Cole Thomas Pargmann, 17, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 26, 2009. He was born November 26, 1991 in Cuero to Cory and Michele Pargmann. He was a student at Cuero High School entering his senior year. He was an exceptional athlete and lettered in football, track and basketball at Cuero High. He was also a member of the State Championship Track Team last year and was the Gobblers' starting running back in 2008.

Cole is survived by his loving parents; his brother and best friend, Bo Pargmann; grandparents, Tommy and Sharon Pargmann and Robert and Dorothy DeLeon; aunt, Tracee DeLeon; uncle Jed DeLeon; special friends, Ariel Davilia, Kathy and Sheldon Lassman, Jamie and Maxx Wright; the Cuero Gobbler Coaching Staff; the Cuero Gobbler Football Team; and many family members and friends.

Visitation will be Thursday, July 30, 2009 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Freund Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held Friday, July 31, 2009, 10 a.m. at Cuero Competition Gym with Pastor Charles Eckert officiating. Interment will immediate follow at Hillside Cemetery.

Pallbearers: Chance Harryman, Dustin Blinka, Troy Ruiz, Logan Pickett, Drew Arguellez, Desmond Patton, Johnathan Banda, and JJ Martinez.

Honorary Pallbearers: Martin Leske, Brady Boehl, Bubby Smith, Cuero Coaching Staff, C-Town Ballas Fishing Club, and Cody Wallace.

Memorials may be made in memory of Cole to Cuero Booster Club and the Cole Thomas Pargmann Scholarship Fund at Wells Fargo.

Freund Funeral Home, 361.275.2343.