Aleen Elizabeth Bohlen
Oct 27, 2009
Aleen Grell Bohlen, age 87, of Hondo passed away Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. Aleen was born Aug. 13, 1922, to Otto and Minnie Boehle Grell. She attended Hondo High School, graduating in 1939. She married Roy John Bohlen on August 22, 1940, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Quihi and they started their life together in Hondo. Aleen worked at various...
Irene E Rodriguez
Oct 16, 2009
Irene (Esparza) Rodriguez, age 81, of Hondo went to be with the Lord on Friday, Oct. 16, 2009. She was born Oct. 20, 1927, in Hondo, the daughter of Emilio and Francisca (Ortiz) Esparza. She married Atilano Rodriguez in 1946 and was a homemaker. She was a member of the Guadalupana Society and worked as a fulltime volunteer and later...
Jack William Poe
Oct 13, 2009
Jack William Poe, 92, died peacefully on October 13, 2009 at Elgin Nursing Home. Jack was born in Biry, Medina County, Texas on September 13, 1917 to Robert George and Irene M. (Bilhartz) Poe. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Navy from 1942 to 1945. He was married to Elna Tonn Poe for sixty eight...
Jennymae Shane
Oct 13, 2009
Jennymae Shane, age 86, passed away Oct. 13, 2009. JJen was a long-time resident and former City Secretary of Sabinal. After retiring, she volunteered at the Sabinal Library. She had been a resident at Community Care Center in Hondo for the last few years. She was born Dec. 23, 1922, in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, to Elva and Conrad Ulrich....
Esperanza Montalvo Nombraa
Oct 11, 2009
Esperanza Montalvo Nombraña, age 65, of Macdona, TX, passed away Oct. 11, 2009. Esperanza was born Feb. 8, 1944 in Nuevo Leon, Mexico. She was preceded in death by her parents, Daniel and Maria Salazar Montalvo; grandson, Daniel Sanchez; brother, Michael Montalvo; sister, Eva Reyna and brother-in-law, Joe Silvas. Survivors include her husband, Jose Nombraña of Macdona; daughters and sons-in-law,...
Robert Hernandez
Oct 7, 2009
Robert Hernandez, age 85, of Castroville, TX, passed away Oct. 7, 2009. Robert was born May 25, 1924 in Guthrie, OK to the late Frank and Josephine Acosta Hernandez. Robert was a WWII veteran and was a member of the American Legion Post 460, and the VFW Post 8134. He is also preceded in death by his sister, Pasquala Hernandez;...
Erica Rose Gomez Jr.
Oct 6, 2009
Erica Rose Gomez, age 33, of Austin, TX, passed away Oct. 6, 2009. Erica was born Jan. 24, 1976 in Carrizo Springs, TX. Survivors include her parents, Raul and Yolanda Gomez of Castroville; siblings, Sonia Gomez and Hilario Martinez of Austin, Marisella G. Alvarez and her husband Frank of Castroville, Vanessa Marie Gomez of Austin, Jessica Dawn Gomez of Las...
Edward Eric Alfredson
Oct 5, 2009
Edward Eric Alfredson, age 88, of Hondo passed away Oct. 5, 2009, at a Kerrville nursing home. He was born Oct. 4, 1921, in Olympia, WA, the son of the late Eric J. and Minnie Mae (Rich) Alfredson. He was a WWII Army veteran and had a career as an aircraft mechanical engineer. He and his late wife, Ila, a...
Sgt Paul Carlo Danna
Sep 24, 2009
SGT Paul Carlo Danna, age 23, of Castroville, Texas passed away on September 24, 2009 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. SGT Danna was born in San Antonio, Texas on December 26, 1985. He attended schools in Devine, Texas, Langley AFB, Virginia, Del Rio, Texas and was a 2004 graduate of Medina Valley High School in Castroville, Texas. He also attended Texas A&M...
Norberta Castillo Gonzales
Sep 17, 2009
Norberta (Castillo) Gonzales, age 68, of Hondo passed away Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009, after fighting cancer. Born June 6, 1941, in Hondo, she was the daughter of Ignacio and Eluteria (Salazar) Castillo. She is preceded in death by her parents and stepmother, Andrea Hernandez Castillo. She is survived by her daughters, Maite Cuellar (Russell Dyall), Imelda Gallardo, and Norberta Gonzales...
Henry Milton Highsmith
Sep 7, 2009
Henry Milton Highsmith, age 94, of Hondo passed away Monday, Sept. 7, 2009. Born August 21, 1915, in Junction, he was the son of John Franklin and Effie Laura (Butts) Highsmith. Milton was a farmer/rancher, an avid hunter, was retired from the Texas Highway Department, and had worked as a fireman at the navigation school in Hondo. He was preceded...
Ida Mae Pichot
Sep 1, 2009
Ida Mae Brown Pichot, age 88, of Uvalde, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009 in Castroville. Mrs. Pichot was born in Goose Creek, Texas on Feb. 19, 1921. She is preceded in death by her parents, Robert Robie Brown and Ida Gertrude Oliver Brown; husband, Homer Louis Pichot; daughter, Barbara Jean Anderson and her husband, Andy, and brother, Bobby Brown....
Roseann Grijalva Govea
Aug 21, 2009
Roseann (Grijalva) Govea, age 42, of Hondo passed away Friday, Aug. 21, 2009. She was born Oct. 12, 1966, in San Jose, CA, the daughter of Carlos Grijalva and the late Lupe (Zamora) Grijalva. Roseann was a homemaker. She is survived by her husband, Baltazar Govea; son, Ramon B. Govea; and daughter, Marisela Govea, all of Hondo. Rosary will be...
Adeline Steurenthaler Weber
Aug 18, 2009
Adeline Mary (Steurenthaler) Weber went to be with our Lord on Aug. 18, 2009, at the age of 78. Her parents, Paul and Katie (Reininger) Steurenthaler and one infant brother preceded her in death. She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Roland Doyle Weber, and three children, Kurt Weber and wife Etta Faye, Cindy Fohn and husband David,...
Marignacia Nacha Mares
Aug 16, 2009
Marignacia "Nacha" (Aguinaga) Mares, age 81, of Hondo passed away Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009, surrounded by her family. Maria I., as she was also known, was born Feb. 1, 1928, in D'Hanis, the daughter of Leonzo and Luz (Garza) Aguinaga. She was a field worker and a homemaker. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Pedro Mares...
Manuel M. Reyes
Aug 10, 2009
Manuel M. Reyes, Jr. age 63, of Hondo passed away Monday, Aug. 10, 2009. He was born May 29, 1946, in Hondo, son of Manuel and Raquel (Mendez) Reyes. He was a heavy equipment operator in road construction. Manuel is preceded in death by his father; brother, Alfredo Reyes; and two infant siblings. He is survived by his mother; his...
Annie Schmidli Huesser
Aug 7, 2009
Annie (Schmidli) Huesser, age 87, of D'Hanis passed away Friday, Aug. 7, 2009. She was born Oct. 28, 1921, in Copeland, TX. Annie was preceded in death by her parents, Elfrieda "Frieda" Marie (Wernli) Schmidli and Jacob Schmidli; her husband of 68 years, James Day "JD" Huesser; brothers, Louis and Rudy Schmidli; and a sister, Polly Neuman. She is survived...
Jeannine Ann Burrell
Aug 4, 2009
Jeannine Ann (Cartwright) Burrell, age 63, of Dallas passed away Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009. One of the sweetest and most kind-hearted people, born Aug. 7, 1945, in Houston, she was the daughter of George Anderson and Alice Dean (Howell) Cartwright. She is preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Walter John Burrell. She is survived by her sons,...
Jack Duane White
Aug 3, 2009
Jack Duane White passed away peacefully at his home in Hondo, surrounded by love and his family on Aug. 3, 2009. He was 85 years old. Jack was born in Surprise, Nebraska, and graduated from Kearny High School. He was commissioned in the U.S. Army in 1943 where he became a B-26 medium bomber pilot. He flew 65 combat missions...
James Day Huesser
Aug 2, 2009
James Day "JD" Huesser, age 89, of D'Hanis passed away Sunday, Aug. 2, 2009. He was born July 19, 1920, in Hondo, the son of Eugene and Elenora "Ella" (Nester) Huesser. JD was a lifelong farmer/rancher just west o f D'Hanis. He was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church, a member of D'Hanis Lions Club for 20 years, of...
