Hubert Frank Dornak
Sep 27, 2012
Hubert Frank Dornak, 93, of Hallettsville, went to his eternal resting place on Thursday, September 27, 2012. He was born on July 22, 1919 to August & Karolina Kutach Dornak in Mont, Texas. He was a member of the VFW, Knights of Columbus and Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Hallettsville.
Hubert was a veteran of WWII and served in...
Eugene E. Koerth
Sep 25, 2012
Eugene E. Koerth, 68, of Hallettsville, passed away Sept. 25, 2012. He was born on Feb. 10, 1944 to Ervin & Pauline Prasek Koerth in Lavaca County, TX.
Eugene is survived by: son Jimmy Koerth & wife Tammy of Hallettsville; daughter Pam Wilson & husband Rocky of Seagoville; 2 brothers, Charles Koerth Sr. of Hallettsville and Larry Koerth &...
Henrietta M. Fabian
Sep 24, 2012
Henrietta M. Fabian, 90, of Hallettsville, passed away Sept. 24, 2012. She was born on Feb. 7, 1922 to Henry B. & Marie Lys Fabian. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Hallettsville.
Henrietta attended Sacred Heart Catholic School from 1928 to 1938; on Dec. 1938 she was elected to Secretary of the Jr. Sodality of...
Anne Mae Technik
Sep 22, 2012
Anne Mae Technik, 88, of Hallettsville, passed away Sept. 22, 2012. She was born on Nov. 18, 1923 to Joseph & Annie Cejka Zaruba in Lavaca County, Texas. She married to Julius C. Technik on Sept. 6, 1948 at St. Peter Lutheran Church of Hallettsville. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Hallettsville.
Anne was...
Lillie Trojcak Zatopek
Sep 22, 2012
Lillie Trojcak Zatopek, 98, of Hallettsville, passed away Sept. 22, 2012. She was born on Sept. 5, 1914 to Joe F. & Agnes Drozd Trojcak in the Moravia Community in Lavaca County. She married August Zatopek on Oct. 30, 1934 in Hallettsville. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church of Moulton.
Lillie worked at Weingarten Inc. in Hallettsville...
Lillie Pekar Melnar
Sep 12, 2012
Lillie Pekar Melnar, age 93, of Hallettsville, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 12, 2012. She was born on November 5th, 1918, in Sweet Home TX, to John and Frances Fait Pekar. On October 26th 1943 Lillie married Victor Melnar in Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Sweet Home. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in October 2003. She was...
Louis Felix Sassin
Sep 10, 2012
Louis Felix Sassin, 84, of Freeport, Texas passed away Monday, September 10, 2012 at Creekside Nursing Home. He was born November 20, 1927 near Hallettsville to Frank and Mary Sassin. Louis was a member of Saint Paul's American Lutheran Church in Freeport, Texas. Louis was called on twice to serve his country, first at the end of World War II,...
Erwin C. Kiesewetter
Sep 1, 2012
Erwin C. Kiesewetter, 86, of Hallettsville, passed away Sept. 1, 2012. He was born on Sept. 12, 1925 to Robert & Caroline Meyer Kiesewetter in Burton, Texas. He married Carolyn Appelt on June 25, 1966 at St. Peter Lutheran Church of Hallettsville. He was a veteran of WWII and served in the US Navy. He was a member in the...
Leroy L. Rybak
Aug 26, 2012
Leroy L. Rybak, 67, of Hallettsville, passed away Aug. 26, 2012. He was born on Oct. 5, 1944 to Victor W. & Hermina Firasek Rybak in Schulenburg. He married Joyce Veselka on May 30, 1970 at Ascension of our Lord Catholic Church in Moravia, TX. He was a member of Texas National Guard from July 2, 1965 to January 4,...
Doris Marjorie Hoffhines Sciba
Aug 25, 2012
Doris Marjorie Hoffhines Sciba, 88, of Hallettsville, passed away Aug. 25, 2012. She was born on Oct. 7, 1923 to Ralph Lloyd & Lee Viola Raleigh Hoffhines in Houston. She married Victor "Pete" Sciba on Dec. 31, 1950 in Houston.
After 20 years, Doris Sciba retired from Lavaca County as a Deputy County Clerk. She was a long-time member...
Charlie Othell Clements Speed
Aug 24, 2012
Charlie Othell Clements Speed, of Hallettsville, went to be with her Lord on August 24, 2012, at the age of 94 years and 6 months. Othell was born on February 22, 1918 in Covington, Texas, the youngest of eleven children born to the late Edward and Charlotta Overton Simmons.
Othell was raised (as many children were in that day)...
Johnnye A. Barrera Sr.
Aug 21, 2012
Johnnye A. Barrera Sr., 78, of Hallettsville, passed away Aug. 21, 2012. He was born on May 6, 1934 to Guadalupe & Otilia Gutierrez Barrera Sr. in Sweet Home, Texas. He married Corinne Ratcliff on June 2, 1958 in Clarksville, Tennessee. He served active duty in the US Army from 1956 to 1958, with the 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagle"....
Brenda J. Bludau
Aug 15, 2012
Brenda J. Bludau, 52, of Katy, Texas passed away on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 after losing her battle with cancer.
Brenda was born on August 24, 1959, in Houston, Texas to Eugene and Shirley Orsak of Shiner, Texas. She grew up in Houston and graduated from Jersey Village High School in 1977. Brenda enjoyed children and worked at a...
John Madison
Aug 15, 2012
John Madison, 81, of Hallettsville, passed away Aug. 15, 2012. He was born on Jan. 27, 1931 to John & Ellen McCarty Madison in San Saba, TX. He married Patsy Smith on Jan. 5, 1952 in Mountain View, Arkansas. He was a Deacon and member of Vienna Baptist Church.
John is survived by: his wife Patsy; 4 daughters, Anna...
Robert H. Kloppenburg
Aug 11, 2012
Robert H. Kloppenburg, 85, of Hallettsville, passed away Aug. 11, 2012. He was born on July 18, 1927 to Harper W. & Celia Meyer Kloppenburg in Sublime, TX. He married Grace Petru on April 8, 1990 in Las Vegas, NV. He was a veteran of WWII, member of the Lions Club in Sheridan, Zion Church Council, Sunday School Superintendent, Board...
Agnes Catherine Grahmann Hemmi
Aug 9, 2012
Agnes Catherine Grahmann Hemmi, 96, of Houston, Nov. 18, 1915 – Aug. 9, 2012.
Sweet Agnes decided it was time to go when she lost her ability to walk, following a stroke. She was born & raised in Hallettsville, TX. She married Frank J. Hemmi of Nada, TX, on Nov. 13, 1934 in Hallettsville, and they came to Houston...
Adele Lorfing Opela
Aug 6, 2012
Adele Lorfing Opela, 96, of Hallettsville, passed away Aug. 6, 2012. She was born on Nov. 27, 1915 to German immigrants Philip & Barbara Herold Lorfing Sr., in Hackberry, TX. She married Julius F. Opela on Feb. 14, 1950 in Sweet Home, TX. She was a faithful member of St. Peter Lutheran Church of Hallettsville, and sang alto in the...
Earl J. Zimmermann
Aug 3, 2012
Earl J. Zimmermann, 93, of Hallettsville, passed away Aug. 3, 2012. He was born on March 21, 1919 to Ambrose & Teresa Zimmermann in San Antonio. He was married Minnie Marie Rauh Zimmermann; she passed away on May 1, 2005. He was a veteran of WWII and member of the Catholic Religion.
Earl is survived by: daughter Sue Smith...
Victoria “Vickie” Klimitchek
Jul 30, 2012
Victoria "Vickie" Klimitchek, 86, of Hallettsville, passed away July 30, 2012. She was born on Dec. 5, 1925 to Joe & Mary Michna Vanek in Hallettsville. She married Robert H. Klimitchek on Jan. 9, 1945 in Hallettsville. She was a member of KJZT, Altar Society, and Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Hallettsville. Miss Vickie was a loving, caring sweet person...
Kyle Louis Jalufka
Jul 29, 2012
Kyle Louis Jalufka, 20, of Hallettsville was called to heaven on July 29, 2012.
He was welcomed into the world on January 29, 1992 by his father Daniel Louis Jalufka Jr., his mother Deborah Kaiser Jalufka, and his big brother Jason Jalufka. As a young child Kyle always tried to bring a smile to everyone around him and in...