Hugo and Hattie Kundinger

"Mr. Hugo & Miss Hattie"

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Memories of Mr. Hugo & Miss Hattie

A Tribute to Hattie & Hugo Kundinger

Family of George, Sr. & Clara Hubert
 



 

 


Hugo and Hattie Kundinger
 

Hugo and Hattie "Miss Hattie" Kundinger lived in their home attached to their Drug Store on Oyster Lake Road about a mile east and south of Collegeport. The Drug Store was famous in the area for its marble soda fountain and for its "ice cream" tables and chairs. The soda fountain had a carbonated water faucet growing out of the marble counter like a tree, curving up gracefully and becoming a lamp. They had a buzzer hooked up on the door so when opened, the buzzer sounded off in their living quarters. Mr. Hugo died in 1952 and Miss Hattie continued to run the Drug Store.

 

In 1959, Leon Hale of the Houston Post interviewed her for his column. Following are some quotes from the column:

 

"I can't get parts for this fountain equipment any more," said Miss Hattie..."That faucet won't fizz any more, you see. And when I run out of carbonated gas I put the tank on a set of rockers and mix it up."

 

Miss Hattie came with her family in 1908 to Collegeport, when it was being developed. "Burton D. Hurd was the main developer of Collegeport." Miss Hattie said: "When the town was beginning, Mr. Hurd would take people around, show them this piece of land and that piece, and stop and gather everybody around him and make a speech. My, how that man could talk. That's his home down there, the black one, close to the Post Office. Mr. Bob Smith from Houston bought it and had it remodeled."

 

"Lots of people think Collegeport was blown away by a storm. No such thing. We've had storms, but I don't know of a single building that ever blew down.

 

"Why, we had three hotels here at one time, and a big pavilion on the bay, and three lumber yards and the Missouri Pacific Railroad and about 1000 people. We had a basket lunch at the pavilion one day, with a table for each state, and there were so many people at the Kansas table I had to sit with the Texas folks. The reason Collegeport went down, the rice land played out, and the farmers left and took all the young folks with them. They came back and started the rice up again in 1922, and learned to fertilize it, and now they keep it in rice. The hotels are gone now. Man named Weborg, Albert I think his name was, tore down his hotel, hauled it to Houston and rebuilt it just as it was here.

 

Leon Hale asked, "What would you do, Miss Hattie, if a hurricane came whistling in, aimed right at Collegeport?" "Why," she said, "I'd just button up and stay right here."

 

September 11, 1961 Hurricane "Carla" destroyed Miss Hattie's Drug Store and home. The tidal wave washed away and damaged the property. She built a small home with attached garage on her store property and lived there until her death, May 23, 1964.

 

Where, now, can you get a real "soda?" Where can you sit in a curved back chair at a tiny round table in a drug store, windows and doors open for ventilation, dust from the southeast breeze on the floor the smell of old medicines and coke fizzing in your nose?


Colleen Claybourn - 1984

Historic Matagorda County, Volume II, pages 297-298
 



 



 


Collegeport Tea Will Pay Tribute To Mrs. Kundinger

Mrs. Hugo Kundinger, fondly called "Miss Hattie" by the young and old of Collegeport, will be honored by the Collegeport Woman's Club with a tea Sunday in the home of Mrs. and Mrs. Dean E. Merck from 3 to 5 p. m.

Recently retired as post mistress of the Collegeport Post Office, Mrs. Kundinger, 72, is well known for her unassuming concern and ever present help to others in need of a neighborly hand.

The Woman's Club is paying tribute to Mrs. Kundinger for her staunch support of club projects and everything for the community. She retired as post mistress in February and has been replaced by Mrs. L. C. Smith.

All of "Miss Hattie's" friends are invited to attend the tea.

Palacios Beacon, April 12, 1956
 


Mrs. Hugo Kundinger Honored By Collegeport Woman's Club For Services Rendered Her Community

The Dean E. Merck home in Collegeport with beautiful spring flowers placed at vantage points throughout the home made a beautiful setting for a tea honoring Mrs. Hugo Kundinger Sunday afternoon, April 15, from 3 to 5 o'clock. Mrs. Kundinger recently retired as postmistress.

The Woman's Club of Collegeport recently named Miss Hattie "Woman of the Year" for the many services which she has rendered to her community.

The club presented Mrs. Kundinger a white carnation corsage and leather purse.

Over seventy guests registered. They were received by Mrs. Dean E. Merck, Mrs. Hugo Kundinger, Mrs. Fred Law, Club President and Mrs. L. C. Smith.

Dainty cookies, nuts, candy mints, coffee and punch were served by the young matrons of the community, Mrs. John Merck, Jr., Mrs. James Slone, Mrs. Pat Richman, Jr. and Mrs. Eugene Fitzpatrick. Miss Joy Corporon and Miss Constance Law also assisted.

Out of town guests were Mrs. Kundinger's niece and her family, Mr. and Mrs. Burr DeWald and Vedena, Mrs. Johnny Pace and Mrs. V. R. Walzel from Aransas Pass; Mrs. E. M. Huitt, Mrs. William Slone, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ham and sons, Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Cobb of Bay City; Robert Keszler, Mrs. Pat Richman, Sr., Mrs. E. I. Chiles, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Holloway, Mrs. Eugene Fitzpatrick and Stephen of Palacios; Mrs. E. A. McCune, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Martin, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Dean F. Merck of Houston; Mrs. Harvey Foster of Ashby and Clifford Franzen from Buffalo, Texas.

Palacios Beacon, April 19, 1956
 


Collegeport News

By Jackie Bullington

Mrs. Hugo Kundinger, so fondly known to all as "Miss Hattie," had her open house Sunday with a large turn out of her many friends. Eighty-two guests registered. Attending from out of town were her niece Vedena De Wald, of Woodsboro, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Morton, Houston; Mrs. Alvin Johnson, Bill James, Louise; Mr. and Mrs. John Ackerman, Mrs. A. R. Matthes, Blessing; Mr. and Mrs. H. S. White, Tootsie Kerbow, Dorothy McKelvy, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Williams and family, Bay City; Mrs. Jesse Derrick and children, Waco, and Mrs. Joe Lucas, El Maton.

"Miss Hattie, one of the old timers of Collegeport, came to this vicinity in 1918. In 1922 she married the late Hugo Kundinger and they ran the Collegeport Drug Store until September 11, 1961 when "Carla" paid us a very unwelcome visit. The drug store was a gathering place for young and old alike who stopped in for one of "Miss Hattie's" malts and to swap a few stories. Due to her age, "Miss Hattie" decided not to try to build back, so she has retired. This wonderful old drug store with the friendly atmosphere will be sadly missed.

Palacios Beacon, August 2, 1962
 


Sodalicious Ice Cream
 




Miss Hattie inside of the Pharmacy.
 

The Collegeport Pharmacy's specialty was Mr. Hugo and Miss Hattie's "Sodalicious Ice Cream."

This is the recipe as it appeared in the 1956 Collegeport Cookbook and reprinted in the Collegeport Treasures Cookbook in 2003. The compilers of the first cookbook, after finally convincing Miss Hattie to give them the ice cream recipe, always suspected that she withheld one secret ingredient. Chris Murat, great-granddaughter of Hugo's sister, Clara, has finally solved the recipe mystery. She said Hattie reduced the amount of milk by one pint and substituted it with heavy cream.


Friday was the seventh anniversary of the marriage of the Duke and Duchess of Kundinger, sometimes known as Hugh and Hattie and about fifty people, young and old gathered at the Collegeport Pharmacy to do them honor. Cakes and drinks and good cheer brought comfort to these old people.

The Daily Tribune, December, 1929

 

 

Juliette Halfen painted this picture of the Collegeport Pharmacy. She entered it in the county fair contest and won a blue ribbon. Miss Hattie is behind the counter serving Evis Blackwell something good to eat. 

 



Cups and ice cream scoop with two pieces of the marble from the counter in the Collegeport Pharmacy.
Cups and scoop were donated to the Mopac House Foundation by Elaine Meadows.

 

 


COLLEGEPORT PHARMACY

Collegeport Special
Pure Coke, lemon syrup, 4 drops of liquid
phosphate, carbonated water and ice

Brown Cow
Milk, chocolate with a little ice

Red Cow
Ice, milk & cherry flavoring

Coke Float
Ice cream and Coke
 

Memories of the Collegeport Pharmacy
By John Merck, Jr., July  2011

Having spent the first 30 years of my life in the community of Collegeport I have many memories of people and businesses that are no longer with us.  Among those business establishments that are long gone include Mr. Mowery’s Grocery Store, Mrs. Welsby’s Café and of course Mrs. Hattie’s and Mr. Hugo’s Drug Store.  Many of my fondest Collegeport memories are of time spent at Kundingers combination drug store, ice cream parlor, telephone, post office and social club.  Believe me the drug store served us all of the above.  It was the Collegeport Post Office and had the only functioning telephone in the community.  It had the best ice cream, the thickest milk shakes and the best fountain drinks I have ever tasted.  Combined with all of the above they carried a line of medicines that addressed most of the common ailments of the day and last but not least was the social meeting place for the whole community.  One of the products they carried was a child’s medication called “Baby Percy’s Tonic”.  There was a sign featuring a 4 or 5 year old boy dressed in 1920’s attire with a caption under that read “Sweeten Sour Stomach to Sweeten Sour Child”.  Now why I can remember that one sign so clearly, I have not a clue.

Hugo Kundinger, as I remember him was a quiet and soft-spoken man with a sharp mind and quick wit.  He was a man who wore many hats.  He was involved in numerous civic affairs in the development of early Collegeport.  Mr. Kundinger was a postmaster, a pharmacist and served as the community doctor in emergencies.  In fact, some of the older citizens of the community, one of whom was my father, always referred to him as “Doc”.  I remember an incident that involved one of my Dad’s rice field employees by the name of John.  John had a habit of partaking of certain adult beverages at night to the degree that he still suffered their lingering effects the next morning when he came to work. This particular winter morning it was cold with a light drizzle.  John and Dad were plowing land for next year’s rice crop.  John was driving a Model L Case tractor pulling a P & O 3 bottom plow.  Now this was long before the modern tractors of today with their air-conditioned and heated cabs and high tech hydraulic systems with power steering.  The Case Model L tractor of that day had an open-air operating platform with an iron seat and a steering wheel, throttle and hand clutch.  Many times the operator would remove the iron seat because it was so uncomfortable, preferring to stand up rather than endure the torture of being pounded by the seat all day.  Such was the case on John’s tractor.  On this morning John, perhaps because of the slick platform combined with the lingering effects of last night’s alcohol consumption, slipped and fell off his tractor.  He somehow went through the plow and came out behind bloody, bruised but alive and totally sober.  Dad loaded him up in the old pickup and went straight to see “Doc” Kundinger who washed John up, applied iodine, salve and bandages to the various cuts and abrasions and pronounced him ready for service.  Dad tried to pay “Doc” but as was typical of Mr. Hugo, he would not hear of it.  To him it was just a favor for a friend.  Above is just one example that explains why those of us who knew him and Mrs. Hattie have such fond memories of both.
 




Cecil Morris & "Frenchy" in front of Collegeport Pharmacy.*
 




Mr. Hugo and Miss Hattie*
 



 


Miss Hattie on the Pharmacy porch.*


At left
In front of Collegeport Pharmacy*

l to r - Unknown, alligator, Mr. Hugo in back, Unknown

The seven foot alligator was found near the Haisley Farm in Collegeport 1936.



Maples [Mapes?] Boys (left), unknown man (middle), Kay Legg (far right)
Taken from a scrapbook donated by Fay Smith Soli, daughter of Lizzie Will Morris Smith.

 

 


Vincent  R. & Sarah Ida Haisley in front of their home east of Collegeport.
Hattie's home until she married.


home of the Haisley family and later the W. B. Williams family. Photo was taken on January 14, 1982.


The house is no longer standing as it was burned in 2003 by vandals.
 

Mr. V. R. Haisley is one of the progressive farmers of that district. He has rice, cotton, corn and several forage crops, with peach and fig orchards, and an air of contentment and prosperity about the spacious dwelling and well-kept grounds.

The Matagorda News and Midcoast Farmer
, Friday, September 12, 1913
 


Collegeport Activities

 

Monday night a party was given at the manse in honor of V. R. Haisley, one of the oldest agricultural settlers in the Delta. Mr. Haisley is a vigorous man despite his 73 winters which have left his locks somewhat faded but his eyes still bright and his attitude very optimistic. He has one of the finest homes and one of the best kept premises in the Delta. He plans to raise 10 acres of hegari and 10 more acres of Sudan grass for feed this year, provided enough of the birds that ravish feed crops can be disposed of to make his crop harvestable. All of Mr. Haisley's old friends and new wished him a happy and prosperous birthday and many more.

 

Mr. Haisley, besides being one of the most prominent citizens in the community for many years, an officer in the Community Church, which is one of the oldest in the United States, and a charter member, has raised two children in this country, one of which is Mrs. Hugo Kundinger, wife of the druggist and a leading citizen, and Hailsey Mills, a nephew. Mrs. Haisley, his wife, was one of the liveliest young ladies at the party despite her many years; however, Mrs. Haisley won't tell many of the young men her age--and one would underguess it considerably to judge by her activeness.

 

At their home the Haisleys have a fine fig orchard, garden, cows, hogs, rose bushes of many  varieties, and there is perhaps no farm in the Delta with so large a variety of flowers, native and imported. Their place is decked with palms and they have peach trees, pear trees, shrubbery and a large dewberry patch. Mr. Haisley has a modern milk separator and has a nice income from milk, butter and eggs.

 

In all community affairs Mr. Haisley has always been a leader or else a faithful follower when there was anything of vital importance at stake. He has maintained in his home and with his neighbors that old fashioned spirit of hospitality and neighborliness for which the South is famous. He came from Kansas to this country.

 

A large birthday cake was made to honor him, Miss Lena Corse being the culinary artist. His many friends ate at banquet with him and blessed him for his faithful citizenship, kindly brotherhood and keen foresight for the good of the Delta he loves so well.

Matagorda County Tribune, April 23, 1926         
 


I am unable to close the chronicles of the week without mentioning the birthday party given Monday in honor of Mrs. V. S. Haisley, who on that day reached the seventy nine mile mark. About forty ladies were present to testify to their friendship for Mrs. Haisley. She came here in 1909 and has been closely identified with church and civic work since that time.

 

The Matagorda County Tribune, Thursday, September 29, 1932
 


On the thirteenth day of April, 1853, a little baby was born. At last it took form and became known as a Haisley. Last Thursday it reached the eightieth mile stone so about fifty went out to the Haisley home to congratulate V. S. Haisley and to show him their respect. They found that eighty-year man out in the field planting corn. Soon he changed his corn planting clothes for this party clothes and appeared before his guests. No drooping shoulders for that man. Head erect, eyes bright and alert, he looks to the future without fear. The Haisley family came here in 1909 and although they have had considerable gray with the sunshine, they have taken life as it came and won. Today they enjoy the respect of all who know them and so we were all glad and happy that we might gather together as friends and neighbors and celebrate the day. The table gave no sign of depression, for it was loaded with good food of every character. Coffee made by our community coffee maker, ... Carrie Nelson. A short period of devotion led by Mr. William Schubring of Houston and the party dissolved to their homes. Just one more enjoyable affair.

 

The Matagorda County Tribune, April 20, 1933
 


Mrs. Hugo Kundinger Selected Collegeport's 'Woman Of Year'

Beautiful spring flowers placed at vantage points throughout the Dean E. Merck home  in Collegeport made a beautiful setting for the tea honoring Mrs. Hugo Kundinger Sunday afternoon, April 15, [1956] from three to five o'clock.

The Woman's Club of Collegeport recently named Miss Hattie "Woman of the Year" for the many services which she has rendered to her community. She recently retired as postmistress.

The club presented the honoree with a carnation corsage and a leather purse.

Over seventy guests were registered and received by Mrs. Dean E. Merck, Mrs. Hugo Kundinger, Mrs. Fred Law, president of the club, and Mrs. L. C. Smith.

The young matrons of the community, Mesdames John Merck, Jr., James Slone, Pat Richman, Jr., and Eugene Fitzpatrick and Misses Constance Law and Joy Corporon served delicious cookies, mints, nuts, punch and coffee.

Out of town guests were Miss Hattie's niece and her family, Mr. and Mrs. Burr DeWald, Vedena, Mrs. Johnny Pace and Mrs. V. R. Wazell from Aransas Pass; Mrs. E. M. Huitt, Mrs. William Slone, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ham and sons and Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Cobb of Bay City; Robert Keszler, Mrs. Pat Richman, Sr., Mrs. E. I. Chiles, Sr., Mrs. Eugene Fitzpatrick and Stephen of Palacios; Mrs. E. A. McCune, Mr. and Mrs. M. Jack Martin, Sr., and Mr. and Mrs. Dean F. Merck of Houston; Mrs. Harvey Foster of Ashby and Clifford Franzen of Buffalo, Texas.
 


Mrs. V. R. Haisley Called.


Mrs. V. R. [Sarah Ida] Haisley was born near Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York, Sept. 18, 1853 and passed away at the age of eighty years, five months and eight days.

From there she migrated to Nebraska, with her parents. Later as a widow with a small daughter she moved to Kansas and proved upon a claim there.

In 1895 she was married to Mr. B. V. Haisley who survives her. She is also survived by three step-daughters whom she raised, namely, Minnie of Cumberland, Ohio; Dena of Colby, Kan.; and Hattie, the wife of Hugo Kundinger of Collegeport. She also raised in her home the children of Mr. Haisley's sister, Haisley Mills of this place; Velma of California and Luke who died May 18, 1909.

The Matagorda County Tribune, January 4, 1934 
 



Haisley Family
Hattie May Haisley Kundinger, Hugo Kundinger, Faye DeWald,
V. R. Haisley, Mrs. Haisley and Haisley Mills
 


FUNERAL SERVICES


Friends and relatives mourn the death of one of the oldest settlers of Collegeport, Mr. V. R. Haisley. Mr. Haisley, who was almost 89 years of age, died at his home Wednesday night, March 4th.

Funeral services were held Friday evening at the Community House, and were conducted by Rev. Gillespie of Palacios. The burial was in the cemetery at Palacios.

Relatives who were present were Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Kundinger of Collegeport, Mrs. J. L. Wolfe of Kansas, Mr. Haisley Mills of Collegeport, and a niece and her husband of Aransas Pass.

The Daily Tribune, Thursday, March 12, 1942

 

V. R. Haisley

 

Vincent Ridgley Haisley, son of John and Sarah Haisley, was born in Greenville, Bond County, Illinois, April 13, 1853. He passed away at his home in Collegeport, Texas, March 3, 1942, at the age of 88 years, 10 months and 21 days.

 

When but a young lad he moved with his parents to eastern Iowa.

 

On Jan. 1, 1879 he was united in marriage to Clara Rummel. To this union, one son and three daughters were born. The son, Frank, died in infancy.

 

His wife passed away October 18, 1889.

 

In 1890 he traveled to Colby, Kansas, in a covered wagon, and there left his three little girls with his sister, Mrs. Rufus Mills while he sought work in Colorado. October 25, 1891, he was married to Mrs. Ida Swezey. In the spring of 1909 he moved with his family to Collegeport, Texas, where he has resided ever since. He was a kind and loving husband and father. Always a hard working man; never complaining; cheerful and ready to lend a helping hand; which won him many friends.

 

Early in life he united with the Methodist Church and as long as he was able he took an active part in church work and greatly enjoyed doing so.

 

Mrs. Haisley and the eldest daughter, Mrs. Minnie Moore, preceded him in death. He leaves to mourn his passing two daughters, Mrs. Hattie Kundinger of Collegeport, Texas; Mrs. Dema Wolf of Colby, Kansas; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Ruth Woods of Loveland, Colorado; his nephew Haisley R. Mills of Collegeport, who so faithfully cared for him in his declining years; a niece, Mrs. Velma McDonald of Berkeley, Calif.; seven grand children, other relatives and a host of friends.

 

Funeral services were held from the Collegeport Church with Rev. George F. Gillespie officiating. Burial was in the Palacios Cemetery under the direction of the Palacios Funeral Home.

 

Palacios Beacon, March 12, 1942
 


Funeral Services For Hugo A. Kundinger Held Here Wednesday

Funeral services for Hugo A. Kundinger, 81, a pioneer of the Collegeport area, were held here Wednesday afternoon at the Palacios Funeral home.

Born December 2, 1870, in Chicago, Mr. Kundinger came to Collegeport about forty years ago. he was well known as an old timer and merchant there. He died Sunday.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Hattie Kundinger, a sister, Mrs. Amanda Glazebrook of Chicago.

Palacios Beacon, Thursday, January 17, 1952
 


HATTIE KUNDINGER
Kundinger, 79, Dies Saturday
 

 



Photo of painting
by Jeanette "Sisty" Williams Angelo

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon for Mrs. Hattie May Kundinger, 79, of Collegeport, who passed away in the Nightingale Hospital in El Campo on Saturday.

She was born October 18, 1884, in Iowa and had been a resident of Collegeport since 1909. She was a retired postmistress of the Collegeport Post Office and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of that city.

Funeral services were held Sunday at 3 p.m. from the First Presbyterian Church with interment in the Palacios Cemetery with Rev. Richard stone officiating.

Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Jack Wolf of Coldy, Kansas; one step-sister, Mrs. J. E. Wood of Woodsboro, Texas, one nephew, Wilbur Moore and one niece, Mrs. Burr D. DeWald.

Pallbearers were Dean Merck, R. L. Corporon, Gustave Franzen, Gerry Wells, Thomas Holsworth, Billy Halfen, Verner Bowers and Robb Wells.

The Daily Tribune, May 25, 1964

 


DAMAGE AT COLLEGEPORT
 

Collegeport , Texas , August 20.--The tornado which visited this place Monday night was preceded by a brisk norther which blew all day Monday. That evening the wind gradually changed to west and then southwest by north from which direction it blew nearly all night, accompanied by heavy rain. Those who lived here during the 1909 storm estimated that the wind blew about 60 miles per hour. Considerable damage was done. Many small sheds and outbuildings were blown over. The new $10,000 school building was unroofed, also the Sholl block and several houses lost a portion of the roofs. All private docks and bath houses were destroyed and the T-head of the municipal wharf, also the bath house portion of the pavilion was strewn along the beach.
 

Many motor boats, sloops and schooners were washed high and dry on the bank and some carried inland along the Pilkington Bayou a distance of half mile. V. R. Haisley's barn was destroyed, causing the loss of one horse. Several silos were also wrecked. The rice crop harvested and being harvest[ed] was badly damaged and it is estimated that at least half the crop is ruined. In many places the ripe grain was threshed out of the standing heads to such an extent that the ground was white with grain.
 

Matagorda County Tribune, August 27, 1915
 


Married as the Sun Rose
 

A very unique and pretty wedding took place at the home of V. R. Haisley at sunrise on Wednesday morning, June 14, when Albert S. J. McDonald of Palacios, and Miss Velma Mills, of Collegeport, were united in marriage in the presence of immediate family and a few friends. The ceremony was performed on the front porch of the handsome Haisley residence, just as the sun emerged from the distant trees along the Colorado river, while the guests took their place upon the green, amid the flowers of the beautiful yard.
 

After the ceremony the company repaired to the dining room where a sumptuous breakfast was served. The groom wore a grey sacque travelling suit, while the bride was prettily gowned in embroidered Brussels net, her travelling suit being embroidered linen. Besides the home folks, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Kaufman, Messrs. J. P. McDonald, and Ed Russell, and Misses Willie Gibson, Rose Russell and Jennie Harrison of Palacios, and Mrs. M. A. Travis of Collegeport, were the invited guests.
 

The bridal party went by private launch to Port Lavaca where the happy couple took the train for Pueblo, Colorado, where they will make their home.
 

Miss Mills was the first school teacher at Collegeport and last year taught the Citrusgrove school. She is much loved by all who knew her and will be much missed, especially in church circles where she has been very active.—Collegeport Chronicle.
 

Palacios Beacon, June 15, 1911
 


Haisley R. Mills

 

LODI, March 6-Haisley R. Mills, 71, of 358 E. Lodi, a retired farmer, died early yesterday in his home after a long illness. He had been a Lodi resident about 10 years, and was a veteran of World War I. Surviving is a sister, Mrs. A. S. J. McDonald.

Stockton Daily Evening Record, Mar 6, 1961

Haisley R. Mills
 

LODI, March 7—Funeral services for Haisley R. Mills, 71, of 358 E. Lodi, will be held at 3 p. m. tomorrow in the Lodi Funeral Home.

The Rev. Truman Skaggs of the First Southern Baptist Church of Lodi will officiate.

 

Interment will be in Cherokee Memorial Park.

 

Mr. Mills died Sunday in his home after a long illness.
 

Stockton Evening and Sunday Record, March 7, 1961
 

Photo courtesy of Find A Grave volunteer Lynda Bentz #46997906
 


Luther P. Mills
January 1892 - October 24, 1914

Luther Mills, a young man from Texas, who worked for A. J. Darnell the past summer, was taken sick with typhoid fever at the home of Mr. Larosh at Enterprise. He was sick only one week and passed away last Friday. The funeral services were conducted Saturday by Rev. Casselman at the Larosh home; interment in Covert cemetery.
 

Osborne County News, Kansas, October 30, 1913

 

Luther Mills died at the home of Frank Larosh last week after a severe sickness and was buried Saturday.
 

Osborne County News, Kansas, October 30, 1913
 


Victor Ray Walzel
 

REFUGIO — Victor Ray Walzel died October 24, 2022 at the age of 88. Vic was born on May 13, 1934 in Bonnie View, Texas, to Emil Walzel and Hertha Boenig Walzel. He was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Mildred Horner and Gini McCulloch; and brother, 2nd Lt. Leland Walzel.

Vic graduated from Woodsboro High School and attended Southwest Texas State Teachers College. He married his wife on January 29, 1955 and started his career in the oilfield industry working for Atlantic Richfield. He retired from American Petrofina and then worked at Ben Jones Hardware in Refugio for several more years before retiring for good in 2004.

Vic was raised on a farm and valued hard work, family, and his country. He passed these values on to his family along with his love for the Lord. He loved the Refugio Bobcats, the Red Sox, gardening, singing, the Astros, and spending time with his family and watching them grow. He was very proud of each one of them. Vic never met a stranger and was always willing to lend a hand to anyone in need. He will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him.

After losing his brother in WWII, Vic spent a lot of time reaching out to the families of others who served in the 93rd Bomb Group. He spent many hours researching planes and missions to help others learn more about their loved ones. Vic served as a deacon in the First Baptist Church of Aransas Pass, Texas and also in FBC Refugio for many years and sang tenor in Cornerstone, a gospel quartet. He wanted everyone to know about his love for the Lord and the gift of eternal life that he had received through faith in his Savior, Jesus Christ.

Vic is survived by his wife of 67 years, Mary DeWald Walzel, and his four children, Susan Buckles (Greg), Michael Walzel (Leslie), Billy Walzel (Cappy), and Nelda Blaschke (Jimmy); his grandchildren, Bradley Buckles, Emma Davis, Grace Ramirez (Christian), Mary Claire Davies (Drew), Travis Aguilar, Christopher Aguilar, Justin Aguilar (Becky), Bryce Walzel (Olivia), Nick Blaschke (Sylvia), Faith Boyer (Paul), and Claire Garza (Tyler); and his great-grandchildren, Cooper Davis, Lincoln Ramirez, Jack Davies, Trevor Aguilar, Katie Aguilar, Haddie Aguilar, Adaline Aguilar, Hannah Aguilar, Asher Walzel, and Macy Blaschke.

There will be a viewing from 6-8pm on Thursday, October 27th at Moore Funeral Home in Refugio, Texas. The funeral will be at First Baptist Church, Refugio, Texas, on Friday, October 28, at 3pm. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to be made to Operation Christmas Child at samaritanspurse.org or to First Baptist Church of Refugio for their OCC ministry.

 

Victoria Advocate, October 26, 2022
 


Wedding picture, picture of Miss Hattie at the top and photos with *s are courtesy of Chris Murat, great-granddaughter of Hugo's sister, Clara Kundinger Hubert.
 


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