Ernest Cooper
Jul 3, 2015
Ernest Cooper, 50, of Hallettsville, passed away July 3, 2015. He was born on December 10, 1964 to Nailer & Betty Jackson Cooper Sr. in Yoakum. He married Carissa King on May 21, 2011 at the Sublime Baptist Church. He was a member of the Sublime Baptist Church.
Ernest is survived by: his wife Carissa; son Johnathan...
Henry Bonewald
Jul 1, 2015
Henry Bonewald., 90, of Hallettsville, passed away July 1, 2015. He was born on September 7, 1924 to Willie & Meta Krueger Bonewald in Kingsbury, Texas. He married Dorothy Hlavac on October 31, 1958.
As a youngster, Jack loved to play baseball and he continued to entertain family and friends with his baseball stories. After finishing school...
Linda Cecil Smith
Jul 1, 2015
Linda Cecil Smith, 70, of Victoria, passed away Wednesday, July 1, 2015. She was born on December 12, 1944 in Cleveland, TX, to the late O. D. & Ethel Smith. She married Wesley "Pee Wee" Smith on May 30, 1986 in Vienna, TX.
Linda is survived by her loving family: 2 daughters, Sheila Hobbs (Wylie) of Victoria...
Louis P. Nagelmueller Jr.
Jun 15, 2015
Louis P. Nagelmueller Jr., 76, of Hallettsville, passed away June 15, 2015. He was born on June 21, 1938 to Louis P. & Wally Michaelis Nagelmueller Sr. in Shiner, TX. He was raised in Moulton, TX, where he graduated from Moulton High School. He married Dorothy Konecny on January 26, 1962.
Louis worked for Neumeyer Service Station...
Victor C. Roeber
Jun 14, 2015
Victor C. Roeber passed away Sunday evening, June 14, 2015, in Hallettsville, Texas. Victor was born to Victor E. & Julia Roeber on November 23, 1937. He was an only child. He was baptized at St. Peter Lutheran Church. He was a member of the church all of his life, where he contributed much of his time, talent and...
Leroy Joseph Butschek
Jun 1, 2015
Leroy Joseph Butschek, age 91, peacefully passed away the evening of June 1, 2015 in Park Hill, Oklahoma after a long illness. Leroy was born January 6, 1924 at his family home on the farm in Hackberry, Texas. He was the fifth of eight children born to Ferdinand John and Elizabeth Henneke Butschek. In 1942, he graduated from Hallettsville...
Ann Brogger Svetlik Birkner
May 29, 2015
Ann Brogger Svetlik Birkner was born November 4, 1925 at Appelt's Hill in Lavaca County to Otto W. and Leona Appelt Brogger. She attended the New Kinkler School where she was told she had to go home and learn English before she could return, as her family spoke German at home. She was a fast learner and later graduated...
Irene J. Christen
May 29, 2015
Irene J. Christen, 84, of Hallettsville, passed away May 29, 2015. She was born on Jan. 1, 1931 to Isidor & Annie Picha Kutach in Hallettsville. Her father died when she was only 2 years old. Being an only child, she grew up and was very close to her mother and her uncle Johnny Picha. She spent all her...
Hazel Comeal Alford Timm
May 29, 2015
Hazel Alford Timm, 94 of Hallettsville, died Friday, May 29, 2015.
Hazel was born April 13, 1921, in Many, LA. Her parents were Ava Minter Alford and Lawrence Alford. She moved & worked in El Campo after high school. It was there that she met and married Frank L. Timm of Hallettsville on July 7, 1946.
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Leo N. Christ
May 29, 2015
Leo N. Christ, 83, of Hallettsville, passed away May 29, 2015. He was born on Aug. 1, 1931 to Henry & Emilia Schramm Christ Jr. in Lavaca County, TX. He married Mildred Klekar on Oct. 1, 1955 at St. Mary's Catholic Church of Hallettsville. He was a veteran of the Korean War, member of the VFW and American Legion,...
Patrick Lynn Bollom
May 24, 2015
Patrick "Pat" Lynn Bollom , 61, of Hallettsville, passed away May 24, 2015. He was born on Aug. 22, 1953 to Jaro & Elizabeth Leopold Bollom in Houston, TX. Patrick is survived by: 2 Brothers Michael & wife Judy Bollom of Austin, TX and Ronnie & wife Diane Bollom of Victoria, TX; Step-Father Edward Hermes of Hallettsville, TX;...
Julius Hilmer Krause
May 22, 2015
Julius Hilmer Krause, 87, of Hallettsville, passed away May 22, 2015. He was born on Oct. 22, 1927 to Joseph & Julia Chromcak Krause in Moravia, TX. He married Dolores Billimek on April 25, 1949 in Moulton, TX. He was a veteran of WWII and member of Ascension of our Lord Catholic Church of Moravia.
Julius is...
Charles “Scooter” Wagner
May 13, 2015
Charles "Scooter" Wagner, 81, of Hallettsville, passed away May 13, 2015. He was born on July 16, 1933 to Otto & Julia Sieber Wagner in Baytown. He married Annie Ruth Pohl on Nov. 10, 1956 in Hallettsville.
Charles attended Baytown Jr. High in Baytown, Texas. He graduated from Fayetteville High School in Fayetteville, Texas. He received his...
Eleanor Huser
May 12, 2015
Eleanor Huser, 93, of Hallettsville, passed away May 12, 2015. She was born on Oct. 1, 1921, to Joseph & Pauline Leopold Grahmann in Hallettsville. She married Ben Huser on July 31, 1951, in Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Hallettsville, with a reception at her father's home. Ben then moved into the home with Eleanor and her Father. After...
Emma Jurena Wick
May 12, 2015
Emma Jurena Wick, 91, of Sweet Home, passed away May 12, 2015. She was born on Feb. 25, 1924, one of ten children to Stephan & Marie Jalufka Jurena in Gephart, Lavaca County, TX,and as a young girl, spent many countless hours working in the fields alongside her parents and siblings.
During WWII, Emma prayed faithfully for...
Alfred John Schneider Sr.
May 6, 2015
Alfred John Schneider Sr., 90, of Hallettsville, passed away May 6, 2015 in Detar Hospital in Victoria, TX.
Al was born in Old Sweet home TX August 23, 1924 to John and Mary (Janak) Schneider. He married Joyce Renger on April 17, 1955 in Hallettsville. Al was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Hallettsville...
Patricia Constance Labay Revel
May 5, 2015
Patricia Constance Labay Revel, 75, of Hallettsville, passed away on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. She was born in El Campo, TX on Dec. 3, 1939 to the late Ben & Emma Labay. She married Ira Preston Revel on Oct. 3, 1959 at El Campo St. Phillip's Catholic Church.
Patricia and Preston enjoyed spending their days fishing, feeding...
Cleveland Y. "Bj" Jernigan Jr.
Apr 27, 2015
Cleveland Y. "BJ" Jernigan Jr., 74, of Ezzell, passed away April 27, 2015. He was born on Oct. 3, 1940 to Cleveland & Olean Anderton Jernigan Sr. in Norfolk, Virginia.
BJ went to school in Montgomery, Alabama. Part of his youth can be found in the book "Alabama's Youngest Admirals" where his life was chronicled as he...
Virginia Lee Mikulenka
Apr 20, 2015
Virginia Lee Mikulenka, of Hallettsville, a passed away in Rockport, Texas at the age of 93 on April 20, 2015.
Virginia was born January 30, 1922 in Hallettsville, Texas, the fifth child of nine children. Her parents were H.G.Timm and Eddie Lewis Timm. Virginia grew up in Hallettsville and married Francis Joseph Mikulenka on February 3, 1943....
Leona Mae Miculka
Apr 19, 2015
Leona Mae Miculka, 87, of Hallettsville, passed away April 19, 2015. She was born in Lavaca County, TX, on November 5, 1927 to John and Albina Woytek Zak. She was a member of the Vsetin Christian Sister, and Czech Moravian Brethren Church of Vsetin.
Leona attended Hallettsville High School, followed by Southwest Texas State Teachers College, current...