Joseph Rocha
Jan 2, 2009
Cuero – Joseph Artie Rocha, 17, of Cuero passed away Friday, January 2, 2009. Joseph was born on July 21, 1991 in Cuero, Texas to Felix Jr. and Alice Martinez Rocha. He was a student at Cuero Intermediate School and part of the Life Skills Class. He is survived by his loving parents; brother, Felix Rocha III; and maternal grandfather,...
Margaret Cage
Jan 2, 2009
Cuero - Margaret Cage, 90, of Cuero, passed away Friday, January 02, 2009 in Houston. Margaret was born March 10, 1918 in Bishop, Texas to the late Norman Leamon and Marge Myrtle True Falkenburg. She married Gus Thomas Cage in Falfurrias, Texas on December 29, 1939. She is survived by her sons, Lowell Thomas Cage and Don Morris Cage, both...
Geneva Parnell
Dec 27, 2008
Cuero – Geneva Helen Parnell, 85, passed away December 27, 2008. She was born April 23, 1923 in Ivanhoe, Texas to the late Marion and Clemmie Gamble Burrell. During WWII, she worked at an aircraft assembly plant in Ft. Worth. She was a retired secretary for the Dept. of Defense, U.S.A.F. She was a dedicated mother and grandmother and will...
Eugene 'Gene' Zaiontz
Dec 25, 2008
VICTORIA - Eugene "Gene" Zaiontz of Victoria died Dec. 25, 2008, at the age of 67. He was born on Nov. 23, 1941, in Yorktown, to the late Joseph Zaiontz Sr. and Mathilda Baingo. He is survived by his wife, Martha Mills Zaiontz. They were married on May 7, 1963, at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Cuero. Other survivors include...
Anthony Engbrock
Dec 20, 2008
Cuero, Anthony Joseph Engbrock, 94, of Cuero, passed away Saturday, December 20, 2008. He was born May 24, 1914 in Seguin, Texas to the late William Jacob Engbrock and Mary Frances Burttschell. He married Rowena K. Heiusohn in Seguin on March 28, 1941. Mr. Engbrock was an employee of Southwestern Bell for 41 years and made Cuero home for over...
Jordan Travis May
Dec 20, 2008
Cuero-Private 1st Class, Jordan Travis May, 26, of Fort Hood/Killeen, Texas passed away Saturday, December 20, 2008. He was born September 3, 1982 in Cuero to David and Jana Lee May. He was a soldier for the United States Army and served as a member of the 1st Cavalry Regiment, Ft. Hood Army Base in Killeen. He is survived by...
Leroy Angerstein
Dec 17, 2008
Meyersville – LeRoy F. Angerstein, 87, of Meyersville passed away on Wednesday, December 17, 2008. He was born in Mission Valley on August 24, 1921 to Henry Otto and Elizabeth Diebel Angerstein. He was a retired rancher and Colonel in the US Army Air Corps and the Air Force Reserves. Hw was a lifelong member of St. John Ev. Lutheran...
Homer "Jack" Jackson Rickman
Dec 12, 2008
Cuero -- The last living child of Babe and Mary Rickman has died. Homer Jackson "Jack" Rickman, 92, was a plowboy, a cowboy, and a cotton mill hand with so many good stories he just had to share them. For much of his life, he was a farmer-rancher from Cuero in partnership with his wife Alma Opal Dromgoole Rickman. In...
Gary Howard
Dec 12, 2008
Cuero-Gary Lee Howard, Jr, 42, passed away Friday, December 12, 2008 in Houston. He was born in Levelland, Texas to Gary Lee Howard Sr and Angeline Butler. He was a Food Service Specialist for the United States Army for 15 years. He is survived by his wife of 13 years, Cheryl Crosby Howard; son, Allan Lee Howard; daughter, Tokahisha Howard;...
David Sigsbee
Dec 9, 2008
Crafton - David Wayne Sigsbee, 58, passed away Tuesday, December 09, 2008 in Victoria, Texas. He was born February 10, 1950, in Victoria, to the late John Winford (Jimmie) and Inez Tillery Sigsbee. He graduated from Victoria High School in 1968 and continued his education at Del Mar College, graduating in 1971 with his degree in Marine Science. He received...
Randolph Martin Stewart
Dec 7, 2008
Cuero, Randolph Martin Stewart, 48, passed away Sunday, December 7, 2008. He was born December 11, 1959 in Cuero to Frances Stewart. He was a Cuero High School graduate, "Class of 1980". He loved to listen to the Gobbler Football Games, loved to work with children and worked as a substitute teacher. Randolph is survived by his mother, Frances Stewart...
John D Arnold
Dec 6, 2008
CUERO - John Douglas Arnold, 45, of Cuero, died Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008. He was born Sept. 19, 1963, in Cuero, to Mardelle V. Carter and the late Bernie Lee Arnold. He was disabled. He is survived by his mom and sisters, Debbie Arnold of Cuero and Catherine Berger of Huxley, Iowa. He was preceded in death by his father...
Loyd Clinton Brown
Dec 5, 2008
CUERO - Loyd Clinton Brown passed away Friday Dec. 5, 2008 at the age of 92. Loyd was born Aug. 12, 1916, in Port Lavaca, and lived in McAllen most of his life. Loyd was an automobile mechanic by profession, worked as an airplane mechanic for Civil Service during WWII at Moore Air Field, and retired as a teacher and...
Lora Odems
Nov 26, 2008
Cuero, Lora Brown Odems, 77, of Cuero passed away Wednesday, November 26, 2008. She was born on December 10, 1930 in Cuero to the late Charles and Willard Friar Brown. She is survived by her son, Willis Henry Brown of Cuero; brother, Hobson Brown and wife, Dorothy, of Cuero; ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by...
Ramiro 'Ram' Garcia Vasquez
Nov 19, 2008
Cuero, Ramiro "Ram" Vasquez, 62, of Cuero, passed away Nov. 19, 2008. He was born Sept. 21, 1946, in McFaddin, to the late Cruz and Cresencia Basquez of Victoria. He retired from Alcoa in Point Comfort after 29 years of service. He was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church and a Guadalupano. He is survived by his...
Georgia Ann Pauline Buehrig
Nov 19, 2008
Georgia Ann Pauline Buehrig born to George August Raak and Annie Pauline Meissner Raak in Dewitt County, on February 23, 1910 and died at the age of 98 in Corpus Christi, Texas, on November 19, 2008. She married the late Ralph Fritz Buehrig on June 10, 1936, in Cuero, and together they had three children, Dianne, Gwen and Harvey. Mrs....
Donald R Smith
Nov 15, 2008
CUERO - Donald R. Smith, 80, of Cuero, passed away Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. He was born Aug. 13, 1928, in Wichita, Kan. He served in the United States Air Force during the Korean conflict and was a member of Cuero American Legion Post No. 3. He was also a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church, worked on many church...
Gladys Meyer
Nov 15, 2008
Cuero- Gladys Minnie Meyer, 84, passed away Saturday, November 15, 2008. She was born October 19, 1924 in Moulton, Texas to the late Emil and Erma Zimmerman. She is survived by her son, Richard W. Meyer and daughter-in-law, Adelina Meyer; grandsons, Jason Reyes, Jeffrey A. Reyes of Cuero and Richard L. Reyes of Victoria; granddaughters, Debra Graham, Brenda Graham and...
Gertie Mae Gardner
Nov 13, 2008
Cuero-Gertie Mae Gardner, 83, passed away Thursday, November 13, 2008. She was born June 2, 1925 in Smithville, Texas to the late Jeanett Pendergrass and Sam Taylor. Mrs. Gardner was the last of the chartered members of the Quinn Chapel Independents Methodist Church. She was a well known lady throughout the community for her dedicated love and services. She is...
Lewis Arlyn "Coke" Schmidt
Nov 11, 2008
VICTORIA - Lewis Arlyn "Coke" Schmidt went to his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008. He was born Feb. 14, 1928, in Mission Valley, to the late Elwood and Emma Heller Schmidt. He married Doris Elaine Diebel on June 30, 1948, in Meyersville. He retired from Union Carbide after 34 years of service. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, ranching,...
