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The American Legion has underway a great and worthy undertaking in erecting a memorial shaft to the honored dead of World Wars I and II. This is one undertaking that the people of Jackson County will endorse and subscribe to 100%. In order to perfect the great memorial, we must have the names of all those brave boys and girls, who sacrificed their all for their country. Erecting a memorial in honor of them is a very worthy cause. We are asking everyone to cooperate with us in compiling the names of our honored dead from Jackson County. It would be a great injustice, and almost a crime for us to leave off one name of our honored dead that has paid the supreme sacrifice in World War I and II. We are very much concerned over collecting the names of the honored dead of World War I, as we have collected the names of most of those in World War II. It is a shame that the United States Government has not compiled a list of the honored dead by counties in World War I. I wish to quote from a letter from the War Department of Dec. 27, 1946, as follows: "I sincerely regret that the names of those who died in World War I are not available at this time." Now we will have to depend on the relatives and friends of the honored dead from Jackson County in World War I. Mrs. Nannie B. Rodgers was so kind in furnishing us a good list that she had kept of World War I. [not included here]
We hope we have the roster of the honored dead in
World War II about completed. The revised list is as follows:
It is very essential that we have the rank of all honored dead in both wars. If you have a correction of any rank or know the rank of any buddy not given, please sent it in to use. The inscription committee for the memorial is H. K. Staples, Hon. Bill Hamblen and I. T. Taylor. Send information to any of these three committee members. It is our understanding that the American Legion Post wants the names of those who died or were killed in uniform that were selected or volunteered their service from Jackson County in both wars. The American Legion will be the one to pass final judgment on whose names go on this memorial and not the inscription committee. Our only duty is to make a roster of our honored dead in both wars and pass it on to the American Legion Post for their consideration.
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Cpl. Pierce Laughter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Laughter, who lost his life on Okinawa, June 20, 1945, just a few days before the Island was taken by the American Marines from the Japs, has been posthumously honored by being awarded the Silver Star, the third highest award that can be given in the Marine corps. Captain Johnson of San Antonio came to Edna personally to present the award to Pierce’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Laughter. In addition to the award, a letter of condolence was received by Mr. and Mrs. Laughter from Commander A. A. Vandergift. The Citation accompanying the Silver Star award follows:
THE SECRETARY
OF THE NAVY The president of the United States takes pride in presenting the Silver Star Medal posthumously to Corporal William P. Laughter, United States Marine Corps Reserve, for service as set forth in the following Citation: “For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving as acting Squad Leader in a platoon of Company G, Second Battalion, Fourth action against enemy Japanese forces on Okinawa, Ryukyu Island on June 20, 1945. With his platoon pinned down by fierce and concentrated fire from well-concealed enemy positions while advancing toward his objective, Corporal Laughter fearlessly exposed himself to the savage barrage to proceed alone to a more strategic position and pour a steady stream of deadly fire into one of the camouflaged hostile emplacements, completely destroying the strong point and killing the ten Japanese within. Carrying on his determined assault despite relentless opposition, he unhesitatingly pressed forward to the top of the ridge and continued to deliver his active effective fire into other enemy positions until he fell, fatally wounded. By his expert marksmanship, indomitable fighting spirit and cool courage under fire, Corporal Laughter had contributed materially to the success of his platoon in accomplishing their assigned mission and to the ultimate capture of this vital Japanese stronghold. His inspiring conduct was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.”
For The
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Services were held at Slavik Chapel Sunday afternoon for John Gordon Laughter, 71, a native of Edna and member of a pioneer Jackson County family. Rev. Clifford Jirkel Jr. of the Methodist Church officiated. Interment was in the Edna Cemetery. The pallbearers were Kerr Simons, C. S. Simons, Harley Stell, Mike Grogan, Mack Rowell, and James Schuchardt. Mr. Laughter was born in Edna August 25, 1887, a son of William Pierce Laughter and Lavonia Pumphrey Laughter. He had long been well-known in farming and ranching circles of South Texas. Mr. Laughter married Carrie Fisher of Utopia, Texas on Dec. 24, 1907. They were honored on their golden anniversary in 1957. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Carrie Laughter of 707 Hanover, Edna; a son, John G. Laughter Jr. of Edna; two daughters, Mrs. Anna Lee Ratliff of Edna and Mrs. Mary Laughter Freis of Lolita, and six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Another son, Pierce; was killed in Okinawa while serving with the Marines. He also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Jessie Collier and Mrs. Enid Bolling, both of Edna. Mr. Laughter passed away April 18 in the hospital in Ganado, after an illness of more than two years.
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Edna--Mrs. Carrie Fisher Laughter, 85, of Edna died Friday in a Ganado hospital after a short illness. Mrs. Laughter was born May 3, 1885, in Utopia, Tex. She lived most of her life in Jackson County. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, WSCS Golden Circle and the Edna Garden Club. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gordon Laughter, and a son, Pierce, who was killed during World War II. Services will be held Sunday at 4 p. m. from First United Methodist Church with the Rev. I. E. Walker, pastor, and the Rev. James Wright of Lolita officiating. Burial will be in Edna Cemetery under the direction of Jackson County Funeral Service. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Walter Frels of Lolita, Mrs. Walter Frels of Lolita and Mrs. Hugh Ratliff of Edna; a son, John Laughter of Edna; a sister, Mrs. Murray Wentworth of Hondo; and six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
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Pfc. Ray D. Markham, ASN 38091764, Imperial Guardsman of Edna, Texas, accosted his topkick, First Sgt. Luther R. Crocker with the serious and innocent plea for a furlough. After explaining that furloughs simply were not granted to soldiers in a crisis, and in extreme emergencies, Sgt. Crocker reluctantly agreed to draw up a furlough application. He knew there was not the slightest chance to secure the commanding officer's approval. Pfc. Markham requested 45 days, as he has enjoyed no furloughs during 10 months' army service. He gave his age as 26, was five and one-half feet tall, possessed a ruddy complexion and gray eyes. Then came reason for the furlough. "Homesick," Pfc. Markham exclaimed. The sergeant himself rejected the application.--Smith
Hawaii Tribune, Herald, Hilo, Hawaii, Saturday, January 2, 1943 |
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Ten enlisted men of Lt. Col. Robert J. Philpott's organization completed last week a seven-day Imperial Guard communications school. The men were: Privates first class...Ray D. Markham...
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Somewhere In The Pacific, Oct. 4--Faithful, deserving soldiers who receive little honor among men are army barbers. Serving Uncle Sam well for a small pecuniary reward are doughboys who gave up profitable civilian businesses long ago and left behind attractive barber shops with comfortable chairs and costly mirrors. In exchange they procured crude wooden stools with no cushions and no mirrors to continue their profession in the army in addition to soldiering. Now these one time civilian hair trimmers, who won and lost wars with hot debates in barber shops, have gone into action to do something about correcting the international misunderstanding which they once discussed. Unlike cooks and mechanics, barbers are not listed on the official payrolls by Uncle Sam's financial wizards. Therefore, a GI barber ordinarily must [cut] hair after regular working hours. If a hike is scheduled for the day, the barber and his customers must cut hair after regular working hours. To labor during off duty hours, while others are attending a movie or playing baseball, requires a courage which only an industrious American possesses. A man who has earned his livelihood with clippers and a razor early developed this courage. Like other small business men, a barber is not always able to make ends meet by closing shop at 4 each afternoon. In the Imperial command there are eight full fledged GI barbers who assist greatly in keeping their fellow soldiers neat in appearance. The barbers are...Ray D. Markham, Texas City, Tex.,... Complying with the army's policy of traveling light, these soldiers carry with them clippers, scissors and a comb, the three bare necessities of the trade. Numerous auxiliary tools and fancy lotions and powders, which you see in downtown barber shops have been left behind. Army barbers can set up for business anywhere duty summons. Desert sands are not too hot: jungle trails are not too dense. Soldiers by day, both soldiers and barbers by night is a sententious description of Yanks who pack clippers, scissors and combs in barracks bags.
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Somewhere In The Pacific, Dec. 18.--Private First Class Ray D. Markham of Houston, Tex., has attained eminence in the Imperial command as a GI barber. During 20 months of army service, Markham, a diminutive but indomitable soldier, has clipped thousands of GI heads. If the fallen hairs were placed singly, it might be estimated conservatively, the string would extend from Honolulu half way to San Francisco. Couple this string with locks which Markham has severed during prior years as a civilian barber in Texas City and Houston, and the total would complete the span to the Golden Gate. Markham's list of GI customers includes more than yardbirds and noncoms. He is patronized by a number of officers, some outside his own unit, who have been highly satisfied with his work. The Imperial barber initiated his barber chair career in his hometown, Texas City, before he was 21. He later moved to Houston, where he barbered under the shadows of offices occupied by leading oil magnates and cattle kings of the southwest. The strangest sight to Markham upon his arrival in Hawaii was not a laulau nor a bowl of poi, but women barbers. In the southwest women rode horses, built ships and performed other mechanized jobs. But they didn't mix lather in shaving mugs not trim sideburns with straight edge razors. Markham readily understood the reason operated shops consistently attracted an overflow of patrons. While the quality of her work sometimes is considered inferior, a wahine can add to a haircut a certain intangible touch which is beyond the efforts of man. Economists maintain that in private enterprise there usually is competition which some forms of business can not overcome. Women against men in barbering, Markham declared, is an example. He, therefore, is thankful he is not forced to compete with the opposite sex in handling clippers and razors.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Honolulu, Hawaii, Saturday, December 18,
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Births reported to the county clerk's office during the month of September: Elick S. Maxey, son of Elic S. Maxey and wife.
Victoria Advocate, Sunday, October 5, 1924 |
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Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Maxey of this city have received word from the War Department that the body of their son, Sgt. E. S. Maxey, Jr., is being sent to Edna for reburial. Date of arrival of the body was not given. Sgt. Maxey was drowned in the South Pacific in 1911 when a troop ship he was on was rammed by a tanker and sunk. He had been in some fierce fighting against the Japs before his death. He was among the many brave boys who lost their lives in World War II and who were buried on foreign soil.
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Funeral services were held Monday at 3 p. m. from the Slavik Funeral Home for E. S. Maxey, 69, retired farmer who was killed in an auto accident on Farm-to-Market Road 1169 between El Campo and Plainview late Saturday night. Rev. T. D. Felts and Rev. Bumstead officiated and burial was in the Edna Cemetery. Pallbearers were Claude Sappington Jr., Maxey, Jerry and Horace Sappington, Harold Argo and Neil Hoskins. Mr. Maxey and his son, Ernest Jerome Maxey of Houston, the driver of the auto, were returning to Edna from a dance at the Plainview Community Center when the mishap occurred. State Highway Patrolmen A. R. Stone of El Campo said the car apparently swerved to the right side of the road and then back to the left, plunged into a ditch and overturned at an intersection with another road. Slone is continuing his investigation of the accident. Mr. Maxey was born Nov 8, 1884, in Travis County. He came to Jackson County in 1919 from Victoria County and recently had been living in 215 Ash Street. He was a member of the Red Bluff Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife; two sons, E. O. Maxey of Giddings and Jerome of Houston; five daughters, Mrs. Estelle Moody, Mrs. Ethel Sappington and Mrs. Edith Hoskins of Lolita, and Mrs. Lois Cosper and Mrs. Mildred Cantrell of Luling; four brothers and three sisters and 25 grandchildren.
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Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 o'clock from Slavik Funeral Home for Mrs. Eunice Maxey, 69, widow of the late E. S. Maxey. She died Sunday at her home at 215 Ash Street after a six-month illness. Rev. W. L. Wootan of the First Baptist Church officiated and burial was in Edna Cemetery. Six grandsons were pallbearers. They were Max, Horace and Claude Sappington Jr., Bruce Tate, Donald Hoskins and Harold Argo. Mrs. Maxey was born at Spicewood, in Travis County, July 22, 1889, the daughter of the late William Hammons and Mary Smith Hammons. She had resided in Jackson County since 1921. Survivors include two sons, Ervin O. Maxey of Giddings and Ernest Maxey of Houston; five daughters, Mrs. Estell Moody and Mrs. Edith Hoskins of Lolita, Mrs. Ethel Sappington of Edna, Mrs. Lois Cosper and Mrs. Mildred Cantrell of Louisiana; four sisters, Mrs. Karley of Kilgrore, Mrs. Emma Gregg of Austin and Mrs. Zula Cox and Mrs. Ava Gregg of Spicewood; 23 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
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Funeral services were held at First Baptist Church here Monday afternoon for Ervin Wright Meador, 71, a Jackson County resident for 65 years. Rev. Jack Moore of the church officiated. Interment was in Edna Cemetery. The pallbearers were Clarence Dial, Henry Jetton, Charles Good, Charles Williams, Henry Atkinson and W. C. Atkinson. Mr. Meador, a retired service station operator, was born June 20, 1891 in Ellis County, Texas and came to this county 65 years ago. He and Mrs. Meador, whom he married Nov. 23, 1915, resided here at 107 Jay Street. He passed away at his home on Dec. 9. Mr. Meador is survived by his widow, Mrs. Stella Meador; two sons, E. W Meador, Jr. and Bedford Jetton Meador, all of Edna; by seven grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. J. J. Hevelka of Edna, and two brothers, Luther Meador of California and Fred Meador of Victoria.
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Edna--Stella Mae Meador, 93, of Edna died at her residence Tuesday following a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held at 3 p. m. Thursday at First Baptist Church of Edna with the Rev. Joe Webb, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Gardens of Edna under direction of Slavik Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Van, Dan, Garland, Louis and Dwayne Meador and David Jetton. Dennis Jetton and Gordon Baker will serve as honorary pallbearers. Mrs. Meador was born May 3, 1892, in Hope to John and Tina Hoffman Jetton. She was a member of First Baptist Church and had resided in Jackson County for 80 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ervin Meador, and two sons, John Ervin and John H. Meador. Surviving are two sons B. J. and E. W. Meador Jr., both of Edna; a sister, Mrs. J. H. Good of Edna; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
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An estimated 90 out-of-town friends joined many Edna citizens last Saturday to pay final tribute to P. K. Miller Sr., Jackson County auditor the past 15 years, who died June 14 at the age of 65. Funeral services were held at 3 p. m. at the First Methodist Church Rev. Robert Flournoy of Houston officiated assisted by Rev. I. E. Walker, Rev. Carl Schlomach and Rev. W. N. Blankenship. Burial was in the Edna Cemetery. Pallbearers were Delbert Callaway, Henry Sablatura, W. G. Gayle, Fred Porche, Lewis Watson and M. L. Cobb. Honorary pallbearers included Claudius Branch, David Whitlow, J. J. Hunt, Wayne Myers, Jim Fenner, Bill Hamblen, Hobart Dunham, Milam Travis Simons Jr., Judge Frank Martin, Judge Howard Green, S. E. Chase, W. R. Browning Sr., Alfred Gabrysch, Sam Arceneaux, Ernest Crabb, Buck Long, Elmer Carroll and John Henry Long. It was one of the largest attended funerals in Edna in recent years with numerous beautiful floral tributes. Mr. Miller was born Jan. 6, 1891, in Morales and lived in this county all his life. He attended the Hallettsville schools and took his first public office here in 1926 as county and district clerk. He had served as county auditor since Nov. 1, 1941. Mr. Miller had been in ill health for several years. He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Barbara Jean Hensley and three sons, L. K., Wayne, P. K. Jr., all of Edna, one half brother, Will Jennings of Morales and 13 grandchildren. [Out of town people attending the services not included here.]
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Edna--Funeral services for Mrs. Sydney Lee Miller, 75, of Edna will be held at 2 p. m. Sunday from the First Baptist Church, with the Rev. Joe Webb officiating. Burial will be in the Edna Cemetery under direction of the Slavik Funeral Home. Mrs. Miller was born June 14, 1896 at Morales and was a lifetime resident of Jackson County. She was the widow of P. K. Miller Sr., a former county treasurer, who died in 1956. Mrs. Miller died Friday in a Victoria hospital. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Orval (Barbara Jean) Hensley and two sons, Wayne and P. K. Jr., all of Edna; three sisters, Mrs. Zelma Branham of Houston, Mrs. Cecil Meeks of Eagle Lake and Mrs. Mildred Guin of Abilene; 17 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
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San Antonio, March 31.--Two Hondo Army Airfield flyers were killed, two received slight injuries, and one escaped injury last night when their twin-engine training ship crashed 40 miles west of Kerrville, the Hondo public relations office announced today. The dead were Second Lt. Ernest B. Paxton, Jr., 20, the pilot, son of Ernest B. Paxton of Edna, Texas, and Sgt. Clarence L. Crandell, 28, son of Mrs. Ruby C. Crandell of Owasso, Mich.
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Buried Rites Here Today For Ernest Paxton Funeral services were to be held at 3 p. m. today at the Slavik Funeral Home for Ernest Bryant Paxton, 55, a former resident of Edna, who died on April 7 at Hillsboro, New Mexico. Rev. Car. J. Schlomach of the Baptist Church was to officiate at the service, with burial to be in the Edna Cemetery. Pallbearers have been announced as Dewey Mays, John Heaton, John DeVille, Frank Cobb, Quentin Thedford and Jonah Walker. Mr. Paxton was born in Tennessee on Sept.1, 1900, and became a miner. He resided in Edna approximately from 1916 to 1924, and was the son, by a former marriage, of the late Mrs. C. C. Cornelius of Edna. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Mabel Storms of Oklahoma City and Mrs. Betty Hallaway of Atoka, Okla.; a son, Billy Jefferes in California and four grandchildren; and two half-brothers, R. P. Cornelius of Edna and R. M. Cornelius of Lolita. Edna Herald, Thursday, April 14, 1955 Marker photo courtesy of Find A Grave volunteer James #118708492
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The remains of the first Jackson County soldier to be returned here for burial is Geo. M. Perry, brother of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Perry of Edna. The remains of Sgt. Perry will arrive in Edna today (Thursday) accompanied by a military escort. The funeral service will be held at the Slavik Funeral Home in Edna Sunday, February 1, at 2:00 p. m. Interment will be made at Six Mile Cemetery, Calhoun County, former home of the deceased. The services will be in charge of the Thos. Lee Coates Post American Legion, with Rev. Carl Schlomach conducting the religious rites. Sgt. Perry was killed in action in Luxembourg October 26, 1944. His remains were laid to rest in the American Military Cemetery in Belgium. Thus we see the American heroes who paid the supreme price that liberty and freedom may not perish from the earth returning home, one by one, and their neighbors and friends tenderly consigning their remains to their last resting place on American soil.
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Services will be held at the Six Mile Cemetery, in Calhoun County, this afternoon at 4 o'clock for Jefferson Marshall Perry, 72, retired farmer, who passed away in a local hospital Saturday morning at 2 o'clock after an illness of about three months. The cortege will leave the Muske Funeral Home at 2:30 o'clock. Mr. Perry, a native of Bastrop County, was the son of James W. Perry and Mrs. Margaret Perry, both deceased. His wife, Mrs. Georgia Ann Perry, preceded him in death some time ago. Surviving to mourn his passing are six sons, Lee Perry of Victoria, J. W. and William Perry of Vanderbilt, Olia Perry of Edna, M. H. Perry of Velasco and George Perry of the Panama Canal Zone; three daughters, Mrs. R. C. Hall of Houston, Mrs. Margaret Bowman of La Feria and Mrs. Luida Goggans of Edna; two sisters, Mrs. Lunia Womack of Liberty and Mrs. Lou Moore of Houston; one brother, Olia Perry of Liberty Hill; and 11 grandchildren.
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Funeral services were held at the family home at three o'clock Saturday afternoon for Mrs. Georgia Ann Perry, 47, the wife of Jeff Perry, a well known farmer residing on the DeTar farm at Guadalupe, whose death occurred at 3 o'clock Saturday morning. Rev. A. J. Carson, Baptist minister of this city, conducted the services and interment was in the Six Mile cemetery in Calhoun County. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Perry is survived by three daughters, Isabel, Margaret and Lou Ida, and six sons, James, Ollie, Lee, George, William and Morgan H. Perry, all of Guadalupe; four sisters, Mrs. Leola Mayhall and Mrs. Hyde McSparran of Los Angeles, Calif., Mrs. James Cox of Cleveland, Tex., and Mrs. Mattie Copeland of Williamson County, and three brothers, Myron and Eath McNally of Williamson County and James McNally of Coleman County.
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Another Jackson County boy who gave his all for his country comes home this week. This time it is Raymond Sablatura, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Sablatura of Ganado. The body will arrive at 10:00 A. M. Saturday, July 24, and the Ganado American Legion members will meet the train and convey the remains to the Sablatura home. The funeral service will be conducted at 9:00 A. M. Monday morning at the Ganado Catholic Church, after which the American Legion will be in charge. At the time Raymond was killed the Herald ran his picture in the paper together with the particulars of his passing. Later we loaned this picture to a neighboring newspaper, and as it has not be returned we cannot run it in the connection with his funeral notice this week. Raymond was born November 27, 1921 at Ganado. He was a graduate of the Ganado high school. He entered the service of his country in August, 1942. He was a mechanic and gunner on a B-26 and on the first day of the invasion of France he was killed. While we have grieved and sorrowed at the time these brave and fine young men fell, we feel a degree of satisfaction in knowing that one by one they are being returned to their native land and are being laid to rest in the hallowed ground where many of our loved ones and friends are resting.
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Ganado--Mrs. Amalie Sablatura, 83, of Ganado died Saturday afternoon in a local hospital. Mrs. Sablatura was born July 5, 1898, in Fayette County, the daughter of the late Frank and Mary Sralla Spacek. She was a member of Catholic Daughters of America, Court St. Alberta No. 1381, the American Legion Auxiliary 346 and KJZT Society. She also was a member of the Assumption Catholic Church and the Altar Society. Rosary will be at 7 p. m. Sunday at Ganado Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral services will be at 10 a. m. Monday at Assumption Catholic Church. The Rev. John Bily will officiate. Burial will be at Assumption Catholic Cemetery. She is survived by a son, Leon H. Sablatura of Pearland; a daughter, Mrs. Wilma Hoffman of Ganado; two sisters, Josephine Novak and Matilda Markham of Ganado; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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