Kerry Jay Conrad
Mar 6, 2016
Kerry Jay Conrad Born in Houston Texas September 24th 1953 Went home on March 6th 2016 A funeral service was held on Saturday March 19th at 5 pm at the Guinn-Horger Chapel in Hondo, Texas. A Memorial Service will be held at The Woodlands United Methodist Church in the Robb Chapel at 11:00 a.m. on April 2nd, 2200 Lake Woodlands...
Mary Olivia Wells
Mar 4, 2016
Mary Olivia Wells, 90, died on March 4, 2016, in Cypress, Texas. She was born November 7, 1925 to Maynard and Olivia (Bowland) Davidson in Springfield MO. She is preceded in death by her parents and husbands, Harvey Renken and John Henry Wells Jr. Mary is survived by a sister, Alice Brewster of Westford MA. She also leaves her step-family,...
Amparo Bernal Alvarez
Mar 2, 2016
Amparo Bernal Alvarez of Hondo, age 77, passed away Wednesday, Mar. 2, 2016. Born in Hondo, Mar. 12, 1938, she was the daughter of Esteban and Ursula Arcos Bernal. Amparo was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Antonio Alvarez Jr.; brother, Esteban Bernal Jr.; and sisters, Sulema DeLeon, Odelia Perez and infant Ester. Survivors include daughters, Annette Alvarez and...
Eva May Santy
Mar 1, 2016
Eva M. Paris Santy, age 85, passed away Tuesday, Mar. 1, 2016, at her home in Hondo. Born in Pittsfield MA, Aug. 7, 1930, she was the daughter of Vincent E. and Blanche Nutbrown Paris. She was a homemaker. Eva was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Donald Francis Santy; and brothers, Edward, William and Robert Paris. Survivors...
David John Hardt
Feb 25, 2016
David John Hardt, age 64, passed away on Thursday, February 25, 2016 at home near Yancey. He was a loving husband and father to his family. His children were his greatest love. Dave was born June 7, 1951 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts to Richard Wilburn Hardt and Ruth Eleanor Bennett Hardt. He attended grade school in upstate New York and high...
George Arthur Manis
Feb 25, 2016
George Arthur Manis, age 87, of Quihi passed away Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. Born May 24, 1928, in Texas City, he was the son of Alfred and Olga Johnson Manis. Having served in the U.S. Army, he was a Korean War veteran and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a retired heavy equipment operator for Galveston...
Gavino Cortez Reyes
Feb 11, 2016
Gavino Cortez Reyes, age 86, of D'Hanis passed away Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. Born Dec. 17, 1929, in Uvalde, he was the son of Sabino and San Juana Cortez Reyes. As a young boy, he was needed to help support his family and, in order to work as a migrant farmworker, he only earned a third grade education. He never...
Porfirio A. Pilo Ramirez
Feb 8, 2016
Porfirio "Pilo" Ramirez of Hondo, age 88, passed away Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. He was born in Biry, Texas, on Sept. 15, 1927, the son of Estevan and Maria Aguilar Ramirez. Pilo is preceded in death by his parents; his wife of 63 years, Maria "Bebita" Perez Ramirez; brothers, Norberto and Cipriano Ramirez; sisters, Julia R. (Delfino) Juarez and Lupe...
Manuel S. Duran Iii
Jan 29, 2016
Manuel Duran III, age 69, of Hondo passed away Friday, Jan. 29, 2016. Born June 26, 1946, in San Antonio, he was the son of Manuel Jr. and Aurora Sandejo Duran. A laborer, fork lift driver and packer at Universal Rundle, he retired after 42 years. He is preceded in death by his father; brother, Manuel Duran II; and granddaughter,...
John Joseph Schoellman
Jan 26, 2016
Deacon John Joseph Schoellman, 72, of Hondo, passed away peacefully the evening of January 26, 2016, surrounded by wife and children at University Hospital in San Antonio. John was born in Hondo, on Christmas Eve in 1943 to Ben and Caroline Kubesch Schoellman. After serving in the US Navy, John committed 38 years to federal civil service, helping engineer Armed...
Elleen Pearl Gooding
Jan 26, 2016
Elleen Pearl Gooding, age 94, of Hondo passed away Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Born at her family's farm home just north of Hondo, on Sunday, Sept. 4, 1921, she was the daughter of Robert Louis and Nellie Louise Brucks Mumme. She was baptized by Rev. Gus Muennink at his home. Beginning at the age of eight, she attended the Fly...
Tylene Ann Franklin
Jan 21, 2016
Tylene Ann Franklin - mother, daughter, sister, aunt, and friend went to join her mother in heaven on January 21, 2016. Tylene was born September 8, 1975 in Corpus Christi, TX to Robert Eugene Franklin and Linda Jean Haberski Franklin. Tylene was a graduate of Medina Valley High School. Currently she was employed as a hunting guide with ATTT Outfitters...
Debra Lynn Echtle
Jan 21, 2016
Debra Lynn Echtle, mother, Oma, daughter, sister, fiancee, aunt, niece and friend went to join her mother in heaven on January 21, 2016. Debra was born April 18, 1964 in Castroville to Julius Paul Echtle and Margaret Jane Cullins Echtle. In 1981 she graduated from Medina Valley High School. Currently she was employed as a secretary at Flourney Construction Company...
Harry Charles Mueller Jr.
Dec 31, 2015
Harry Charles Mueller Jr. (January 6, 1927-December 31, 2015) Harry Charles Mueller Jr. was born January 6, 1927 in San Antonio, Texas, to Harry Charles and Effie Reinhart Mueller. He grew up in Hondo and graduated from Hondo High School in 1945. He was drafted into the United States Army in 1945 and served in Italy until 1947. Upon his...
Beatrice R. Gallegos
Dec 27, 2015
Beatrice Rodriguez Gallegos, age 78, of D'Hanis passed away Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015. Born in D'Hanis, Jan. 26, 1937, she was the daughter of Jesus and Rosa Aguinaga Rodriguez. Beatrice, a very special woman of faith, was a loving wife, mother, sister, aunt and grandmother. She was a very committed member of Holy Cross Catholic Church, where she recited the...
Inell Poerner Weynand
Dec 9, 2015
Inell (Nellie) was born to Herman and Elsie (Lutz) Poerner on March 18, 1925 on their family ranch north of D'Hanis, Texas and lived most her whole life in Medina County. Nellie met and knew Myles Weynand as they grew up a few miles apart on the Seco and Parker Creeks. They both graduated from D'Hanis High School and began...
Lois Mildred Zinsmeyer
Dec 8, 2015
Lois Hotham Zinsmeyer, age 80, died peacefully with family at her bedside on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at her home in Austin, Texas. Lois was born on October 15, 1935 in Freeport, PA to Ethel Hotham and Dr. H. Dev. Hotham. She was the eldest of three children, with a younger sister Barbara Iglewski and younger brother Harland (Sandy) Hotham....
Ignacio Barrios
Dec 5, 2015
Ignacio G. Barrios, age 69, of Hondo passed away Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. Born Feb. 1, 1946, in Hondo, he was the son of Ladislao L. and Elvira Guerrero Barrios, who preceded him in death, as did his brother-in-law, Juan Sanchez. Ignacio was a carpenter. He is survived by his sisters, Margarita Rodriguez (Domingo) Zamora of Levelland, Amelia Sanchez and...
Clara Esquivel Carraso
Dec 3, 2015
Clara Esquivel Carrasco, age 88, of Hondo passed away Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. Born in Hondo, Nov. 13, 1927, she was the daughter of Francisco and Maria Guajardo Esquivel. A loving, caring, amazing mother, who was always there for everyone, she loved to laugh and joke around. She also loved to read, write and tell stories of memories past. She...
