Obituaries

January 2006 Obituary Listings

Joseph Anderson, age 78, of San Antonio, passed away on January 31, 2006. He was born on September 7, 1927. A memorial service was held at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Somerset.

Violet Hunt Benefiel, age 93, of La Coste passed away Jan. 26, 2006, in Castroville. Violet was born Oct. 9, 1912, in Cuero. Funeral service was held Monday, Jan. 30, at 10 a.m. at Tondre-Guinn
Funeral Home in Castroville. Interment was at the Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Castroville.

Connie Dee Briscoe, age 40, of Devine passed away Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006, in San Antonio. Funeral service is pending. Hurley Funeral Home, Devine

Esther Cortez, age 81, of D'Hanis went to be with the Lord on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2006. A Rosary was recited and a Funeral Mass was held Tuesday, Jan. 24, at Holy Cross Catholic Church, D'Hanis. Interment followed in San Francisco Cemetery, D'Hanis.

John Anthony Coyle, age 82, of Hondo passed away Jan. 29, 2006. John was born Sept. 25, 1923, in San Antonio. Rosary was recited at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31, at Guinn-Horger
Chapel. Funeral Mass was held on Wednesday, Feb. 1, at 2 p.m. at St. John's Catholic Church in Hondo. Interment was at Hondo Cemetery, St. John's Catholic Section.

John Ralph Davenport, age 87, passed away Jan. 27, 2006, in Leander. He was born on Nov. 17, 1918, in Hondo. Funeral service was held Monday, Jan. 30, at 1 p.m. at the Southeast
Church of Christ, 5860 US Highway 87 East, San Antonio, with Patrick Andrews, minister, as efficient and Gene Helm of Kerrville as director of
congregational singing. Committal service was conducted at the Hondo Cemetery, Oakwood Section, at 3 p.m. Monday.

Keith Duderstadt, born March 2, 1934, in Hondo, passed away Jan. 25, 2006. Memorial Service at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 4, at St. Mark's Methodist Church, 601 W. Braker Lane, Austin.

Christopher Lee Eccles, 28, of Sacramento, CA, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. He was born in Lynwood, CA, on Feb. 4, 1977. A Memorial Service, officiated by Pastor David Mayer, was at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Hondo.

Agnes Cecilia Echtle, age 79, of La Coste passed away Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006. Agnes was born Feb. 18, 1926, in La Coste. The Tondre- Guinn Funeral Home open for visitation on Thursday, Jan. 19, from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. A Rosary recited at 7 p.m. at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in La Coste. The Funeral Mass on Friday, Jan. 20, 2 p.m., at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Cemetery.

Clara Beatrice Gast of Hondo, age 68, passed away Friday, Jan. 13, 2006, at home. She was born May 29, 1922. Memorial service was officiated by Rev. Beverly Burk and Rev. Ricky Burk, and was at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 16, at the First United Methodist Church of Hondo.

Lester Benjamin Gerdes Sr., age 87, of Spring Branch, formerly of Uvalde, passed away Jan. 29, 2006 in NC Baptist Hospital, San Antonio. He was born in Hondo on Feb. 12, 1918. Graveside service was at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1. with Rev. Jerry Scott officiating, at Hillcrest Cemetery.

Bernice Mae Goforth, age 95, of Dilley, Devine and formerly of Yancey, passed away Sunday, Jan. 1, 2006, in San Antonio. She was born in Stonewall County, May 10, 1910. Graveside service was at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 5, at Yancey Cemetery
with Linda Adams officiating.

Conception Gonzales,78, passed away Jan. 14, 2006. Visitation was Monday, Jan. 16, at Hondo Funeral Home and at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in San Antonio with Rosary recited at 7 p.m. Funeral Mass was at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17.

Henry Gonzales, age 48, of Hondo, passed away, Jan. 21, 2006. A memorial service at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at Hondo Funeral Home.

William Jim Harris, age 92, of Sabinal passed away Jan. 10, 2006, at Amistad Nursing Home. He was born November 5,1913, in Cleburne. Funeral service at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 13, 2006, at the
First Baptist Church of Sabinal. Interment in the Sabinal Cemetery.

Edward A. Hartung Jr., age 88, of Somerset passed away Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006. in Somerset.
Graveside service was at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, at Heickman Cemetery.

LaRue Noton Hedrick, age 89, of Hondo, passed away Jan. 19, 2006. She was born March 21, 1916. The Memorial Service, officiated by Pastor Beverly Burk, was at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23, at the Guinn-Horger Chapel.

James H. Hiler Jr., age 53, of Uvalde passed away on Jan. 29, 2006. He was born on May 18, 1952, in San Antonio. A memorial service was held on Wednesday, Feb. 1, at 10 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Uvalde.

Billie Jean Hilsher, age 77, passed away Jan. 4, 2006. She was born Nov. 16, 1928, in San Antonio. Funeral service, officiated by Pastor David Mayer, was held Tuesday, Jan. 10, at 10 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Hondo. Interment was at 2:15 p.m. at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio.

James Roy Kile, age 88, of Issaquah, WA, formerly of D'Hanis and Hondo, passed away on Jan. 14, 2006, after a short illness. Memorial services Feb. 18 at 2p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Taylor, Texas.

Dominga DeLeon Maldonado, age 70, of D'Hanis passed away Jan. 7, 2006. She was born Mar. 3, 1935, in Yancey. Rosary was recited at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, at Guinn-Horger Chapel in
Hondo. Funeral Mass, officiated by Rev. Jeff Pehl, was at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Hondo. Interment was in Hondo Cemetery, Guadalupe Section.

Marcelino Jessie Martinez, Jr., age 53, of Castroville, passed away Jan. 15, 2006, in Hondo. Marcelino was born June 2, 1952, in Castroville. A Rosary was recited on Jan. 18 at 7 p.m. at the Tondre-Guinn Funeral Home Chapel in Castroville. Funeral Mass Thursday, Jan. 19, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Louis Catholic Church in Castroville. Interment after Funeral Mass at St. Louis Catholic Cemetery, Castroville.

Daniel John Neslony Sr. of San Antonio passed away Monday, Jan. 16, 2006, in Devine. Visitation held Sunday, Jan. 22, at the funeral home from 2
until 9 p.m. Graveside service at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 23, at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, with interment after.

Andrew J. Patterson, age 93, of Luling, passed away Jan. 16, 2006. A funeral service was held Jan. 19, 2006. O'Bannon Funeral Home

Angelita Olivarez Puente, age 76, of Hondo, formerly of Sabinal, passed away on Jan. 17, 2006, at St. Luke's Baptist Hospital in San Antonio. Funeral service was held at 10 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 20, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Sabinal with Rev. Jeff Pehl officating.

Elias Reyes, age 84, of Hondo, passed away Jan. 7, 2006. Visitation from10- 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, at Hondo Funeral Home. Rosary was recited at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Funeral mass at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, at St. John's Catholic Church. Interment in Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery.

Chief Ernie Lee Rice, age 52, of Natalia passed away Sunday, Jan. 15, 2006, in San Antonio after a battle with cancer. At the time of his death, Ernie Rice was police chief of the City of Natalia, and had been for many years. Funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, at the First Baptist Church, Devine. Interment was at Moore Memorial Cemetery.

Irma Teresa Rivas-Estrella , 58, of Devine passed away Sunday, Jan. 22, 2006, in San Antonio. Rosary was recited Tuesday, Jan. 24, in the Chapel of the Hurley Funeral Home, Devine. A Memorial Mass was celebrated Wednesday, Jan. 25, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Devine.

Elpidio A. Rodriguez, Sr., age 79, of Hondo, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006, in San Antonio at the Audie L. Murphy Veterans Hospital. He was born Nov. 16, 1926, in Hondo. The Rosary was recited on Friday, Jan. 20, at Guinn-Horger Chapel and the Funeral Mass, officiated by Rev. Jeff Pehl, was at said on Saturday, Jan. 21 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Hondo. Interment was in Hondo Cemetery, Oakwood Section.

Deborah Olivia Thompson Pancoast Rogers age 62, passed away May 17, 2005. Submitted by family. Hondo Anvil Herald, Jan. 19, 2006

Ferdinand Louis "Ferd" Rothe of D'Hanis, age 84, passed away Jan.11, 2006, at his ranch home.
He was born Jan. 2, 1922, in D'Hanis, Rosary was recited at 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15, and the Funeral Mass, was at 10 a.m. Monday, both at Holy Cross Catholic Church in D'Hanis. The services were officiated by Fr Wallis J. Stiles, Msgr. George Steuben and Msgr. Roy Rihn. Interment was at Holy Cross Cemetery, D'Hanis.

Evelyn May Ryan, age 84, of Suffolk, England, passed away on Jan. 27, 2006. Funeral service was held in England on Feb. 7.

Patricio Salazar, age 80, of San Antonio, formerly of Hondo, passed away, Jan. 23, 2006.. A prayer service was at 7 p.m. Friday Jan. 27, officiated by Pastor Daniel Urrutia. Funeral service was at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Hondo Funeral Home. Interment followed at the Yancey Cemetery with Military Honors presented by the Honor Guard from Ft. Sam Houston.

Eusebio Salinas Sr., age 81, of Castroville passed away Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006. Eusebio was born Dec. 16, 1924, in San Antonio. Tondre- Guinn Funeral Home open for visitation on Thursday, Jan. 19, from 2:30 to 8:30 p.m. Rosary and Funeral Mass held Friday, Jan. 20, 10 a.m., at St. Louis Catholic Church. Interment at St. Louis
Catholic Cemetery, Castroville.

Maria Valle Sepulveda, age 84, of Devine passed away Sunday, Jan. 1, 2006, at her residence. Rosary was recited at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3, in the Chapel of Hurley Funeral Home. Mass was celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Interment in St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Devine.

Homer VanHeuverswyn, age 75, of Webster, formerly of Natalia, passed away Sunday, Jan. 22, 2006, in Clear Lake. Funeral services were conducted on Wednesday, Jan. 25, at Hurley Funeral Home Chapel, Lytle. Interment with Masonic Graveside Service, under the auspices of Atasacosa Lodge #379 A.F. & A.M., followed at the Lytle Masonic Cemetery.

Randy Mack Waters, age 48, of Mico passed away Jan. 24, 2006. Randy was born July 26, 1957, in San Antonio. Memorial service Saturday, Feb. 4, at 2 p.m. at Honey Creek Cave on Gass Ranch, 2350 Park Road 31, near Bergheim.