Obituaries

September 2002 Obituary Listings

Angelica Maria Aguinaga
Martha Joele Aguinaga

Angelica Maria Aguinaga, age 25, and infant daughter, Martha Joele Aguinaga of Lytle, both passed away Sunday, Sept. 15, 2002, as the result of an automobile accident. Rosary was recited at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, in Hurley Funeral Home Chapel, Devine. Mass was celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, in St. John Bosco Catholic Church, Natalia. Interment will be in Lytle Community Cemetery.

Daniel Russell Benke Sr

Daniel Russell Benke Sr., age 79, of Hondo passed away September 17, 2002.
Funeral service was at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, at Church of Christ, Hondo. Interment followed at 2:30 p.m. at Ft. Sam National Cemetery, San Antonio.

Junior James L. Brewer

Junior James L. Brewer, age 72, of Moore passed away Thursday, Sept. 26, 2002, at his residence.
Rosary was at 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, in Hurley Funeral Home Chapel, Devine. Funeral service was held at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 30, in Hurley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment followed in Moore Memorial Cemetery, Moore.

Bernice Marcella Carle

Bernice Marcella Carle was born to Richard Reily and Ernestina Nester Carle on June 2, 1914. She went home to the Lord on September 21, 2002, at age 88.
Rosary was recited Tuesday, Sept. 24, at Holy Cross Catholic Church. Funeral Mass was held Sept. 25 at 10 a.m. at Holy Cross Catholic Church. Fr. W. Stiles conducted both services.

Fidelia Cortinez

Fidelia Cortinez, age 58, passed away Sept. 12, 2002.
Visitation was held Friday, Sept. 13, at Castillo Mission Funeral Home. A chapel service was held on Saturday, Sept. 14, at 10 a.m. at the funeral home. Interment was in Hondo Cemetery, Oakwood Section.

Adelina L. Duron

Adelina L. Duron, age 87, of La Coste passed away Sept. 7, 2002, in Houston. She was born on Nov. 28, 1914, in Burnet. Visitation was Monday, Sept. 9, at the Tondre-Guinn Funeral Home and Rev. Jim Conway, assisted by the Guadalupanas, led a Rosary at 7 p.m. The Mass of Resurrection was celebrated by Rev. John Manion on Tuesday, 10:30 a.m., at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in La Coste. Interment was Thursday, Sept. 12, at 11:30 a.m. at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Cemetery in La Coste.

Marlin "Edge" Edgington

Marlin "Edge" Edgington, 62, a retired truck driver met the angels, Sept. 12, 2002, after battling cancer. He was born Aug. 1, 1940, in Manhattan, KS. A memorial service was held at the ranch in Yancey for friends and family, Sept. 28, at 2 p.m.

Hannah Fernandez

Hannah Fernandez, age 84, of Yancey passed away Sunday, Sept. 15, 2002, in Lytle. She was born in Mexico, March 28, 1918. Funeral service was at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, at St. Joseph's
Catholic Church with Msgr. Adolfo Valdivia-Aguirre officiating. Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery.

Gregoria Ibarra Gonzales

Gregoria Ibarra Gonzales, age 76, of D'Hanis passed away at her residence on Sept. 17, 2002. She was born Nov. 17, 1925, in D'Hanis. Rosary was recited at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, and Funeral Mass was held
Saturday, Sept. 21, with both services being held at Holy Cross Catholic Church, D'Hanis. Interment was held at San Francisco Catholic Cemetery, D'Hanis. Services officiated by Father Wallis J. Stiles.

Patsy M. Peacock Hill

Patsy M. Peacock Hill, age 87, of Atascosa passed away Sept. 25, 2002. Graveside service was at 11:30 a.m.,on Tuesday Oct. 1, at Lytle Masonic Cemetery, Lytle.

Alma Tschirhart Holzhaus

Alma Tschirhart Holzhaus, of Castroville passed away Sept. 30, 2002, at the age of 94. The Tondre-Guinn Chapel was open for visitation from 8:30 to 5:30
p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3. Funeral Mass was held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct 3, at St. Louis Catholic Church. Rosary was recited at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 4, at St. Louis Catholic Church. Interment followed in St. Louis Catholic Cemetery.

Bruce Irvin "Bud" Keefer

Bruce Irvin "Bud" Keefer, age 53, of Castroville passed away Sept. 15, 2002, at home after a long illness. Bruce was born April 5, 1949, in Colorado Springs, CO.    Interment was private. A memorial service will be held at a later date and friends will be notified.

RUTH R. KNIPPLING
    Ruth R. Oliver Knippling, age 85, of Ingram, a resident at Community Care Center in Hondo, passed away Sept. 22, 2002.     Survivors include her husband, Francis D. Knippling of Ingram, and daughter, Kathi Duarte of Bandera who works in Hondo.

Jose Manuel Lara-Santos

Jose Manuel Lara-Santos, age 34, of Lytle passed away Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2002. He was born in Mexico on Dec. 15, 1967. Funeral service was at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 27, at St. John Bosco Catholic Church with Father Romeo Olivares officiating. Interment followed in St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery.

Alfonso Limon

Alfonso Limon, age 58, of Harrah, OK, and formerly of Devine, passed away Sunday, Sept. 8, 2002. Rosary was recited at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12 at the Hurley
Funeral Home Chapel, Devine. Mass was celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 13 in St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Interment will follow in St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery.

Robert Lee Lustgraaf

Robert Lee Lustgraaf, born March 18, 1942, went to be with the Lord on Sept. 1, 2002, at the age of 60. Rosary was recited at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 4, at Hurley Funeral Home. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. today, Thursday, Sept. 5, at St.Joseph's Catholic Church in Devine. Interment will follow at Mission Park
South, San Antonio.

Guadalupe Juan OKue' Palacios

Guadalupe Juan OKue' Palacios went home Sept. 1, 2002, Rosary was recited at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4, at Forest Park Funeral Home in Houston. Burial was Thursday, Sept. 5, at 9 a.m. at Forest Park Cemetery, Houston.

Elvira Escamilla Palomo

Elvira Escamilla Palomo, age 60, of Hondo passed away Sept. 29, 2002. Rosary was recited at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1. Funeral Mass was at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2. Both services were at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Hondo with Rev. Jeff Pehl officiating. Interment followed in Hondo Cemetery, Guadalupe Section.

Joye Elma Richardson

Joye Elma Richardson, age 71, of Natalia passed away Sept. 13, 2002, in San Antonio. She was born in Del Rio, Aug. 14, 1931. Funeral service was at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 16, at Hurley Funeral Home Chapel with Minister Dan Pitts officiating. Interment followed in Evergreen Cemetery.

Eleanor Cecilia Manka Shipley

Eleanor Cecilia Manka Shipley, age 84, of Air Force Village II passed away Sept. 30, 2002, at the Village. She was born February 26, 1918, in Karnes City. Visitation was Wednesday, Oct. 2, at Tondre-Guinn Funeral Home. Rosary was recited Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Louis Catholic Church, followed by the Funeral Mass at 11 a.m., celebrated by Fr. Jim Conway and Deacon Archie Henson. Interment was at St. Louis Catholic Cemetery, Castroville.

Thomas Richard "T.R." Stephenson

Thomas Richard "T.R." Stephenson, age 67, of San Antonio passed away Sept. 20, 2002, at his residence. Visitation was held Tuesday, Sept. 24, from 6 to 8 p.m. and the funeral service was led by Rev. Sammie Swim Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Tondre- Guinn Funeral Home. Graveside service with military honors and interment was at 11:30 a.m. at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery.

Olga Lydia Schneider Tonne

Olga Lydia Schneider Tonne, of Hondo passed away Sept. 30, 2002, at the age of 100. Funeral service was held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, at Guinn-Horger
Funeral Home. Interment followed at 2:30 p.m. at Guadalupe Valley Memorial Park, Highway 46 between New Braunfels and Seguin.

William L. Vogel

William L. Vogel, age 73, of Lytle passed away Thursday, Sept. 26, 2002. He was born in Lubbock, Jan. 2, 1929. Graveside service was at 10 a.m. at Lytle Community Cemetery with Dan Pitts, Minister, officiating. Interment followed in Lytle Community
Cemetery.