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Mrs. Drexler, 72, Lolita Resident Is Buried Today

Funeral services were held for Mrs. Albina Drexler, 72, of Lolita at 8:45 a. m. today at Slavik Chapel, and then at 9 a. m. at St. Agnes Catholic Church, Rev. Biningo Gonzales officiated. Rosary was said Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. at Slavik’s Chapel.

Pallbearers were Theodore Machicek, Robert Drexler, Johnny Hahn, Jerry Husak, and Gene Matejicek and Frankie Matejicek.

Interment was in the Edna Cemetery, under direction of Slavik Funeral Home.

Mrs. Drexler was born on Feb. 16, 1891 and had lived in Jackson County since 1940. She and the late Albert Drexler were married in Hallettsville on Feb. 8, 1910. She passed away at her home in Lolita on April 17.

She was a member of St. Agnes Catholic Church.

She is survived by four sons and daughters, Mrs. Lillian Brown of Edna, Victor A. Drexler of Edna, Mrs. Frank L. Machicek of Lolita, and Theodore A. Drexler of Houston; four brothers, August Kutach of Rosenberg, Sylvester Kutach of Hallettsville, Alfred Kutach of Houston and Nick Kutach of Seguin. She also leaves 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Edna Herald, April 16, 1963
 

Royce Glen Drexler
Auto Skids, Flips Over, Slams Pole
Ninth Traffic Death Counted

By James Simons

A car struck a utility pole off the Bloomington Highway early Friday morning, killing the driver, Royce Glen Drexler, 17, of Bloomington

His death was the ninth from traffic accidents in Victoria County in 1967, the second in less than 24 hours and the sixth in less than two weeks.

A passenger and owner of the car driven by Drexler, Manuel Salinas, 20, also of Bloomington, was treated and released at Citizens Memorial Hospital for a cut under his right arm.

Highway Patrolman Stuart Dowell estimated the time of the accident at 1:30 a. m. although it wasn’t reported until two hours later.

Dowell said the southbound car left approximately 200 feet of skid marks on the southbound traffic lane for no explainable reason, before it veered to the right, overturned, struck a utility pole, and then overturned again. The crumpled wreckage landed in a field.

Dowell said the driver’s side of the 1966 model sedan struck the pole while it was overturning the first time.

Salinas was momentarily knocked out, and it took him approximately two hours to find someone who would report the accident to authorities. The wreckage had gone unnoticed although it was not far from the highway.

Drexler was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital.

A student at Bloomington High School, Drexler was the son of Mrs. Betty Davenport Drexler of Bloomington and the late Theodore Drexler.

He was born June 6, 1950, in Edna, and had resided in Bloomington for the past 3 1/2 years. He was a former resident of Houston and a member of the Baptist church.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday at Duckett Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Henry Sims and the Rev. Leo Smith officiating. Burial will be in Edna Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be J. W., Gary and Ronald Ratliff, Bill Pabst, Robert Boedeker and Jerry Gobel.

Surviving besides his mother, are two sisters, Shirley Marie and Betty Lynn Drexler and two brothers, Albert John and Theodore Drexler Jr., all of Bloomington.

Victoria Advocate, December 23, 1967
 

Ellen Henry Drushel

Edna—Ellen Henry Drushel, 78, of Edna, passed away on January 8, 2006.

She was born in Houston, Texas on August 24, 1927 to the late B. G. Henry and Ann Beth Warren Henry. She was a member of the Edna Presbyterian Church and a Homemaker.

Her husband Lon R. Drushel whom she married to on February 15, 1947 in Edna, Texas, survives her. Also, son Lon R. Drushel, Jr. of Edna, S. Henry Drushel and wife Lois of Edna. Daughters Margret D. McClamrock and husband Jim of Houston, Carol D. Arter and husband Jim of Houston. She is survived by her grandchildren Kyle Drushel of Granbury, Molly Drushel of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Sarah Arter of Lubbock, Caitlin Tew of Houston, Haley Sheppard and husband Branch of Houston, and great-grandchildren Reid and Jackson Sheppard of Houston. A sister, Catherine H. Anthony of Houston, also survives her.

Funeral service will be held on Tuesday, January 10, at 11:00 a. m. in the Edna Presbyterian Church. Rev. Terry Bozarth officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Gardens of Edna Cemetery.

Victoria Advocate, January 10, 2006
 

Mr. S. G. Drushel Died in San Antonio

All Edna was made sad yesterday morning when word came from San Antonio that our friend and fellow citizen, Mr. S. G. Drushel, had passed away at 5:00 A. M. He and Mrs. Drushel went to San Antonio last week where he entered a hospital for treatment by a specialist for heart trouble. Many of his friends knew that he had been in poor health for some time, and many knew that his condition seemed to gradually grow worse, but few were prepared for the shock caused by the sudden death of this good man.

The funeral service was held at the Slavik Funeral Home in this city this afternoon (Thursday) at 1:00 o’clock. Dr. W. P. Dickey of Karnes City, a former Presbyterian pastor here, and close friend of the deceased, conducted the service. The remains were laid to rest in the Edna Cemetery.

Solomon Gilbert Drushel was born on his father’s farm at Mount Hope, Ohio. He had two degrees from Lebanon College, Ohio, and soon after graduating he left the parents roof to take and make his place in the world.

After finishing his college work, Mr. Drushel went to Wolfe County, Kentucky, where he taught his first school. At Campton, the county seat, he and other prominent citizens, organized the first bank in that area. He served as cashier of this bank until he moved to Texas and Jackson County in early 1907?. In that year he was instrumental in organizing the Jackson County State Bank of Edna. At the organization he was made cashier and the late Mr. A. S. White was made president. In 1918, when Mr. White died, Mr. Drushel was elected president and he had served this bank in this capacity since that time. He also assisted in organizing a bank in El Campo and also the Citizens State Bank of Ganado, which was later sold to the Mauritz Bank, but the name was retained.

Mr. Drushel, well merited the reputation of being one of the outstanding bankers of this section of Texas. During the panic of 1929--30, the bank when he served as president was never at any time threatened by the great wave of depression that swept so many financial institutions into complete ruin. His splendid business judgment and rugged integrity kept the Jackson County State Bank above suspicion at all time, and depositors were never handicapped by restrictions.

School teaching and banking did not exhaust or completely occupy Mr. Drushel’s talents. Reared on a farm in the State of Ohio, he never lost his love for agriculture and nature study. Soon after becoming a citizen of Jackson county he began to buy and accumulate acreage property, and for many years had farmed on an extensive scale. As in all other endeavors of late, Mr. Drushel was highly successful as a farmer. He was a man close to nature, for he loved nature and studied it as few men have done. While his vast fields of grain, cotton and other major crops accorded him much joy and happiness; he seemingly loved more the flowers nature so profusely provided for him, and a goodly portion of his life was spent in studying, cultivating and tending them. He was truly an authority on botany.

While his life was filled with many and varied business interests, he was still able to take time out for fellowship with friends and they were legion. He had been a member of the Edna Rotary Club since its organization and had been a regular attendant upon its meetings and contributed much to its success. One of the little personal contacts he seemed to enjoy so much was the “Coffee Club” bunch, which  “met” regularly at the Gerjes Café each morning  around 9:15 o’clock. The club had no real membership but any and all friends were free to gather around the coffee table where probably an hour was spent in good fellowship. On his last birthday, May 13^th, a number of his gang went down to his house to enjoy a cup of coffee and a few minutes with Mr. Drushel. It was his last meeting with this little group.

Probably the major characteristic of his life was the emphasis he place on honesty and thrift. No matter how high a man stood in business and social circles if he did not have honesty and a fair portion of thrift he was held in low esteem by Mr. Drushel. Another characteristic that was dominant in this good man’s life was his strong convictions. There could be with him no compromise between good and evil.

Mr. Drushel is survived by his widow, Mrs. Margaret Haley Drushel, and five children. The children are Gilbert Drushel of Houston, Mrs. Paul Plasterer of Ohio, Bill Drushel of

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Solomon Gilbert Drushel, born in Ohio, parented? In Kentucky, then with the courage and faith of the crusader, made himself a place in the State of the Lone Star and for forty-two years was in the van guard of those in Texas, who moved ever forward. He came equipped to take his place as a leader in an area where during those years progress and development have been watch words and he succeeded, where many failed, because of the soundness of his judgment and his courage to act.

It was his privilege to organize the two banks of the county, each now carrying deposits of above ____. By choice he remained the directing hand of Jackson County State Bank, and the growth of that institution, the development of Jackson County and the realization of happier and more successful lives for our people, have been as the accomplishment of theories cherished by him from the time of his first visit here, in 1906.

It has not been our privilege to know a man of more diverse and ___ developed talents.

As a business man and financier few were his equals; fewer still excelled?.

As a Geologist, he studied and from the formations and history of the world in its making, and his understanding and ability to impart to others his own knowledge, made his discussions of the subject not only valuable but interesting to his hearers. It was not mere “luck” that brought to him and the county of his adoption wealth from deposits of oil and gas, but a highly developed science in which he was learned and ever, through research and study learning.

Born on a farm he never lost interest in the soil and in working “together with God” for increased production of farm crops. Only last year, under his direction, his broad acres of cotton produced for him a rental of above $25.00 per acre.

He was a student of nature and as much as given to man to understand, he knew his objects and reasons. He knew Botany, but he did not stop with abstract knowledge of flowers he grew them in great profusion because he liked their beauty and wanted his neighbors to share in the enjoyment of those beauties. The lilies on his lakes, the azaleas on his lawn, have over the years given visible evidence of the Master’s touch.

He was a hard and diligent worker and he enjoyed his work, but he took time to play, and he was ever the happy fisherman and hunter. It was my happy experience to take him on his and my first hunting trip to Moss Ranch in Llano County in 1934. Each year since then we with 15 to 20 other kindred spirits have had the happy experience to camp together and hunt for a few days there. Those have been delightful hours spent together. In the future they can not be as in the past.

His charities and his bounties were in proportion to his successes. They were never with his desire published. He did good for the sake of doing good. A number of boys and girls obtained educations fitting them for more useful lives because he did not turn a deaf ear to the appeals of the worthy. Needs of the public for private contributions were understood by him and as a public spirited citizen he cheerfully carried his part of the load.

He was in a real sense a family man. He had no patience with or time for the heads of families who betray their trusts. He was devoted to his wife and children, and was happiest when he could do something to increase their happiness. He was to the time of his passing to his greatest reward anxious that they may have the privilege of enjoying a fair proportion of the material wealth he had honorably and through hard work and good judgment acquired for them.

The Rotary Club of Edna, of which he was a charter member; the Moss Ranch Hunting Club, which he helped organize; the bank, which he carried forward with him; the men of learning who were students under him; his county, community and most of all, his family, will mourn him and miss him. The few, who like myself, have known him and watched his course, and been more or less intimate with him, for above forty years, will be lonesome without him. The memory of him and of his full life will live on.

S. G. Sample
 

Edwin H. Duenow

Lolita—Edwin H. Duenow, 75, of Lolita died in a Victoria hospital Wednesday, July 3, 1991, following a lengthy illness.

Mr. Duenow was born Feb. 28, 1916, in Perham, Minn., to the late Alfons G. and Ida Wingert Duenow and was a farmer and rancher in the Lolita area. He served in the U. S. Army for 4½ years during World War II, graduated from Ft. Washington General School, served six months on Gen. Omar Bradley’s staff in Verdun, France, and was with the 4^th Armored Division and received seven major battle stars and a bronze star.

He received his bachelor’s degree in social work from Washington University in St. Louis in 1936 and attended graduate school at Northwestern University, Texas University and the University of Houston.

Mr. Duenow served on the board of the Lavaca Navidad River Authority since its beginning until his death. He was past president of Industrial Independent School District board of trustees and was acting administrator of Devereaux from 1961 to 1978.

Survivors: Wife, Mildred M. “Kitten” Duenow; daughter, Linda Goss of Lolita; sister, Thlema Brown of Birmingham, Ala.; brother, Herbert Duenow of Vernon Hills, Ill.; two grandchildren.

Visitation begins at 5 p. m. Friday at Slavik Funeral Home in Edna.

Rosary 9:30 a. m. Saturday at St. John Bosco Catholic Church in Vanderbilt, brother Christopher Doyle officiating.

Funeral Mass 10 a. m. Saturday at St. John Bosco Catholic Church, the Rev. Eugene Janson, pastor, officiating.

Burial in Memory Gardens of Edna, Slavik Funeral Home, Edna, 782-2152.

Victoria Advocate, July 5, 1991
 

Mildred Duenow

Lolita—Mildred “Kitten” Duenow, 88, of Lolita, died Monday, June 1, 1998.

She was born April 3, 1910, in LaGrange, to the late Herbert F. and Elene French Stierling. She was a rancher and was a member of St. James Lutheran Church and Lolita Garden Club and was founding member of Jackson Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Survivors: daughter, Linda Duenow Goss of Lolita; and two grandchildren.

Preceded in death by: husband, Edwin H. Duenow; and brother, Cornell French.

Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p. m. today at Slavik Funeral Home chapel.

Services will be 2 p. m. Thursday at St. James Lutheran Church of Ganado, the Rev. Bruce Adamson officiating.

Burial will be at Memory Gardens of Edna. Slavik Funeral Home, Edna, 782-2152.

Memorials: St. James Lutheran Church and Adopt-A-Pet of Victoria.

Pallbearers: Jack Hutson, Gaby Barrios, Bruce Hungerford, Roy Pilgrim, Andy Byrne and Bob Hall.

Victoria Advocate, June 3 & 4, 1998
 

Funeral Tuesday At Slavik Chapel For John Dunaway

Funeral services were held Tuesday at 3 p. m. from the Slavik Funeral Home for John Dunaway, 67, farmer of the Koop Settlement community, who died at his home Sunday at 1:18 a. m. He had been ill two weeks.

Rev. Carl Schlomach, Baptist minister, officiated and burial was in the Edna Cemetery.

Mr. Dunaway was a native of Alabama, having been born there Nov. 12, 1885. He came to Texas many years ago, settling at Caldwell and in 1935 moved to Jackson County. His parents were Mr. and Mrs. Sumpter Dunaway.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Joyce Dunaway; five sons, J. D. of San Antonio, Charles of Montgomery, Ala., Robert of Great Falls, Mont., and Thomas and David of Edna; four daughters, Mrs. Johnnie Murphy and Mrs. Doris Kleiber of Victoria and Laura and Marie Dunaway of Edna; three brothers, Emmit of Caldwell and Adley and Sumpter of Chriesman; six sisters, Mrs. Claudia Clark of Pasadena, Mrs. Tommie Brymer of Chriesman, Mrs. Annie Harden of Cordell, Okla., Mrs. Clemie Martin of Seagraves, Mrs. Lelar Dollar of Midlothian and Mrs. Lelar Reed of Gion, and six grandchildren.

Edna Herald, February 12, 1953
 

Joyce Dunaway

Joyce Eunice Dunaway, 86, of Victoria, died Saturday evening in a local hospital following a long illness.

A native of Newburg, Ark., she was born July 30, 1901, to the late Robert Thomas and Hallie L. Allen Pearson. A former resident of Edna, Mrs. Dunaway was a member of the Central Church of Christ. She had been employed by the Victoria Independent School District and Dairy Treat.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at Colonial Funeral Home with Gus White and Carl Harris of the Central Church of Christ officiating. James Murphy, Mrs. Dunaway’s grandson, will also officiate.

Burial will follow the services in Memory Gardens of Edna under the direction of Colonial Funeral Home.

The family will receive friends from 6:30 – 8 p. m. Monday at the funeral home.

Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. George “Johnnie” Murphy and Mrs. Erskine (Doris) Kleiber of Victoria, Mrs. Laura Leake of Pasadena, Mrs. Julius (Marie) Simper of Yoakum; four sons, Robert Dunaray of Denver, Colo., Charles Dunaway of Granite Shoals, Thomas Dunaway of Austin, David Dunaway of Arlington; three sisters, Mrs. Georgia Allen of Alto, Mrs. Beatrice Nichols of Liberty, Mrs. Robbie Perkins of Harlton; three brothers, Roger Louis Pearson of Fort Worth, James O. Pearson of New Orleans, La., William W. Pearson of Hot Springs, Ark.; 17 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John Edgar Dunaway, and three sisters, Gladys Billingsley, Vivian Beam and Billie Smith.

Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, V. F. W. Auxiliary, Central Church of Christ or a charity of the donor’s choice.

Pallbearers, grandsons, will be James, Ed and Bobby Murphy, Taylor Urban, Brett Dunaway, Frankie Askew, Michael Svetlik and Charles Ross Dunaway Jr.

Honorary pallbearers will be grandsons, Robert, Thomas Lee, John, Charles and Cole Dunaway, and Drs. Minocha, Reidel and James Sawyers.

Victoria Advocate, May 23 & 24, 1988
 

Clara M. Dunham

Clara M. Dunham, of Edna, passed away Thursday, July 23, 2009, at the age of 82. She was born on July 16, 1927, in Mole Hill, W. V., to the late Daniel William and Bessie M. Keller Good.

Mrs. Dunham retired as a clerk for the Jackson County Tex Assessor’s Office. She was a homemaker and primary caregiver to her late husband Afton.

Mrs. Dunham is survived by her daughters, Tomelynne Hemingway of Centralia, Wash., and Linda Chandler and husband John of Yoakum; sons, Rick Dunham and wife Donna Lynn, and Bobby Dunham and wife Donna, all of Edna; sisters, Margaret Dunham of Uvalde and Frances Wester of Florida; grandchildren, Donnie and Lynn Hamilton, Lisa and Richard Meek, Shannon and David Odegaard, Mandy and Kevin Hajek, Melissa and Eric Winzeler, Erica Torres and Zack Flowers, Laurie and Matt Hemphill, and Wade Dunham; and great-grandchildren, Courtney, Dalton, Alyna, Alexandra, Kaleb, Faith, Myra, Ethan, Madelyn, Cameron , Corijaye, and two baby angels on the way.

Mrs. Dunham was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Richard Afton Dunham; sister, Mary E. Burchfield; one infant brother; and great-granddaughter, Bethany.

Visitation will be 5 – 7 p. m. today, July 25, in the Oaklawn Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral services will be held Sunday, July 26, at 2:30 pm, in the Baptist Temple Church of Edna. Interment will follow in Memory Gardens of Edna Cemetery. The Rev. Danny Wilson will be officiating.

Pallbearers will be Buster Chase, Travis Pruitt, Virgil Browning, Preston Hoskins, Mike Greer, and Darrell Ferguson.

Honorary pallbearers are all Mrs. Dunham’s nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great nephews.

Memorials may be made to the Palliative Care Center, 605 E. Locust Avenue, Victoria, Texas 77901; American Cancer Society, 4401 Lilac Lane, Victoria, Texas 77901; or Baptist Temple, 1001 N. Wells, Edna, Texas 77957.

Arrangements are under the direction of Oaklawn Funeral Home in Edna, 361-782-2221.

Victoria Advocate, July 25, 2009
 

Mrs. Etta Dunham

Edna—Funeral services for Mrs. Etta Marie Dunham, 72, of Edna will be held at 10 a. m. Saturday from the Baptist Temple with the Rev. Glen Willingham, the Rev. Joe Webb and the Rev. D. E. Simpson officiating.

Burial will be in the Edna Cemetery, under direction of Slavik Funeral Home.

Mrs. Dunham, a native of Texas, was born Sept. 27, 1899, and came to Jackson County in 1917. She was a widow of the late Justice of the Peace H. A. Dunham, who died in 1963. Mrs. Dunham was a charter member of the Baptist Temple in Edna. She died at 4:15 p. m. Thursday in a Ganado hospital after a short illness.

In lieu of flowers, the family said friends who desire can make contributions of the Baptist Temple.

Surviving are five sons, Justice of the Peace Richard A. (Afton) Duham and Hobart A. (Ardrey) Dunhanm of Edna, William Dunham of Corpus Christi, Owen Dunham of McAllen, and Tomeleigh Dunham of Sweeny; a daughter, Mrs. Dora Marie Knowlton of Edna; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Mae Smith of Stockdale and Mrs. Jewell Caruth of Alexandria, La.; 17 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Victoria Advocate, November 26, 1971
 

Hobart Dunham

Edna—Justice of the Peace Hobart Dunham, 65, of Edna, died in a Victoria hospital Thursday morning shortly after suffering a heart attack.

Judge Dunham, who was a butcher for 35 years before being elected Precinct 3 judge in 1954, was a lifelong resident of Edna. He was born on Dec. 17, 1898.

Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a. m. Friday at Baptist Temple with burial in Edna Cemetery under the direction of Slavik Funeral Home.

Pallbearers will be members of Fellowship Sunday School Class of Baptist Temple of which he was a member.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Etta Marie Dunham of Edna; a daughter, Mrs. Dora Marie Knowlton of Edna; five sons, Owen Haddon of McAllen, and Hobart  Autry, Richard, Tomeleigh and Lynn Dunham, all of Edna; a sister, Mrs. James L. Ford of San Antonio; and 17 grandchildren.

Victoria Advocate, August 23, 1963
 

Richard A. Dunham

Edna—Richard Afton Dunham, 74, of Edna, died Friday, June 27, 1997.

He was born April 10, 1923, in Edna, to the late Hobart Leonard Harrison and Etta Marie Storms Dunham. He was owner and operator of Sinclair Service Station from 1954 to 1969 and worked at J. P. Precinct No. 1 for Jackson County from 1970 to 1989. He was a member of Baptist Temple Church, a deacon and served on various church committees.

Survivors; wife, Clara Good Dunham; daughters, Linda Chandler of Yoakum and Tomelynne Hemingway of Centralia, Wash.; sons, Rick Dunham of Edna and Bobby Dunham of Victoria; sister, Dora Marie Munro of Yoakum; brothers, Lynn Dunham of Houston and Tomeleigh Dunham of Sweeny; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Preceded in death by: brothers, Owen H. Dunham and Hobart Ardrey Dunham.

Services will be 4 p. m. Monday at Baptist Temple Church, the Revs. Danny Wilson and Joe Wes Rubac officiating.

Burial will be at Memory Gardens of Edna. Slavik Funeral Home, Edna, 782-2152.

Memorials: Diabetes Foundation or Baptist Temple Bus Fund, Edna.

Victoria Advocate, June 29, 1997
 

Bobby Durham

Bobby Durham, 73, of Edna, died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2005.

He was born Dec. 3, 1932, in Edna, to the late Frank and Ethel Harris Durham. He retired after 41 years from Alcoa as an Electrician, was a member of First Baptist Church in Edna and served in the Army in Germany as a Radio Tech.

Survivors: wife, Mary Durham; daughters, Peggy Hasdorff of Edna, Patricia Dusek of Lake Jackson, Lori Muschalek of Edna, and Jan Owen of Edna; sons, Robert Durham of Edna, Justin Lambert of Corpus Christi, Jon Lambert of Edna and Lance Lambert of Edna; sister, Lucille Kirby of San Antonio; brothers, Jim Durham of Port Lavaca and Frank Durham of Edna; 21 grandchildren; and 4 great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be held 5 to 7 p. m. tonight at Rosewood Funeral Chapels.

Services will be 10 a. m. Friday at the funeral home Chapel.

Burial will follow in Memory Gardens of Edna. Rosewood Funeral Chapels, Victoria, 361-573-4546.

Memorials: M. D. Anderson PO Box 4486, Houston, Texas 77210-4486, Hospice of South Texas, 1908 N. Laurent suite 430, Victoria, Texas 77901 or donor’s choice. Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.mem.com .

Pallbearers: Frank Durham, Roger Wilson, Kenneth Whitstine, James Patterson, A. J. Peters, Robert “Bob” Eckenrod, Jimmy Rogers, Tom Dawlern.

Honorary pallbearers: Delbert Nowlin, Walter Powers, Homer Spree, Ron Denker, James Wagner, Larry Shook, co-workers at Alcoa, friends and family.

Victoria Advocate, December 29 & 30, 2005
 

Ethel Durham

Edna—Ethel Estell Durham, 85, of Edna, died Thursday in a local nursing home after a lengthy illness.

Funeral services will be at 2 p. m. Saturday from the Slavik Funeral Home chapel with George Tompkins officiating. Burial will be in the Memory Gardens of Edna Cemetery.

She was born Oct. 15, 1904, in Jackson County, to the late Henry Clay and Nellie Ross Harris. She was a retired saleslady for the City Chevrolet Company in Edna and a member of the First United Methodist Church.

Surviving are her daughter, Lucille Kirby of Corpus Christi; three sons, Frank Durham and Bobby Durham, both of Edna and Jim Durham of Port Lavaca; a sister, Ida Booth of Beeville; 16 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Durham in 1951.

Pallbearers will be Michael Durham, Pat Durham, John Durham, Robert Durham, Frankie Durham and John Muschalek.

Honorary pallbearers will be Doug Kirby, Dan Kirby, Justin Roeben, John Wallace, Rick Hasdorff and Mark Dusek.

Victoria Advocate, September 15, 1990
 

Last Rites Held Saturday For Frank D. Durham

Funeral services were held Saturday at 4 p. m. for Frank D. Durham, 57, farmer, who died in Jefferson Davis Hospital in Houston Friday at 4:10 a. m. after a brief illness. He had been in ill health for seven years.

Rev. I. E. Walker, Methodist minister, and Rev. Carl Schlomach, of the Baptist Church officiated and burial was in the Edna Cemetery under the direction of the Slavik Funeral Home.

Pallbearers were C. S. Simons, Idus Hattenbach, Dick DeNeefe, M. T. Simons, Tommy Singleton, and W. D. Hull.

Mr. Durham was born in Lawrenceburg, Tenn. March 11, 1894, a son of the late Claude and [Lucy Bishop Durham]…Texas 30 years ago and settled in Jackson County. He was a veteran of World War I.

Surviving are his wife, three sons, Frank H., James Elbert and Bobbie Durham of Edna; a daughter, Mrs. Lucille Kirby of Corpus Christi; four brothers and sisters, Joe, Claude, Clemmie and Fronie Durham of Tennessee, and one grand child.

Edna Herald, August 16, 1951
 

Frank H. Durham

Edna—Frank Henry Durham, 80, of Edna, died Nov. 14, 2006 in Edna.

He was born May 7, 1926, in Jackson County, to the late Frank D. and Ethel H. Durham. He was an oil field worker and a Baptist.

Survivors: wife, Bonnie B. Durham; daughters, Cathy Sue Goggans, Margaret Ann Bell, and Patsy Ruth Smith; son, Frank Henry Durham Jr.; sister, Lucille Kirby; brother, James Durham; five grandchildren; one step-grandchild; and three gret-grandchildren.

Preceded in death by: brother, Bobby Durham.

Visitation will be 2 p. m. today at Oaklawn Funeral Home Chapel, Edna.

Services will be 3 p. m. today at the chapel, the Rev. Danny Reeves officiating.

There will be a private burial. Oaklawn FUnerla Home, Edna, 361-782-2221.

Memorials: Jackson Healthcare Center or donor’s choice.

Victoria Advocate, November 16, 2006
 

Ida E. Dusek

Edna—Ida Elizabeth Dusek, 93, of Edna, died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2000.

She was born April 19, 1906, in Hallettsville, to the late Joseph and Theresa Olsovsky Janecka. She was a homemaker, a member of SPJST and a member of St. Agnes Catholic Church.

Survivors: daughter, Geraldine Sumbera of Houston; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Preceded in death by: Parents and husband, Jerome Dusek.

A rosary will be recited 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Agnes Catholic Church of Edna.

Services will be 11 a. m. Saturday at the church.

Burial will be at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Edna. Slavik Funeral Home, Edna, (361) 782-2152.

Victoria Advocate, January 14, 2000
 

Jerome Dusek

Edna—Funeral services for Jerome E. Dusek, 64, of Edna will be held at 2:30 p. m. Sunday from the Slavik Funeral Chapel with the Rev. George Gerber officiating.

Burial will be in Edna Memory Gardens under direction of Slavik Funeral Home.

Mr. Dusek, a highway construction employee, was born Sept. 7, 1909 in Victoria County, and came to this county three years ago. He was a member of the Lutheran Church. He died Thursday in a Victoria hospital.

Surviving are his wife, Ida Dusek of Edna, a daughter, Geraldine Sumbera of Dallas; three sisters, Annie Tater and Lydia Brock of Edna and Helen Stoops of Corpus Christi, and four grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Jerome, Charlie, Marvin and Wayne Tater, Robert Orsak and Franke Popp. Honorary pallbearers will be Barney Janecka and Robert Lumpkins.

Victoria Advocate, June 15 & 16, 1974
 

Charles J. Dutart
Confederate Veteran Is Dead

Edna,  Texas, Feb. 8.—C. J. Dutart, aged 70 years, died at his home in LaWard, this county, yesterday afternoon, after suffering many months from cancer. Dr. Dutart was a pioneer and highly respected citizen of Jackson county. He was also a confederate veteran. Funeral services were held at the Edna Cemetery.

Victoria Advocate, February 8, 1916
 

Death of Miss Jane Dutart

Rev. R. Y. Barber, the Episcopal minister of San Antonio, formerly rector of the Victoria Episcopal Church, spent part of the day here on his return to the Alamo City from Edna, where he officiated yesterday at the funeral of Mrs. Jane Dutart an old Texas settler, aged 74, who came to this state in 1856 from South Carolina, and resided for many years in the Carancahua community in Jackson County.

Victoria Advocate, February 17, 1914
 

Mrs. Hazel Dutton

Edna—Mrs. Hazel Dutton, 81, of Victoria, formerly of San Antonio, died Saturday morning in a Victoria nursing home.

Mrs. Dutton was born June 26, 1902, in Minneapolis, Minn. She was a former 30-year resident of San Antonio, a retired government civil service employee and a member of San Antonio’s St. Cecelia’s Catholic Church.

Funeral services will be held t 2 p. m. Sunday at the St. Agnes Catholic Church in Edna with the Rev. Joe Hybner officiating.

Burial will follow in Memory Gardens of Edna under the fireciton of Slavik Funeral Home.

Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Gertrude Henry of Pleasanton.

Pallbearers will include Ted Sheblak, Robert Sheblak, Charles Sheblak, Gene Sheblak, David Sheblak and Kenneth Sheblak.

Victoria Advocate, November 25, 1983