Willie Hazel (Bannert) Pfeil

Willie Hazel (Bannert) Pfeil, 95, of Shiner, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Monday, December 8, 2025. 
She was born October 14, 1930, in Shiner, to the late Louis Anton and Elsie (Linbrugger) Bannert.
Hazel married the love of her life, Edmund (E.W.) Pfeil, Jr. and they made their home in Shiner. Hazel worked as an LVN Nurse for 50 years and retired in 1997 from Yoakum Community Hospital. 
She worked for Wagner Hospital in Shiner, Nix Hospital in San Antonio, Huth Memorial Hospital in Yoakum, and Yoakum Community Hospital. 
After retirement, Hazel volunteered at Accolade Hospice, and she worked more than 7,000 hours in the hospital gift shop and embroidered kitchen towels as a Yoakum Hospital Auxiliary member. 
She was also a member of the Shiner Heritage Quilters and also the Red Hatters. 
Hazel was on the committee of the Father Charles Kram Project having known and worked at Huth Memorial Hospital with Father Kram for many years. Hazel was a devoted and active member of Shiner Baptist Church.
Survivors include her daughter, Lisa Hoepken (Nathan) of Marquez; son, Carl Pfeil (Kim) of Granbury; grandchildren, Melanie Easterling (Derek) of San Antonio, Sherry Stevenson (James) of Weatherford, Todd Pfeil (Shadonna) of Granbury, Londa Kelly of Bossier, Louisiana and Misty Knight of Granbury; 13 great-grandchildren; and two great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Edmund Pfeil; her parents; sisters, Laverne Madala and Eileen Skarda; brother, Louis Bannert Jr., and an infant brother, Eddie Lee Bannert.
A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, January 17 at Thiele-Cooper Funeral Home, with Pastor Jay Fleming of Shiner Baptist Church officiating. 
Burial will follow at the Shiner Cemetery. 
Memorials may be given to the Yoakum Community Hospital Foundation
Arrangements are under the direction of Thiele-Cooper Funeral Home, Yoakum. 361-293-5656.