Category Archives: Obituaries

MAJ William Alan "Bill" Gibbons USAF Retired, age 81 of Seguin, passed away on January 6, 2026. Bill was born on September 15, 1944, in Cleveland, Ohio to Doris (Kinzie) and Donald Gibbons. Bill recei...

Susan Gail Ranft Schmidt, age 76 of Seguin, passed away on January 8, 2026. Susan was born on December 8, 1949, in Seguin, Texas, to Adelaide (Beutnagel) and Marvin Ranft. She was preceded in death by...

M.C. Reed Jr., age 59, passed away on December 15, 2025. He was born in Seguin, Texas to Leola (Anderson) and M.C. Reed. M.C. Reed was and will forever be known as a kind yet wild-spirited man-intelli...

Adelfa Martinez Chabolla, age 79 of New Braunfels, passed away on January 4, 2026. Adelfa was born on April 4, 1946, in Seguin, Texas, to Petra (Espinoza) and Espiridion Martinez. Adelfa is preceded i...

Harold Thomas "Tom" DeKunder was born in San Antonio, Texas, in 1945 to Henry Julius DeKunder and Bessie Sonley DeKunder. He was raised on the South Side of San Antonio and graduated from Highlands Hi...

It is with great sadness Jimmy Jeral Rains, aka "Poppi," of New Braunfels passed away peacefully on December 19, 2025, at the age of 82. Jeral was born on February 6, 1943, in Parsons, Tennessee, to I...

Margarett Etta Svatek was born on December 11, 1945, in Falfurrias Texas to Aubrey Steubing and Edna Martha Knetsch. She passed away on November 23, 2025. Margarett moved to Seguin to finish her senio...

Bernadette "Bobbie" Wesch, age 89, passed away on January 2, 2026. She was born to Anton and Annie Faldik on October 16, 1936. She was the eighth child out of nine. She was preceded in death by her pa...

Judith Carolyn "Judy" Ablin, of Seguin, Texas, was peacefully called home on December 28, 2025, as her daughter held her hand. She was lovingly cared for by family in the days leading up to her homego...

Maggie Miller Hamilton died recently at the age of 76. She is preceded in death by brothers, Norman Miller and James Miller; and daughter, Teresa Hamilton. Survivors include her children, Lisa Hamilto...