Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in Guadalupe County
Patricia Riecks
Jul 23, 2019
Patricia Deanne Nelson Riecks, age 82 of Seguin, passed away on July 23, 2019. Visitation will be held on Monday, July 29, 2019 at 10 a.m. at Tres Hewell Mortuary Chapel. Funeral services will follow at 11 a.m. with Rev. Marcus Bigott officiating. Private interment will take place at a later date at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. Patricia...
Sandra Marlene Perkins Elley
Jul 22, 2019
Sandra Marlene Perkins Elley, age 71 of Seguin, passed away on July 22, 2019. Memorial service will be held on Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 11 a.m. at the American Legion H U Wood Post 245 in Seguin with Rev. Jeremy Roy officiating. A reception celebrating her life will continue there until 3 p.m. Private interment will be held...
Jimmie Penshorn
Jul 20, 2019
Jimmie Penshorn, age 79 of Marion, passed away on July 20, 2019. Visitation will begin at 6 p.m. Monday, July 22, 2019, followed by a memorial service celebrating Jimmie's life at 7 p.m. at Tres Hewell Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Rudy Elizondo officiating. Private interment will be held at a later date. Jimmie was born on January 1, 1940...
Marianna M. Brown
Jul 15, 2019
Marianna McCain Brown, age 95 of Luling, passed away on July 15, 2019. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Tres Hewell Mortuary in Seguin. Graveside services and interment will be held on Thursday, July 18, 2019 at 10 a.m. at the Luling City Cemetery with The Reverend Monica Thompson Smith...
James Emery
Jul 15, 2019
James Emery, age 70 of Seguin, passed away on July 15, 2019. A memorial service celebrating James's life will be held on Saturday, July 20, 2019 at 11 a.m. at the Mc Queeney VFW Post #9213 with Rev. Jeremy Roy officiating and military honors rendered by the United States Army. A reception will follow until 1:30 p.m. James was...
Rodney Ray Kelso
Jul 13, 2019
Rodney Ray Kelso, age 75 of Seguin, passed away on July 13, 2019. Rodney was born on July 23, 1943 in San Antonio, Texas, to Norman Otis and Lena Maud (Herschap) Kelso. Rodney was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Marion. For over 20 years Rodney was the Rodeo Pick-Up Man at various rodeos in South Texas....
Paul Anthony Blea
Jul 12, 2019
Officer Paul Anthony Blea, age 56 of Seguin, joined our Heavenly Father on July 12, 2019. Visitation will be held on Monday, July 15, 2019 from 5-7 p.m. at Tres Hewell Mortuary. A rosary will be held on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at 10:30 am at St. James Catholic Church followed by the Mass of Christian Burial at 11...
Josephine Rosaria Salmon
Jul 11, 2019
Josephine Rosaria Salmon, age 70 of Seguin, passed away on July 11, 2019. A memorial service celebrating Josephine's life will be held on Friday, July 19, 2019 at 10 am at Tres Hewell Mortuary Chapel, with Reverend Terry Davis officiating. Private interment will take place at a later date. Josephine was born on April 11, 1949 in Qormi, Malta...
Deborah "Debbie" Fessler
Jul 8, 2019
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Deborah Carol Behrens Fessler on the evening of Monday, July 8, 2019 at the Christus Santa Rosa Hospital in New Braunfels, Texas.
Debbie was preceded in death by her parents, Charles Leonard Behrens and Edith Marie Langley. She is survived by her life partner Jerry Springs;...
Dorothy Mae Warncke Vader
Jul 5, 2019
Dorothy Mae Warncke Vader, age 91 of New Berlin, Texas, passed away on July 5, 2019. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, July 10, 2019 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Tres Hewell Mortuary. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, July 11, 2019 at 10 a.m. at Christ Lutheran Church of Elm Creek with Pastor Eileen Spehr and...
Sherline Edna Marquardt Bogisch
Jul 4, 2019
Sherline Edna Marquardt Bogisch passed away on July 4, 2019 in New Braunfels, Texas. She was born on September 6, 1933 to Arnold and Tillie Marquardt in Lexington, Texas. Sherline is survived by her husband of almost 63 years, Harold, and their five children, Laurie Bogisch Perryman, Tim and wife Jo Ann Bogisch, Tammy Bogisch, Steve Bogisch and Karen...
Ruby Bartels Dietert
Jun 27, 2019
Ruby Bartels Dietert was born March 11, 1926, in Guadalupe County to Daniel Bartels and Alma Boenig Bartels Stautzenberger and passed away at the age of 93 on June 27, 2019. She is preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Milton L. Dietert, daughter-in-law Jeanette Haecker Dietert, her parents, and stepfather Oscar Stautzenberger. Survivors include her son,...
Cathy Hajek
Jun 27, 2019
Cathy Hajek, age 61 of Seguin, passed away at home surrounded by her loving family, on June 27, 2019. Cathy was born on October 24, 1957 in Hallettsville, TX to Victor and Junell (Zimmerman) Strakos. Cathy was the long-time daycare director at St. John Lutheran in Marion for 34 years, she adored her job and caring for children. She...
Karen Kay Grimm Soefje
Jun 26, 2019
Karen Kay Grimm Soefje, age 65 of Seguin, met her Heavenly Father on June 26, 2019. Visitation will be held on Sunday, June 30, 2019 from 3 to 5 p.m. at Tres Hewell Mortuary. Funeral services will be held on Monday, July 1, 2019 at 10 a.m. at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Cathe Evins officiating. Interment will...
Katharine "Kathy" Ann Mueller Howard
Jun 25, 2019
Katharine "Kathy" Mueller Howard, age 56 of Seguin, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family and friends on Tuesday Night, June 25, 2019. Visitation will be held on Friday, June 28, 2019 at Tres Hewell Mortuary from 5 to 7 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, June 29, 2019 at Tres Hewell Mortuary Chapel at 10 a.m....
Ltc Leland W. Potter, Jr., Usa (Ret.)
Jun 24, 2019
LTC Leland Wallace Potter, Jr. US Army (Retired) went to be with the one true Lord & Savior on June 24, 2019. Lee passed away at home in Seguin at the age of 75 after a five year battle with Parkinson's disease. Lee was born August 4, 1943 in Richmond, VA to Leland Wallace & Minnie Lee Morgan Potter....
Darin L. Pitchford
Jun 24, 2019
Seguin, TX-- Darin Lee Pitchford, 48, of Watertown, SD, passed away unexpectedly on Monday June 24, 2019 surrounded by loved ones. Darin was born on April 30, 1971 in Watertown, SD, the son of Nancy Pitchford (Gould) of Watertown, SD and Marvin Pitchford of Sioux Falls, SD. Darin was employed at Travel Centers of America, TA, for 21 years....
Pearl L. Graham
Jun 22, 2019
Pearl L. Graham left this world on June 22, 2019, to be with her Lord in Heaven. As sad as we are on her passing, she has looked forward to joining her husband, now with the Lord.
She was ninety-five when she passed, after a short hospitalization in the Guadalupe Regional Medical Center. Born in Guadalupe County,...
Anthony Allen Baer
Jun 22, 2019
Anthony Allen Baer, age 85 of Seguin, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on June 22, 2019. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, June 26, 2019 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Tres Hewell Mortuary. The Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, June 27, 2019 at 10 a.m. at St. James Catholic Church...
Dale Allen Brueggemann
Jun 21, 2019
Dale Allen Brueggemann, loving husband and father of four children, succumbed to cancer at the age of 59 in the comfort of his own home surrounded by his family on June 21, 2019. Dale was born on July 1, 1959 in St. Louis, MO to Donald And Beatrice Brueggemann. On March 3, 1984, he married Carolina Tijerina. They raised...




