Obituaries

Josephine Krenek

Josephine Krenek

Dec 25, 2016

Josephine Krenek, 89, of Hungerford, passed away on Sunday, December 25, 2016, in a Sugar Land nursing center. Josephine was born on December 15, 1927 in East Bernard, TX to the late Jerry and Rosie Tymel Wasicek. Josephine attended school in East Bernard. She married Robert Krenek on July 15, 1947 in Hungerford. Josephine worked as a nurse in East...

Patricia Jean Spacek

Patricia Jean Spacek

Dec 23, 2016

Patricia Jean Spacek, 69, of Wharton, Texas passed away peacefully on December 23, 2016. Patty was born on January 29, 1947 in El Campo Texas to the late Richard and Gladys Wishert Schoellmann. Patty grew up in El Campo and graduated from El Campo High School. She married Raymond Spacek on October 15, 1966. He preceded her in death on...

Johnny Ray Hoffman

Johnny Ray Hoffman

Dec 21, 2016

Johnny Ray Hoffman, 54, of Wharton, Texas, died December 21, 2016, in El Campo. Johnny was born on May 4, 1962, in Bay City, to Henry and Roxie Hoffman. Johnny graduated Tidehaven High School in El Maton, Texas, Class of 1980. He and his wife Marcella Gardner, have delivered the Wharton Journal Spectator and Houston Chronical to the citizens of...

Eluterio Pops Garza

Eluterio Pops Garza

Dec 19, 2016

Eluterio “Pops” Garza, 84, of Hungerford, Texas, passed away peacefully on Monday, December 19, 2016, following a short illness at his residence. He was born May 26, 1932 in Runge, Texas to the late David and Maria Valdez Garza. Pops was raised in Pierce and attended school there. He later married Esther Rodriguez in 1951. She preceded him in death...

Nellie Ann Konvicka Macek

Nellie Ann Konvicka Macek

Dec 15, 2016

Nellie Ann Konvicka Macek, 71, of Wharton, died December 15, 2016 in Wharton. Nellie was born on August 24, 1945, in El Campo to the late Elo and Nellie Mae Miller Konvicka, Sr. Nellie’s parents died when she was young and she was raised in the El Campo area. She married the late Robert Macek, Sr., on April 4, 1964,...

Charles Ray Vincek

Charles Ray Vincek

Dec 13, 2016

Charles Ray Vincek, 77, of Beasley, Texas passed away peacefully on December 13, 2016. Charles Ray was born on June 3, 1939 to the late Charlie and Tillie Vincek. Charles Ray grew up in Beasley, Texas. He married Lois Self Vincek on October 21, 1961. They lived in Beasley together for 55 years. Charles Ray loved his family, hunting, fishing,...

Lyndon Krenek

Lyndon Krenek

Dec 8, 2016

Lyndon Krenek, 61, of Angleton, Texas, died December 8, 2016, in Angleton. Lyndon was born on October 27, 1955, in Wharton to Albert Krenek and Kay Ann Strouhal Krenek. Lyndon was raised in the Wharton area before living in Pearland, Richmond, and other area towns. He will be remembered as having a mind like a steel trap and his love...

Teresa Cantu

Teresa Cantu

Dec 5, 2016

Teresa Salazar Cantu, 57, of Wharton, passed away on December 5, 2016, in Houston after an extended illness. Teresa was born on December 12, 1958, in New Gulf, to Juan and Isabel Salazar. Teresa was raised in Bay City and Van Vleck before moving to Wharton upon her marriage to Juan Cantu. She was a dedicated homemaker for her husband...

Margaret Currin

Margaret Currin

Dec 4, 2016

Margaret Nell Currin Margaret Currin, 91, of East Bernard, Texas passed away Sunday, December 4, 2016 at her home following a brief illness. Margaret was born on March 13, 1925, in Bristol, TN, to the late George L. and Nora Belle Smithson Booher. Margaret was raised in Tennessee. She married Frank Ray Currin in May 15, 1966 in South Carolina....

Wesley Blackwell

Wesley Blackwell

Dec 3, 2016

Wesley Blackwell, 60, of Wharton, Texas passed away Saturday, December 3, 2016 at his residence following a sudden illness. Wesley was born on August 22, 1956, in Eagle Lake, Texas, to Lena Joyce White Blackwell and the late J.W. Blackwell. Wesley was raised in Burr and graduated from Boling High School. Wesley worked as a welder for many years, lastly...

Helen Arnold

Helen Arnold

Dec 2, 2016

Helen Sharp Arnold Helen Arnold, 85, of Wharton, Texas passed away Friday, December 2, 2016 at an assisted care facility in Houston, Texas surrounded by her loving family. Helen was born on August 15, 1931, in Crockett, Texas, to Harden and Ladelle Guinn Sharp. Helen was raised in Crockett and graduated from high school there. She later attended Sam Houston...

Manuel Flores

Manuel Flores

Dec 2, 2016

Manuel Flores Manuel Flores, 64, of Spanish Camp, Texas passed away Friday, December 2, 2016 at a hospice facility in Houston, Texas surrounded by his loving family. Manuel was born on August 22, 1952, in El Campo, Texas, to the late Basilio and Manuela Rios Flores. Manuel was raised in the Glen Flora area. He later married Josephina Torres in...

Maxine Hutchison Price

Maxine Hutchison Price

Nov 28, 2016

Opal Maxine Hutchinson Price Maxine Price, 91, of Boling, Texas passed away Monday, November 28, 2016 at El Campo Memorial Hospital following a brief illness. Maxine was born on February 16, 1925 in Nacogdoches County, Texas a daughter of the late Walter and Effie Coats Hutchinson. Maxine graduated from Central Heights High School in Nacogdoches, Texas. She married the love...

Angela Sepeda

Angela Sepeda

Nov 25, 2016

Angela Sepeda, 86, of Wharton, Texas died Friday, November 25, 2016 at her daughter’s home in Richmond, Texas. Angela was born on August 2, 1930, in Matagorda, Texas, to Manuel Torres and Jacinta Montelongo Torres. She graduated from Boling High School, Class of 1947, and later went on to attend Wharton County Junior College. She married Lupe Sepeda on January...

Travis Earl Wooldridge

Travis Earl Wooldridge

Nov 23, 2016

Travis Earl Wooldridge Travis Earl Wooldridge,24, passed from this life Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at his Mother’s home.  Travis was born in Wharton, Texas, on March 25, 1992 to Teddy Wooldridge and Cheryl Gallaway Wooldridge.  Travis attended schools in Pearland. He was employed as an Installation specialist for car accessories. Travis was known as a “goof ball”, jokester and prankster....

Nona Raphael

Nona Raphael

Nov 22, 2016

Nona Alpard Raphael passed away on November 22, 2016, in Plano, Texas, at the age of 87. Nona was born on April 5, 1929, in Wharton, Texas. She was the daughter of Aaron Alpard and Nellie Shapiro Alpard.   Nona grew up in Wharton and graduated from Wharton High School in 1946. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1950,...

Frank Rodriguez, Jr.

Frank Rodriguez, Jr.

Nov 20, 2016

Frank Rodriguez, Jr., 96, of Egypt, Texas, died Sunday, November 20, 2016, in Wharton, Texas. Frank was born on September 2, 1920, in Lincoln, Texas. He was the son of Frank Rodriguez, Sr., and Evangelina Trevino Rodriguez. He attended school in Egypt, Texas, and later studied at Wharton County Junior College. He entered the US Army in 1942 and served...

Reba Joines Wisnieski

Reba Joines Wisnieski

Nov 14, 2016

Reba Joines Wisnieski, 72, of Wharton, Texas, passed away Monday, November 14, 2016 in a Sugar Land hospital following a lengthy illness. She was born on June 10, 1944 in Houston Texas, a daughter of the late John Milton and Thelma Lois Barker Joines. Reba was raised in Wharton and graduated from Wharton High School. She later attended Wharton County...

Adeline Kulak

Adeline Kulak

Nov 13, 2016

Adeline Kulak, 74, of Boling, Texas died Sunday, November 13, 2016, in Richmond, Texas. Adeline was born on May 3, 1942, to Arnold and Mary Maresh Zgabay, in Damon, Texas. She married John Kulak and was his loving wife until his death in 2009. She loved to read, work puzzle books and especially visit with family and grandchildren. She was...

Mary A. Patina

Mary A. Patina

Nov 7, 2016

Mary A. Patina, 87, of Rock Island, Texas died Monday, November 7, 2016 at her daughter’s home in Rock Island, Texas. Mary was born on October 17, 1929 in San Antonio, Texas. She was the daughter of Victor Aleman and Celia Macumva Aleman. She married the late Joe Garcia Patina and was his loving wife until his death in 1991....