Robert Owen Strarup

Mr. Robert Owen Strarup, age 79, of Wharton died Sunday, January 25, 2015 in a Katy hospital following a brief illness. He was born on August 31, 1935 in Taylor, TX, a son of the late Owen Conrad and Iona Eugenia Vandegrift Strarup. Mr. Strarup was a longtime resident of Wharton County, having graduated from Boling High School in 1954. Robert worked at Texasgulf for many years in the accounting department. On November 6, 1958, he married Velma Jane Bundick in Columbus. He enjoyed woodworking, travel, gardening, lifting weights and a good game of dominoes. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his sister, Anita Brown and infant brother, Neils Strarup, sisters in law, Peggy Lucero, Bobbie Davis and Sue Bundick and brother in law, Walter Davis. Visitation will be held this evening, Wednesday, January 28th from 6 p.m to 8 p.m. at Wharton Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, January 29th at 2pm at Wharton Funeral Home with Rev. Sam Bundick officiating. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery in Wharton. Survivors include his daughters, Jeanie Terronez and husband Daniel of Burr, Leslie Strarup of Burr, and Valarie Korenek and husband, Royce of Hungerford, son, Charles Owen Strarup and wife, Michelle of East Bernard, sister, Alice Toney of Pearland, sisters in law, Betty Bundick, Margie Williams and husband, Fred, brothers in law, Charles Bundick Jr. and wife, Evelyn, Hairil Bundick, Thomas Bundick and wife, Christy, and Richard Bundick and wife, Annie Mae, and Paul Bundick and wife, Joyce. His grandchildren, Emily Edwards, Armando Terronez, Lauren Strarup, Brian Strarup, Richie Johnson and wife, Callye, Maraena Garcia and husband, Dino, Alyssa McDougall and husband, Michael, Caleb Korenek and Kayelyn Korenek, and great grandchildren, Abbigail Edwards, Maddilyn Edwards, Jacob Edwards, Jacey Johnson, Wesley Johnson and Wyatt Butler also survive. Pallbearers will be J.W. Edwards, Armando Terronez, Caleb Korenek, Charles Owen Strarup, Daniel Terronez, Royce Korenek and Brian Strarup with Sealy Cooper and Jones Copeland serving as honorary pallbearers. Funeral services were under the direction of the Wharton Funeral Home.