Lillian Ethel Shuler
Oct 12, 2006
Lillian Ethel Schweers Shuler. 85. passed away October 12. 2006 in Hondo, TX. Lillian was born July 18, 1921 in Hondo, TX. She graduated from George West High School in 1938 where she was a Varsity Cheerleader. Soon after graduating she married and moved to Harlingen TX and then to San Antonio where she raised her family and started her...
Francisco Pancho Hernandez
Oct 11, 2006
Francisco H. "Pancho" Hernandez of D'Hanis, Texas, went to be with the Lord on Wedesday, October 11, 2006, at the age of 72. He died of complications following open heart surgery. He was born in Haciende, Mexico, August 17, 1934, the son of Francisco Gauna Hernandez and Maria Hernandez Varela. He is preceded in death by his parents. Pancho is...
Russell Milton Peters
Oct 10, 2006
Russell M. Peters, age 84, of Hondo passed away in the St. Luke's Baptist Hospital in San Antono on October 10, 2006. He died of complications following cancer surgery. Russell was born to Edgar Milton Peters and Winnefred Stout Peters in Seguin, TX, August 25, 1922. He had one brother, Don, who is deceased. His father married Rene Crenshaw after...
Donald F. Lee
Oct 7, 2006
We will celebrate the life and mourn the loss of Donald F. Lee. He was called to join his father, Floyd Willie Fruit; his mother, Mary Alice Fruit; and his brother, James Allen Fruit, on Saturday, October 7, 2006, at the age of 62. Don was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, July 6, 1944, and attended Oklahoma University in Norman and...
Luren Schweers Balzen
Oct 6, 2006
Luren Schweers Balzen of Hondo, Texas, went to be with the Lord on Friday, October 6, 2006, at the age of 96. She was born in Quihi, Texas, October 2, 1910, the daughter of John & Anna M. (Ellebracht) Schweers. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband Hugo Roland Balzen; brothers John Dietrich Schweers, Henry William Schweers, Emil...
Pauline Sanchez Garza
Oct 2, 2006
Pauline "Paula" Garza of San Antonio, Texas, went to be with the Lord on Monday, October 2, 2006, at the age of 62. She was born in Hondo, Texas, June 30, 1944, the daughter of Santiago & Ysidra (Tambunga) Sanchez. She is preceded in death by her parents; brother Valeriano Sanchez; and an infant sister. Paula is survived by her...
Anthony Nickachos
Sep 30, 2006
Anthony "Tony" Nickachos, beloved life companion and husband of Annanelle "Ann" Hardt, died Sept. 30, 2006, in Athens, Greece. He had suffered a ruptured aortic aneurysm on July 28, at the conclusion of a Greek island cruise with Ann, and died nine weeks later from complications following emergency surgery. Tony was the youngest of the five children of Athanasios "Thomas"...
Alberta Rico Benites
Sep 29, 2006
Alberta Rico Benites, age 85, of Hondo, passed away Friday, Sept. 29, 2006. She was born April 7, 1921, in Hondo. She was preceded in death by her parents, Victor M. and Paula (Martinez) Rico; husband, Eusebio Benites; brothers, Gilberto Rico and Jose Rico; and sisters, Victoria Lerma, Lenor Soto, Lorenza rico, Felipa Maldonado, Guadalupe Rico and Luisa Sandoval. She...
Thomas Earl Jacobs Iii
Sep 28, 2006
Thomas Earl Jacobs, III, age 49, of Hondo, passed away Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006. He was born Nov. 30, 1956, in San Antonio. He was preceded in death by his father, Thomas Earl Jacobs Jr. and son, Thomas Earl Jacobs IV. He is survived by his children, Christina Hudson, Sandra Murphy, Jennifer Jacobs, Rebecca Warner, Jonathan Jacobs; brother of Larry...
Juana R. Garcia
Sep 26, 2006
Juana (Rodriguez) Garcia, age 86, of Hondo passed away Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2006. She was born July 12, 1920, in Long Beach, CA. Juana is preceded in death by her parents, Roberto and Francisco (Dorado) Rodriguez; sons, Armando and John Henry; brother, Antonio Rodriguez; and sisters, Maria R. Batton and Maria De Jesus Salazar. She is survived by her children,...
Thomas Dale Kotowski
Sep 23, 2006
Colonel Thomas Dale Kotowski, age 88, died Sept. 23, 2006, in Hondo. He was born in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, on Nov. 1, 1917. Tom was preceded in death by his parents, Joe and Helen (Bleasdale) Kotowski; his wife, Gloria E. (Clements) Kotowski; daughter, Mary Nancy; and grandchildren, Heidi Ulrich and Peter J. Ulrich. He is survived by his wife, Elsie...
Osmer Lee Moss
Sep 7, 2006
Osmer Lee Moss, 90, formerly of Hondo, died Thursday, September 7, at Buckuer Villa Siesta Home in Austin. Born on June 24, 1916, in Hearne, Texas, he was the son of Samuel Osmer Moss and Henrietta Edna Johnson. He graduated from Hearne High School. On November 4, 1941, he married Thelma Ila Johnson. Upon entering the service during World War...
Donna Marie Barlow
Sep 6, 2006
Donna Marie Barlow of Hondo, Texas, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 6, 2006, at the age of 61. She was born in San Antonio, Texas, August 8, 1945, the daughter of Gus & Myrtle (Allen) Siebeneicher. Donna grew-up in San Antonio and graduated from Thomas Edison High School. She married Thomas Barlow at age 18, raised...
James Andrew Gabehart
Aug 27, 2006
James Andrew "Jim" Gabehart of Hondo, Texas, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 27, 2006, at the age of 92. He was born in Chickasaw, OK, March 2, 1914, the son of Joseph Andrew & Jessie Mae (Thomas) Gabehart. Due to his mother's health, the family moved to Texas in 1926. Jim was a member of Bethlehem...
Maria G. Hernandez
Aug 19, 2006
Maria G. Hernandez of Hondo, Texas, went to be with the Lord on August 19, 2006, at the age of 80. She was born November 29, 1925, in Hondo, Texas, the daughter of Jesus D. & Maria Inez (Gomez) Hernandez. She is preceded in death by her parents; brothers Dionicio Hernandez, Valente Hernandez, Simon Hernandez, Juan Hernandez; sisters Petra G....
Orville John Steubing
Aug 17, 2006
Obituary for O.J. (Butzie) Steubing O.J. Steubing was born on Feb. 8, 1929 to Richard and Hulda (Grosenbacher) Steubing in San Antonio, Texas. He went to be with the Lord on August 17, 2006 at the age of 77. O.J. was preceded in death by his first wife, Margie (Milsaps) Steubing and is survived by his wife, Evelyn (Grell) Steubing;...
Marvin Joe Robertson
Aug 15, 2006
Marvin Joe Robertson, age 64, of Hondo passed away Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2006, after a battle with brain cancer. He was born July 11, 1942, in Hondo, the son of Vernon and Frances (Embrey) Robertson. He was preceded in death by his parents and son, Marvin J. "Jody" Robertson II. Marvin was an artist and musician. He was an aircraft...
Mina Emelia Nietenhoefer
Aug 5, 2006
Minnie Martin Nietenhoefer of Hondo, Texas, went to be with the Lord on August 5, 2006, at the age of 101 and 10 days. She was born July 26, 1905, in Quihi, the daughter of August G. & Antjie (Schweers) Martin. She was the sixth child of seven children. The doctor who delivered Minnie had to hurry to the home...
Lillie May Jones
Aug 4, 2006
Lillie Mae (Luellen) Jones of San Antonio passed away on Friday, Aug. 4, 2006, at the age of 80. She was born July 5, 1926, in Oil Trough, AR. She is preceded in death by her parents, Marion and Vader (Cook) Luellen; son, Glen Allen Jones; daughter, Shirley Ann Smith; and brothers, V. L. Luellen and Leon Luellen. Lillie is...
Dyanne Lessley Patrick
Jul 5, 2006
Dyanne Lessley Patrick, age 54, of Ferriday, LA, passed away Wednesday, July 5, 2006, in Hondo, Texas. Dyanne was born July 12, 1951, in Ruleville, MS, the daughter of Earl Lessley, Jr. and Margaret Wright. She is survived by her husband James Patrick of Long Beach, CA; sister Helen Hampton of Hondo; Jimmy Dale Lessley of Vidalia, LA, Earl Lessley,...
