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ROBYN WITTLERRobyn Frances Reinhart

Wilkerson Wittler, age 70, of San Antonio, passed away Friday, June 2, 2017 in San Antonio.

She is survived by her, daughters, Elizabeth E. Wilkerson Favor and hus-band John of Pleasanton, and Monica Wilkerson Jacobs of San Antonio; son, James Wilkerson of San Antonio; brother, William "Bill" Reinhart and wife Dicki Ruth of Somerset, and brother-in-law, Milton C. Tyler of San Antonio. Robyn is also survived by her five grandchildren, Collin, Jillian, Jessica, Samantha and Morgan, and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Joe and Ca-milla (Daggs) Reinhart; first husband, Jimmy Lee Wilker-son; second husband, John Wittler, and sister, Barbara Reinhart Tyler.

Visitation was held at Hurley Funeral Home in Pleasanton, from 2 - 8 p.m., Monday, June 5. Funeral service was held in the cha-pel of Hurley Funeral Home in Pleasanton at 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 6. Interment followed at Jourdanton City Cemetery in Jourdanton

Anyone wishing to sign the guestbook, share mes-sages or leave condolences for the family may do so at hurleyfuneralhome.com.

GERALD CIOLEKGerald Ciolek, age 83, of

Pleasanton, passed away at his residence Tuesday, May 23, 2017.

He is survived by his daughters, Danna Ciolek, Maria Diane Gillespie and husband Michael, and Gina Stevens and husband Alex; sister, Alicia; grandchil-dren, Matthew Ciolek and wife Virginia, and great grandson, James Ciolek.

Gerald was preceded in death by his wife, Mat-tie Lorene Ciolek in 1995, brother, Edward Ciolek and his parents,

Interment will be held in Bethany Memorial Gardens, 10599 Beatty Road, Crocker, Missouri.

Anyone wishing to sign the guestbook, share mem-ories or issue condolences for the family may do so at hurleyfuneralhome.com.

UFRA RICHARDSON JR. Ufra Carrel Richardson, Jr.

of Poteet, passed away May 31 at the age of 77 in San Antonio. He was born in Sondheimer, Louisiana on February 25, 1940 to Ufra Carrel, Sr. and Mary Lee (Edwards) Richardson.

Ufra is survived by his loving wife, Linda (Belzung) Richardson of Poteet; son, Mark Ward of Jourdanton; daughters, Debra Richard-son of San Antonio, Tammy Caddell of San Antonio and Marsha Jackson of Poteet; brother, Jerry Richardson of Universal City and sister, Judy Ellison of Califor-nia. He is also survived by numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Ufra is preceded in death by his parents, Ufra, Sr. and Mary Lee and four sisters and one brother.

Visitation will be at Hurley Funeral Home in Pleasanton on Wednesday, June 7 from 2 - 9 p.m. with a funeral service at 7 p.m. A grave-side service will be held at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery at 1520 Harry Wurzbach in San Antonio on Thursday, June 8, 2017 at 11:15 a.m.

For anyone wishing to leave condolences for the family, share memories or sign the online guestbook may do so at hurleyfuneral-home.com.

ROSENDO MARTINEZRosendo G. Martinez, a

lifelong resident of Ross-ville, was called to be with the Lord on Saturday morning June 3, 2017 at his residence with his family at the age of 79.

He was born to Ignacio P. and Eliza G. Martinez in Rossville. He along with his brother and sisters worked with their father on the farm. He attended Poteet ISD. At the young age of 19 he went to San Antonio to work. He started working as a grinder, painter and finally a welder.

Rosendo went on to marry his childhood sweetheart Virginia Reyes. They bought a farm in Rossville where they raised their family. He was a part-time farmer, along with his wife and children they grew vegetables and peanuts. He hauled his vegetables to the farmer’s markets in Hous-ton and Dallas.

He supported his wife and family as a welder for KLN and Texas Sheet Metal for many years. In 1979 he and his family started building their home.

At the age of 54 he suf-fered his first stroke and was unable to work as a welder, so he was forced to retire. He still managed to do whatever he could with his disabilities. He enjoyed working in the fields on his John Deere tractor. He would stay involved by fol-lowing his sons around in his golf cart.

Rosendo is preceded in death by his parents Ignacio P. and Eliza G. Martinez, daughter Dorothy Martinez Canales, brothers Ignacio G. Martinez, Jr., Abraham G. Martinez and sister Florin-da Martinez Cruz.

He is survived by his wife of 58 years Virginia Reyes Martinez, three sons Jim-mie Martinez, and wife The-resa of San Antonio, George Martinez and wife Kori of Schertz, Leonard Martinez and Beatrice Briones of Po-teet, four daughters Sylvia Bernal and husband Robert of San Antonio, Brenda Flores and husband Daniel of Pleasanton, Nancy Apps and husband Randy of Boerne and Cynthia Galin-do and husband Michael of Jourdanton, his brother Pablo G. Martinez and wife Nena of Poteet and one sister Rose-Marie Silva and husband James of Seattle. He is also survived by 23 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

The visitation was Tues-day, June 6, 2017 from 2 - 9 p.m. at the Hurley Funeral Home chapel in Pleasanton with a rosary recited at 7 p.m. The funeral Mass is Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at 10 a.m. at the St. Phillip’s Benizi Catholic Church in Poteet. Interment will fol-low at the Martinez Family Cemetery in Rossville.

Serving as pallbearer are grandsons Steven Marti-nez, Bryan Bernal, Anthony Martinez, Miguel Galindo, Mark Canales and Andrew Bernal.

Anyone wishing to sign the guestbook, share mem-ories or issue condolences for the family may do so at hurleyfuneralhome.com.

CECILIA PEREZ Cecilia Z. Perez, age 76, of

Poteet, passed away at her residence Friday, June 2, 2017.

She was a loving, dedicat-ed mother. Cecilia enjoyed crocheting, embroidery and quilting. She was a food service worker at Poteet ISD for 44 years until her retirement in 2004. Cecilia enjoyed traveling, eating out and shopping. She was very active at St. Philip Benizi Catholic Church where she taught Catechism. She was also a member of the Gua-dalupanas. What she most enjoyed was spending time with her family, who loved her very much and will greatly miss her.

She is survived by her children, Celia Rodriguez and husband George of Poteet, Reynaldo Perez and wife Olga of Pleasanton, Ernest Perez and wife Tules of Poteet, Steve Perez and wife Rosie of San Antonio, Rosanne Perez of Poteet and Ruben Perez and wife Krisstell of Poteet; brothers and sisters, Jose Zamora, Jr. of Poteet, Olga Salazar of Jourdanton, Josie Gutierrez of Poteet and Janie Oliva of Poteet and grandchildren, Gerard and Delisa Rodri-guez, Aurora Rodriguez, Lee Roy Perez, Vanessa Perez, Jessica Rivera, Steve Perez, Jr., Jeremy Perez, Heavenly Florez, Sheila and Andy Covarrubias, Lyneigh Garza, Brianna Calliham, Janelle Lira, Michael Ray Perez and Derek Perez.

Cecilia is also survived her great-grandchildren, Lee Roy Perez, Jr., Arianna Hernandez, Fernandito Her-nandez, Nathan Hernandez, Amery Rodriguez, Justin Rodriguez, Hayzen Perez, Ayden Perez, Levi Garza, Woodrow Allen Garza, Nahla Lira, Jamie Calliham and John Ruben Calliham.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Concepcion Perez; parents, Jose and Josephine Zamora; brothers, Antonio and Ricardo Zamo-ra; sister, Maria Josephine Zamora, and grandson, Pierre Covarrubias.

Visitation was held at St. Philip Benizi Catholic Church in Poteet, from 4 - 9 p.m., with a rosary recited at 7 p.m., Monday, June 5. Funeral Mass was held at St. Philip Benizi Catholic Church in Poteet, at 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 6, 2017. Interment followed at Madre Dolorosa Cemetery in Poteet. Serving as pallbearers for Cecilia’s service were: Rey-naldo Perez, Ernest Perez, Steve Perez, Ruben Perez, Gerard Rodriguez and Steve Perez, Jr.

Anyone wishing to sign the guestbook, share memo-ries or issue condolences for the family may do so at hurleyfuneralhome.com.

ARTURO CHAPAArturo “Art” Salinas

Chapa of Pleasanton, passed away Monday, June 5, 2017 at the age of 66.

Art, as he was known by most, was born to Domingo and Josie Chapa on March 30, 1951. He was married to Blasa Flores Chapa, for 24 years. They had three children, Sergio, Amanda and Brian.

Art is survived by his father, Domingo Chapa; wife of 24 years, Blasa Flores Chapa; sons, Sergio Chapa and wife Carol and Brian Flores and wife Diane; daughter, Amanda Robles and husband Ramsey; sis-ters, Modesta Gonzales and husband Robert and Senai-da Guerra; brother, Mario and wife Tina Chapa, ten grandchildren, one great-grandson and numerous nieces, nephews and cous-ins. Art retired from Wal-Mart as an over the road truck driver and pursued his passion of mesquite woodworking. He absolutely loved his woodworking and developing his craft and promoting South Texas Mesquite, he was truly an ambassador for mesquite wood. Art donated his time and money to many worthy causes; he helped build the cross, altar, and furniture for St. Andrews Catholic Church. There he became a Knights of Columbus member and served the church in many capacities. He never met a stranger and will be missed by all for his kind, loving, and generous spirit.

He faced his tough-est battle against Stage 4 Glioblastoma brain cancer 18 months ago, he faced it courageously and never once complained, never ever questioned why, or why me, he would just answer you with a thumbs up and “I’m alive.”

Art was preceded in death by his mother Josie Chapa and his grandparents.

Visitation will be held at Hurley Funeral Home on Friday, June 9, 2017 from 12 - 4 p.m. then from 4:30 - 9 p.m. at St. Andrew Catho-lic Church with a rosary recited at 7 p.m. A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, June 10, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Andrew Catholic Church at 626 Market Street, interment will follow at San Ysidro Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family ask that donations be made to the St. Andrew Catholic Church of Pleasan-ton Hall Renovation Fund. Pallbearers for Art’s service will be Mike Booth, Wyatt Chapa, Pate Robles, Cody Morales, Michael Morales, Jaime Gonzales and Hilario Garcia. Honorary pall-bearers are Glen Mitchell, Romeo Zamora, Richard Diaz, Bennett Garwood and Johnny Garza.

Anyone wishing to leave condolences for the family, share memories or sign the online guestbook may do so at hurleyfuneralhome.com.