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...
William “Bill” Biehunko
Jul 24, 2012
William "Bill" Biehunko, 68, of Hallettsville, passed away July 24, 2012. He was born on July 9, 1944 to Edward & Emilia Ehler Biehunko Sr. in Lavaca County, TX (Old Kinkler area). He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Hallettsville.
Bill attended Sacred Heart Catholic School, and later started working at New Era Herald newspaper as...
Willie Mae Schneider Peterson
Jul 19, 2012
Willie Mae Peterson passed away July 19, 2012, at the age of 82 at her home in Dallas. Born to Alvin & Annie Schneider and raised in Hallettsville, Texas, she became an LVN, graduating from the Renger Hospital Nursing School in the first class of Licensed Vocational Nursing students. Besides nursing, she enjoyed most her job as a stay-at-home mom....
Michael Zane Mccord
Jul 18, 2012
Michael Zane McCord, 55, of Hallettsville, passed away July 18, 2012. He was born on July 11, 1957 to Jim & Oretha Koonce McCord in Yoakum. He was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Koerth, TX.
Growing up in the country, he attended Hope and Ezzell Schools. Once he completed his 8th grade year, he...
Pat Kresta Anderson
Jul 16, 2012
Pat Kresta Anderson, 58, of Rock Island, passed away July 16, 2012. She was born on Dec. 31, 1953 to Victor & Evelyn Cada Kresta in Hallettsville. She married Robert "Bob" Anderson on Mar. 7, 1981 at St. Peter Lutheran Church of Hallettsville. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church of Sublime, TX.
Pat is survived by: her...
Herbert "Lanny" Jordan Keil
Jul 13, 2012
Herbert "Lanny" Jordan Keil, 72, of Breslau, passed away July 13, 2012.
Memorial Service: 5 pm, Sunday, July 15, 2012, at his home; 6859 FM 957, Hallettsville (Breslau Area).
Elsie A. Steffek
Jul 11, 2012
Elsie Bujnoch Steffek, 88, of Hallettsville, Texas, passed away July 11, 2012. She was born on December 1, 1922 to George and Apolena Miculek Bujnoch in Lavaca County near Hallettsville. She was the fourth oldest of eight children. Elsie attended Thompson School through the eighth grade.
Elsie met her future husband, Joseph Frank Steffek of Hallettsville, at Worthing Dancehall....