Katherine Janak Kahanek
Dec 19, 2018
Katherine Janak Kahanek, 81, of Hallettsville, passed away on December 19, 2018. She was born on August 7, 1937, the sixth of ten children, to Guntram J. & Annie Pesek Janak at St. Mary's, Lavaca County, Texas. She went to Brown School, graduated from Sacred Heart High School in 1955 and Renger Hospital School of Nursing in 1956. She...
Gladys Melnar Harding
Dec 15, 2018
Gladys Melnar Harding, of Houston, passed away peacefully, Saturday, December 15, 2018, at the age 89. She was born and raised in Hallettsville in the Vsetin Community. Her parents were Adolph Oscar Melnar and Mary Kartman Melnar.
Gladys attended school in the Vsetin Community and continued her education at Southwestern Business University, where she acquired her GED...
Johnny Emil Svetlik
Dec 7, 2018
Johnny Emil Svetlik, 64, of Hallettsville, TX, passed away on December 7, 2018. He was born December 31, 1953 to Victor A. and Dorothy Bujnoch Svetlik in Hallettsville. He married the love of his life, Marilyn Grahmann Svetlik, on September 28, 1985, and together they were blessed with two sons, Chase and Ethan Svetlik. Johnny was a member of...
Nathan Alan Smith
Dec 3, 2018
Nathan Alan Smith, 36, of Brenham, TX, went to his Lord on December 3, 2018. He was born 3 months early on April 12, 1982 weighing 1 lb. 8 oz. He spent the first 8 months and 1 day of his life in Texas Children Hospital Houston (3 months in the ICU and the remaining in Intermediate Care). He...
Henrietta Stock
Nov 22, 2018
Henrietta Stock, 84, of Hallettsville passed away Thursday, November 22, 2018. She was born June 24, 1934 in Shiner to the late Ben J. and Louise Kolar Stluka. She was a member of the V.F.W. Auxiliary, the American Legion Auxiliary, Catholic Daughters of Americas, Christian Mothers, and Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Hallettsville.
Henrietta is survived by:...
Angeline Caroline Ulcak
Nov 21, 2018
Angeline Caroline Ulcak, 86, of Hallettsville, passed away Nov. 21, 2018. She was born on May 6, 1932 to Frank & Emily Kubena Kremling in Shiner. She married Henry E. Ulcak on June 6, 1950 at St. Anthony Catholic Church of Witting, TX. She was a member of St. Mary's Alter Society, Holy Rosary Society and St. Mary's Catholic...
Ray Brown
Nov 17, 2018
Ray Brown, 86, of Ava Missouri began this life October 13, 1932 to parents Julian E. and Kate (Cole) Brown in Hallettsville, Texas. He departed this life November 17, 2018 at the Missouri Veterans Home, Mt Vernon, MO.
When you talked to Ray you learned very quickly what was important to him, family, faith, and patriotism. Ray...
Irene Dell Rutledge (Nee Sicko)
Nov 13, 2018
On March 1, 1922 Irene Dell Sicko was born to Oscar and Hertha (Schultz) Sicko in Sublime, Texas. She was the first of seven. Irene had the most loving, kind, and hardworking parents. Oscar and Hertha would be role models for her life. As a young woman, Irene loved school, volleyball, and Sunday softball games with her family and...
Dorothy Faye Olsovsky
Nov 8, 2018
Dorothy Faye Olsovsky, 80, of Hallettsville, passed away Nov. 8, 2018. She was born on Oct. 5, 1938 to Preston F. & Pearl Martin Anderkin in Mount Vernon, Kentucky. She married Julius E. Olsovsky on April 8, 1961 in Edna, TX. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Hallettsville.
Dorothy is survived by: 3...
Frankie Joe Appelt Jr.
Nov 4, 2018
Frankie Joe Appelt Jr., 75, of Hallettsville, passed away Nov. 4, 2018. He was born on July 15, 1943 to Frank J. Appelt Sr. & Wilhemenia Siecko, in Sublime. He moved to Hallettsville when he was about 3 years old, to what we call the "Home Place". He went to Hallettsville High School. He was a member of the...
Kim Marie Evans Tesch
Oct 30, 2018
Kim Marie Evans Tesch, 57, Hallettsville, went to be with the Lord, Tuesday, October 30, 2018. She was born in Bay City, Texas, November 19, 1960 to Kenneth and Katy Evans. She was a kind and loving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter and sister.
Kim is survived by: husband Edgar Tesch; children, Edgar Tesch Jr., Tammy Grahmann &...
Bennie Emil Kazmir
Oct 28, 2018
Bennie Emil Kazmir, 66, of Sheridan, passed away Oct. 28, 2018, at University Hospital in San Antonio. He was born on July 21, 1952 in Eagle Lake, TX, to the late George & Adela Kazmir Sr. He was raised in Sheridan, and attended school in Sheridan and Altair. He married Dolores (Dee) Hernandez on Feb. 21, 1981 at Sacred...
Anita Mae Hobbs
Oct 24, 2018
Anita Mae Hobbs, beloved wife, mother, sister, aunt, and friend, 69, of Hallettsville, TX and formerly Friendswood, TX, was called home by her Heavenly Father on Wednesday morning, October 24, 2018, surrounded by her family. She was born September 6, 1949 to Georgie and August Henke in Hallettsville, TX. She was the youngest of three children. Anita recently celebrated...
Sharon Ann Lockstedt Anders
Oct 21, 2018
Sharon Ann Lockstedt Anders, 69, of Rock Island, passed away Oct. 21, 2018. She was born on Oct. 18, 1949 to Calvin H. & Mary Annis Edward Lockstedt in Yoakum. She married Joe Lee Anders on Oct. 6, 1981 in Colorado County, TX.
Sharon graduated from Yoakum High School in 1967. She went to Baldwin's Business College....
Charles Anthony Netardus
Oct 20, 2018
Charles Anthony Netardus was born October 31, 1946, at the Netardus family homestead in Wied, Texas, to Vaclav (James) Netardus and Mary Nevlud Netardus. On October 20, 2018, at the age of 71, he entered into his eternal rest. He passed peacefully at his home with his family by his side after an extensive battle with cancer. Charles married...
Joe Lee Anders
Oct 15, 2018
Joe Lee Anders, 75, of Rock Island, passed away Oct. 15, 2018. He was born on Aug. 18, 1943 to Mr. & Mrs. Fred Anders in Moravia, TX. He married Sharon Ann Lockstedt on Oct. 6, 1981 in Colorado County, TX.
Funeral Service : 1:30 pm, Thursday Oct. 18, 2018, at Kubena Funeral Home; with...
Virginia Mary Pustka
Oct 8, 2018
Virginia Mary Pustka, 78, of Wied, passed away Oct. 8, 2018. She was born on Oct. 27, 1939 to Julius J. & Helen Woitaske Grahmann in Hallettsville. She married John P. Pustka on April 29, 1961 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Hallettsville. She was a member of KJT & KJZT of Wied, Catholic Daughters of Americas of Hallettsville,...
Inez Rathe Lasell
Oct 7, 2018
Inez Rather Lasell
June 22, 1922 – October 7, 2018
The grand Texas sky has just been made brighter by the arrival of a grand new star.
If ever there were a task of Herculean proportion, it would be to honor the life and times of Inez Rather Lasell with a few mere...
Doloris Mae Leopold
Sep 30, 2018
Doloris Mae Leopold, 78, of Hallettsville, passed away Sept. 30, 2018. She was born on March 7, 1940, 4 th of 5 children to Jim & Willie Mae Kahanek in Hallettsville.
Doloris attended what was then Southwest Texas University of San Marcos and was extremely proud of her role as a Southwest Texas Strutter, while earning her...
Mary Margaret Clark Heath
Sep 28, 2018
Mary Margaret Clark Heath, age 88, of Speaks, TX, passed away on Friday evening, September 28, 2018 with her children at her bedside. She was born on September 18, 1930, in Speaks, to parents Jimmy Dick & Linnie Clark.
Mary graduated from Edna High School. She attended nursing school in Houston, where she met and married Jack...