Oren C. "Buddy" Remmers

Oren C. “Buddy” Remmers, 89, of Shiner, died Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at Seton Hospital in Kyle, after a lengthy illness.
A prayer service will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday, February 26 at Thiele-Cooper Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, February 27 at United Dr. Martin Luther Lutheran Church, with Pastor Chris Heinold officiating.
Burial will follow at Shiner Cemetery under the direction of Thiele-Cooper Funeral Home, Yoakum.
Pallbearers are Ace Fairchild, Wayne Fairchild, Keith Otto, Wayne Otto, Austin Remmers, Colton Janik, Wesley Janik and Tim Menke.
He was born on March 10, 1934, to Otto and Alice (Kasper) Remmers on the family farm in Gonzales County, just southwest of Shiner.
He attended Mengers country school near Shiner, riding his horse to and from as his mode of transportation. He attended Shiner High School where he played on Shiner High’s first varsity football team and later graduated as class valedictorian.
Oren or “Buddy” as his many friends called him, enrolled at Texas A&M University where he majored in Agricultural Education. He was a member of Air Force ROTC in the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets.
He graduated in 1956 with a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Education and went to work interning for the United States Department of Agriculture (U.S.D.A.) Soil Conservation Service (S.C.S.) in Goldthwaite and Lampasas.
Next he took positions as a Soil Conservationist working in San Saba, Llano, Alice and finally as District Conservationist for the Natural Resource Conservation Service (N.R.C.S,) for Gonzales County until his retirement after 40 plus years of service. During his career with N.R.C.S., Buddy received numerous awards for service.
Oren C. “Buddy” Remmers will be greatly missed by his family and friends.
Survivors include his sons, Jeff Remmers of Corpus Christi, and Kirk Remmers and wife Gail of Shiner; grandson, Austin Remmers (Jessica) of Shiner; and great-grandchildren, Oren James Remmers and Gloria Ruth Remmers.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Gloria Ann (Kloesel) Remmers; and his parents.
Memorials may be given to United Dr. Martin Luther Lutheran Church, Shiner.
Arrangements by Thiele Cooper Funeral Home, 361-293-5656.