Obituaries

November 2007 Obituary Listings

Geneva G. Alejandro born January 3, 1951 went to be with the Lord on November 21, 2007, at the age of 56. Visitation was on Monday, Nov. 26, with a prayer service at 7 p.m. at Castillo Mission Funeral Home.

Ella Reus Bippert Belzung, 102, of La Coste, passed away on November 21, 2007. She was born Aug. 19, 1905 in La Coste. The Tondre-Guinn Funeral Home was open for visitation on Sunday, Nov. 25. Funeral Service was held Monday, Nov. 26, at Zion Lutheran Church in Castroville. Interment followed the Funeral Service in Zion Lutheran Cemetery in Castroville.

Lorraine E. Begley, 86, of Devine, passed away November 14, 2007 in Castroville. She was born Feb. 21, 1921 in Canton. Visitation was on Saturday, Nov. 17. Funeral Service was held Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007 at Tondre-Guinn Funeral Home. Interment followed the Funeral Service in Hondo Cemetery in Hondo.

Roy John Bohlen, age 89, of Hondo passed away Friday, November 30, 2007. Roy was born Dec. 15, 1917. Funeral service was held Monday, Dec. 3, 2007, 2 p.m., at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Hondo with Pastor Dave Mayer presiding. Interment was at the Oakwood Section of the Hondo Cemetery.

Ara Elizabeth Geiger Chessman, 79, of San Antonio, went to heaven on November 8, 2007. Born February 29, 1928, in Castroville. Tondre-Guinn Funeral Home, Castroville

Clinton Crowell, 89, passed away November 16, 2007, in Houston. He was born on May 10, 1918, in Menard.

Rebecca Torres Cuellar of Sealy, age 47, passed away Sunday, November 18, 2007. Rebecca was born Nov. 12, 1960, in Hondo. Rosary was recited at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20, and Funeral Mass was held Wednesday at 2 p.m., both at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Interment was at Hondo Cemetery, Oakwood Section.

Doliver Glenn Dorries, age 84, of Hondo passed away Monday, Nov. 5, 2007. He was born May 9, 1923, in San Antonio. Memorial service held at 10 a.m., Friday, Nov. 9, at the Guinn-Horger Chapel.

Narcissa Esquibel, age 70 passed away on November 28, 2007. Visitation was from 2 to 8 p.m. with a 7 p.m. Rosary held at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Devine, on Sunday Dec. 2, 2007. Funeral Mass was held on Monday Dec. 3, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. Interment Followed in Longview Cemetery in Bigfoot.

Homer F. Faseler passed away November 27, 2007. He was born in Yancey on Jan. 26, 1926. Graveside services were held on Tuesday, Dec. 4, at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery, with Air Force honors.

David C. Gallegos of D’Hanis, age 70, passed away Saturday, November 24, 2007. David was born March 13, 1937, in D’Hanis. Rosary was recited Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007, at 7 p.m. and Funeral Mass was held Monday at 10 a.m. Fr. Wallis J. Stiles officiated the services. Interment was at San Francisco Cemetery in D’Hanis.

Wanda Sue Gaston, age 69 passed away on November 11, 2007. Funeral service was held at Hondo Funeral Home on Friday Nov. 16, 2007. Interment followed in Evergreen Cemetery in Devine.

Pedro Gauna, age 57, of Moore passed away Saturday, November 17, 2007 at his residence. Visitation was held Monday, Nov. 19, with a Rosary recited at 7 p.m. in the Chapel of the Hurley Funeral Home in Devine. Mass was celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20, in St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Devine, with interment following at Moore Memorial Cemetery.

Isidra Ibarra Hernandez of DHanis, age 103, five months and 30 days, passed away Wednesday, November 14, 2007. Isidra was born May 15, 1904, in DHanis. Rosary and Funeral Mass were held on Saturday, Nov. 17, at Holy Cross Catholic Church, DHanis, with Fr. Wallis J. Stiles officiating. Pallbearers were Anthony Morin, Rolando Palacios, Enrique Garza, Jesse Hernandez, Ralph J. Hernandez and Rudolph R. Hernandez. Interment was at San Francisco Cemetery.

Herbert Hoover of Natalia, passed away Saturday, November 24, 2007 in Castroville, at the age of 86. He was born in San Antonio, August 2, 1921. Funeral services were Monday, Nov. 26 at St. John Bosco Catholic Church, Natalia, with Father Romeo Olivares officiating. Interment was in St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery, Devine.

Mary Jane Haile Howard, 82, of Castroville, passed away on November 29, 2007. She was born May 22, 1925 in New Braunfels. Visitation was Sunday, Dec. 2. Funeral Mass was held Sunday, Dec. 2, at St. Louis Church in Castroville. Rosary was held Monday, Dec. 3, at at Tondre-Guinn Funeral Home. Interment followed the Rosary at Knippa Cemetery in Knippa.

Marcella Theresa Echtle Keller, 78, of La Coste, passed away November 15, 2007. She was born Dec. 17, 1928 in La Coste. Visitation was on Sunday, Nov. 18, from 12 to 5:30 p.m. at Tondre-Guinn Funeral Home. Rosary was on Sunday, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m. at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in La Coste. Funeral Mass was Monday, Nov. 19, at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in La Coste. Interment followed the Mass in Our Lady of Grace Catholic Cemetery in La Coste.

Daisy Bless Krause, age 92, passed away on November 13, 2007, in San Antonio. She was married for 69 years to the Rev. Franklin H. Krause. Visitation was Monday, Nov. 19, and the Funeral Service was at Porter Loring Mortuary North on Tuesday, at 10 a.m. Interment was at Hondo Cemetery, Oakwood Section.

Wesley Lawler, age 72 passed away on November 26, 2007. Visitation 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with a 1 p.m. funeral service at Hondo Funeral Home on Thursday, Nov. 29.

David Nehr McGraw, age 74, of Hondo passed away Saturday morning, November 24, 2007, in Austin. David was born April 5, 1933, in Mingo Junction, Ohio. Rosary was recited at the Guinn-Horger Chapel on Monday, Nov. 26. Funeral Mass was held Tuesday, Nov. 27 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Hondo. Interment was at Hondo Cemetery, Oakwood Section.

Harold Wendell Miller, 82, of Beaumont died Sunday November 18, 2007, at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital, Beaumont. Funeral service was held on November 21, 2007, at Brous-sard’s in Beaumont. Interment followed at Magnolia Cemetery.

Leighton Edgar “L.E.” Monier, age 95, of Tarpley passed away Wednesday, November 7, 2007, after battling cancer. L.E. was born on July 5, 1912, near Sabinal. Funeral service was held Tuesday, Nov. 13, at the Guinn-Horger Chapel, with Timothy Covert, a minister of Jehovah’s Witnesses, officiating. Interment was at Tarpley Cemetery.

Sylvia “Sue” Petersen Muennink of Hondo, age 77, passed away Tuesday, November 13, 2007. Rosary recited at 9:45 a.m., followed by the Mass at 10:00 a.m., Friday, Nov. 16, at Holy Cross Catholic Church, D’Hanis. Committal service and interment at 1:15 p.m. Monday, Nov. 19, Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio.

Donna Jean Jacobs Murphy of San Antonio, age 45, passed away Wednesday, November 7, 2007, after battling cancer. Donna was born on Jan. 15, 1962, in Houston. Graveside service will be held Tuesday, Nov. 20, 10 a.m., at Yancey Cemetery.

Fred A. Notzon, 73, of Castroville passed away November 12, 2007, in Bandera. Fred was born Feb. 5, 1934, in Laredo. The Tondre-Guinn Funeral Home open for visitation on Thursday, Nov. 15, from noon to 8 p.m. with Rosary being recited at 7 p.m. The Mass of Resurrection Friday, Nov. 16, at 10 a.m. at St. Louis Catholic Church in Castroville. Interment at St. Louis Cemetery.

Daniel Padron of Hondo, age 39, passed away Wednesday, November 14, 2007. Visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. and Rosary recited at 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 16. Funeral Mass held at 2:00 p.m., on Saturday, Nov. 17, both at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Interment at Hondo Cemetery, Oakwood Section.

Ruben Y. Sanchez, age 73, of San Antonio passed away Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007. He was born Jan. 27, 1934 in Knippa. A prayer service was held at 7 p.m., Monday, Nov. 5, and the funeral service was held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, at First Baptist Church, Hondo, with his nephew, Pastor Angel San-chez, officiating. Interment was at Hondo, Oakwood Cemetery.

Lillian Marie Schweers, age 93, of San Antonio passed away on November 24, 2007. She was born Feb. 5, 1914, in Hondo. Funeral service Friday, Nov. 30, at 10 a.m. at the Guinn-Horger Chapel. Burial at Hondo Cemetery, Oakwood Section.

Robert Andrew Schweers, age 55, passed away November 2, 2007, in a local hospital. He was born in Corpus Christi. A Mass of the Resurrection was held in St. John the Apostle Catholic Church Tuesday by Father Gaughan.

Evelyn Adele Mazurek Snider, age 81, of Devine passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2007, in San Antonio. Funeral service was held Friday, Nov. 30, in the Chapel of the Hurley Funeral Home, Devine. Interment followed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery.

Maria Luisa Torres, age 82, passed away on Nov. 3, 2007. Rosary was recited at 7 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 4, at Hondo Funeral Home. A 3 p.m. Funeral Mass was held at St. John’s Catholic Church on Monday, Nov. 5. Interment followed in Hondo Cemetery.

Mary Esmeralda Torres of Hondo, age 58, passed away Wednesday, November 7, 2007. Mary was born on February 11, 1949, in Hondo. Rosary was recited on Thursday, Nov. 8, at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Funeral Mass was celebrated on Friday, Nov. 9, at with Fr. Ken Dakin, officiating.

Garland A. Tschirhart, 64, of Castroville, went to heaven on Nov. 2, 2007. He was born Aug. 10, 1943 in Castroville. Visitation was on Saturday, Nov. 3, from 6 to 8 p.m. with Rosary at 7 p.m. and on Sunday, Nov. 4, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Funeral Mass was held Sunday, Nov. 4, at 2 p.m. at St. Louis Catholic Church. Interment followed in the St. Louis Cemetery.

Joe Russell Weber, 86, of San Antonio went to heaven on Nov. 7, 2007. He was born Feb. 15, 1921, in Hondo. Visitation held Friday, Nov. 9, 2007, from 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Rosary recited at 7:00 p.m. and the funeral service held Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007, at 10:00 a.m., all at Tondre-Guinn Funeral Home in Castroville. Interment in the San Fernando #2 Cemetery in San Antonio.

William Richard Weber, age 90, of San Antonio, died on Wednesday, November 28, 2007, in St. Luke’s Baptist Hospital, after a short illness. He was born on the family farm in Medina County on Feb. 4 1917. A memorial service was held Saturday Dec. 1, at St. John’s United Methodist Church in San Antonio, with burial following at 2 p.m. at Hondo Cemetery.