Baby Aaliyah Li'Swan Solomon
Jan 13, 2012
Baby Aaliyah Li'Swan Solomon passed away Friday, January 13, 2012. She was born January 13, 2012 to April Marie Olguin and Christopher Solomon. She is survived by her parents; maternal grandparents, Mario and Julia Olguin; and paternal grandparents, Lester and Lisa Smith. Services will be held Friday, January 20, 2012, 2 p.m., at El Buen Pastor in Cuero. Interment will...
Irene Thigpen Patton
Jan 11, 2012
Irene Thigpen Patton, loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and faithful servant of her church, died on Wednesday, January 11, 2012. She was born September 17, 1915 to Samuel and Viola Wilborne Thigpen in rural DeWitt County. She was the youngest of their twelve children. Irene began her career in San Antonio as a civilian administrative employee at Ft. Sam Houston. She...
Pedro 'Pete' Pena
Jan 7, 2012
Pedro 'Pete' Pena, 48, of Westhoff passed away Saturday, January 7, 2012. He was born August 2, 1963 in Westhoff to Santos Torres Pena. He married Jill Allison Pena on December 10, 2002 in Yorktown. He is survived by his parents, Santiago and Santos Torres Pena of Westhoff; wife, Jill Allison Pena of Westhoff; daughter, Marisela Garcia of Houston; son,...
Lillian Mae Fetters Fitting
Jan 4, 2012
Lillian Mae Fetters Fitting, 92, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, passed away Wednesday, January 4, 2012. She was born September 5, 1919 in Meyersville to the late Erwin Richard and Lilly Wendell Fetters. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in McGregor and was formerly a member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Cuero. Lillian was a wonderful gardener and...
Hazel Reeves
Dec 27, 2011
Hazel Hartman Reeves, a long term resident of Cuero, passed away on Dec. 27, 2011, at the age of 90. She was born on Sept. 12, 1921, in Arneckville, in DeWitt County, to the late Christian Hartman and Valeska Hartman Lamb. She was also preceded in death by her son, Ronney Reeves; and great-grandson, Devin Buchanek. Hazel is survived by...
Martha Sue Butler
Dec 27, 2011
Martha Sue Butler, 79, of Cuero passed away Tuesday, December 27, 2011 in Victoria. She was born on July 21, 1932 in Leander to the late Joseph and Katy Flint. She married her late husband, W.H. Butler, on April 28, 1948 in Seguin. Martha was a very caring mother, daughter, niece, sister, and friend. She cared for her family and...
Gloria Irma Gonzalez
Dec 26, 2011
Gloria Irma Gonzalez, 83, of Cuero passed away Monday, December 26, 2011. She was born September 12, 1928 in Viacillo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Gloria was a school teacher for many years and a wonderful homemaker. She was a Guadalupana, a choir member, and lector at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and a loving mother and grandmother. She married her late...
Doris Elois Rabke Prewett
Dec 11, 2011
Doris Elois Rabke Prewett, 91, of Cuero passed away Sunday, December 11, 2011. She was born October 30, 1920 in DeWitt County to the late Edward Theodore Rabke & Nannie Elizabeth Murray Rabke. She married the late Marshall E. Prewett on December 19, 1954 at Rabke Methodist Church in Ratcliff. She taught elementary school for 40 years and enjoyed painting...
James Koenig
Nov 26, 2011
James Koenig, 63, of Cuero passed away Saturday, November 26, 2011. He was born January 12, 1948 in Cuero to the late Roosevelt John and Clara Geffert Koenig. James graduated Yorktown High School in 1966. He was president of Farm Bureau, vice-president of Texas Young Framers, president of Cuero Young Farmers, served on the Stockshow board of directors for 32...
Marie Romagno Palmer
Nov 19, 2011
Marie Romagno Palmer, 83, of Cuero passed away Saturday, November 19, 2011. She was born May 13, 1928 in San Antonio to the late Jeanette Jaeger and Thomas Romagno. She enjoyed spending time with her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and friends and reading novels. She is survived by her daughter, Fern Palmer Lane and husband, Bobby; sons, Kenneth Palmer and fiancé,...
Gene 'Big Pops' Lamar Finney Jr.
Nov 18, 2011
Gene 'Big Pops' Finney Jr., 89, of Cuero bucked out for his last ride over the Great Divide on Friday, November 18, 2011. He was born February 18, 1922 to the late Mary Elizabeth McCarthy and Eugene Lamar Finney Sr. He married the late Jacquelyn Wood on June 30, 1947 in San Antonio. Gene and Jackie enjoyed traveling the Western...
Wanda Reuss
Nov 13, 2011
Mrs. Wanda Proctor Reuss, 82, of Cuero passed away Sunday, November 13, 2011. She was born October 6, 1929 in Texon to the late Jewel Agnes and Frank Proctor Sr. Wanda married Joe B. Reuss on July 5, 1958 at First United Methodist Church in Cuero. Prior to retirement she was co-owner of Reuss and ValuMart Pharmacies and homemaker. She...
Mary R. Puente
Nov 13, 2011
Mary R. Puente, 79, of Cuero, formerly of Yorktown, passed away Sunday, November 13, 2011. She was born July 31, 1932 in Yorktown to the late Ed & Julia Rodriguez Ramos. She married the late Albert 'Preacher' Puente on July 15, 1950 in Cuero. She was a lifelong member of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church and was known...
Anita Johanna Boethel
Nov 13, 2011
Anita Johanna Afflerbach Boethel, 94, of Cuero passed away Sunday, November 13, 2011. She was born October 21, 1917 in DeWitt County to the late Edward C. & Anna Bade Afflerbach. She married the late Woodrow F. Boethel on November 30, 1940. She worked for J.C. Penney for over 14 years. She is survived by her sons, Woodrow H. Boethel...
Frank Wildon Kuecker
Nov 8, 2011
Frank Wildon Kuecker, 86, of Cuero passed away Tuesday, November 08, 2011. He was born August 12, 1925 in Cuero to the late Rudolph & Natalie Scheffler Kuecker. He married Pauline Whitehead on October 14, 1950 in Cuero. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1943-1946 during WWII, coached little league baseball for 12 years, loved ranching and woodworking, and...
Marvin Fetters
Nov 7, 2011
Marvin William Fetters, 83, of Cuero passed away Monday, November 07, 2011. He was born December 27, 1927 in Mission Valley to the late Ervin and Lillie Wendel Fetters. He married the late Virginia Dreyer Fetters on October 5, 1947 in Cuero. He served in the Merchant Marines during WWII and was active with the Boy Scouts in the 60's...
Jose Manuel Gonzalez
Oct 31, 2011
Jose 'Joey' Manuel Gonzalez, 23, of Yoakum passed away Monday, October 31, 2011. He was born August 11, 1988 in Brownsville to Audra Alaniz and the late Manuel Gonzalez. Joey loved football, playing with his children, spending time with his family, and his mom's good cooking. He is survived by his wife, Casey Gonzalez of Cuero; mother, Audra Alaniz of...
Virgil Fregia
Oct 17, 2011
Virgil Fregia, 88, of Cuero passed away Monday, October 17, 2011. He was born on November 21, 1922 in Batson to the late John Asa and Mary Fregia. Virgil received the Good Conduct Medal after serving in the United States Coast Guard from 1941 to 1946. He was a carpenter and enjoyed many hobbies including fishing, hunting, dancing, and leather...
Lasaro Campos
Oct 16, 2011
Lasaro Campos, 71, of Cuero passed away Sunday, October 16, 2011. Services pending at Freund Funeral Home, 361.275.2343.
Ralph Glen Kueker
Oct 10, 2011
Ralph Glen Kueker, 84, of McGregor, formally of Cuero passed away Monday, October 10, 2011. He was born October 9, 1927 in Lindenau to the late Robert and Laura Cunningham Kueker. Ralph was a veteran serving in the United States Army from January of 1946 to March of 1947. He married Janie Winters McCarty on March 23, 1984 in Burton,...
