Vera Catherine Black
Sep 19, 2008
Vera Catherine (Taylor) Black, age 84, of Austin passed away Friday, Sept. 19, 2008, in Austin. Vera was born June 4, 1924, in Hondo, the daughter of Elbert Caldwell and Mary Jane (Sherry) Taylor. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, William Robert Black; and sisters, Christine White, Mildred Moebius, Bertha Marie Miller...
Andrea H. Castillo
Sep 19, 2008
Andrea (Hernandez) Castillo, age 87, of Hondo passed away Friday, Sept. 19, 2008, in Hondo. Andrea was born Nov. 2, 1920, in Hondo, the daughter of Eduardo and Cipriana (Ruiz) Hernandez. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Ignacio Castillo; and brothers, Guadalupe, Bonefacio, and Margarito Hernandez. She is survived by her son, James H. Castillo and...
James Robert Rainey
Sep 18, 2008
James Robert Rainey of Hondo passed away at his home Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008, at the age of 76. He was born May 15, 1932, to Ernest and Corrine Rainey of Utopia. Robert, better known as "Shortstroke," as "Shortstroke," drove a truck for many years. He was a U.S. Army Veteran and a member of the Quihi Gun Club. He...
Pamela Elaine Carlucci
Sep 17, 2008
Pamela (Bratton) Carlucci of Hondo and Tarpley passed away Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008, at the age of 53. She was born Oct. 11, 1954, in Sherman, TX, the daughter of Robert William and Peggy Lois (Sizemore) Bratton. She was a medical supply customer service representative. Pam is preceded in death by her grandfather, James Sizemore; and grandparents, Clyde Richard and...
Augustine Gonzales
Sep 17, 2008
Augustine Gonzales of Hondo passed away Sept. 17, 2008, at the age of 85. He was born May 28, 1923, in Hondo to Francisco and Luisa (Ybarra) Gonzales. Augustine was a painter and worked many years at Universal Rundle. He was preceded in death by his parents and nine brothers and sisters. He is survived by his wife, Bertha (Barrientes)...
Florine Faseler
Sep 13, 2008
Florine Ward Faseler was born in Yancey to Joe and Lula Ward on October 19, 1922. She passed away September 12, 2008 at the age of 85. Florine spent her early years in Yancey. At a young age she accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior and was baptized in the creek that ran alongside their property. She graduated from Yancey...
Marilyn J Nester
Sep 11, 2008
Marilyn (Jennings) Nester, passed away Sept. 11, 2008, at the age of 77. She was born Aug. 15, 1931, the daughter of Leslie Samuel and Velma (Schmedt) Jennings. She earned a bachelor's degree and taught grade school in Hondo and Sabinal for several years. A dedicated wife and mother, she also was bookkeeper for Nester's Supermarket for 20 years and...
Debra Ruth Tovar
Sep 8, 2008
Debra R. Tovar, age 50, of Hondo passed away Monday, Sept. 8, 2008. She was born Mar. 8, 1958, in Lincoln Park, MI, the daughter of Earl C. and Patricia E. (Grindall) Jenkins. Debra was preceded in death by her father. She is survived by her mother, Patricia Jenkins of Westland, MI; daughters, Deanna Tovar of D'Hanis, Melissa Guerra and...
Elsie Lindeburg - Krause
Sep 5, 2008
Elsie Sophie Augusta (Folk) Lindeburg Krause, age 92, of Quihi, passed away Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. She was born Nov. 1, 1915, in Hondo, the daughter of Anton Folk and Lina (Hartman) Folk. She was baptized Jan. 23, 1916, at St. John's Lutheran Church, New Fountain, and was confirmed Aug. 26, 1928, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Quihi. It was there...
William Herman Snyder
Sep 4, 2008
William Herman "Bill" Snyder, Sr., age 84, of Quihi, passed away Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. He was born July 18, 1924, at Ft. Clark Hospital, Brackettville, the son of Russel L. and Beulah Myrtle (Conway) Snyder, who precede him in death. He retired as a steel mill foreman after 30 years and had also worked for the telephone company. Bill...
Alford Emil Weber
Sep 4, 2008
Alford Emil Weber, age 88, of Hondo, passed away Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. He was born Dec. 11, 1919, in Hondo, the son of Emil Alford and Hulda M. (Breiten) Weber. He retired as a carpenter and mechanic. He was preceded in death by his sisters, Josie Krenmueller and Nuella Bell Oefinger. Alford is survived by his wife, Adeline (Krenmueller)...
Joseph Wesley Huesser
Aug 30, 2008
Joseph Wesley Huesser, age 92, of Hondo, passed away Saturday, August 30, 2008. Wesley was born Oct. 3, 1915, in Hondo, the son of Eugene and Ella (Nester) Huesser. He was a rancher and owned and operated Huesser Tires Inc. in Hondo and also did upholstery work for many years. Wesley was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Mildred...
Clara J Blinka
Aug 28, 2008
Clara Blinka, 90, passed away Thursday, August 28, 2008 in Arlington. Service:2:00 P.M. Saturday at First Methodist Church of Azle. Interment: Hondo Cemetery-Oakwood Section. Second Service: 11:00 A.M. Wed. at First Methodist Church in Hondo. Visitation: 6 to 8 P.M. Friday at the White's Funeral Home in Azle. Clara was born November 11, 1917 in Bee County to Herman and...
James Buckley Barlow
Aug 27, 2008
James Buckley "Buck" Barlow November 16, 1981 August 27, 2008 James Buckley "Buck" Barlow, beloved son of Thomas L. and Donna Marie Barlow, passed away on August 27, 2008 at the age of 26 years. Buck was brother to Thomas Scott Barlow of D'Hanis and Lisa Marie Barlow of Austin. Business took his family from Texas to Wisconsin, which is...
Lillian Elizabeth Schumann
Aug 25, 2008
Lillian Elizabeth (Britsch) Schumann, age 93, of San Antonio passed away Monday, Aug. 25, 2008, in Boerne. Lillian was born May 17, 1915, in Hondo, the daughter of Willie and Frances Magdelene (Weiss) Britsch. She was a homemaker. Lillian was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Eddie F. Schumann; brothers, Lawrence Britsch and Joe Britsch; and sister, Corine...
Nurmi Ann Fuller
Aug 11, 2008
Nurmi Ann Fuller, born February 18, 1941, in Hondo, Texas to Arnold and Minnie Wendland, passed away on August 11, 2008, in San Antonio, Texas. Following graduation from Hondo High School, she moved to San Antonio to attend Draughon's Business College. While working at C.P.S.B., she met her husband and they were married in August 1962. She later worked for...
Opal Coralee Greathouse
Aug 10, 2008
Opal Coralee (Flessa) Greathouse, age 88, passed away Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008. Opal was born Dec. 9, 1919, in Yale, OK, the daughter of William Walter and Anna Retta (Taylor) Flessa. A dedicated, wife, mother, and grandmother, she called herself a Domestic Engineer. Her family was her life. She was preceded in death by her parents and stepmother, Josie; and...
Adele Myrlene Adkins
Aug 10, 2008
Adele Myrlene Scott Adkins of Hondo died at Medina Community Hospital on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008. She was 89. She was born the second of three children, on June 24, 1919, in Iola, Grimes County, Texas, to William Camp and Inice Moon Scott. She graduated from Hondo High School in May 1937 and entered college at San Marcos. After a...
Stella Louise Mumme
Aug 10, 2008
Stella Louise Mumme of Hondo, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 10, 2008, at her home, at the age of 58 years. Stella was born on April 23, 1950, in Hondo, Texas, the daughter of Stanley Louis & Ella Minnie (Falkenberg) Mumme. She was the fourth of six children. Stella grew up on a farm north of...
Efrain M Escamilla Sr
Aug 5, 2008
Efrain M. Escamilla, age 72, of Hondo passed away Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008. Efrain was born Nov. 15, 1935, in Hondo, a son of Luis L. and Maria Ysabel (Muniz) Escamilla. He was a butcher for G&M Grocery and Nester's Supermarket in the 1960s and '70s, as well as in other area towns including Utopia, Castroville, Devine and Sabinal. Local...
