Anna Kueker Schlinke, 79, of Cuero passed away Tuesday, August 11, 2020.  She was born to the late Robert and Mary Cunningham Kueker on July 11, 1941 in Cuero.  She married Harold Schlinke on September 13, 1989 at Hope Lutheran Church in Buckholts.  She was a lifelong member of Saint John Lutheran Church in Lindenau.  Anna was a guesthouse owner, rancher and art and antiques dealer.   She faithfully loved and took care of many Cueroites in Anna's Guesthouse and as a rancher, she loved her cattle.  Of course, all of them had a "name." When she opened her art and antique store, Batz and More; her sisters were totally floored by all the "beauties" she had collected through the years.  And little did we know how hard it would be for Anna to part with anything.

She is survived by her husband of thirty years, Harold Schlinke; daughter, Marsha Schlinke Nezhad (Mehran A.) of Victoria; son, Daniel Schlinke of Houston; granddaughters, Samira and Evelyn Rose Nezhad; brothers, Rev. John D. Kueker of Buckholts, Roy Kueker of Cuero; sisters, Eunice Kueker Lee of Cuero and Betty Jo Kueker Afflerbach (Curtis) of Cuero and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert G. Kueker and Mary Laura Cunningham Kueker; brothers, Robert Kueker Jr., Kenneth Kueker, Ralph Kueker, Albert Kueker and William Kueker Sr.; sisters, Wanda Kueker Huey, Dorothy Kueker Matejek and Rosemary Kueker Young.

A private family service will be held at a later date.

Memorial Contributions may be made to Lindenau Cemetery Fund.

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Freund Funeral Home, 361.275.2343.