Obituaries
Jeanene Louise Dittman Merka
Feb 16, 2015
Jeanene Louise Dittman Merka, age 79 of Wharton and formerly of Baytown passed away Monday morning, February 16, 2015 at her residence. She was born July 30, 1935 in Goose Creek, Texas, the daughter of the late Fred and Eva Dittman. After growing up in Baytown and graduating from Robert E. Lee High School in 1953, Jeanene married Albert Henry...
Mary Miculka
Feb 16, 2015
Mary Miculka, age 92, of Hungerford, passed away February 16, 2015, at a Wharton nursing home following a lengthy illness. She was born on August 17, 1922 in Hungerford, Texas, the daughter of the late Joe Bartos and Annie Spurny Bartos. Mary attended public schools in Hungerford. She married Frank J. Miculka on August 6, 1946 in Hungerford, Texas. Mary...
Bennie Joe Konvicka
Feb 15, 2015
Bennie Joe Konvicka Bennie J Konvicka, age 86, of Wharton died early Sunday morning, February 15, 2015 in Houston, TX, following an extended illness. He was born on January 19, 1929, in Fayetteville, Texas, a son of the late Frank and Mary Malek Konvicka. Bennie was a longtime resident of Wharton County. Bennie married Helen Kucera on February 9, 1953...
Nadine King
Feb 15, 2015
Nadine King, 84, of Wharton, Texas, passed away on Sunday, February 15, 2015, at an El Campo nursing facility following a lengthy illness. She was born August 14, 1930 in Sylvester, Georgia to the late Charlie and Ruby West. Nadine attended school in Georgia. She married B.D. King, Jr. on September 6, 1968. He preceded her in death on December...
Rev. Ruben Romero
Feb 15, 2015
The Lord has called his servant back home Rev. Ruben A. Romero, Sr. of Wharton, Texas on Sunday, February 15, 2015. Born in Oakville, Texas to the late Jose and Tempora Amaya Romero and raised in Pawnee, Texas. He married Delia Ramirez on October 24, 1970 in Bethel CLADIC Church in Wharton. He was a business graduate of TSTI in...
Maria Andrea "Andie" Solis
Feb 10, 2015
Mrs. Maria Andrea “Andie” Solis, age 68, of Rosenberg and formerly of Wharton died Tuesday, February 10, 2015 in Houston, TX, following a long illness. She was born on August 21, 1946, in Newgulf, daughter of the late Robert and Mary Driscoll Rodriguez. Andie was a longtime resident of Wharton County. She graduated from Boling High School and from Wharton...
Mary Lynn Jurasek
Feb 9, 2015
Mary Lynn Jurasek Mrs. Mary Lynn Jurasek, age 77, of Wharton, passed away peacefully Monday, February 9, 2015 in Wharton following a sudden illness. She was born on December 12, 1937, a daughter of the late Rudolph and Mary Ann Brenk Shoppa. Lynn grew up in Glen Flora, George West and Rosenberg Texas and attended Crescent Schools. She married Albert...
Frank Paul Rachunek
Feb 9, 2015
Frank Paul Rachunek Mr. Frank Rachunek, age 88, of Wharton passed away Monday evening, February 9, 2015 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born on June 15, 1926, in Hungerford, TX, a son of the late Frank and Mary Mikel Rachunek. Frank married Dorothy Mae Krenek on October 21, 1947 and she preceded him in death after...
Joyce Barker
Feb 8, 2015
Joyce Barker Mrs. Joyce Barker, age 77, of Wharton died Sunday, February 8, 2015, in Houston, TX. She was born on January 15, 1938, in El Campo, TX, a daughter of Leroy and Leona Buenger Frels. Mrs. Barker was a longtime resident of Wharton. She graduated from El Campo High School in 1956. Joyce worked at Community Bank of Texas...
Betty Jean Kresta
Feb 7, 2015
Mrs. Betty Jean Kresta, age 76, of East Bernard and formerly of Louise, died Saturday, February 7, 2015 in Rosenberg, TX. She was born on August 18, 1938, in Houston, TX, a daughter of Wilburn and Victoria Poncik Ransone. Mrs. Kresta grew up in Louise and was a longtime resident of Hungerford. She graduated from Louise High School. Betty was...
Pauline Julia Kalina
Feb 4, 2015
Pauline Julia Kalina Mrs. Pauline Julia Kalina, age 85, of Wharton died Wednesday, February 4, 2015 in Wharton, TX, following a long illness. She was born on August 3, 1929, in Fort Bend County, TX, a daughter of Adolf and Ludmilla Muniza Sabrsula. Mrs. Kalina was a longtime resident of Wharton County. She attended Crescent High School. Pauline was a...
Faye Anders Howard
Jan 31, 2015
Mrs. Faye Anders Howard, age 97, of Stafford, died Saturday, January 31, 2015 in her daughter’s Missouri City home. She was born on October 22, 1917 in Goose Creek, Texas, near Baytown, to Marcus “Andy” and Ruth Anders. Mrs. Howard was a graduate of Boling High School and attended her higher education at Incarnate Word College in San Antonio where...
Henry John Hlavinka, Sr
Jan 29, 2015
Henry John Hlavinka, Sr. On January 29, 2015, Henry John Hlavinka, Sr., 87, of East Bernard quietly passed away at Rice Medical Center in Eagle Lake following a brief illness. He was born on May 17, 1927, in Bernard Prairie, Texas, son of the late Rehor and Vlasta Mynarik Hlavinka. Mr. Hlavinka was a lifetime resident of Wharton County having...
Elizabeth Ann Guill
Jan 28, 2015
Elizabeth Ann Guill Elizabeth Ann Guill, age 65, of Angleton and formerly of Boling, died January 28, 2015, at her home surrounded by her family following a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on December 6, 1949 in Newgulf, Texas, the daughter of the late Alfred Winland and Raynell Wetherell Winland. Elizabeth attended public schools in Boling. She married...
Robert Owen Strarup
Jan 25, 2015
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....
Lena Quintanilla
Jan 20, 2015
Lena Quintanilla, 86, of Wharton, passed away peacefully with her family at her side on Tuesday, January 20, 2015, at a Wharton hospital following a brief illness. She was born April 9, 1928, in Gonzales, Texas to parents Louis Ybarbo Sr and Elisa Maldonado Ybarbo. Lena was raised in the Gonzales area and later moved to Wharton. She married the...
Annie "Ann" Kovar Macha
Jan 19, 2015
Annie “Ann” Kovar Macha, age 88 of Hungerford passed away Monday, January 19, 2015 in a Wharton hospital following a short illness. She was born on September 20, 1926 in Tavener, the daughter of the Peter Kovar and Veronica Bohacek Kovar. Ann was raised in the Tavener area and graduated from East Bernard High School in 1944. Ann was married...
Naomi Jane Lewis
Jan 17, 2015
Naomi Jane Lewis, age 95 of Hungerford and formerly of Alvin passed away Saturday morning, January 17, 2015 in an Eagle Lake hospital. She was born April 27, 1919 in Palestine, the daughter of the late Homer and Jane Watts. After growing up in Palestine, Jane moved to Houston to marry Harry Young Goudeau and have 2 sons, Harry and...
James Watson McAlpin
Jan 16, 2015
James Watson McAlpin, age 43 of Spring, Texas, died Friday, January 16, 2015 in The Woodlands, Texas. James was born on July 2, 1971 in Fort Smith Arkansas. His adopted parents were Herschel and Charlene Eubanks McAlpin. Mr. McAlpin was a long time resident of Austin, Texas and then Spring, Texas. He attended Blinn Community College where he walked on...
Teresa Ramirez
Jan 16, 2015
Teresa Ramirez, age 67, of Wharton, Texas, passed away on Friday, January 16, 2015, following a brief illness. She was born November 15, 1947, in Wharton to the late Alfredo Gusman and Bernarda Alcorta Gusman. Teresa was raised in Wharton and attended schools there. She married Martin Ramirez Jr on September 8, 1965 in Glen Flora. Teresa worked at Texas...
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