in Hondo. Margarita was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Aurora Rios; and...
Elizabeth Josephine Duman
Dec 12, 2016
Elizabeth Josephine Nehr Duman, age 92, of D'Hanis, passed away Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, 2016, at Community Care Center in Hondo. She was born Feb. 20, 1924, in D'Hanis to Emil and Ida Helen Biediger Nehr. Elizabeth is preceded in death by her parents; her husbands, Raymond Lee Dickens and Gerard Duman Jr.; sister, Adeline Marie Hamm; brother, Frank David...
James Bernard Wendland
Dec 6, 2016
James Bernard Wendland of Bowie, Maryland passed away on Tuesday, December 6, 2016. He was born November 14, 1933, in Hondo, Texas to Alex G. Wendland, Sr. and Mary (Fohn) Wendland. He is preceded in death by his parents and siblings: Melvin, Winona and Alex Jr. He is survived by his wife Genevieve; his children Carla Dubin (Scott), Jeannine Wendland...
Wayne John Wolff
Dec 6, 2016
Wayne J. Wolff of San Antonio, 79, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016. Born Aug. 8, 1937, in San Antonio, he was the son of Robert C. and Hazel M. Koch Wolff, who preceded him in death. He was circulaton manager at The (San Antonio) Light and at the San Antonio Express News. He is survived by his wife of...
Leona Anna Honig
Dec 5, 2016
Leona Anna Wunderlich Honig of Hondo, age 102, went to be with the Lord Monday, Dec. 5, 2016. Leona was born April 9, 1914, in the rural area of Lavaca County, near Moulton. She was the seventh of eight children of Otto H. and Anna Sophie Pietsch Wunderlich. Leona was baptized May 31, 1914, at Zion Lutheran Church, Charlottenburg TX,...
Carlos Aguilar Muniz
Nov 22, 2016
Carlos Aguilar Muñiz of D'Hanis, 88, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016. Born Nov. 4, 1928, in D'Hanis, he was the son of Ermelindo and Sabina Aguilar Muñiz. A lifelong farmer/rancher, he also served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was a longtime member of Holy Cross Catholic Church and American Legion. A skilled woodworking craftsman, he...
Martin Jesus Deleon
Nov 6, 2016
Martin Jesus "MJ" DeLeon of Hondo, age 16, passed away Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016, as the result of a motor vehicle accident. Born May 24, 2000, in Uvalde, he was the son of Martin "Marty" Deleon and Graciela "Gracie" Lopez DeLeon. MJ was a loving son, brother, friend and student. He enjoyed the outdoors, engaged in basketball and baseball at...
Jean Alice Benton
Nov 5, 2016
Jean Alice Clark Benton went to be with her Lord on Nov. 5, 2016, in Hondo, TX. Jean was born and raised in San Antonio, where she met the love her life, James Benton, to whom she was married for over 50 years. Jean worked and excelled many years in the laboratory where she assisted in HIV testing and kidney...
Justin Paul Barchfeld
Nov 4, 2016
Justin Paul Barcheld, Skip to all his friends, lifted off for his final flight on Friday, Nov. 4, 2016, at his home in D'Hanis. He was 92. Skip was born June 29, 1924, in Pittsburgh, PA, the youngest of the six sons of Lucy (Fest) and Karl Barchfeld. Reared and educated in the city, he joined the Army upon his...
Raymond M. Brink
Oct 28, 2016
Raymond M. Brink was born in Avalon, Pennsylvania, July 30, 1921. He was preceded in death by his wife, Bernice J. Brink, born November 17, 1925 and died November 15, 2007. He is the son of Maxwell D. and Gretta K. Brink (deceased), Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and was one of ten children; Gretta Williams (deceased), Marion Brink (Deceased), Maxine Erdner (deceased),...
Robert Warren Dile
Oct 27, 2016
Robert Warren "Bob" Dile of Hondo, 81, passed away Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. Born Dec. 11, 1934, in Burlington, Iowa, he was the son of Everet Elmer and Anna Jane Morrow Dile. He graduated high school in Australia and obtained a GED in the United States. He was an assemblyline worker for 35 years in aircraft manufacturing. A gifted wood...
Luz Velasquez Ytuarte
Oct 26, 2016
Luz Velasquez Ytuarte, age 89, born Sept. 12, 1927, passed on to be with the Lord on Oct. 26, 2016, at her residence in Hondo, surrounded by her family. Born and raised in Hondo, she lived her entire life here. Mrs. Ytuarte dedicated her life to her husband, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She had the most important job in the...
David Franklin Montgomery
Oct 25, 2016
Former Medina County Judge David F. Montgomery of Hondo, age 70, passed away Tuesday, October 25, 2016. Born June 27, 1946 at Black Creek, he was the son of Knox Alexander and Ollie Estel DuBose Montgomery. He married Irene Lutz of Hondo November 20, 1965. David was a down-to-earth person who never knew a stranger. He always had a smile...
Sara Irma Fohn
Oct 24, 2016
Sara Rothe Fohn of D'Hanis, Texas, died in Castroville, Texas, on October 24, 2016, at the age of 106 years. Her husband, Wilfred Joseph Fohn, died September 8, 1995. Sara was born September 21, 1910, to Henry C. Rothe and Agatha Reily Rothe in the family home in D'Hanis. She was the third of four daughters, all of whom preceded...
Richard Allen Finger
Oct 23, 2016
Richard Allen Finger of Hondo, 79, passed away Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016. Born Jan. 6, 1937, in Seguin, he was the son of Raymond Louis and Velma Wilhelmina Lieber Finger. He is preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Carol Andrea Kidd Finger; and twin daughters, Kelly Andrea and Shelly Ann Finger. He is survived by his son, Wade...
Maria O. Hernandez
Oct 17, 2016
Maria O. Hernandez of Hondo, 88, passed away Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. Born in LaCoste, Mar. 16, 1928, she was the daughter of Esteban and Refugia Ortega Hernandez. Maria was preceded in death by her parents; infant sister, Virjinia; and brothers, Juan, Guillermo "Willie", Pedro "Pete" and Antonio Hernandez. Survivors include her sisters, Guadalupe "Lupe" Hernandez of Hondo, Margaret Apaez...
Phyllis Marie Chapman Bendele
Oct 14, 2016
Phyllis Marie Chapman Bendele (62), of Castroville, born August 8, 1954. Passed Friday, October 14, 2016. Reunited in spirit with her mama and daddy, Georgia Mae (Muennink) & Charles Fred Chapman of Hondo, as well as her grandmother, Ida (Tundre) Muennink, of Hondo, and step-father, Alvin Keller of Lacoste. Her memory kept in the care of her son, Nathan R....
