obituaries

Mar 20, 2009

Eunice Judd, 89, of Sublime, TX, was taken to be with the good Lord on March 20, 2009. She was born on March 24, 1919, in Sublime to Justice Lawrence "Bonnie" and Tillie Meyer Schott. Eunice married Sam Judd on August 27, 1935. They were blessed with eight children. She was a member of Sublime First Baptist Church.

Eunice...

Mar 20, 2009

Jean Nussbaum Schwartz died in Hallettsville, Texas on March 20, 2009. She was born in Marlin, Texas on December 16, 1916 to Mildred Frank Nussbaum and Herman Nussbaum. Jean grew up in Galveston and graduated from Ball High School. She attended the University of Texas where she was awarded both a B.A. in 1937 and an M.A. in English in...

Mar 20, 2009

Helen Rose (Galetka) Zak, 68, of Hallettsville, died March 20, 2009. She was born on January 17, 1941 to Charles & Antonia Trlica Galetka in Hallettsville. She attended Boethel School during her early years, and she graduated from Hallettsville High School in 1959. She married Johnnie A. Zak on October 29, 1960; they were blessed with 4 children, Arlene, Kathy,...

Mar 19, 2009

Edwin Paul Rother, 78, of Hallettsville, TX, was taken to be with the good Lord on March 19, 2009. He was born on November 6, 1930 to William and Matilda Rother in Hallettsville, TX. Edwin had 2 brothers, Herman and Leonard Rother, and 2 sisters, Evelyn Tobola and Addela Filla. He was a member of St. Peter Lutheran Church.

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Mar 14, 2009

David Lee Janak Sr. was born on Aug. 23, 1956 in Hallettsville, Lavaca County, to Edward & Betty Wittenborn Janak as the oldest of four children.

David graduated from Sam Houston High School, Houston, in 1974 where he met Deborah, his high school sweetheart.

On Feb. 21, 1976 David L. Janak Sr. married Deborah Kay Loukanis at...

Mar 14, 2009

Stasie Caroline Sevcik, 89, of Hallettsville, died March 14, 2009. She was born on August 20, 1919 to Emil & Anna Otto Svetlik in Lavaca County, Texas. She married Adolph C. Sevcik on November 16, 1937. She was a member of the Vsetin Czech Moravian Brethren Church.

Stasie is survived by: her husband Adolph of 71 years; daughters, Charlene...

Mar 13, 2009

Millie Albina Gerlich, 85, of Hallettsville, died March 13, 2009. She was born July 25, 1923 to John & Albina Albrecht Biehunko in Lavaca County, Texas. She married Hubert J. Gerlich Sr. on November 2, 1942 in Hallettsville. She was a member of St. Ludmila's and Sacred Heart Catholic Churches, Catholic Daughters of Americas, and KJZT.

Millie was an...

Mar 10, 2009

Lillie K. Grahmann, 93, of Hallettsville, died Mar. 10, 2009. She was born on Mar. 15, 1915 to Joseph F. & Rosie Ruzicka Kolacny in Shiner, TX. She married Frank J. Grahmann on Oct. 26, 1937 at St. Mary's Catholic Church. She was a member of KJZT, and Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Hallettsville.

Lillie is survived by: son...

Mar 10, 2009

Josephine Elizabeth McCain, 81, of Hallettsville, died March 10, 2009. She was born on August 9, 1927 to H. A. & Marie Fitzgerald Clark in Bradford, Pennsylvania. She married Perry McCain on May 16, 1979 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Richmond, Texas. She was a resident of Stevens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center of Hallettsville, and active in the Resident...

Mar 10, 2009

Anita Bludau Hajovsky Drabek, 89, of Hallettsville, passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2009. She was born on December 28, 1919, in Hallettsville to the late Ben & Emilia Bludau. Anita devoted her life to loving her family. She was a homemaker and a lifetime member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

Anita is survived by: 2 sons, Leon Hajovsky of...

Mar 3, 2009

Charles Oliver Bock was born on September 30, 1928 in Hallettsville, Lavaca County, Texas to Henry Oliver and Agnes "Frazier" Bock, as the younger of two children. He was preceded in death by both of his parents and sister, Marjorie Bock Miller. He was a member of St. Peter Lutheran Church of Hallettsville.

On May 1, 1955, Charles Oliver...

Mar 1, 2009

Julia Ann Satsky, 99, of Hallettsville, died March 1, 2009. She was born on Jan. 10, 1910 to Ludvik & Mary Kahanek Krenek in Hallettsville. She married Louis P. Satsky on Jan. 6, 1931 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Hallettsville. She was a member of KJZT and Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

Julia is survived by: son Dennis Satsky...

Feb 24, 2009

Emily Kubena Kremling, 94, of Yoakum, died Feb. 24, 2009. She was born on Sept. 20, 1914 to Frank & Karolina Bujnoch Kubena in Lavaca County, Texas. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Yoakum.

Emily is survived by: daughter Angeline Ulcak of Breslau; 2 sons, Edwin & wife Ann of Yoakum, and Frank & wife...

Feb 5, 2009

Albert E. Smotek, 86, of Hallettsville, died Feb. 5, 2009. He was born on Aug. 3, 1922 to Frank & Annie Vajdak Smotek in Snook, Texas, and the third of fourteen children of which two died in infancy. He married Margaret Schiller Smotek on Sept. 15, 1946 in Houston. He lived in Houston prior to moving to Hallettsville in 1988....

Jan 30, 2009

Viola Tracy Marek Holly, 81, of Hallettsville, died Jan. 30, 2009, peacefully at Stevens Nursing Center after long bout with Kidney failure. She was born on June 19, 1927 to Frank & Josephine (Sophie) Repka Marek in Hallettsville; she is the last survivor of her family. She married Alfonse A. Holly on Feb. 26, 1946 at St. Peter Lutheran Church...

Jan 29, 2009

Evelyn Marie Garza, 62, of Victoria, died Jan. 29, 2009. She was born on April 4, 1946 to John & Julie Hernandez Garza in Hallettsville. She was a member of the Catholic Church in Victoria.

Evelyn is survived by: 2 brothers, Sammy Garza & wife Virginia of Sheridan, and Tommy Garza & wife Sandra of Baton Rouge, LA; 3...

Jan 23, 2009

Leona Delory Haase, 76, of Hallettsville, died Jan. 23, 2009. She was born on May 21, 1932, to Frank L. & Bessie Orsak Mucala near Breslau, Texas. She attended Redhost School as a child and in 2008 was instrumental in attaining a Historical Marker for the school. She graduated from Hallettsville High School in May 1949. Her first job was...

Jan 8, 2009

Syble Allyne Wilkinson, 78, of Hallettsville, died Jan. 8, 2009. She was born on Oct. 20, 1930 to Louis W. & Julia Debord Hobbs in Ezzell. She married Percy T. Wilkinson.

Syble is survived by her brother Willis Hobbs of Houston, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Syble was preceded in death by: her husband Percy; parents; and...

Jan 3, 2009

Raymond E. Kelnar, 68, of Wied, joined his family and friends in heaven on Saturday, January 03, 2009. He was born on July 26, 1940 to Emil T. & Anne Hobizal Kelnar in Houston.

Dad is an Alumnus of St. Thomas High School in Houston, class of 1958, of which he was excited to have visited his classmates at...

Jan 2, 2009

Rita Marie Grafe, 58 , of Austin, Texas was called to her home in heaven on Friday, January 2, 2009. By her cheerful smile and attitude you would have never known she was battling cancer except for the fashionable hats she wore, having one in every color.

Rita was born on November 19, 1950 to Clarence and Marge Rehm...