The Class of '68

Obituaries

 

Rudolph "Sonny" W. Cervenka (March 24, 2006)

Rudolph "Sonny" W. Cervenka, 55, of Corpus Christi, Texas passed away Friday, March 24, 2006. He was born May 8, 1950 in Fort Worth, Texas to Rudolph Joe and June Liese Cervenka. He was employed at Amigos Equipment Corporation and was a member of the Lions Club. He was very well liked.

He is survived by his parents, Rudy and June Cervenka of Rusk, Texas; brother, Robert Charles (Grace) Cervenka of San Antonio, Texas; three children, Kevin Cervenka, Brent Cervenka and Whitney Cervenka all of Corpus Christi, Texas; numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.

Visitation will be from 4:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Sunday, March 26, 2006 in Sawyer-George Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 P.M. Monday, March 27, 2006 in Sawyer-George Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at the Evergreen Cemetery in Odem.

In lieu of flowers the family asks that contributions be made to your favorite charity.

Ashley Exum (May 1998)

Elizabeth Feazell

Russell Hughes (August 30th, 2004)

Russell Hughes, a Dallas Independent School teacher who was known for his generosity and compassion, died of cancer, Monday, August 30, 2004, at Medical City in Dallas. He was 53. Russell was born December 20, 1950, in Corpus Christi to Betty Ann and Warren Edward Hughes. He grew up in Corpus Christi and attended Del Mar College and the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a degree in Education in 1973. It was at UT that he met the former Jo Anne Kopel; they married December 29, 1973. He worked as a school speech teacher in Austin until the couple moved to Dallas in 1977. After four years at the Kopel Company, he worked at Renco Construction Company for 19 years. In 2001, he returned to teaching and found his calling working with at-risk students; he had just begun his fourth year at Marsh Middle School.
Russell was preceded in death by his parents, Betty Ann and Warren Edward Hughes.
He is survived by his wife of 30 years, Jo Anne, the former principal at Walnut Hill Elementary; his daughter, Gillette, a senior at Washington University in St. Louis; and his brother, Dr. Mark Hughes, a principal in CCISD. He is also survived by several aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews.
A memorial service was held on Wednesday, September 1, 2004 at North Dallas Funeral Home in Dallas, Texas

Patrick Kostelnik

Jerry Morris (July 30th, 2004)

William McCarty

William Scott "Billy" Oglevee (2003)

Ronald Shindler (July 11th, 1997)

Rosa Benavides Tellez

Sharon Kay Watts Roberts (Oct. 27, 2007)

Sharon Kay Roberts, age 57 of Elgin, Texas passed away October 27, 2007. She was born in Corpus Christi, Texas on August 8, 1950 to Winzel and Gladys Watts. She graduated from Mary Carroll High School. She is survived by her husband, Curtiss Lee Roberts; daughters: Jennifer Kay Buckley and husband Dave, Kelly Renee Ragan and husband Johnny, Holly Dawn Rand and husband Charlie, and Heather Renee Gomez and husband Santos; grandchildren: Collin, Regan, Hailey, Kaylee, Jacqueline, Scott, Curtiss Anthony and Dayanera; mother-in-law, Edna Woodson; brothers, Kenneth Watts and wife Roxanne and Donald Watts; numerous nieces and nephews. Memorial Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at the First United Methodist Church in Elgin. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Corpus Christi Woman’s Shelter. Arrangements entrusted to the Jones Family Funeral Home, 209 North Ave C. Elgin, TX 78621. (512)-285-4616

June Winston (October 2007)

 

 

Mike McNitzky from the Class of '68 passed away on Monday, February 9th, 2009 ...

 

Every so often I see an obituary that really "hits home." Mike McNitzkey's was one of those that "hit home."

We all hear about those relationships that are the "odd couple"; well, Mike was one of those for me.  Any one that knew me in high school would NEVER guess that I would be one of those geek type people that had good grades.  Not as good as some, but, pretty good I think, ha ha.  Well, I could not bring unacceptable grades home because my Dad (who had a fifth grade education) would take that very personally, and, man, that would be a real bad deal! 
 
I met Mike through a teacher named Bethkey; he was a teacher that taught German and English (go figure).  Anyway, I stayed over in English class with Mr. Bethkey talking to him about my rough times in math.  Well, Mike came in for the next class of German and overheard the conversation. He asked if he could intervene and give me some tips.  Mike was a junior and I was a lowly sophomore.
 
Mike tutored me in math at the library after school for about a month.
 
Man, my grades went straight through the roof in math (to say the least).  He did this without any "fan-fare" or grand-standing; he did it just because he could and he made the time for someone he had never met before. 
 
I will never forget that experience.  It's really amazing (more so as time flies) what one remembers.  Mike touched my life in more ways than one.  In fact, I went on to graduate from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in accounting.  So much for having a problem in math.  I always held Mike up as someone to be like - to emulate - to try to be like.
 
It was really surrealistic and with great sadness when I saw this obituary of such a young, intelligent, and kindly person.
 

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Chris Fox '68

Chris Fox from the Class of '68 passed away January 23rd in an Austin hospital from Luekemia ...

Memorial for Chris Fox

Feb 21 Sun 10:00 AM
Location
Central Texas Power Sports  

2534 N Austin Ave
Georgetown, TX 78626
1-877-592-796

I have very sad news to report. This past Saturday morning a good friend and fellow biker passed away. Many of you knew Chris Fox as the mellow guy who could answer any question or order any part. Chris worked at Central Texas Power Sports in the parts department and several months ago was diagnosed with Lukemia. He lost his battle early saturday morning. There is no memorial or funeral planned and I think being his extended "family" I feel like we should recognize that this man's life meant something and we all appreciated him.
The place is to be determined so check back for more details but I can say that I would like to have everyone meet at Central Texas Power Sports on Sunday Feb. 21 at 10:00 am and do a bit of a memorial and then ride out to a nearby park to visit with some other family and have refreshments.
On a side note as of right now due to some people thinking only of themselves and being selfish Chris' wife is being left with basically nothing... normally we would set up a fund to donate to the Lukemia society but because of the hardships his wife is going through I would like to set up a memorial fund for his wife, Ming. Chris deserves better than what he got and I think that we need to show Ming (and Chris) we loved and respected this man.
If you ever even visited the parts department new store or old you have met "Fox" and definately if you ever ordered a part you probably ordered it from "Fox".
If you need a picture go to http://www.ctpowerspo... and look at staff pictures.

Diane "Di" Collman

 
Glenn Jauer '68 passed away on May 31st, 2009 ...

 

Glenn Jauer '68

Walter Glenn Jauer, Jr., 59 years old, died on May 31, 2009, in Houston, Texas. Glenn had only learned that he had cancer eight months ago. Glenn was born in Corpus Christi, Texas on September 14, 1949, to Walter and Ethel Jauer. He attended Mary Carroll High School in Corpus Christi and graduated from Brunswick High School in Brunswick, Maine. Glenn touched the lives of all his friends and family. If you met him, you were his friend. He was one of the most joyous souls to be among us. Glenn made all of us smile with his vast knowledge of trivia on numerous subjects and he usually had an amusing anecdote to go along with his facts. We all believed that had he been a contestant on JEOPARDY!, he would have won. Glenn was passionate about his beliefs in social justice and music. Glenn was a talented photographer, a master of the guitar, mandolin, and various other instruments. Glenn is preceded in death by both parents and his son, Walter Glenn Jauer, III.
He is survived by his grandson Walter Glenn Jauer, IV, his sister, Jean, and her family, and his former wife, Mary. Glenn had numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, a multitude of diversely talented musician friends, and two wonderful companions, nl and Rex the cat.
Glenn's presence on earth was so strong that his spirit remains with us. If we ever need a smile all we have to do is think of Glenn and recall the sound of his laugh. A private memorial and internment service have been scheduled.