Frances Anne Staha
Jul 27, 2007
Frances Anne Staha, 96, of Hallettsville, died Friday, July 27, 2007 at Garden Villa Nursing Home in El Campo, TX. She was born May 15, 1911 in Buckholts, Milan County Texas. She was the daughter of Frank and Frances Kovar.
Frances was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. She was a homemaker, and had served at various capacities...
Hettie Elizabeth Plowman
Jul 25, 2007
Hettie Elizabeth Plowman was born February 18, 1913 in Brackettville, Texas to Thomas Fletcher Scarborough and Hettie Lucinda Isgrig. Her childhood was spent in Brackettville and San Antonio. She graduated from Breckenridge High School and a few years later married her high school sweetheart and the love of her life Edwin Plowman. Most of her adult years were spent in...
Grady Boyd Whitley
Jul 24, 2007
Mr. Grady Boyd Whitley, 91, passed away at Hearthstone Assisted Living in Lake Jackson, Texas, Tuesday, July 24 2007. Grady was born January 23, 1916 at Moonshine Hill near Humble, Texas, to Harvey and Mary Lula (Rucker) Whitley. His father passed away with typhoid fever when Grady was only six years old and his mother supported the family teaching school....
Gilbert G. Drozd
Jul 22, 2007
Mr. Gilbert G. Drozd, 84, passed away on Sunday, July 22, 2007. He was born in Hallettsville to Sophie Kalmus Drozd and Joe Willie Drozd on November 8, 1922. He graduated from Hallettsville High School and was well known by many friends as "Killer" for his skills playing 6 man football.
Gilbert served in the U.S. Navy in the...
David Wayne Cleckley
Jul 19, 2007
David Wayne Cleckley, 47, of Hallettsville, was born on March 3, 1960 in Houston, Texas and returned home to be with the Lord on July 19, 2007. He was a member of Appelt's Hill Gun Club.
He grew up and received his education in Houston where he also attended a trade school to become an auto mechanic, which was...
Ron Castellow
Jul 15, 2007
Mr. Ron Castellow, 57, of Hallettsville, died July 15, 2007. He was born on December 14, 1949 to O C & Ester Brooks Castellow in Freeport, Texas. He has been State Farm Insurance Agent since 1983, and a member of the Baptist faith. He married Patti Castellow on August 8, 2005 in Austin, Texas.
Ron is survived by: wife...
James J. Orsak
Jul 13, 2007
Mr. James J. Orsak, 63, of Missouri City, TX, died July 13, 2007. He was a special child of Jaro J. & Frances Drab Orsak born on Feb. 10, 1944 in Lavaca County. He was a member of Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Church in Moravia, TX.
James is survived by: 4 sisters, Margaret Rehak & husband George of...
Freddie Joe Jansky
Jul 4, 2007
Freddie J. Jansky 1935-2007
It is with great sadness the family announces the death of Freddie Joseph Jansky, 72, of Hallettsville. Freddie passed away at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 4, 2007. He was born in Lavaca County on March 19, 1935; he was the son of the late Adolph and Mary Pauline (Cinadr) Jansky. Freddie is survived by Henrietta...
Novella Nell Carlin
Jul 2, 2007
Mrs. Novella Nell Carlin, 82, of Sheridan, died July 2, 2007. She was born on March 11, 1925 to Henry & Eula Wallace Cornelius in Jacksonville, Texas. She married William H. Carlin on October 14, 1941 at Travis Park Methodist Church in Houston.
Novella is survived by: 2 sons, Al Carlin of Houston, and William H. Carlin Jr. of...
Robert Leon Wrye
Jul 1, 2007
Mr. Robert Leon Wrye, 63, a longtime Dallas resident who moved to Schulenburg about 3 ½ years ago, died suddenly in a one vehicle accident, Sunday, July 1, 2007, near Hallettsville. He was pronounced dead at the scene (U.S. 90 Alternate, about 3.7 miles east of Hallettsville) at 2:45 am, by Lavaca County Justice of the Peace Bobby Pavliska.
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Alton John (A.J.) Fojt
Jun 30, 2007
Mr. Alton John "A.J." Fojt was born March 31, 1928 to Frank and Amelia "Mollie" Kovarik - Fojt on the family farm in Bila Hora. He passed peacefully into the arms of his Lord on June 30, 2007 with family by his side at Parkview Manor Nursing & Rehab in Weimar, TX.
A.J. attended grade school in Bila Hora....
Hermina Rybak
Jun 29, 2007
Mrs. Hermina Rybak, 85, of Moravia, Texas, died June 29, 2007. She was born on November 26, 1921 in Velehrad community above Moravia, to Louis & Sophie Krhovjak Firasek. She married Victor W. Rybak on August 7, 1941 in Praha, Texas. She was a member of the Altar Society, and Ascension of our Lord Catholic Church in Moravia.
Hermina...
Mae Irene Fenner Otahal
Jun 25, 2007
Mrs. Mae Irene Fenner Otahal, 90, of Hallettsville, died June 25, 2007. She was born on December 11, 1916 to James E. & Florence Inglis Shepard in Riverside, Texas. She married Stephen Jerrry Otahal on April 9, 1983 in Sacred Heart Catholic Church. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Hallettsville.
Mae is survived by a...
Alice E. Kainer
Jun 24, 2007
Alice Elizabeth Kainer, 88 years old of Hallettsville, was born to Joseph & Agnes Najvar Gerlich at St. Mary's Community on Feb. 3, 1919. She died Sunday, June 24, 2007. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Richard Kainer; four brothers – Ben, Stanley, Laddie & Dan Gerlich; and one sister Lillian Laas. She is survived by...
Joyce Johnson Cash
Jun 23, 2007
Joyce Johnson Cash was born September 16, 1923 in Garza County and grew up on a farm near Post, Texas. Joyce had two older brothers, Ed and Bill, and a twin brother, Roy. Joyce and Roy were orphaned at the young age of 13. She graduated from Southland High School where she excelled in sports. She loved and participated in...
Kathryn Woytek
Jun 21, 2007
Kathryn (Woytek) Woytek was the first child of Oscar (O.J.) and Mary (Schornack) Woytek born on August 6, 1921. She went home to the Lord peacefully on June 21, 2007. Being the first child, she served as a role model for younger sister, Maxine, and brother, Oscar Jr. (Bubba).
Kathryn worked side by side with her father and his...
Carolyn Patricia Kirk Morton
Jun 19, 2007
Mrs. Carolyn Patricia Kirk Morton, 71, of Hallettsville, died June 19, 2007. She was born on September 30, 1935 to Claude & Myrtle McClure Kirk Sr. in Chicago, IL. She married Richard Morton on June 9, 1966 in Houston, Texas.
Carolyn was a member of the Red Hats, Lions Club, Chamber of Commerce of Hallettsville, Board of Directors for...
Perry Gaskamp
Jun 19, 2007
Mr. Perry Gaskamp, 81, of Hallettsville, died June 19, 2007. He was born September 20, 1925 in Washington County, near Brenham, Texas, to Louis & Louise Finke Gaskamp. He married Rosalee Brossmann on October 23, 1970 in League City, Texas. He was a practicing Lutheran.
Perry is survived by his wife Rosalee; 1 step-son John McLeod & wife Francie...
Lucinde Johanna Neumann Schmidt
Jun 8, 2007
Celebration of Life
After celebrating nearly 100 years on this earth with her family and friends, Lucinde Johanna Neumann Schmidt finished her journey here on earth on June 8th, 2007. Lucinde was born in New York City on August 24, 1907 to Ernst Hans Wilhelm and Marie Eliese Dussmann Neumann.
She is preceded in death by her...
Cecile “Mickey” Mikulenka Myers
Jun 6, 2007
Cecile "Mickey" Mikulenka Myers
VIENNA - Cecile "Mickey" Mikulenka Myers, 87, died peacefully June 6, 2007 at Hallettsville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center under Hospice Care.
She had been diagnosed with lung cancer in August 2006.
She was born Aug. 7, 1919 in Breslau (Lavaca County) Texas to Rudolph Mikulenka and Leona Plummer Mikulenka....