Recent Obituaries
George W. Helmcamp "Buzzy"
Nov 11, 2024
George W. Helmcamp "Buzzy" passed away November 11, 2024 at the age of 88. He was born October 20, 1936 in Upton, Texas to Louis and Ruby Helmcamp.
George graduated Smithville High School with the class of 1955 and went to college on a football scholarship. He graduated from T.L.C (Texas Lutheran College) in 1960 with a BS in Education, Major...
Mitchell Landford Tiner
Nov 4, 2024
Mitchell Landford Tiner, 26, of Smithville, TX passed away November 4, 2024. Mitch was born December 22, 1997 to Mark and Cissy Tiner in Austin, TX. He attended Smithville High School and worked at Aqua Water holding several positions most recent being a SCADA Technician. He made a huge impact in every position he held and loved his Aqua family.
He...
Stephen Carter
Oct 17, 2024
Stephen Michael Carter passed away October 17, 2024 at the age of 81.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Marilyn and Charles John Carter and brother, John Charles Carter.
Stephen is survived by his wife of 41 years, Nellie Carter; daughter, Krista Blackford and her husband Stephen and daughter, Shelly Carter; and one brother, William P Carter.
The family will celebrate...
Robert Charles Brooke Todd
Oct 12, 2024
Robert C. B. Todd, 71, of Smithville, Texas passed away Saturday, October 12, 2024 at home. Bob was born December 20, 1952 to Robert Brooke Todd, MD and Esperanza Todd Wiess in Rochester, New York. He was married to Ann Fielder Todd and the father of Nicole E. Todd.
The family will celebrate the life of Robert C.B. Todd privately.
Dorine Hoskins
Oct 10, 2024
Dorine Ruth Noack Hoskins passed away peacefully October 10, 2024, at the age of 94.
Dorine was born to Alwine and Carl August Noack in Winchester, Texas and attended the Lutheran School in Winchester through the 8th grade. After that she worked on the farm with her parents then at Goebel Store and then to Austin.
Dorine was baptized September 21, 1930...
James Herman Caldwell
Sep 25, 2024
James Herman Caldwell, 92 years old, passed away September 25th, 2024, in Smithville, Texas. He was born in Smithville, Texas on January 28th, 1932, to the late Frank Caldwell and the late Lillian Bank Caldwell. He is preceded in death by LaFerne Orsak Caldwell and by his latest wife, Patsy Covan Scoggins Caldwell, whom he married in Smithville, Texas in...
Grace Ann Hoskins Varner
Sep 20, 2024
Grace Ann Hoskins Varner, 82, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her daughters, at her home on September 20th in Richwood, Texas.
Grace was born on September 8, 1942 in Alum Creek, Texas, the second daughter of Ray Hoskins and Topsy Claiborne Hoskins. She graduated from Smithville High School. After high school, Grace attended Nixon Clay Commercial College in Austin Texas. After...
Glenn Wright
Sep 10, 2024
Glenn Wright was called home by his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on September 10, 2024, at the age of 87. He was born on May 11, 1937 and grew up in Natchez MS.
At just 17 years old, Glenn started his career in the oil field, working on a steam rig in Mississippi. He later continued his work in Louisiana...
William Dale "Bubba" Behrend
Sep 7, 2024
William Dale (Bubba) Behrend, 71 years of age, passed away on Saturday, September 7, 2024, at home with his loving wife Valeria Karol Behrend by his side. Dale was born on October 29, 1952, in Austin, Texas to the late Willie Darrell and Bernice Irene Behrend. He was the middle child of three children. Dale graduated from Smithville High School,...
Linda Marie Winkler
Sep 2, 2024
In Loving Memory of Linda Marie Winkler
Linda passed away on September 2, 2024, in her hometown of Smithville, Texas. She was born in Smithville, June 7, 1951, to Herman and Antonia Winkler. She has lived her entire life in this small town.
Linda always enjoyed fishing with her twin brothers. Every chance she got she was wetting that line.
If she wasn’t...
Sarah Louise Tepley
Sep 1, 2024
Sarah l. Allen Tepley, age 61, passed away on September 1, 2024 in Austin, TX, after a battle with cancer. She was born and raised in Hancock, NY, and graduated from Hancock Central School. She is survived by her mother, Ellen Dailey Hathaway (Sam) (Austin, TX) and was preceded in death by her father, Elbert “Sonny” Allen, Sr. (Starlight, PA)....
Norman J. Zetka
Aug 20, 2024
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Norman James Zetka. Norman, 87, passed away at Silver Pines Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, in Bastrop, Texas, on August 20, 2024.
Norman was born July 9, 1937 in Stafford, Texas to the late John Frank and Mary Srubar Zetka. He married Theresa Ann Psencik on August 9, 1958 at...
William Breeden
Aug 10, 2024
William Breeden, Jr, 93, beloved Father, was called to his eternal resting place on August 10, 2024. He entered this world on August 8, 1931 in [Smithville], [Tx], born to [William Breeden, Sr] and (Zelma Frazier].
He is survived by his daughters Deborah Wells and husband Robert Wells, Kathy Wilson and husband Wesley Wilson, Cindy Griesenbeck and husband Gary Griesenbeck, 6...
Mark S. Rainosek
Aug 6, 2024
And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
-Matthew 4:19 (ESV)
Mark Steven Rainosek, age 62, who enjoyed his “little slice of heaven” in Rockport, Texas, on Copano Bay, passed away on August 6, 2024.
He was born on May 16, 1962 in Austin, Texas, a son of the late Frank and Bernice Rainosek. He grew...
Marilyn Howard Willhoite
Aug 4, 2024
Marilyn Howard Willhoite, our cherished mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, and sister, peacefully passed away at her home in Smithville on Sunday, August 4, 2024, at the age of 88.
Marilyn came into the world in Austin, Texas, on January 9, 1936. Love and kindness flowed from her to her three children and their respective spouses: Stephen Willhoite (Cathy), Donilyn Willhoite Bishop,...
Elizabeth Haskey Vacek
Jul 25, 2024
Elizabeth Ann Vacek, 86, of Muldoon, TX, passed away on Thursday, July 25, 2024, at 7:11 a.m. at Ascension Seton Medical Center in Austin, TX. Elizabeth (Betty) was born on June 29, 1938, in Brooklyn, New York to John and Genevieve Haskey.
Betty was the youngest of 7 children in an Irish Catholic family and grew up in an apartment above...
Eric Smith
Jul 24, 2024
Gunnery Sergeant Eric James Smith passed away on July 24,2024. Eric was born on August 06, 1973, and was born in Austin, Texas. He spent most of his youth, surrounded by his family, in Bastrop, Tx.
Eric Smith served as part of the United States Marine Corps until being honorably discharged on March 31, 2015, after serving 20 years to his...
Ivan Fritsche
Jul 22, 2024
Ivan Stanley Fritsche was born on September 27, 1934 in Winchester, TX to parents Carl and Lillie Fritsche. He was baptized at St. Michael's Lutheran Church.
He attended school at St. Michaels and later received his GED at the University of Houston. He later met and married the love of his life, Nancy Herbrick, on June 16, 1956. We joke that...
Sylvia Cox
Jul 17, 2024
Sylvia Cox, 90, passed away on July 17, 2024, in Bastrop, Texas. Sylvia was born on April 26, 1934, in Rosanky, Texas to Irene and Rudolph Zimmerhanzel and was the youngest of five siblings. She happily lived the rest of her life in Smithville, Texas.
She began working at the early age of fourteen as a waitress. Her love of people...
Kristina Faldyn
Jul 4, 2024
Kristina (Kris) Kriwanek Faldyn of Smithville, Texas went to be with our Heavenly Father on July 4th, 2024. Kris, 74, was born on March 28, 1950 to Franz F. Kriwanek and Hermine Habenreich Kriwanek in Kopeberg, in the Oerebro Province of Sweden.
She was Baptized into the Catholic Faith, May 3, 1950. Kris’s father, Frantz preceded his young family arriving in...
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