Elmer Joseph Leinweber
Mar 22, 2008
Elmer Joseph "Joe" Leinweber Jr. of Hondo passed away Saturday, Mar. 22, 2008. He was born April 6, 1922, in Hondo, the son of Elmer Joseph Sr. and Emma (Short) Leinweber. He was a pilot in the U. S. Navy in WWII. Joe was preceded in death by his parents; son, Elmer J. Leinweber III; and brother-in-law, Henry Schuehle. He...
Jimmie Ruth Martin
Mar 20, 2008
Jimmie Ruth (Allen) Martin, age 75, of Hondo passed away Thursday, Mar. 20, 2008, in San Antonio. She was born June 14, 1932, at Zig Zag to Elmer W. and Mary Jane (Montgomery) Allen. She was a teacher's aide with Hondo Independent School District for 39 years. She is preceded in death by her parents; brother, Billy Allen; and brother-in-law,...
Fred Duran Gonzales
Mar 19, 2008
Fred Duran Gonzales, age 49, of San Antonio passed away Wednesday, Mar. 19, 2008. He was born Sept. 2, 1958, in Toledo, OH, the son of Ramon Sr. and Esperanza (Duran) Gonzales. He was a warehouse laborer. Fred was preceded in death by his mother, Esperanza (Duran) Gonzales, and brother, Ramon Gonzales Jr. He is survived by his wife, Elaine...
Mary Ann Hermes
Mar 13, 2008
MaryAnn (Riff) Hermes, born in Dunlay Feb. 12, 1927, to Ed and Ida (Brucks) Riff, died Mar. 13, 2008, in Hondo at the age of 81. She married Lloyd Hermes on Aug. 23, 1945. They lived in Hondo, where she worked at the Medina County Tax Office, then as a teacher's aid and later as secretary to the McDowell Middle...
Viola O Franke
Mar 11, 2008
Viola Noak Busch Franke was born January 18, 1910 to Gustav and Lina Reuter Noak in Round Top, Texas. She was baptized on May 25, 1913 and confirmed on April 24, 1924 at the Round Top Lutheran Church. Viola passed away March 11, 2008. Viola was married to Herbert Busch in the Round Top Lutheran Church on November 24, 1935....
Lorine Josephine Zerr
Mar 7, 2008
Lorine Josephine (Turner) Zerr passed away on Friday, March 7, 2008 at the age of 88. She was born May 30, 1919, in Sabinal to William and Ursula (Koch) Turner. Lorine was married for 62 years to Lester M. Zerr, who preceded her in death in 2003. Also preceding her are sister, Geneva Loran; and brothers, William, Clarence, Milton, and...
Fidel Ramirez
Mar 2, 2008
Fidel Ramirez, age 83, of Hondo passed away Sunday, Mar. 2, 2008. He was born Sept. 15, 1924, in Hondo, the youngest son of Marcial and Gregoria (Rodriguez) Ramirez. Fidel was a disabled Army veteran. He had served as a medical technician in New Guinea, South Philippines and Luzon during WWII. He was awarded the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 3...
Guadalupe Sanchez Correa
Feb 28, 2008
Guadalupe "Lupe" (Sanchez) Correa, age 74, of Hondo passed away Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008. She was born Dec. 15, 1933, the daughter of Pedro and Juanita (Ybarra) Sanchez. She was a homemaker. Lupe was preceded in death by her parents; son, Arturo Correa; daughter, Concha Correa; and siblings, Elena Martinez, Andrea Salazar, Lucia De La Cruz, Amada, Ernesto, Marcelina, and...
Essie Mae Johnson
Feb 25, 2008
Essie Mae Grant Johnson was born November 7, 1913, in Hondo, Texas. She was the oldest of 13 brothers and sisters. She was a faithful member of West End Baptist Church, Hondo, Texas. Essie united in marriage with Joseph Johnson, to which was born one daughter, Ima Jewel. Essie was preceded in death by her beloved father and mother, Millard...
Samuel John Koehler
Feb 23, 2008
Samuel John Koehler Sr., age 89, of Hondo passed away Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008. Sam was born June 2, 1918, in Cisco, TX, son of Robert John and Margaret "Maggie" (Ziehr) Koehler. As a young man, he moved to Hondo where he began farming. After serving in the U. S. Army during WWII, he and Lillie Jane Butler were married....
Wanda Fay Dubray
Feb 20, 2008
Wanda Fay (Van Fleet) Dubray, age 78, of Yancey passed away Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008. Wanda was born in Hondo July 7, 1929, to John Alton and Alice Fay (Coffee) Van Fleet. She and Joseph M. Dubray Jr. were married Sept. 2, 1949. A fulltime homemaker, she was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. Wanda is preceded in death by...
Angelita G Rios
Feb 18, 2008
Angelita G. Rios of Hondo passed away on February 18, 2008, at the age of 82. She was born in Hondo on October 2, 1925, to Alejandro and Enriqueta Guedea. Angelita was baptized, confirmed, and married at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Hondo. She married Jose Rios of Rocksprings on June 29, 1942. Angellta and Jose were blessed...
Eugene Moos
Feb 16, 2008
Eugene (Gene) Moos, 99, died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Hondo on February 16, 2008. He was born on November 14, 1908, to William and Alma Moos, who owned and operated a dairy farm in San Antonio. He was the second youngest of their four children. In June of 1934, he married Myrtle Frerich of San Antonio....
Laura Ann Lobby Landers
Feb 16, 2008
Laura Ann "Lobby" Muennink Landers, age 79, of Hondo passed away Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008. She was born Aug. 4, 1928, in Hondo at the home of her parents, Willie George and Mary (Whaley) Muennink. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Charles Owen "Jack" Landers; brothers, Kyle, Jack H. and George W. Muennink; and sister, Susie Adams....
Jurleen L. Finger
Feb 11, 2008
Jurleen (Alblinger) Finger of Helotes died on Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. Wife of Jack L. Finger of Helotes, Jurleen was born in Hallettsville, Texas, on Jan. 28, 1929. She was the oldest of two children born to William Alblinger and Lydia (Kahanek) Alblinger of Hallettsville. After elementary school at Sacred Heart Catholic School in Hallettsville, Jurleen attended and graduated from...
Lillie Mae Santleben
Feb 3, 2008
Kerrville - Lillie Mae Santleben, age 81, of the Hill Country, passed away Sunday, February 3, 2008 at her residence. She was born in Fayetteville, Texas, July 13, 1926 to Adolph and Frances Listvan. She is survived by her two daughters and sons-in-law, Sharon and Tom Claiborn and Becky and Jimmy Mumme; one granddaughter, Gwenaelle and her family; two sisters,...
Virginia M Fohn
Jan 27, 2008
Virginia Myrle "Ginger" (Brotherton) Fohn of D'Hanis, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 27, 2008, at the age of 59 years. Ginger was born on March 14, 1948, in Del Rio, Texas, the daughter of Richard Ross & Dorothy June (Strickland) Brotherton. She is preceded in death by her mother. Ginger is survived by her husband, John...
Wayne Marie Graff
Jan 22, 2008
Wayne Marie (Stevens) Graff, age 86, of Hondo passed away Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008, in Castroville. Wayne was born Oct. 5, 1921, in Abington, LA, the daughter of Wilmer Jackson and Georgie (Kinman) Stevens. She was a homemaker and had worked as a telephone operator. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, George Emil Graff Jr.; brother, George...
Elsie Modena Dixon
Jan 18, 2008
Elsie Modena Dixon, age 82, of rural Hondo passed away Friday, Jan. 18, 2008, in Castroville. Elsie was born Apr. 24, 1925, in Waurika, OK. She is preceded in death by her parents, Robert Lee and Bertha Swofford Ball; sisters, Nora Hanchett and Alice Pitts; brother, Wade Ball; and two grandchildren. Elsie is survived by daughters, Judith Paulson and husband...
