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...
Douglas J. Ducky Ulbrich
Nov 30, 2015
Douglas J. "Ducky" Ulbrich, age 87, of Hondo passed away Monday, Nov. 30, 2015. Born May 13, 1928, in rural Hondo, he was the son of Jack Ernest and Lula Dorothea Buss Ulbrich. He is preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Connie Perkins Ulbrich; son-in-law, Larry Wilson; grandson, Robert Bradley Wilson; and brothers, Jack T. Ulbrich and infant...
George William Cameron
Nov 25, 2015
George William Cameron, age 85, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015. Born Nov. 24, 1930, he was the son and only child of Thomas Reed Cameron and Mary Irene Clements Cameron, who both predeceased him. George worked as a sheet metal fabricator/mechanic for 35 years at Kelly Air Force Base, retiring in 1985. He was a quiet man who enjoyed...
Henriette Marcelle Gagnon
Nov 24, 2015
Henriette M. Gagnon of Hondo passed away Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Gagnon, and son, Pierre Deligny. She has two estranged stepchildren. She was born in Paris, France, on Jan. 30, 1920, and moved to New York in 1948. She later moved to Michigan where she met Clarence. They married in 1962....
Hugo Alfred Saathoff Jr.
Nov 19, 2015
Hugo Alfred Saathoff Jr. of Hondo went to be with the Lord on Thursday, November 19, 2015, at the age of 82. He was born in Hondo, Texas on February 15, 1933, to Hugo Alfred Sr. and Christina Saathoff and grew up on the family farm 10 miles north of Hondo. He was baptized at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in...
Armando T. Ibarra
Nov 19, 2015
Armando T. "Cookie" Ibarra, age 85, of Hondo passed away Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015. A former castor at Universal Rundle, he was retired. He is survived by his wife, Lydia Ibarra of Hondo; sons, Jerry (Edna) Ibarra of Hondo, Bobby (Margie) Ibarra of D'Hanis and Michael (Margie) of Hondo; daughter, Linda Santos Ibarra of Hondo; nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren....
Maria Pura French
Nov 15, 2015
Maria Pura Peña de French, age 88, of Hondo passed away Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015. Born in Tlacotalpan, Vera Cruz, Mexico, Oct. 16, 1927, she was the daughter of Cirilo Peña Garcia and Maria Luisa Palma Gonzalez. She was a loving and devoted wife and mother. Mary was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Dr. George French....
Donald Eugene Rasmussen
Nov 13, 2015
Donald Eugene Rasmussen of Floresville passed away Friday, Nov. 13, 2015. He was 82. Born June 15, 1933, in Cotesville, Nebraska, he was the second of four children of John Axel and Ethel Lorinda Gydesen Rasmussen. He retired after 20 years in the U. S. Army, having served in Korea, Germany and three tours in Viet Nam. While in the...
