Obituaries
Robert L. Kopecky
Jun 4, 2021
Robert Louis Kopecky
April 24, 1938 ~ June 4, 2021
Robert Kopecky, 83, of Wharton, passed away on June 4, 2021 after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on April 24, 1938 in Magnet Texas to the late Emil and Mary Michulka Kopecky.
Robert was a lifelong resident of Wharton and graduated from Wharton High School. After high...
Steven Rosario Maldonado
Jun 3, 2021
Steven Rosario Maldonado
October 22, 1985 ~ June 3, 2021
Steven Rosario Maldonado passed into the arms of the Lord on June 3, 2021 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. Steven was born on October 22, 1985 in Wharton to Jim and Lydia Cantu.
Steven was a lifelong resident of Wharton and graduated from Wharton High...
Verna Kaye Syptak
Jun 2, 2021
~Verna Kay Syptak~
Verna Kaye Syptak, 70, passed away on Wednesday, June 2, 2021 in a personal care home in Richmond surrounded by her loving family. She was born on February 26, 1951 in East Bernard Texas to the late John and Lois Marie Otto Browder.
Kaye, as she was known, was raised in the East Bernard area and graduated...
Dr. Michael W. Connelly
May 20, 2021
Dr. Michael Connelly, age 70, died on Thursday, May 20, 2021, from complications due to a brain tumor discovered in July 2020. Mike was born on January 16, 1951 in Houston, the youngest of six children born to Martha and DL Connelly.
Mike attended St. Anne Catholic School, Strake Jesuit College Preparatory ‘69, and graduated from UT Austin...
Thomas Michael Kutach
May 15, 2021
Thomas Michael Kutach, 36, of Wharton, passed away on Saturday, May 15, 2021, from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. He was born on January 13, 1985, in Wharton, Texas to parents Darrel and Jeanine Shoop Kutach.
Thomas was raised in Boling and graduated from Boling High School with the class of 2003. He later attended and graduated from...
Jack D. Mayes, Jr.
May 15, 2021
Jack D. Mayes, Jr. 64, of Wharton, passed away on Saturday, May 15, 2021 in Houston at a long term care center. He was born on February 3, 1957 in Toledo, Ohio to parents, Jack Mayes Sr and Velma Smith Mayes.
Jack was raised in the Toledo, Ohio area and graduated from Start High School. He married Barbra Ann Humphres...
Dustin Wayne Chudalla
May 9, 2021
Dustin Wayne Chudalla, 36, of Wharton, Texas went to his heavenly home Sunday, May 9, 2021 at his home surrounded by family and in the company of his bar-b-que cookoff partners after just shy of a yearlong battle with cancer that he fought courageously and with a spirit like none other.
Dustin was born February 21, 1985 to Hal and...
Alois Bernard Palinek
May 9, 2021
Alois Bernard Palinek, 85 of Weimar and formerly of Wharton, passed away on May 9, 2021 at his residence. He was born on August 20, 1935 in Hungerford Texas to the late Joseph and Emily Labay Palinek.
Alois was raised in the Hungerford area and attended Hungerford schools. He worked as a mechanic for Boettcher-Hlavinka Co. for many years...
Micheal Ray Roper
May 7, 2021
Micheal Ray Roper
September 27, 1972 ~ May 7, 2021
Micheal Ray Roper passed into the arms of the Lord suddenly on May 7, 2021. He was born on September 27, 1972 to Virginia and the late Kenneth Roper in El Campo, TX. Micheal was a lifelong resident of Lane City, TX. He worked for the last 7...
Eduardo Vargas
May 6, 2021
Eduardo Vargus
1 de junio de 2004 ~ 6 de mayo de 2021
Eduardo Vargas pasó trágicamente a los brazos del Señor el 6 de mayo de 2021. Eduardo nació el 1 de junio de 2004 en Wharton, TX de Octavio y Araceli Vargas. Era residente de Lane City en el momento de su muerte.
Eduardo era un...
Lucinda Gallegos-Nunez
May 6, 2021
Lucinda Gallegos Nunez
Lucinda Gallegos Nunez passed away on May 6, 2021 after battling a lengthy illness. She was born on June 30, 1966 to the late Isabel Camarena Gallegos and Antonio F. Gallegos.
She graduated from Wharton High School in 1984 with her cosmetology license. She graduated with her Associate’s Degree from Wharton County Junior College. She...
Mary Louise Matula
May 5, 2021
Mary Louise Matula
January 26, 1926 ~ May 5, 2021
Mary Louise Matula, age 95, of Wharton died Wednesday May 5th, 2021 following a brief illness. She was born in Wharton on January 26, 1926, a daughter of the late Frank and Johnnie Norris Hobbs. She married Julius Chester Matula, Jr. on October 18, 1948 at Holy Family Catholic Church...
Alma C. McEntire
May 4, 2021
Alma C. McEntire
June 16, 1930 ~ May 4, 2021
Alma C. McEntire passed into the arms of the Lord on May 4, 2021. Alma was born Alma Carole Guill on June 16, 1930 in Boling, TX to the late Alma Asher and Clyde Guill. Alma spent many years working as a cook for the Dow Chemical company. In 1944...
Wilbert Charles Hundl, Sr.
May 3, 2021
Wilbert Charles Hundl, Sr. 88, of Wharton, passed away Monday, May 3, 2021 at a Hillje Nursing Center. He was born on January 5, 1933 in El Campo, Texas to the late Charles and Carrie Krejci Hundl.
Wilbert was raised in the El Campo area and attended school there. Later he moved to Lane City and attended school there...
Willie Mae Brewer
Apr 29, 2021
Willie Mae Brewer
March 6, 1923 ~ April 29, 2021
Willie Mae Brewer (nee Rieger) passed into the arms of the Lord on April 29, 2021 in Conroe, TX. She was born on March 6, 1923 in East Bernard, TX to the late Joe and Freda Rieger. She grew up in East Bernard and later in life became a...
Uvaldo C. Cantu
Apr 28, 2021
Uvaldo C. Cantú
29 de Mayo de 1947 ~ 28 de Abril de 2021
Uvaldo C. Cantú pasó a los brazos del Señor el 28 de Abril de 2021 en el hospital Metodista de Sugar Land. Nació el 29 de Mayo de 1947 en Gnl. Bravo, NL México. Fue criado y adoptado por los difuntos Francisca & Ovidio Rodriguez ...
Eugene Earl Shanks, Sr.
Apr 25, 2021
Eugene Earl Shanks, Sr.
Eugene Shanks, Sr., 88, passed away on Sunday evening, April 25, 2021 in a Houston hospital. He was born on the family homeplace in Burr, Texas on August 23, 1932 to the late James Hemphill and Mary Marie Chudalla Shanks.
Eugene served our country proudly in the United States Army, where he learned to...
Wilma Faye King
Apr 25, 2021
With great personal sorrow, but deep joy in Christ, we announce the passing of Wilma Faye Barnhill King on April 25, 2021. Wilma Faye was born on November 17, 1922, in a log, sharecropper’s cabin near Haywood, OK, the youngest child of Alva Edwin Barnhill and Voisie Donaldson Barnhill. She spent most of her early life on farms in Oklahoma;...
Jimmy Castro
Apr 22, 2021
Visitation for Jimmy Castro will begin on Sunday, April 25, after 1pm at Wharton Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be at Wharton Funeral Home on Monday April 26, 2021 at 10 am at Wharton Funeral Home
Burial will follow at Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery
Rose Linda Silvas Martinez
Apr 21, 2021
Rose Linda Martinez, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 near Bay City from injuries sustained in an automobile accident at the age of 53. She was born in Mathis, Texas to the late Jesus and Elisa Garcia Silvas.
Rose Linda was raised in El Campo and graduated from El Campo High School. She continued her education with Everest...
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