The Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 9, 1969 Page: 2 of 16
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ObituariRt
Mass held for Mrs. Emma Tondre
Requiem
Mn. Emma Tondre of San
Antonio died on Sunday at
the age of 100 years.
Service! were held at 3 p.
m. on Monday at Tondre
Funeral Home followed by a
Requiem Man In St. Louli
Catholic Church. Burial wai
In St. Louli Cemetery In Caa-
trovllle.
Mn. Tondre ii lurvived by
numerous nieces and ne-
phews.
MRS. W. G. MUBNNINK
Mr*. Willie G. M.uen- *
nlnk died Wedneiday, Jan.
1, 1969, In die Canrovllle
Hoipltal. She was the form-
er Mary Whaley and she
came to Hondo when *he was
nine month* old. She. was
76 at the time of her death.
Survivors Include her hu»-
band, W. G. Muennink;
three son*, George W. of *
Hondo; Jack H. of Tuscaloo-
sa, Ala., and Kyle E. Muen-
nink of Dalla*; two d a u gli-
ter*, Mr*. Peter (Su*le) Ad-
ama, Oklahoma City;, and
Mr*. Charles O. Jack (Lobby)
Lander* of Hondo; 11 grand-
children and two great-
grandchildren. Al»o surviv-
ing Is one sister, Mrs. Laura
Cameron of Hondo.
Mrs. Muennink was a
member of First United Meth-
odist Church, the Women's
Society of Christian Service
and the Hondo Garden Club.
Funeral services were con-
ducted by her pa*tor, the
Rev. John Berkley, from the
Methodist Church last Friday
aftemobn. Burial was in*
Oakwood Cemetery, direc-
tion Hurley Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were Bruno
Schweers, Harold Herring,
Earl Lacy, Sam Moss, Hugh
Cameron and Hick Riff.
MRS. FRITZ FUOS
Mrs. Fritz Fuos died at
her home in Qulhi on Jan. 2.
1969. She was the former
Amanda Pauline Saathoff,
bom in New Fountain, Jan.
22, 1888, to the late Mi and
Mn. Henry Saathoff.
She is survived byherhu*-
band and one sister, Mrs.
Herbert Burger.
Services were conducted
by the Rev. William Durkop
of Bethlehem Lutheran
‘Church. Interment was in
the Qulhi Cemetery, direc-
tion of Hurley Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were Roland
-Brtfsch. Jesse Burger, Her-
bert Saathoff, Alton Fuos,
Jack Fuos and Hobby Schueh-
le.
MRS. LENA N. CROW
Mrs,. Lena Nester Crow ,
90, formerly of Houston, died
In Brown's Nursing Home,
Hondo, Jan. 4, 1969. She
was a member of All Saints
Catholic Church, Houston.
She was bom in D'Hanis
Jan. 24, 1878, and had lived
in Hondo for the pas t 30
months.
Surviving her are two bro-
thers, Hugo Nester of Still-
water, Okla., ahd Martin
Nester of D'Hanis and two
sisters, Mrs. Theresa Zerr
and-Mrs. Emesdna Carle,
both of D'Hanis.
Rosary was recited Sun-
day evening at Hurley Cha-
pel, Hondo'. Requiem Mass
was celebrated by the Rev.
Victor G. Schmidtzinsky, of
Holy Cross Church, Monday
morning. Interment was in
the Holy Cross * Catholic
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Daitf
Walter and Robert Nester;
Lester and Sam Zerr; and F.
M. Carle.
MRS. C. W. GILLIAM
Funeral services were held
Dec. 31, in the Utopia Bap-
dr Church for Mn. C. W.
(Mary Bownds) Gilliam, 82.
who died In a Kerrville hos-
pital Dec. 29, 1968. Rev.
Lonnie Webb conducted the
service. Burial was In the
Bownds family plot in Jones
Cemetery, Utopia.
Bom Mary Jane Sims in
Batesville, Arkansas; 1886,
she was married to L. D.
Bownds of U topi a and, f o 1 -
lowing his death, to the late
C. W. Gilliam of Hondo.
She spent many yean of her
life in the Utopia communi-
ty, where she was very act-
ive in civic and church af-
fairs.
Mn. Gilliam is survived
by two sons, Robert C.
Bownds of Utopia, and Dt L.
D. Bownds of Corpus Christi,
two grandchildren of Corpus
Christi, and one sister, Mn.
Earl Thompson ofLittle Rock,
Arkansas.
Pallbearen were Kenneth
Leighton, Leslie Mazurek,
Milton Padgett, L. C. Baurn-
er, John Bownds and Henry
Bums.
MRS. ETHEL GRAVES
Funeral services were
held in Hurley Chapel, De-
vine, Saturday for Mn. Eth-
el Graves, 87, of Lytle who
died at her home Jan. 2,
1969.
Surviving Mn. Graves are
two sons, Marion L. of Fort
Worth, and Carroll O.
Graves of San Antonio; two
daughten, both of Lytle;
eight grandchildren;13 great-
grandchildren and four greak-
great-grandchildren.
Burial was In Rose lawn
Memorial Park, San Antonia
JOHN L. PINGENOT
Mr. John Louis Plngenot,
died Dec. 29, 1968, at his
ranch at Cline, Texas. He
was 84 yean of age.
He was bom Oct. 15, 1884
in Castrovllle, but his 11 fe-
dme had been spent in U-
valde. He was married in
1908 to Edna Worley. Mr.
Plngenot was a member of
the Methodist Church and the
Masonic Lodge.
In addition to his widow,
he is survived by,a son, J. L.
Plngenot, Jr., Brownwood; a
brother, Edward,A. Plngenot
of Cline; granddaughter, Mn.
Thomas Covington, Wichita
Falls; and four great-grand-
children. He was a cousin
of Misses Mary Octavia, Lu-
cy and Anne Davis and of
Dr. O. B. Taylor of Hondo.
Funeral services were con-
ducted Dec. 31 in the Rush-
ing-Estes Chapel, Uvalde,
by Rev. Alton Patton, pastor
of the First Baptist Church.
Interment was in Uvalde
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were 01 en
Ham, Fred Homer Jr., Geo.
Horner, Don Gallman, Mil-
ton H. West, and John Mon-
agin.
SERVICES PENDING
Funeral services were
pending Wednesday after-
noon for Mrs. August (Julia)
Saathoff who died here Mon-
day, Jan. 6, 1969.
A complete obituary will
appear next week.
At First Federal we say, “Where you save does
make a difference," and we think our 78th consecutive
dividend now being paid proves it. We invite you to
look over our current statement of condition which
1 reflects our steady growth in both assets and
reserves. Open your account at First Federal soon!
FINANCIAL STATEMENT — December 31, 1968
. Assets
First Mortgage Loans,
•$12,594,033.99
Home Improvement Loans
332,043.76
Real Estate Sold on Contract
12,045.73
Other Loans - .
102,436.20
Stock in Federal Home Loan Bank
100^000.00
U. S. Government Obligations
881,661.75
Cash* on Hand and in Banks
143,290.94
Office Building and Furniture
146,773.27
Prepaid Federal Insurance Premium
143,f49.74
Other Assets .
...... 32,150.87
/ TOTAL
$14,487,586.25
Liabilities
Savings and Investment Accounts
13,223,549.89
Advances from FHLB Little Rock
200,000.00
Advance Payments by Borrowers for •'
*
Taxes and Insurance
123,658.33
Other Liabilities , .
61,532.01
Deferred Income
79,750 46
Specific Reserves " ,
901.99
General Reserves and Surplus
798,193.57
.. TOTAL
$14,487,586.25
OFFICERS .
J, H. Ashby
Chairman of the .Board
W. A. Hensarling, Jr.
President
W.A. Kessler
Vice President—Attorney
Eunice Anderson
Treasurer
W. E. Gilliland
yfce President —Secretary
f Johnny Tyra
Assistant Secretary Treasurer
Daniel R. McDUff
Branch Manager —Eagle Pass
DIRECTORS
J. H. Ashby
Uvalde —Investments
W. A Hensarling, Jr. .
First Federal Savings & Loan Assn.
Jack Woodley
Sabinal —Attorney
W. A. Kessler
Uvalde —Attorney
R. S. Crawford, Sr.
Uvalde—Attorney '
E. D. Kincaid, Jr.
Uvalde —Ranching
». Jerome F. Grossenbather
Texaco Consignee
5V/o4^‘
annual
dividends
gula i
$5,000 passbook
•ix month accounts,
savings compounded
certificates and paid
quarterly.
annual
dividends
hi minimum on regular
passb
INSURED
IRST FEDERAL SAVINGS
AND LQAN ASSOCIATION
118 Wf North Street / Uvalde, Texas 788Q1 / BR 8-2505
4 ' • Branch Office Cagle Pass
W. T. CROW HANDS OVER
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. . . Leinweber Co. keys to Ralph nY president, looks on. Crow has been
E. Haugeras Fritz DeGrodt, compa- w'^ store almost half a century.
D’Hanis News
Adolfo Santos, son of Mi
and Mrs. Jesus Santos, re-
turning home after a tour of
duty in Vietnam, accident-
ally met a former school-
mate of D’Hanis School, Oc-
taviano Hemaollez. Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. Octaviano
Hernandez, at^ Washington
airport. Oct^anis was re-
turning to his base at Fair-
banks, Alaska
Chaplain and Mrs. Paul
Ephraim and son Jesse have
returned to their home in
Denton after spending the
Christmas holidays with their
parents and Jesse's grand-
parents, Mr, and Mrs. W. B.
Howerton of Uvalde and Mr.
and Mrs. J. P. Ephraim of
D’Hanis. The Howertons
joined the family in D’Han-
is on Christmas night for
supper
Mrs. Alvina Koch spent
the holidays in San Antonio
with her children. Christ-
mas Eve she attended a fam-
ily gathering at the home of
her grandson, the Wayne
Wolffs. On Christmas, she
was the guest of her daugh-
ter, the Robert Wolffs,
Word has been received
of the recent death of Mt.
Julius Reitzer in Tucson,
Arizona. He was a former
resident of D’Hanis.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ra n-
dolph (the former Suzanne
Reinhart) of Fairbanks, Alas-
ka, visited her grandparents
Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Rein-
hait during the holidays. Oth-
er Christmas Day guests at
the Reinhart Ranch were the
John Paul Reinharts of Col-
lege Station. the Claude
Garretts and Mr. and Mrs.
O. J. Reinhart Jr., of Car-
rizo Springs.
On New Year’s Day, the
Pete Koch family stopped
by their grandmother's Mrs.
Alvina Koch to show h e r
the 8-point buck her great-
grandson, Rodney Koch, had
killed.
Friday dinner guests of
Mr^. Alvina Koch included
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wolff,
Mitchell Koch and Pat, Mrs.
Allen Koch and son Jimmy,
all of San Antonio; and Ma-
ry Koch of Hondo.
Recent weekend guests
of the-I.. J. Carle family
were the Joe Langfelds and
children; and Mr. and Mrs.
Pat Ney of Houston; and Ro-
the Carle of Texas A&I Uni-
versity, Kingsville. The
Langfelds also visited in the
Charles Langfeld home and
the Neys in the Martin Ney
home.
Mrs. J. "M. Zinsmeyer,
Cathy and Kim and Mrs.
Frank Kimmerly have re -
turned to their Ajn a r 111 o
home after an extended vis-
it with the Dean Zinsmeyers
and other re l a tlves
Mrs. Adel a Brod returned
, home on Saturday from Kerr
ville.when she had spent the
past two weeks as the guest
of the O. J. Wheat family.
, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Suro-
.vik spent'New Year's Day in-
Sabinal at the home of the
Bert Simpsons where rel a -
tives and friends gathered
and three daughters of Mid-
land were weekend guests
of his mother, Mrs. Hilaria
viga. They also, visited
other relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Al-
brecht of San Antonio were
visitors of Mrs, Oscar Rothe
and the L. J. Carle family
last Sunday.
Supper guests in the home
of Mrs. O. W. Tondre and
the Joe Muellers on Christ-
mas Eve were the John Ton-
dre family of Victoria, the
Charles Tondre family and
By Mary Belle Zerr
the Fred Graff family of
Hondo; and Cap* and Mrs.
Richard Schulte and sons of
New Orleans, La. Also, Mr.
and Mrs. John Hardy from.
Houston, Mrs. John Tondre,
Jr. of San Antonio, the Sid-
ney Mercer family ol* Fred-
ericksburg, and the John
Ney family of D’Hanis.
Crow
retires
W. T. CTow retired this
week as manager of E. R.
Leinweber Co. after almost
half a century with the de-
partment store.
Crow said he cannot y e t
imagine not getting up eve-
ry morning to go to the store.
"I guess I'll join the ' Honey
do' club for the dme being,"
he said somewhat reluctantly.
"I'm sure my wife has a list
of things to do around the
house and yard,"he contin-
ued.
Fritz DeGrodt, president of
the department store Arm, an-
nounced that Ralph E. Haug-
er has been named store man-
ager effective as of J a n. L
Hauger, who has lived in
Hondo 3 years, is a - veteran
of over 15 years in the mer-
chandising business. He was
with Winn's stores for many
years and was more recently
connected with a furniture
and appliance chain compa-
ny. He and his^rife Lana
reside in Hondo. She attends
San Antonio College where
she is studying music.
E. R. Leinweber Co. has
operated a department store
in Hondo since December,
1917. Crow joined the Arm
as a bookkeeper In t October,
1918. . 1
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McDade, Edna. The Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 9, 1969, newspaper, January 9, 1969; Hondo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth819374/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hondo Public Library.