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Oscar Joseph Vazquez
Born in Laredo, Texas on Feb. 8, 1924
Died Jan. 30, 2006 and resided in San Antonio, TX.
Rosary: Tuesday Jan. 31, 2006
Graveside Service: Wednesday Feb. 1, 2006
Funeral Home: Porter Loring Mortuary North
Oscar J. Vazquez, age 81, beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend, passed away Monday, January 30, 2006 in San Antonio, Texas.
He was born February 8, 1924 and grew up in the old Prospect Hill area of San Antonio. He was fond of everyone who lived there. The early 1930’s and ‘40’s were great.
At an early age he was called to serve his country in the Army Air Corps. His service was mostly served overseas in the China, Burma, and India theatres, and at the end of the war at Tinian Island in the Marianas. He was awarded five Bronze Stars to his Theatre Ribbon.
After his military service he continued working for the U.S. Government until his untimely retirement at Kelly Air Force Base and Vandenberg, AFB, California where he completed 32 years of service.
He is survived by his beloved wife of 59 years, Marie Tiblier Vazquez; children, Joanne V. Imler and her husband Robert, Sandra Pugliese and her husband Lawrence, Lawrence Vazquez and his wife Natalia; his beloved grandchildren, Jolie Imler, Andrea Wyatt, Alexandria and Nicholas Vazquez; his sisters, Gloria Santaloci and husband Sandy, and Aida Etier and husband John; brother Leo Vazquez and wife Elizabeth; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Harry Clarence Hull
Born in San Antonio, Texas on Jul. 9, 1919
Died Jan. 28, 2006 and resided in San Antonio, TX.
Service: Wednesday Feb. 1, 2006
Funeral Home: Porter Loring Mortuary North
cemetery: San Jose Burial Park
Harry C. Hull, 86, of San Antonio passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 28, 2006. Harry was born in San Antonio, Texas, on July 9 1919, and lived most of his life in San Antonio. He was the eldest of four children. He served his country in World War II in the Navy.
He retired from Southwestern Bell Telephone Company after working there for 47 years. Harry was preceded in death by his wife of 38 years, Doris; his mother, Helen, his sister, Dorothy and his brother, Robert.
He is survived by his son, Larry A. Hull and wife, Mary Paz, of Spring Branch, Texas; his daughter, Bunny Warren of West Columbia, Texas; his grandchildren, Dahna Hull of Seattle, Washington, Jon Paul Hull of Houston, Texas, and Claudio Berumen of Spring Branch, Texas; his brother, Eugene Hull and wife Alva, of San Antonio; nieces, nephews, and a host of friends.
Carolyn M. Kocurek
Born in Chicago, IL on Dec. 11, 1941
Died Jan. 19, 2006 and resided in San Antonio, TX.
Funeral Home: Porter Loring Mortuary
Carolyn Mitchell Kocurek entered eternal life on Thursday, January 19, 2006. After growing up in Illinois and graduating from Purdue University, she came to San Antonio to teach school in the San Antonio Independent School District. She later was an officer at Frost Bank, and a stock broker with Rauscher Pierce Securities. She lived a full life of compassion and caring for others.
She is survived by her dear and devoted friends, John Cruse; Joan Arbuckle Buenrostro; Darrell Curtis; Sister Charlene Wedelich CDP; Rev. Msgr. Lawrence J. Stuebben; and her very special friend, “Jazz”. She has donated her body to science and services will be private.
Gertrude B. Willmann
Born in Manheim, TX on Nov. 8, 1910
Died Jan. 25, 2006 and resided in San Antonio, TX.
Visitation: Friday Jan. 27, 2006
Service: Saturday Jan. 28, 2006
Funeral Home: Porter Loring Mortuary North
cemetery: San Fernando cemetery #3
Gertrude Bertha Marie Willmann, 95, passed away on Thursday, January 25, 2006.
She was born in Manheim, Texas, on November 8, 1910, the oldest of 14 children. She married
Edgar Anton Willmann in 1933 and they had three children. After the sudden loss of her husband in 1950, Gertrude kept her family together by buying a flower shop on West Avenue and turning it into a successful business, which she ran for nearly 35 years. She was a founding member of Redeemer Lutheran Church in San Antonio and remained active in the Lutheran Women and Missionary Leagues as well as the Altar Guild.
She is preceded in death by her husband; 6 siblings, Herbert, Milton and Albert Behrend, Dora Moerbe, and Edna Arldt; and grandson, Todd Willmann. She is survived by her three children, Edgar, Ann and Robert and their families; and 8 siblings, Alton and Irving Behrend, Gloria Stengel, Lydia Romund, Florence Land, Lorene Martin, Esther Theiss, and Anita Markwardt and their families as well as numerous nieces and nephews and grand nieces and nephews.
She was looked upon as the matriarch of the family and will be deeply missed by all.
Lucille Esther Christie
Born in Wilson County, TX on Sep. 8, 1913
Died Jan. 24, 2006 and resided in San Antonio, TX.
Visitation: Saturday Jan. 28, 2006
Funeral Home: Porter Loring Mortuary
cemetery: Private
Lucille Esther Christie was born in Wilson County, Floresville, Texas. She was born to Mary Lovinia Crowell and Lewis Henderson Miller from Concord, North Carolina on September 8, 1913. She had two sisters, Pauline (Brown) and Vivian (Heye). She is survived by her brother, Leroy Miller and his wife, Lorraine, of Hondo, Texas, and many nieces and nephews in Texas: Mary, Joseph, Vivian, Lewis, Michael, James and Helen Heye, and Sherline Fox and Claire Hindes. Nieces and nephews of her husband’s family in Minnesota are: Joan Conzemius, Kathryn Gerlach, John & William Schottler, Joyce Smith and Anne Rooney. Lucille never had children, but her children were counted by the numerous nieces and nephews she so fondly played with as children and kept in close touch with as adults over many years.
Lucille often reminisced about her childhood growing up on the farm during good times and bad times. Initially the family lived near Stockdale and visited Sutherland Springs for picnics each year. Then the family moved to a farm near Jourdanton. Lucille had clear and precise memories of family events, such as the first purchase of the Pierce Arrow car, of riding horses and mules to school, and her father being on the Jourdanton School Board. She began a legacy of maintaining the family history which she continued all her life and which led to her career in historical research and preservation. She often shared these memories in a rich national historical context with anyone willing to listen.
She moved to San Antonio to go to secretarial school during The Great Depression. She worked for Southern Casket Company in San Antonio. She married
Thomas W. Christie on December 26, 1936 at St. Gerard’s Catholic Church in San Antonio. She traveled with her husband in the Army Air Corps to more than 30 countries during and after World War II, including a four-year tour in occupied Germany during the Berlin Airlift. Tiring of the nomadic life as a military wife, she longed for a home to plant roots. Her husband smiled and said, “you’ll just have to keep your roots in a flower pot.” She took his advice, looked ahead to the future and began accumulating skills at every posting. Working on flight line during the Berlin Airlift, she administered a unit that maintained C-54 Transports. In the early 1950’s, as a Washington D.C. intelligence analyst, she polished a talent to sift mountains of data, including UFO sightings. After her husband’s retirement and unexpected death in 1955, she made California and Santa Barbara County her home.
In 1962 she moved to Vandenberg Village and re-established her civil service career by working in national defense in the Judge Advocate’s office at the newly established Vandenberg AFB. Over the years she continued an avid devotion to recording and cataloguing personal, local and national events.
Her dedication to historical preservation was evidenced by her many positions as director and trustee for historical foundations. She served as librarian for Santa Barbara Research Foundation, charter member and author of the La Purisima Mission Docent Program, commissioner on the Santa Barbara County Historic Landmark Advisory Commission, Trustee of the Western Spaceport Museum, Director of the Lompoc Museum, and director on the Lompoc Valley Historical Society. She also prized her membership in the Daughters of the American Republic (DAR) and the Westerners, a prestigious historians’ association. Lucille was known for her fast short-hand, and she was a gifted seamstress. In addition to her civil service and secretarial careers, she served several years as a medical assistant and a teacher for medical terminology at local community colleges. She remodeled a garden home in Vandenberg Village which she called her “Yellow Cottage” and maintained at least 50 rose bushes surrounding the cottage. Many of rosebushes had yellow roses, but a wide variety of colors and bushes graced the front and side yards.
In 2002, Lucille moved back to Texas to be close to her family. She lived at Brighton Garden’s Assisted Living and enjoyed dressing elegantly and wearing a matching hat everyday. She was known as the “Hat Lady.”
Funeral services will be held at St. Augustine’s Catholic Church in Austin, MN. She will be buried in Catholic Calvary cemetery next to her beloved husband.
After her work as director of the Lompoc Museum was finished, she worked in the Lompoc Public Library documenting obituaries to help other researchers. She said, “When our Lompoc pioneers died, their whole life was printed—how they came west in wagon trains, how they found their way to Lompoc Valley.” “I’m doing it [research] for future generations, ” she explained. “Unless someone makes the effort, we may lose our links with the past.” Lucille Christie did more than her share. Now she hopes another generation will carry on her work.
Salvador Mendoza
Born in Matehuala, MX on Oct. 10, 1911
Died Jan. 27, 2006 and resided in San Antonio, TX.
ROSARY: Sunday Jan. 29, 2006
MASS: Monday Jan. 30, 2006
Funeral Home: Porter Loring Mortuary
cemetery: San Fernando cemetery #3
Salvador Mendoza, age 94, of San Antonio, Texas, was received by our Lord on Friday, January 27, 2006.
He served in the United States Army during World War II. Salvdor managed Penner’s shoe department until his retirement.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Emma Mendoza; son-in-law, John Alejandro; 10 brothers, one sister; and his parents.
Salvador is survived by, his loving family, daughter, Celinda Alejandro; granddaughter, Cynthia Alejandro Gill; great-grandchildren, Andy and Michelle Gill, Chris Gill, Matthew Gill, and Laura Gill; and great-great-grandson, Andy Gill, Jr.
The family wishes to thank Morningside Manor for their loving care and support.
Robert Edwin Kerns
Born in Kansas City, MO on Dec. 29, 1937
Died Jan. 20, 2006 and resided in San Antonio, TX.
MEMORIAL SERVICE: Saturday Jan. 28, 2006
Funeral Home: Porter Loring Mortuary
cemetery: No Burial
Robert Edwin (Bob) Kerns, 68, formerly of Dumas, Texas died Friday, January 20, 2006 at his home in San Antonio.
Mr. Kerns was born December 29, 1937 in Kansas City, Missouri. He moved to Amarillo, Texas in 1948 and attended Amarillo schools. Mr. Kerns graduated from Amarillo High School in 1955. He attended Texas Tech University and received his B.S. degree in chemical engineering in 1961.
Mr. Kerns married
Cora Jo Lilly in the First Presbyterian Church in Amarillo in 1960. The couple moved to Dumas following college graduation where Mr. Kerns began work as a junior engineer in the plant laboratory at Shamrock Oil and Gas McKee Refinery, northeast of Dumas. Moving to process engineering, he rose through the ranks to become plant manager of the refinery in the mid eighties.
Later he was promoted to Vice President of Diamond Shamrock McKee plant. In 1997, he was transferred to San Antonio, where he became Vice President of Refinery Operations for Ultramar Diamond Shamrock. He served in this capacity until his retirement in December 2001.
Mr. Kerns took great joy in his job and the people with whom he worked, particularly the many young engineers he mentored and help to train as they began their careers.
He was a member of the National Petroleum Refiners Association for many years and chaired the Manufacturing Committee. He was a member of the Dumas Lions Club and the Methodist Church.
Mr. Kerns was preceded in death by his parents, Francis Edwin and Grace Lillian Kerns.
He is survived by his loving wife 46 years, Cora Jo; three sons, Dr. Brent and Julie Kerns of Tyler, Texas; Carter Kerns of Charleston, South Carolina and Hung and Maria Tran of Lake Jackson, Texas; two sisters, Mrs. Carolyn Conklin of Amarillo, Texas and Mrs. Mary Mauth of Oak Harbor, Washington; grandchildren, Mackenzie, Kendall, Quinton and Logan Kerns of Tyler, Texas and Michelle, Allison and David Tran of Lake Jackson, Texas.
Visitation with the family will be in Fellowship Hall immediately following the service.
Service Arrangements in Dumas, Texas under the direction of Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors.
Robert Andrew Stauber, M.D.
Born on Apr. 19, 1931
Died Jan. 24, 2006 and resided in San Antonio, TX.
Memorial Service: Friday Jan. 27, 2006
Funeral Home: Porter Loring Mortuary North
Robert Andrew Stauber, M.D., age 74, passed away on Tuesday, January 24, 2006 in San Antonio, Texas.
Survivors are his spouse of 55 years, Rosemary Stauber; his brother, Charles Frederick Stauber and his wife, Joan, of Chandler, Texas; daughters Beverly Stauber of San Antonio, Casey Stauber of Water Valley, Mississippi, Linda Ash of San Antonio and her husband, Lincoln, Heirron Canela of San Antonio and Mario Canela; brother-in-law, Dean Starry and his wife, Cheryl of Aviano, Italy and Maumelle, Arkansas; grandchildren, Keely Stout, Justin and Serena Ellison, Samantha and Andrew Ash and Mario A. Canela; father-in-law Alfred Schmitz.
Bob and Rosemary married
in 1951. After he graduated from Medical School, Bob did an internship at University Medical Center in Oklahoma City and then he and his family moved to San Antonio, Texas where he served in the Air Force as an Aviation Medical Examiner for three years. Upon completion of this tour of duty, the family moved to Crystal City, Texas where he and his medical partner, C. Don Smith, practiced medicine and built a small hospital, Winter Garden Hospital and Clinic.
He was a member of First Methodist Church in Crystal City and helped to found a teen center, The Happening. He was chosen Citizen of the Year for that endeavor. He also served on the Mediation team during the infamous Walkout of 1967. His hobbies during this period included flying (he had a private pilot’s license), music(he was a frequent guest guitarist for Lex and Mary Nell Harp’s group) and he enjoyed playing the piano), and fishing.
Crippled by Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder, he could no longer withstand the stress of a Private Practice, and went to work for the Department of Corrections as a prison doctor in Huntsville, Texas. He worked for that system until he was forced to take Medical Retirement in 1996. His hobbies changed to wood-working until he was forced to quit that, as well, then Computer Solitaire, and music. He became an expert at New York Times crosswords.
In lieu of flowers, please send charitable contributions: to VITAS Innovative Hospice Care, at Vitas Charitable Funds; 5430 Fredericksburg Road, Ste 200, San Antonio, TX 78229.
Scott Decker McCullough
Born in Chcago, Illinois on Sep. 22, 1954
Died Jan. 26, 2006 and resided in San Antonio, TX.
Memorial Service: Monday Jan. 30, 2006
Funeral Home: Porter Loring Mortuary North
Scott McCullough passed away January 26, 2006, in San Antonio, TX. He is survived by his wife, Yvette; sons, James and Kevin; mother and sister.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to James and Kevin's education fund at Boys Education Fund, Account #005862859999, c/o Bank of America.
Mary Martinez
Born in Mexico on Nov. 20, 1916
Died Jan. 29, 2006 and resided in San Antonio, TX.
Rosary: Tuesday Jan. 31, 2006
Mass: Wednesday Feb. 1, 2006
Funeral Home: Porter Loring Mortuary North
cemetery: Holy Cross cemetery (Mausoleum)
Mary V. Martinez of San Antonio, TX, age 89 passed away Sunday, January 29, 2006.
She is survived by her loving husband of 60 years, Clarence A. Martinez and their children, Clarence Martinez and wife Gracie, Arabella Dalton and husband Eddie; grandchildren, Vernon Bratton, Michelle Mullinx, Ernie Rodriguez; great grandchildren, Natasha, Ryan, Kaprecia and Shantal; brother, Frank Villarreal.
Andrew N. Dunaway
Born in Port Arthur, Texas on Nov. 25, 1944
Died Jan. 21, 2006 and resided in San Antonio, TX.
Mass: Friday Jan. 27, 2006
Funeral Home: Porter Loring Mortuary North
cemetery: Fort Sam Houston National cemetery
Andrew Dunaway of San Antonio, TX, age 61 passed away Saturday, January 21, 2006.
He was born in Port Arthur, TX to Andrew Jackson Dunaway, Jr. and Agnes Virginia Nolan Dunaway on November 25, 1944.
He was a great father, wonderful and charming husband, partner and friend. He was known to all who knew him as one who loved to cook, enjoyed tennis and was a big kid at heart and always the jokester and above all a generous person.
Andrew is survived by his loving wife, Yuliya; his children, Vlad Chalenko, Andy Dunaway and Andrea Mikel; grandchildren, Tyler Dunaway, Hayley Dunaway, Cailin Mikel, Hailey Mikel and Riley Mikel; and a sister, Shirley Anne (Roger) Vachon.
