Agnes Marie Polasek

Agnes Marie Kucera Polasek Mrs. Agnes Marie Polasek, age 100 of Wharton died Saturday, September 29, 2012 at a Richmond nursing center following a brief illness. She was born on May 19, 1912 in Hungerford, Texas a daughter of the late John and Agnes Brandl Kucera. Mrs. Polasek was raised in the Hungerford area and attended school there. She married Theodore Otto Polasek on November 10, 1932 in Hungerford. He preceded her in death on October 8, 1994. She was a homemaker all her life. Agnes also owned and operated the Little Inn in Wharton for many years. She prepared many lunches for the Wharton High School students that would visit the Inn during lunch. Agnes enjoyed cooking so much, she and her daughter co authored “Cooking with Texas Grandmas.” In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her sister, Martha Kovar and Simon Kucera. A Rosary will be recited at 930 am Wednesday morning, October 1, 2012 at Holy Family Catholic Church in Wharton and a Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 am Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at Holy Family Catholic Church in Wharton with Father Dominic Antwi-Boasiako officiating. Burial followed in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery in Wharton. Survivors include daughter, Agnes Marie Foster and husband, Logene of Fulshear, sons, John Joe Polasek and wife, Emily of Houston, Theodore Louis Polasek and wife, Mary Ann of Conroe and Joe Allen Polasek and wife, Mary Ann of Virginia, brother, Sylvester Kucera of Lumberton, grandchildren, Larry Lonnie and Lynn Foster, John T., Polasek, Carol Ann Hankins, Kristi Standish, Katherine Alvarez, Carla Wakefield, Tom Polasek, John Polasek, Joe Polasek and Jennifer Polanco and 27 great grandchildren.. Serving as pallbearers will be Larry Foster, Lonnie Foster, Lynn Foster, John T. Polasek, John J. Polasek, Tyler Polasek and Joe Polasek Jr.