Donald Max Hutson
Jan 22, 2011
Donald Max Hutson, age 84, of Hondo passed away Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011. He was born Sept. 25, 1926, in Guthrey, OK, the son of Conrad and Edna (Perdue) Hutson. He served in the U.S. Navy in WWII and was a retired store director of the Hondo HEB grocery store. Don was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Ola...
Clyde Donald Johnson
Jan 22, 2011
Clyde Donald Johnson, age 78, of Yancey passed away Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011. He was born June 11, 1932, in Wyandotte, MI, the son of William H. and Hazel (Hughson) Johnson. He was an accountant with ALCOA. He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Joy Delves. Clyde is survived by his wife, Judy (Berry) Johnson of Yancey;...
Eddie August Leinweber
Jan 19, 2011
Eddie August Leinweber died January 19, 2011. Born June 21, 1919, on the family ranch in Medina County, Eddie completed Draughon's Business College before enlisting in the U.S. Army. Serving his country in WWII, he was assigned to intelligence and operations, where he carried a typewriter for five years along with his battle gear into the South Pacific operations. He...
Calvin Bendele
Jan 18, 2011
Calvin John Bendele, age 88, of D'Hanis went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011. He was born on the Fritz Rothe Ranch near D'Hanis, on April 8, 1922, the son of George and Dora (Rothe) Bendele. A graduate of D'Hanis High School, Class of 1941, Calvin was a member of the first six-man football team in...
Frankie Mae Fusselman
Jan 16, 2011
Frankie Mae (Cloudt) Fusselman, age 95, of Columbus, GA, formerly of Hondo, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2011. She was born Oct. 10, 1915, in Uvalde, the daughter of Eric F. and Lela P. (Page) Cloudt. She was retired as a clerk with the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture ASCS office and was a homemaker. In 1999 she moved to be...
O W Sparks
Jan 11, 2011
Oral W. "Sparky"Sparks, age 91, passed on to be with our Lord on January 11, 2011. "Sparky" was born in Buffalo Springs, Texas on September 17, 1919 (oldest of three children born to Doy Oral and Frances Rogers Sparks). He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, James Wesley Sparks. He is survived by his spouse of...
Elva Lois Krenmueller
Jan 4, 2011
Elva Lois (Mumme) Krenmueller, age 95, of Hondo passed away Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. She was born Feb. 15, 1915, in Hondo, the daughter of Alvin and Isabel Louise (Brucks) Mumme. She was a bookkeeper, having worked for the Hondo Anvil Herald and the Bandera Bulletin. She was a member of AARP, Hermann Sons Victory Lodge and First Methodist Church....
Vivian La Faye Jones
Jan 2, 2011
Vivian La Faye (Sapp) Jones, age 90, of Hondo, passed away Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011. She was born in San Antonio May 28, 1920., the daughter of Oran S. and Fannie L. (Cook) Sapp. Vivian was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Howard W. Jones, in 1995; and brothers, Manfred Sapp in 1973 and Ireland Lee Sapp in...
George E. French
Dec 31, 2010
George E. French, DDS, age 72, of Hondo passed away Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. He was born Aug. 18, 1938, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, son of the late George H. T. French and Isabel Euphan Airth French. He served as a major in the U.S. Army Dental Core, served during the Vietnam War, and was a retired dentist. He graduated...
Juanita Nita Zerr
Dec 25, 2010
Juanita "Nita" (Williams) Zerr, age 79, of Hondo, passed away Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. She was born June 25, 1931, in Spearman, the daughter of Olin Jackson and Ruby Christene (Riggs) Williams. She was a homemaker and a beautician. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Anthony "Tony" Zerr; daughter, Theresa Zerr Smith; and brother, Monte Williams. She...
Tressie May Atkins
Dec 19, 2010
Tressie May Atkins, 92, went to be with the Lord Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010, in Hondo. She was born July 26, 1918, in Cooksville, IL. She earned her bachelor's degree from Illinois State Normal University and her master's degree in education from Ithaca, N.Y. She was an elementary schoolteacher for 44 years, starting in a one-room schoolhouse, and spending the...
Julie Lorraine Alonzo
Dec 14, 2010
Julie Lorraine (Falcon) Alonzo, age 41, of Hondo passed away Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. She was born Oct. 2, 1969, in Hayward, CA, the daughter of Joseph R. Falcon Jr. and Barbara (McFarlane) Falcon Arias. She was preceded in death by her father. Survivors include her mother, Barbara Arias, and sister, Elizabeth Falcon, both of Hondo; sons, Timothy LeCompte and...
Norman E Buescher Jr
Dec 3, 2010
Col. Norman E. Buescher, USAF-Ret., age 78, of Hondo, went to be with the Lord Friday, December 3, 2010, after a brief illness. He was at home surrounded by family and friends, joking and telling stories to the end. He was born January 6, 1932, in McAllen to Mae Walker Tansey and Norman Earl Buescher, Sr. He attended school in...
Steven Curtis Mcgill
Nov 30, 2010
Steven Curtis McGill, age 57, of Hondo, passed away November 30, 2010. He was born October 8, 1953, in Mountain Home, ID, the son of Robert and Angeline Ruez McGill. He was a graduate of the Universities of Oklahoma and Nebraska, and the U.S. Army Academy of Health Services at Ft. Sam Houston. He served as a lieutenant colonel in...
Samuel Garcia
Nov 28, 2010
Samuel Garcia Sr., age 60, of Yancey passed away Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Born Sept. 4, 1950, in Hondo, he was the son of Augustine Sr. and Trinidad (Soliz) Garcia. He was a carpenter. He was preceded in death by his parents; son, Juan Garcia; sister, Guadalupe G. Sanchez; and brother, Juan Luis Garcia. Survivors are his wife, Margarita (Garcia)...
Joseph William Rothe
Nov 22, 2010
Joseph William "Billy" Rothe, age 82, of D'Hanis, passed away Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. He was born Oct. 3, 1928, in D'Hanis, the son of Eric August and Cora (Finger) Rothe. He was a lifelong rancher and spent several years as cashier at D'Hanis State Bank and a bookkeeper for Valdina Farms. He enjoyed the ranch and hunting. He was...
Laura Moss Steubing
Nov 22, 2010
Laura (Moss) Steubing of Dunlay passed away Monday, Nov. 22, 2010, in San Antonio at the age of 59, after a brief illness. She was born Dec. 30, 1950, in San Antonio to Samuel D. and Sarah C. Moss, and was a life-long resident of Medina County. She is preceded in death by her father, Samuel D. Moss. A loving...
Ruth Ethel Hacker
Nov 17, 2010
Ruth Ethel (O'Brien) Gaines Hacker, age 96, of Canyon Lake, formerly of Hondo, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010. She was born July 12, 1914, in San Antonio, the daughter of Herndon L. and Ethel (Foster) O'Brien. She was a homemaker. She is preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Preston C. Gaines Sr. and Willard Hacker; grandson, Paul Hunter...
James Brooks Peden
Nov 10, 2010
James Brooks Peden, age 95, of Hondo, formerly of Austin, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010. He was born Mar. 12, 1916, in Henryetta, OK, the son of James P.erry and Jessie (McNeely) Peden. He joined the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII and was stationed in India where he received the Flying Cross for his services. He spent 10...
Agnes Josephine Breiten
Nov 4, 2010
She made this world a better place just by being here. Agnes Josephine (Bures) Breiten was born in Louise, TX, on Jan. 22, 1924, and went home to the Lord on Nov. 4, 2010. She resided in Dunlay until such time Alzheimer's made it necessary to place her in a nursing home. She was the youngest child of Charles and...
