Marie Caka

Marie Antonia Petru Caka, 91, of Shiner, passed away Saturday, December 31, 2022.
Visitation was held from 5 - 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 3, 2023, with rosary recited at 6:30 p.m. at Thiele-Cooper Funeral Home.
Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, with the Rev. Michael Odartey-Lamptey officiating.
Burial will follow at Shiner Catholic Cemetery under the direction of Thiele-Cooper Funeral Home, Yoakum.
Pallbearers are her grandsons and great-grandsons.
She was born December 31, 1931 in Shiner, to John and Olga Heinzel Petru. On February 28,1949 she married the boy next door, Edmund A. Caka. She was a leather worker, a member of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, KJZT and Catholic Daughters.
Her hobbies included sewing, gardening, raising finches and guppies, dancing, shopping, family gatherings, partying, decorating T-shirts and most of all rocking her grandbabies.
Survivors include her husband, Edmund A. Caka; daughters, Catherine Ann Caka and Beverly Jane Caka Bland (Earl); brother, Melvin Petru; nine grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her daughter, Dorothy Marie Cowan; her parents; and granddaughter, Candice Annissa Caka.
Memorial contributions may be given for a mass or donor’s choice.
Online guest book may be signed at www.thielecooper.com