Obituaries
Edward Emil Chumchal
Apr 11, 2013
Edward Emil Chumchal, age 92 of College Station, passed away on April 11, 2013 at his residence. He was born on August 30, 1920 in Hungerford, Texas, a son of the late Joe and Mary Knesek Chumchal. Edward was raised in the Wharton-Hungerford area and attended school there. He worked as a row crop farmer and loved the outdoors. He...
Lillie Katherine Horelica
Apr 8, 2013
Lillie Katherine Kramr Horelica was born November 25, 1913 in La Grange, Texas to Louis and Julia Kramr. Lillie had one brother, Alvin Kramr and three sisters: Clara Davis, Della Wright and Esther Mathews. On July 14, 1937, Lillie married her best friend, Alfred Horelica. The two of them would enjoy forty-eight years of marriage filled with many joyful times...
Sandra Spano
Apr 5, 2013
Mrs. Sandra Spano, age 74 of Wharton died Friday, April 5, 2013 in a Wharton Hospital following a sudden illness. She was born on January 18, 1939 in Seminole, OK the daughter of the late Melvin Frauenberger and Gladys Waters Frauenberger. Mrs. Spano was a long-time resident of Wharton and a member of the First Baptist Church in Wharton. She...
Fr. HENRY RACHUNEK
Apr 3, 2013
Rev. Henry C. Rachunek Reverend Henry Charles Rachunek, age 80 of Beasley and formerly of Hungerford, TX died Wednesday, April 3, 2013 in a Houston Hospital following an extended illness. He was born on May 14, 1932 in Hungerford, TX. Father Rachunek’s assignments included Houston, East Bernard, Rosenberg, Hungerford and Beasley. He served at St. John’s Catholic Church in Hungerford...
Dennis Cunningham
Apr 3, 2013
Walter Dennis “DD” Cunningham, age 61 of Wharton, passed away on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at his residence in Burr following an extended illness. He was born on October 24, 1951, in Palacios, Texas, a son of the late Gerald and Clara Jean Armstrong Cunningham. DD was raised in the Wharton area and attended school there. He worked for many...
Joan Margaret Miller
Apr 1, 2013
Mrs. Joan Margaret Nuspliger Miller, age 63 of Sugar Land and a former resident of Wharton died Monday, April 1, 2013 in a Houston Hospital following an eleven month battle with cancer and a brief illness. She was born on November 19, 1949 in Lawville, New York the daughter of Charles Stewart Nuspliger and Ruby Lee Koehler Nuspliger. Joan was...
Martina Ballejo
Mar 31, 2013
Mrs. Martina Ballejo, age 84 of Wharton died Sunday, March 31, 2013 at home following an extended illness. She was born on December 14, 1928 in Weimar, TX the daughter of the late Florentino Garcia and Herlinda Diega Sanchez. Mrs. Ballejo has been a resident of Wharton most of her life and was a member of the Temple Beth El...
Drusilla Lee Singleton
Mar 31, 2013
Drusilla Lee Austin Singleton, 89, of Wharton, formerly of Edna, passed into the arms of her Lord and Savior on Sunday, March 31, 2013 after an extended illness. A service of thanksgiving to God for the life of this beloved godly woman will be held on Thursday at the Abell Street Church of Christ, Wharton at 10:30 a.m. with Sherrell...
Everett Swoboda
Mar 31, 2013
Everett Swoboda, age 82 of East Bernard, passed away on Sunday, March 31, 2013, in Wharton following an extended illness. He was born on March 14, 1931, in Nada, Texas a son of the late Hubert Swoboda and Walburga Schneider Swoboda. Everett served our country in the US Navy. He married Dolores Staff in Nada on October 31, 1959. Everett...
Peggy Luco
Mar 30, 2013
Peggy Luco, age 92 of Wharton. Visitation; Sunday, March 31st. 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Wharton Funeral Home. Services Monday, April 1, 2013 at 2:00 pm at the First Baptist Church in Wharton. Burial: Wharton City Cemetery Memorials; First Baptist Church, 507 N. Fulton, Wharton, TX 77488.
Ima Lee Mann
Mar 30, 2013
Ima Lee Mann, age 78, of Wharton, Texas passed away on March 30, 2013 in Wharton, Texas after an extended illness. She was married to Frank E. Mann, Jr. D.V.M. for 57 years. Ima Lee was born on May 7, 1934 in Camden, Texas, daughter of Carl Rivers Smith and Allene Dolores Smith. Shortly thereafter the family moved to Houston,...
Connie M Garcia
Mar 30, 2013
Connie M. Garcia, age 75 of Houston and a former long-time resident of Boling died Saturday, March 30, 2013 at a Houston hospital following an extended illness. She was born on August 23, 1938 in Newgulf, Texas to parents, Jose A. and Anita Gonzalez Martinez. Connie was raised in Newgulf and attended school there. She married Alfredo “Beneno” Garcia. He...
Edward Paul Konvicka
Mar 28, 2013
Mr. Edward Paul Konvicka, age 82 of Boling died Thursday, March 28, 2013 in a Houston hospital following a brief illness. He was born in Austin County, TX on January 15, 1931 the son of the late Frank Konvicka, Sr. and Mary Malek Konvicka. Mr. Konvicka has been a resident of Boling for the past fifteen years and was a...
Hortense Peikert Glenn
Mar 25, 2013
Hortense Peikert Glenn, age 96, of Hungerford passed away on Monday, March 25, 2013 in a Wharton hospital of natural causes. She was born on September 13, 1916 in Alleyton,, Texas, the daughter of Julius and Bertha Grewe Peikert. She was the eighth child born to the family of ten siblings. Hortense was raised in the Alleyton area and graduated...
Mary Virginia Jones
Mar 20, 2013
Mary Jones, 99, passed away March 20, 2013, in Houston, Texas. She was born in Hungerford, Texas, February 21, 1914, to Taylor Joel Hudgins and Clytie Stallings Hudgins. She graduated from Wharton High School in 1931. After graduating from Texas State College for Women in 1935, she taught in the Bloomington public schools for a year until she married John...
Elsie Mae Duke
Mar 19, 2013
Mrs. Elsie Mae Duke, age 87 of Wharton died Tuesday, March 19, 2013 in a Sugar Land Hospital following an extended illness. She was born on April 24, 1925 in Damon, TX the daughter of the late Otto John Ramdohr and Roberta Kathleen Weaver Ramdohr. Mrs. Duke has been a resident of Wharton for the past twenty years and was...
Lenora Hope Voulgaris
Mar 19, 2013
Lenora Hope Voulgaris, age 58, of Wharton passed away on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 in a Houston hospital following an extended illness. She was born on January 12, 1955 in Independence, LA, a daughter of the late Frank and Johnnie Welch Ashmore. Mrs. Voulgaris was raised in the Baton Rouge area and graduated from school there. Hope married Patrick Brookman...
Thomas D. Gladden
Mar 19, 2013
Thomas Dale Gladden, age 87, of Wharton passed away on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 in a Wharton hospital following a lengthy illness. He was born on January 28, 1926 in Caddo Gap, Arkansas, the son of the late Herbert and Celia Millsapps Gladden. Mr. Gladden was raised in the Caddo Gap, Arkansas. He graduated from high school in Arkadelphia, Arkansas...
Reyes Mejorado, Sr.
Mar 14, 2013
Mr. Reyes Mejorado, Sr., age 83 of Wharton died Thursday, March 14, 2013 in a Wharton Hospital following an extended illness. He was born on February 25, 1930 in Raymondville, TX the son of the late Juan Mejorado and Jessita Saens Mejorado. Mr. Mejorado has been a resident of Wharton for the past fifty-eight years and was Catholic by Faith....
Arthur McCowan, Jr.
Mar 9, 2013
Arthur (Junior) McCowan, Jr., age 79, of Boling died Saturday, March 9, 2013 in a Wharton nursing center following a lengthy illness. He was born on February 17, 1934 in Needville, Texas, the son of the late Author, Sr. and Grace Sanders McCowan. Mr. McCowan graduated from Dunbar High School in Dickenson. He served his country honorably in the United...
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