Royce Rother
Mar 24, 2017
Royce Rother, 81, of Hackberry, passed away March 24, 2017. He was born on November 26, 1935, with arm impairment, to Emil Aaron and Albina Smajstrala Rother in Hackberry. He married Elizabeth Mary Kutach on July 4, 1961 in Plainview, Texas. During their 55 years of marriage the couple had 4 children.
Royce was born and raised...
Mildred M. Franta
Mar 21, 2017
Mildred M. Franta, of Hallettsville, began her heavenly journey on March 21, 2017, at the age of 92.
Mildred was born June 12, 1924, to Jim L. and Mary Kokas Mikes in Shiner and had lived in Houston and Austin. She was an honor student, graduated from high school at age sixteen, and attended the University of...
Max F. Henrichs
Mar 21, 2017
Max Fred Henrichs, 73 of Moulton Texas was called to his heavenly home on March 21, 2017. He was born on Dec. 31, 1943 to the late Max J. Henrichs and Ruby Sebastian Henrichs in Hallettsville.
Max and Frances were married on Jan. 15, 1966. They were true soul mates and lived a life so full of...
Margaret Ann Dornak
Mar 20, 2017
Margaret Ann Dornak, 62, of Hallettsville, passed away March 20, 2017. She was born on November 6, 1954 to Mike E. & Annie Smirak Dornak in Hallettsville. She was a member of KJZT #53 Wied, Catholic Daughters #797, and Charter Member of SerraClub of the Diocese of Victoria Northwest. She also volunteered at L.A.M.B.
Margaret lived on...
Virginia Rae King Smith
Mar 16, 2017
Virginia Rae King Smith, 93, of Hallettsville, passed away March 16, 2017. She was born on June 20, 1923 to Rev. James Thomas (J.T.) & Virgie Callie McNeill King in Goliad, TX. They moved to Hallettsville in 1927, where she has lived all of her life
Virginia married Earl Claude Smith on October 20, 1945, after returning...
Roger C. Mertz Sr.
Mar 16, 2017
Roger Clarence Mertz Sr., 85, died peacefully on Thursday, March 16, 2017 at his home in Hallettsville.
Roger was born on February 15, 1932 in Hallettsville, Texas, the youngest of five children born to Magnus and Annie Mertz.
Growing up in Hallettsville, Roger was very close to his brothers. He fished, swam and enjoyed the...
Raymond E. Silgero
Mar 16, 2017
Raymond E. Silgero, 77, of Logannville, GA, passed away March 16, 2017. He was born to Felipe & Andrea Chapa Silgero.
Raymond is survived by: his children, son Stephen and daughter Silvia; 5 brothers, Fred, Philip, Felix, Gilbert and Richard Silgero; and 3 sisters, Susie Martinez, Rosie Muniz and Virginia Bargas.
Raymond was preceded in...
Topsy Fenner
Mar 14, 2017
Topsy Fenner, 84, of Hallettsville, passed away March 14, 2017. She was born on February 19, 1933 to Charles and Lula Mae Fulkerson. On July 7, 1951 she married John Richard Fenner.
Topsy enjoyed entertaining people with tales of her time living on a big ranch in Oklahoma shortly after getting married. She loved telling stories of...
Levern Edward Krause
Mar 9, 2017
Levern Edward Krause, 92, of Moulton, passed away March 9, 2017. He was born on October 6, 1924 to Edward & Martha Wurstenbart Krause in Moulton. He married Lorene Ann Trojack, she passed away on May 16, 2009.
Levern served in the US Army during WWII.  He received the Astatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with one bronze service star...
Mary Jane Cervenka
Mar 4, 2017
Mary Jane Cervenka, 57, of Austin, passed away March 4, 2017. She was born on November 27, 1959 to Daniel R. & Helen Mican Cervenka in Pasadena, TX.
Mary is survived by her sister Sharon Rogers & husband Cecil of Georgetown, TX.
Mary was preceded in death by her parents
Funeral Service:...
William Cullen Graham
Mar 3, 2017
William Cullen Graham, 70, of Fort Worth, passed away to be with Jesus on March 3, 2017 at 12 noon at home, with his wife at his bedside and Hospice Care. He was born on April 8, 1946 in Boulder, Colorado, the son of Laura Jane (Hanks) Graham and William Graham, Sr.; the grandson of Roary Graham and Margaret...
Mildred Leverne Dolezal
Feb 26, 2017
Mildred Leverne Dolezal, 85, of Hallettsville, passed away Feb. 26, 2017. She was born on Feb. 11, 1932 to Theo B. & Nettie Jacobs Fitch in Edna, TX. She married Charles V. Dolezal Sr. on May 27, 1949 in Hallettsville.
Mildred is survived by 2 daughters, Sybil Riebschlaeger & husband Daniel of Pearland, and Shirley Dolezal of...
Marge Stewart Rehm
Feb 24, 2017
Marge Stewart Rehm, 89, of Hallettsville, passed away unexpectedly, yet gently, with family by her side the evening of Friday, February 24, 2017. Marge was born in Madison, Illinois on July 26, 1927, the fifth of eight children born to Alexander & Winona Sweeney Stewart. She was raised in Rockport, TX, where she fell in love with the beach...
Charlie J. Deem
Feb 13, 2017
Charlie Joseph "C.J." Deem was born on November 3, 1932 to Edward and Frieda Deem in Brenham, Texas. Charlie was an only child, but the presence of lots of cousins filled his childhood with many memories. He would play with his cousins daily, often taking trips to the "Little Rocky Creek" to go swimming in the summer. Soon, his...
Norbert D. Janak
Feb 9, 2017
Norbert D. Janak, 70, of Hallettsville, passed away Thursday, February 9, 2017 at his home. He was born December 27, 1946 to Mike V. and Lillie (Wagner) Janak of Hallettsville. Norbert went to Wied School, and graduated from St. Paul Catholic High School in Shiner in 1965.
He was drafted into the Army January, 1966. After training...
Helen Ann Shimek-Malick
Feb 8, 2017
Helen Ann Shimek-Malick, 86 of Hallettsville, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 8, 2017, at 2:07 pm. Helen was born May 4, 1930 in Charlottenburg, TX, to Rudy and Veronika Kurtz. She was a homemaker and musician who loved to play polka music with her family and friends. She was a member of the Rudy Kurtz Orchestra, Wence Shimek...
George Garlan Harris
Feb 7, 2017
George Garlan   Harris, 84, of Hallettsville, passed away February 7, 2017. He was born on August 12, 1932 in Drew, Mississippi. He married Nellie Rae Farmer on Dec. 23, 1979 in Bay City. He worked for The Texas Department of Criminal Justice as a supervisor at a cannery. He was a member of Faith Family Church of Hallettsville. George...
Betty Gail Fertsch
Jan 23, 2017
Betty Gail Fertsch, 74, was born on November 6, 1942 in Hallettsville, and died Monday, January 23, 2017 in Dallas, Texas. She was preceded in death by her father Marvin D. Fertsch, Mother Gladys (Schlitzkus) Fertsch, and sister Peggy Joyce (Fertsch) Best. Because of injuries at birth, Betty Gail resided for many years in the Abilene, Texas State School...
Martha C. Orsak
Jan 21, 2017
Martha C. Orsak, 71, of Hallettsville, passed away January 21, 2017. She was born on August 27, 1945 to Wayne & Jesse Keller Fouse in Ridgeway, TX. She married Emith R. Orsak on September 1, 1963 at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church of Lubbock, TX.
Martha's family and friends were never in doubt on how much she loved...
Barney Archer
Jan 21, 2017
Barney Archer passed away at the age of 97 on January 21, 2017, in Hallettsville, Texas, his home since 1981. He was born on August 8, 1919, in Port Arthur, Texas, to Claude & Aline Archer.
In 1926, Barney moved to Alabama, which made him a lifelong fan of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide football team,...