Martha Sue Hardy Parks
Mar 9, 2010
Martha Sue Hardy (Sue) Parks, 68, was born August 16, 1941 in Pasadena, to C.F. "Jeff" and Martha Hardy. She graduated from Spring Branch High School and attended Texas Christian University. She was a Flight Attendant for TWA for several years before marrying Peter Imbornone, moving to New Orleans and becoming a Mom. She worked at General Electric for many...
Pauline Huser
Mar 7, 2010
Pauline Huser, 94, of Hallettsville, passed away March 7, 2010. She was born on January 28, 1916 to Joseph A. & Pauline Leopold Grahmann in Hallettsville. She married to Henry Brogger on July 10, 1945, he passed away on November 12, 1956; later she married Joe A. Huser on April 18, 1959 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Hallettsville. She...
Elsie E. Mascheck
Mar 7, 2010
Elsie Elenora Holy Mascheck, 88, was born February 21, 1922, the fourth child of nine, born to Rosie (Galetka) Holy and John Holy. She was born at home, north of Hallettsville. Her early years were spent working on the family farm and helping with her younger siblings. In her late teens she left home to work as a waitress in...
Frances Melnar
Mar 2, 2010
Frances Melnar, 92, of Hallettsville, passed away on Mar. 2, 1020. She was born Nov. 17, 1917 to John & Frances Smolik Muhlstein Sr. in Lavaca County, Texas. She married Emil E. Melnar on Nov. 10, 1941 at St. Peter Lutheran Church of Hallettsville. She was a member of the Christen Sisters of Vsetin, 50 year member of S.P.J.S.T., and...
Irene Couch
Mar 2, 2010
Irene Couch, 83, of Hallettsville, passed away Tuesday, Mar. 2, 2010. She was born on Jan. 17, 1927 to Charlie & Hulda Busse Koerth in Hallettsville. She married Eugene F. Couch on August 10, 1946. They moved to Houston for over 40 years, before moving back to Hallettsville, where they owned a small ranch. She was a housewife who enjoyed...
Robert R. Vasek
Feb 21, 2010
Robert R. Vasek, 90, of Hallettsville, passed away Feb. 21, 2010. He was born on June 7, 1919 to Frank & Rosalie Castecka Vasek in Rabb Switch, Texas. He married Lorine Lorfing Vasek on Sept. 15, 1952 in La Grange. He served in the US Army during WWII and received the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 1 bronze service star...
Patrick B. Hrncir
Feb 17, 2010
Patrick B. Hrncir died Wednesday evening, February 17, 2010, in a collision on IH-10 near Columbus, Texas. He was headed home from Houston.
Patrick was born March 21, 1945, to Anton and Marie Hrncir in Shiner, Texas. He was a brother to Anthony, Gladys, Monica, and his twin sister Patricia. He played basketball, football, and ran track at Hallettsville...
Nellie Marie Hermes Riebschlaeger Janak
Feb 17, 2010
Nellie Marie Hermes Riebschlaeger Janak, 79, resident of Garden Villa Nursing Home in El Campo, formerly of Koerth, went to be with our Lord on Wednesday, February 17, 2010. Nellie was born to Matthew and Valeria Hermes living and working in the Lavaca County area. Before retiring, she was a teacher's aide for many years at Sacred Heart School of...
Benjamin Thomas Kalmus
Feb 7, 2010
Benjamin Thomas Kalmus, 71, of La Porte, passed away Feb. 7, 2010. He was born on Mar. 26, 1938 to Joe & Annie Mozisek Kalmus in Hallettsville.
Benjamin is survived by: 4 brothers, Steve Kalmus & wife Patsy of Sugarland, August Kalmus & wife Shirley of Sugarland, Daniel Kalmus & wife Doris Ann of Hallettsville, and Wilhelm Kalmus &...
Gladys Dodds Koehn
Feb 6, 2010
Gladys Dodds Koehn, 90, of Hallettsville, passed away Feb. 6, 2010. She was born in Hallettsville on March 16, 1919 to Ben & Augusta Zappe Buske. She married Ronnie Dodds on June 29, 1941. She was the Sheriff of Lavaca County from Sept. 1969 to Jan. 1, 1971, having filled out the unexpired term of her husband who was killed...
Elmer I. Enloe
Feb 3, 2010
Elmer I. Enloe, 92, of Sheridan, passed away Feb. 3, 2010. He was born on Jan. 12, 1918 to Allen & Minnie Noble Enloe in Cleveland, Texas. He married Emma Pustejovsky Enloe on Dec. 27, 1947 in Houston.
Elmer retired from Shell Oil Company and retained ties with a number of his fellow retirees in Sheridan. He loved to...
Marianne Remmers
Jan 27, 2010
Marianne Remmers, 69, of Hallettsville, passed away Jan. 27, 2010. She was born on Nov. 20, 1940 to Cecil & Dorothy Bolton Shirley in Houston. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Hallettsville.
Marianne is survived by: son Paul Remmers & wife Barbara of Hallettsville; daughter Dottie Remmers of Hallettsville; brother Bolton C. Shirley & wife Diane...
Eugene Frank Couch
Jan 22, 2010
Eugene Frank Couch, 89, passed away Friday, January 22, 2010. He was born on September 5, 1920 in McAllister, Oklahoma to James & Willie May Couch. He met and married his wife, Irene (Koerth) where they moved to Houston for over 40 years, before moving to Hallettsville, where they owned a small ranch. He loved to farm, hunt, fish, and...
Josephine Brocker Denison
Jan 11, 2010
Josephine Brocker Denison, 94, of Hallettsville, passed away Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. She was born on Jan. 23, 1915 in Hallettsville, to Mike & Alma Bonorden Brocker. She was a housewife and farmer all her life. She was a loyal Lutheran. She married Alvin E. Denison on Nov. 10, 1933 in Hallettsville.
Josephine is survived by: daughter Bernice Clegg...
Rogers Paul Guidry
Jan 4, 2010
Rogers Paul Guidry, funeral services will be conducted on Saturday, January 9, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Hallettsville, Texas, with Pastor Dr. Alan P. Williams, and assisting minister Pastor Herb C. Beyer Jr., officiating. Grave side services and interment will follow at Hallettsville City Cemetery.
Visitation will be...
Guy H. Ponton
Jan 3, 2010
Guy H. Ponton, 88, of Hallettsville, passed away Jan. 3, 2010. He was born on June 13, 1921 to Grover & Laura Berkenhoff Ponton in Koerth. He served 3 years in the US Army during WWII in Europe. He married Dorothy Kahanek on June 27, 1946 in Hallettsville. He was a Men's Clothing salesman in Houston till his retirement. He...
Alvina Sophie Klitsch
Jan 2, 2010
Alvina Sophie Klitsch, 93, of Hallettsville, passed away Jan. 2, 2010. She was born on Oct. 28, 1916 to Joseph & Bertha Spies Klitsch near Breslau Community. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at St John Lutheran, in Shiloh; and a member of Herman Son's Lodge for 57 years. She was also a member of St. Peter...
Willie Orvil “Bill” Burrow
Dec 29, 2009
Willie Orvil "Bill" Burrow, age 85 of the Ezzell Community south of Hallettsville and formerly of El Campo, Texas, died early Tuesday morning, December 29, 2009. He was a veteran, a retired employee of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and a rancher.
A longtime member of First Lutheran Church, El Campo, and a current member of St. Peter Lutheran Church,...
Elvera Scheffer Stratmann Workman
Dec 25, 2009
Elvera Scheffer Stratmann Workman, 86 years, 8 months, and 25 days, of Hallettsville, Texas died at 3:33 p.m. on December 25, 2009 at her home, where she was the happiest. Her passion for life was self-evident to all who knew and loved her.
Elvera was born on March 31, 1923 in Lavaca County to the late Fred and Amelia...
William T. “Bill” Parks
Dec 20, 2009
William T. "Bill" Parks, 89, of Hallettsville, passed away Dec. 20, 2009. He was born on Sept. 28, 1920 to William P. & Lillie Criswell Parks in Lavaca County, Texas. He married Iva Brown Parks on Nov. 2, 1939 in Hallettsville. He was a member of the American Legion, V.F.W., Murchison Masonic Lodge #80 of Hallettsville for 50 years, and...