Obituaries

Jason P. Pilat

Jason Pete Pilat, 47, of Shiner, passed away Friday, March 17, 2023. Jason was born March 21, 1975, in Shiner to Pete and Lois Motal Pilat. He was a life member of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church.

Margaret A. Smotek

Margaret A. Smotek, 97, of Hallettsville, went to be with the Lord on March 14, 2023.   She was born in Howellville on Feb. 25, 1926, to Eddie and Amalie Klechka Schiller.  On Sept. 15, 1946, Margaret married Albert E. Smotek in Houston.

Donald Robert Coquat

Donald Robert Coquat, 83, of Sublime, went to be with his Lord Jesus Christ on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. He was born Oct. 13, 1939, in Luling, to Robert Homer and Mavis Lee (Wommack) Coquat.   Burial was on March 15 at Willow Creek Cemetery in Sublime.

Ralph E. Stevens

Ralph Eugene Stevens, 86, of Shiner, passed away on Thursday, March 16, 2023.   He was born on December 2, 1936 in Burkburnett, Texas to Virgil Vance and Elva Jane England Stevens.  He enjoyed fishing and the waterfront as a young boy having spent many of his childhood years in Gregory.

Alice Zbranek

Alice Louise Grossman Zbranek, of Shiner, passed away peacefully Monday, March 6, 2023, in Luling. Alice was born May 26, 1951, in Gonzales, to Henry Grossman and Evelyn Landback Grossman. She married her husband Frederick James Zbranek July 11, 1969, in Sts.

Janie E. Sandelovic

Janie E. Sandelovic, 93, of Yoakum, passed away on Monday, March 13, 2023. A rosary was recited at 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 17 with funeral service following at 11 a.m. at Thiele-Cooper Funeral Home. Burial was held at St.

Georgia Malik Sladecek

Georgia Malik Sladecek, 83, of Houston, passed away on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023 at Houston, Hospice due to complications of COPD. Private services were held on Thursday, March 2.   Interment was made at St. Anthony’s Catholic Cemetery in Breslau. Monsignor John Peters graciously presided.

Marvin E. Kremling

Marvin E. Kremling, 76, of Shiner, joined his heavenly family on Monday, March 13, 2023. Visitation was held beginning at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, with a rosary recited at 6:30 p.m. at Thiele- Cooper Funeral Home. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 15 at Sts.

Carol Davis

Carol Davis, 91, of Victoria, went to be with the Lord on March 1, 2023. Her life showed us what we could be, how we could give and what a well-lived life looked like.  She was born in Hallettsville on Aug. 30, 1931 to Frank W. and Lelia Pagel Kubena.

Georgia Malik Sladecek

Georgia Malik Sladecek, 83, of Houston, passed away on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023 at Houston, Hospice due to complications of COPD.  Private services were held on Thursday, March 2.   Interment was made at St. Anthony’s Catholic Cemetery in Breslau.  Monsignor John Peters graciously presided.