Incarnacion Lopez
Feb 19, 2014
Incarnacion Lopez, age 80, of Hondo passed away Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. Born Dec. 8, 1933, in Hondo, he was the son of Thomas and Consuelo (Constante) Lopez. He is preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Linda; and brother, Ramon C. Lopez. He is survived by brother, Abel Perez, and sisters, Amelia Arausa, Juana Rodriguez and Esther Espinoza; nieces...
Carolina Alvarado Benavides
Feb 17, 2014
Carolina "Carol" Alvarado Benavides, age 63, of D'Hanis passed away Monday, Feb. 17, 2014. Born in Hondo, July 10, 1950, she was the daughter of Apolonio and Socorra (Garcia) Alvarado. Carolina was preceded in death by her parents; her son, Dino Benavides; granddaughter, Cassandra Benavides; sisters, Evangelina and Lydia Alvarado; and brother, Ernesto Alvarado. Survivors include her husband, Ruben A....
Richard E. Taylor
Feb 16, 2014
Richard Evans Taylor, age 80, of Hondo/Yancey passed away Feb. 16, 2014, at a San Antonio hospital. Born June 29, 1933, near Liberal, Kansas, he was the first son of Edward and Golda (Schroyer) Taylor. He graduated from Liberal High School in 1952 and served his country in the United States Air Force. Richard spent 24 years with Texas Farm...
Maria Flores Silva
Feb 14, 2014
Maria Flores Silva, age 79, of D'Hanis passed away Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. Born in D'Hanis, June 30, 1934, she was the daughter of Alfonso and Alejandra (Constante) Flores. She was a homemaker and had operated Flores Cafe in D'Hanis for several years, as had her mother and sister, Julia. Maria was preceded in death by her parents and her...
Katherine Ann Adlong
Feb 4, 2014
As softly and gently as a butterfly floats in the wind, Katherine "Kathy" Ann Svoboda Adlong went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. Kathy was born on Sept. 2, 1945, to Elizabeth Gaines and Gerald Strickland in Houston. She was adopted and raised by Joseph D. and Dorothy Ewell Svoboda. On Sept. 5, 1964, she...
Refugia Cuca Saucedo
Jan 30, 2014
Refugia "Cuca" Hernandez Saucedo, age 85, of Hondo passed away Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. Born in Hondo, Aug. 18, 1925, she was the daughter of Jesus and Maria (Gomez) Hernandez. Cuca was a faithful member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and the Guadalupana Society. For many years, she led the Rosary service for deceased friends and family members....
Marilynn Kay Brucks
Jan 28, 2014
Marilynn Kay (Biediger) Brucks, age 71, of Hondo passed away Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. Born May 6, 1942, in Castroville, she was the daughter of Oscar J. and Pearlie C. (Tschirhart) Biediger. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Herman L. Brucks; and brother, Donald Biediger. Survivors are daughters, Becky Farrer of Alpine and Susan Massey and...
Helen D. Eaddy
Jan 26, 2014
Helen D. Eaddy, born on December 6, 1918, passed away on January 26, 2014, at the age of 95. Her husband, J.O. Eaddy, daughter, Anna Hellsten, parents, Fritz and Annie Bohmfalk, and brother, Lloyd Bohmfalk, preceded her in death. Survivors include her sons, Lloyd Eaddy and his wife, Florencene and Charles Eaddy and wife, Rebecca; daughter, Janet Doughtery and husband,...
Maria V. Alvarez
Jan 26, 2014
Maria "Marika" Vela Alvarez, age 79, of Hondo went home to be with our Heavenly Father Sunday, Jan. 26, 2013. Born in Hondo, Oct. 17, 1934, she was the daughter of Jose and Paula (Rendon) Vela. Marika was born and raised in Hondo where she met and married her husband the late Robert A. Alvarez, Sr. After marrying they remained...
Romell Estelle Nester
Jan 25, 2014
Romell Estelle (Cunningham) Nester, age 92, of D'Hanis, formerly of Dunlay, passed away Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014, in Hondo. Romell was born Oct. 21, 1921, in Placid, Texas, to Joseph and Rosa Mae (Shafer) Cunningham, who were farmers. Romell was the youngest of seven children and played the guitar and sang as a young girl and even had a regular...
Frank Hudson Perkins
Jan 22, 2014
Frank Hudson Perkins, Jr., age 70, of Hondo passed away at home on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. Born June 21, 1943, in Poteet, he was the son of Frank H. Sr. and Kathryn "Maurine" (Probst) Perkins of Pleasanton. His parents preceded him in death. Frank always said he wore many hats during his life. He was a math teacher for...
Irene Aelvoet Decock
Jan 19, 2014
Irene Julianna Aelvoet DeCock went to be with her Lord on Jan. 19, 2014. Irene was born Oct. 28, 1924 in San Antonio. She was a farmer's wife, a mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt and friend to many. On Aug. 8, 1945 she married Maurice "Shotsie" DeCock at St. John Berchman's Catholic Church. Irene was a member of St....
Russell Robert Rowell
Jan 17, 2014
Russell R. (Bob) Rowell passed away on January 17, 2014 with his family by his side. He was born on August 13, 1942 in San Antonio, Texas to the late Russell G. and Helen Schertz Rowell. He was also preceded in death by his father-in-law Marion Muennink and sister-in-law Dorothy Beard. Bob was an avid hunter and fisherman and adored...
Ronald James Koch
Jan 13, 2014
Ronald James "Ronnie" Koch, age 56, of D'Hanis passed away Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. Born March 10, 1957, in Hondo, he was the son of Mathias Maurice "Matt" and Beatrice (Ney) Koch. He attended D'Hanis schools and Southwest Texas (Texas State) University where he earned a Bachelor degree in Agricultural Business. Active in the D'Hanis community, he served several years...
Carmen Gonzalez Calkins
Jan 4, 2014
Carmen Gonzalez was born in El Paso, July 16, 1955. She was the daughter of Isidro and Carmen (Payan) Gonzalez. Carmen attended Sul Ross State University in Alpine where in 1976 she met Cary who was a transfer student from SWTJC in Uvalde. She majored in Fine Arts which included photography. Cary and Carmen got married in Alpine between the...
Keith Jason Martin
Jan 2, 2014
Keith Martin, age 35, of Hondo passed away Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. Born May 13, 1978, in Stuttgart, Germany, he was the son of Bruce G. and Patricia (Nehr) Martin. He is preceded in death by his grandfathers, Frank Nehr and Wilkes Martin; uncle, Lynn Martin and aunt, Peggy Clark. He is survived by his wife, Tracy Lynn Martin of...
Roland Doyle Weber
Jan 1, 2014
Roland Doyle Weber went to be with our Lord on Jan. 1, 2014, at the age of 86. His parents, William Ben and Lydia Amanda (Riff) Weber, and Adeline, his wife of 54 years, preceded him in death. He is survived by three children, Kurt Weber and wife Etta Faye, Cindy Fohn and husband David, and Will Weber and wife...
Guillermo Tovar Jr.
Dec 30, 2013
Guillermo Tovar Jr., age 72, of San Antonio passed away Monday, Dec. 30, 2013. Born Dec. 8, 1941, in D'Hanis, he was the son of Guillermo Sr. and Hortencial (Ontiveros) Tovar. A graduate of D'Hanis High School, he married his high school sweetheart and they had nine children. He was a loving husband and a wonderful father. He was a...
Esther M. Heiligman
Dec 27, 2013
Esther M. Heiligman, age 77, of Yancey, passed away Thursday, Dec. 27, 2013. Born in Dunsmuir, CA, Nov. 9, 1936, she was the daughter of George and Amelia (Fried) Wheeler, who preceded her in death. Loving and caring, Esther was a dedicated mother, sister and grandmother. She dedicated her life to teaching children, having taught in Hondo and in California,...
