Obituaries
Julie Eaklor
Feb 26, 2021
Julie passed peacefully at her residence in Wharton, TX after a courageous battle with cancer on February 26, 2021 while surrounded by family and friends at the age of 58.
Julie was born in Boise, Idaho to Rev. Robert “Bob” H. Kearns and Elizabeth “Betty” (Stefanowicz) Kearns on November 21, 1962, but was raised in Durango, Colorado where she...
Virginia Lee Kutach
Feb 25, 2021
Virginia Lee Kutach
December 11, 1942 ~ February 25, 2021
Virginia age 78 passed away peacefully at Matagorda Regional Medical Center on Feb. 25, 2021. She is survived by her sons Stephen and wife Christie of Richmond, Michael of Richmond and Brian and his wife Patty of Pottsville Arkansas. Grandchildren Krystal Garza of Wharton, Kathleen Crayton and husband...
Shane Christopher Singleton
Feb 24, 2021
Shane Christopher Singleton, 21, of Wharton passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, at a Houston hospital. Shane was born on May 15, 1999, in Houston, Texas.
Shane attended St. Philip Catholic School and graduated from El Campo High School in 2017. He completed the Wharton County Junior College EMT Program and worked as an EMT in Dallas. Shane...
Susan Philbin
Feb 24, 2021
Susan Rowan Philbin
August 16, 1944 - February 24, 2021
Susan Philbin passed away on February 24, 2021 at her residence in Spring, TX. She was born in Wharton, TX to the late Eugene A. Philbin and Lorena (Rowan) Brock.
Susan was raised in the Tulsa, OK and Ft. Worth areas and moved to Topeka, KS in 1972...
Janice Eileen Hopper
Feb 23, 2021
Janice Eileen Hopper, 76, of Ennis, TX, peacefully passed away on February 23, 2021 after a brave, but difficult battle with Alzheimer’s.
Janice was born on February 9, 1945 to Fred and Katherine Isenhower in Wharton, Texas. She was raised in the town of Lissie, TX. After graduating from East Bernard High School in 1963, she attended Sam Houston State...
Joe Espinosa
Feb 21, 2021
Joe Espinosa, 68, of Victoria and formerly of Glen Flora died in a Victoria hospital on Sunday, February 21, 2021 following brief illness. He was born on August 27, 1952 in Wharton, Tx to the late Petronilo Espinosa and Eloisa Yanez Espinosa.
Joe graduated from Crescent High School. He worked as a carpenter for most of his adult life. ...
Tilford Gene Horelica
Feb 20, 2021
Tilford Gene Horelica passed away Saturday, February 20, 2021 in Katy, Tx at the age of 82. He was born in Wharton, Texas to Alfred and Lillie Kramr Horelica on March 13. 1938.
He graduated from Wharton High School and later joined the Navy and served our country honorably for four years. After returning home he worked for the Wharton...
Scott Forrest Livingston
Feb 17, 2021
Scott Livingston, 32, of Houston passed away peacefully in his sleep at his residence following a long battle with T1-diabetes. He was born on November 12, 1988 in Austin Texas.
Scott attended Lago Vista and Boling Schools and received his GED from WCJC.
He was a people person, never meeting a stranger. He loved to make you smile, was a...
Jerome Charles Kucera
Feb 17, 2021
Jerome Charles Kucera “Kutch”, 70, of East Bernard, Texas, was called to be with Jesus on February 17, 2021. Peter Joseph and Celestine Victoria Kucera gave birth to their fourth child on August 26, 1950.
Jerome attended Holy Cross Catholic School grades 1 through 8 and graduated from East Bernard High School in 1970, where he had developed an interest...
Larry J Tichacek
Feb 15, 2021
Larry J. Tichacek son of Victor and Frances Wasicek Tichacek and brother to Victor was born in Sealy Texas on September 26, 1939.
Larry graduated from East Bernard High School in 1957 and Sam Houston State University in 1963. Larry married Nell Townsend Tichacek on June 8, 1963. and together raised their 2 children. After graduating from college, became...
Linda G Dunn
Feb 11, 2021
Linda G. Dunn passed into the arms of the lord on February 11, 2021 at M.D. Anderson Medical Center in Houston with her husband by her side. Linda was born in Wharton on July 11, 1955 to the late Clem and Katie (Cook) Kemp.
Linda spent her life living in Wharton and was a 1973 graduate of Wharton High...
Benito Villarreal
Feb 11, 2021
Benito Villarreal passed into the arms of the Lord on Thursday, February 11, 2021. He was 71 years old. Benito was born in Sinton, TX on October 10, 1949, to the late Ernest and Natividad (Lopez) Villarreal.
Benito married the love of his life, Lorene (Reyes) Villarreal, on June 11, 1981 in Bay City, TX, and spent the...
Ronnie Stavena
Feb 8, 2021
Ronnie Stavena, age 74, of Wharton, TX went home to the Lord February 8, 2021 surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Wharton on October 3, 1946 to the late Walter and Nelga Stavena.
He married the love of his life Honey Korenek Stavena, on January 28, 1972 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Nada, TX. They have...
William "Bill" Huebner
Feb 8, 2021
William Huebner was born to George Lee and Leta Belle Taylor Huebner in Lane City, Texas on December 6, 1930. He left us to join the Lord on February 8, 2021 in Bellaire, Texas.
William, or “Bill” as everyone called him, grew up in a farming and ranching family in Lane City, Texas. His father, mother and four brothers worked...
Maria Gonzales
Feb 6, 2021
Maria R. Gonzales, 76, of Wharton passed away at her home surrounded by her loving family on February 6, 2021. She was born on June 9, 1944 in Wharton, Tx to late Pedro Gonzales and Maria Ramirez Gonzales.
Mary graduated from Boling High School. She married Candido Gonzales and together they raised 4 children, Debra, Sylvia, Jimmy and Renee. ...
Benjamin Robert Kubicek
Feb 5, 2021
Benjamin Robert Kubicek, affectionately known as “Mr. Bennie”, went home to his Lord and Savior on February 5, 2021.
Mr. Bennie was born November 11, 1923, in Moulton, TX, to John and Clara Kubicek. He left school in the 3rd grade to help work on the family farm. When he was 17, he walked to Flatonia and caught a...
Estelle C. Heimann
Feb 3, 2021
Estelle Patek Heimann – 93 of Wharton passed away peacefully on February 3, 2021. She was the first of 8 children born in Sweet Home, Texas on August 21, 1927 to Jerome and Carrie (Matus) Patek. Estelle spent most of her childhood on the family farm between Hallettsville and the big town of Shiner. Around the age of 16 the...
Jutta Ingrid Huebner
Jan 31, 2021
In Loving Memory of
Jutta Ingrid Bartsch Huebner
March 26, 1933 – January 31 , 2021
Jutta Bartsch was born to Bruno and Meta Bartsch in the town of Ohra outside of Danzig, Germany on March 26, 1933. She left us to join the Lord on Sunday, January 31, 2021 in Bellaire, Texas.
Jutta grew up in Germany during...
Dale Potter
Jan 31, 2021
Dale Potter, 78, of Boling, passed into the loving arms of his Heavenly Father on January 31, 2021. He was born January 29, 1943 in Victoria to Victor Potter, Jr. and Anna Lois Hohensee.
He grew up in Newgulf, Texas, then moved to Hamshire, Texas in 1958 when his Dad was transferred. He graduated from Hamshire High School,...
David Alan Turner
Jan 30, 2021
David Alan Turner passed away suddenly from a heart attack at home in Wharton Saturday morning, January 30th, 2021 having just celebrated his 68th birthday. He was born in Los Angeles on January 11th, 1953, the oldest of four boys born to Dean and Patricia Turner in that city. David was energetic and intelligent, delivering newspapers on his bike when...
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