Johnnie Rose Randow
Dec 18, 2011
Johnnie Rose Randow, 94, of Katy, passed away Dec. 18, 2011. She was born on Sept. 11, 1917 to John F. & Rosie Prasek Holubec in Hallettsville. She married Wilbert H. Randow on June 8, 1935 in Hallettsville. She was a member of Epiphany of the Lord Catholic Church in Katy.
Johnnie loved her family and had her home...
Irene S. (Golsch) Carley
Dec 15, 2011
Irene S. (Golsch) Carley, 84, of Alamo Heights in San Antonio, passed away Thursday, December 15, 2011 at Northeast Baptist Hospital in San Antonio. She was born on Nov. 24, 1927 at 12:30 pm, on Thanksgiving Day, to Theo A. & Mary B. Hessler Golsch. She was a member of St. Peter Prince of the Apostles Catholic Church in Alamo...
Jaro John Krenek
Dec 15, 2011
Jaro John Krenek, 85, a resident of Hallettsville, went to be with Jesus on December 15, 2011. He was born on May 21, 1926 to Ludvik & Mary Kahanek Krenek in Hallettsville. He was a member of the American Legion and Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Hallettsville.
Jaro proudly served his country in the United States Army. He was...
Mary Ann Hoch
Dec 13, 2011
Mary Ann Hoch, 50, of Hallettsville, went to be with the Lord on Dec. 13, 2011. She was born on Jan. 21, 1961 to Claude & Rose Bitala Hoch Sr. in Lavaca County, Texas. She liked to go play bingo, and dancing to country and western music. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Hallettsville.
Mary...
Gary Lee Hodges
Dec 12, 2011
Gary Lee Hodges, 58, of Hallettsville, passed away Dec. 12, 2011. He was born on Feb. 10, 1953 to Newell & Mary Parr Hodges in San Antonio. He married Joyce Benner on May 4, 1996 at Mossy Grove Methodist Church of Hallettsville. He was a member of Mossy Grove Methodist Church.
Gary is survived by: his wife Joyce; 2...
Lawrence J. Grubert
Dec 10, 2011
Lawrence J. Grubert Sr., 91, of Hallettsville, passed away Dec. 10, 2011. He was born on Jan. 17, 1920 to William & Mary Sweet Grubert in Yoakum. He married Ruth Schoenberg on June 3, 1941 at St. Joseph Catholic Church of Yoakum.
Lawrence was a veteran of WWII and received the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Medal for Luzon Campaign, Philippine Liberation...
Ernest J. Schulte
Dec 8, 2011
Ernest J. Schulte, 82, of Hallettsville, passed away Dec. 8, 2011. He was born on June 29, 1929 to Ed & Sophie Neumann Schulte in Lavaca County, Texas. He married Dorothy Antrich on Oct. 3, 1959 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Hallettsville. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
Ernest is survived by: his wife Dorothy;...
Rose Marie Melnar
Dec 3, 2011
Rose Marie Melnar, 64, of Houston, passed away Dec. 3, 2011. She was born on Aug. 30, 1947 to Frank V. & Agnes Gajdousek Chaloupka in Lavaca County, TX. She married Patrick V. Melnar on June 17, 1967 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Hallettsville. She was a member of St. Elizabeth Ann Senton Catholic Church of Houston.
Rose...
Helen M. Appelt
Dec 1, 2011
Helen M. Appelt, 84, of Hallettsville, passed away Dec. 1, 2011. She was born on May 3, 1927 to Joseph F. & Annie Cejka Zaruba Sr. in Sublime. She married James "Smokey" Appelt on Oct. 27, 1948 in Hallettsville. Before her health fail, she worked at L.A.M.B. (Lavaca Assistance Ministry Body) Thrift Shop, and was a member of the Sacred...
June M. Janak
Nov 28, 2011
June M. Janak, 74, of Hallettsville, passed away Nov. 28, 2011. She was born on June 17, 1937 to Jesse J. & Philomena Albright Berger in Yoakum. She married Dennis E. Janak on Dec. 31, 1960 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Yoakum. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Hallettsville.
June is survived by: 3...
David Anthony Kostelnik
Nov 27, 2011
David Anthony Kostelnik, 59, of Hallettsville, passed away Nov. 27, 2011. He was born on July 13, 1952 to Tom H. & Peggy Zrzavy Kostelnik in Hallettsville. He married Marsha Riske on April 8, 1972. He was a member of CWA and Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Hallettsville.
David graduated from Hallettsville High School in 1971. He worked for...
Robert Carl Cleveland
Nov 24, 2011
Robert Carl Cleveland, 84, of Hallettsville, went to his final resting place on Nov. 24, 2011. He was born on Feb. 24, 1927 to Andrew Paul & Ida Lou (Bilderback) Cleveland in Kingsville, Texas. He was a resident of Hallettsville Rehab and Nursing Center since 2007 with various physical and mental problems, and managed to touch all the staff's heart...
Charles B. Kupka
Nov 17, 2011
Charles B. Kupka, 69, of Hallettsville, passed away Nov. 17, 2011. He was born on Jan. 2, 1942 to Charles & Annie Prasek Kupka in Hallettsville.
Charles is survived by: brother Frank Kupka & wife Peggy, and sister Dorothy Kupka, both of Hallettsville.
Charles was preceded in death by: his parents, and brother Paulie Kupka.
...
Joe John Matula Jr.
Nov 16, 2011
Joe John Matula Jr., 84, passed away at his home at Ezzell, Wed. Nov. 16, 2011. He was born on Aug. 29, 1927 and lived in Lavaca County his entire life. He graduated from St. Joseph's High School in Yoakum in 1944 at the age of 16. He was drafted into the Army on Jan. 10, 1946 and received his...
Carolyn Irene Bell
Nov 13, 2011
Carolyn Irene Bell, 70, of Hallettsville, passed away Sunday evening, November 13, 2011. She was born on June 10, 1941, to Lewis G. Evans and Mary "Effie" Evans. She married Edward Bell on June 18, 1966.
Carolyn was a homemaker and held together the household while helping Ed to raise their family in Jones Creek, Tx. She was the...
Edna E. Haas
Nov 9, 2011
Edna E. Haas, 87, of Hallettsville, passed away Nov. 9, 2011. She was born on April 19, 1924, to John & Frances Martisek Woytek in Lavaca County, Texas. She was the youngest of eleven children; six boys and five girls. She lost her mother at the age of 2 years and was raised by her older siblings. At the age...
Gilbert P. Butschek Sr.
Nov 9, 2011
Gilbert P. Butschek, 80, of Hallettsville, passed away Wednesday, November 9, 2011. He was born on April 3, 1931 to Fred & Elizabeth Henneke Butschek , on the family homestead in Hackberry, TX. He attended Hackberry School, and graduated from Hallettsville High School in 1948.
Gilbert married his sweet heart Beatrice Janak on May 21, 1955 at St. Mary's...
Henry Claude Jalufka
Nov 5, 2011
Henry Claude Jalufka, 51, of Moulton, was called home Saturday, November 5, 2011, following a tractor accident near his home. He was born on July 7, 1960 to Angeline & Claude Jalufka of Moulton.
Henry graduated from Moulton High School in 1978. He was a long-time employee of Cal-Maine Foods in Flatonia. He married the love of his life,...
Marjorie Rae Eissler Mooneyham
Oct 26, 2011
Marjorie Rae Eissler Mooneyham, 73, of Hallettsville, was called home on October 26, 2011. She was born January 29, 1938, to William and Martha Louise Eissler.
Marjorie is survived by: her husband of 47 years, Kirk W. Mooneyham, Sr. Her children Kirk W. Mooneyham, Jr. and his wife Twila Mooneyham, Tamina Mooneyham Bomba and her husband Andrew Bomba, Ben...
Eugene R. Drozd
Oct 25, 2011
Eugene R. Drozd, 76, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at home with his family by his side. He was born August 2, 1935 in Hallettsville, Texas to Rudolph and Sophia Cada Drozd. Gene married his school sweetheart, Lucille Ludwig on October 7, 1957 at the Moravia Ascension Catholic Church.
Gene served in the U.S. Army stationed...