Kristen Weaver

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•Widow of Bron Broll; mother of Harvey Broll (Clara), Lynette Moczygemba, and Denise Burg (Michael); sister of the late Flavian, Ephrem, Anton, and Albert Laskowski, and Irene Ibrom, Joann Broll, and Sally Laskowski

•Husband of Gladys J. (Bednarz) Dziuk; father of Janice Dziuk (Lisa), Cheryl Kotara (Rodney), Denise Knight (Shane), and Nancy Tryon (Shawn); son of the late Agnes and Charles Dziuk Sr.; brother of Joan Witte and the late Leonard Dziuk (Tillie), Edwin Dziuk (Theresa), Joe Dziuk (Gladys M.), Charles Dziuk Jr., Sylvia Scheffler (Anton), Virginia Lyssy, and Evangeline Urbanczyk

•Widow of Robert Lee Ryan; mother of Anthony “Tony” Ryan (Denise), and Joel Ryan; daughter of the late Allan and Margaret Reese; sister of Daniel Reese (Betsy), Tim Reese (Cathy), and the late Allan Reese Jr. and Jack Reese

•1-12-1956 — 9-5-2026 •Husband of Kathy Kroll Koether; father of Bradley Koether (Stacy) and Stacey Cooke (Colby); son of the late Delmore Lee and Irene Koether; brother of Carolyn Moczygemba (Alvin) and the late Ervin “Butch” Koether •Visitation: Thursday, Sept. 10, 9:30-10:30 a.m., Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Poth •Rosary: Thursday, 10:30 a.m., in the church •Funeral Mass/: Thursday, 11 a.m., in the church •Interment: Private family burial, Dewees Cemetery in Wilson County •Services entrusted to: Rhodes Funeral Home, Karnes City, 830-780-3334, www.rhodesfuneralhomeinc.com/

“As soon as we were old enough and strong enough, we would have to help in the harvesting of the potato crop which was usually the first two weeks or so of October. The schools were dismissed so the children could help with this job. In those days, the 1930s, we had the potato digger which the horses pulled and the steel baskets into which each picker dropped the potatoes as he or she went down the rows. A younger child had probably gone up the row and dropped gunny sacks at reasonable spaces; and since we usually picked with a partner, when our baskets were full, we dumped the potatoes in the gunny sack and set it on the row. It was a backbreaking job, this potato-picking business. Oh, how tired we were at the end of the day! And there surely wasn't much money in it – one cent a half sack or maybe a cent and a half. We children didn't actually get the money for ourselves; we just made it possible for our dad not to have to hire too many pickers. Those were hard times, but the Lord saw us through. We were never hungry, and we were always clothed.” – Timothy Merrill

•Wife of David “Sparky” Sparks; mother of Jeramy Dickson and Tara Dickson; sister of Richard Lenz and Elaine Luedecke

•Widower of Cecilia (Lyssy) Padalecki; father of Rose Ann Adams (Leon), Evelyn Padalecki, Lloyd Padalecki (Larna), Marie Barr (Brian), and the late Elroy Padalecki; brother of Rose Lee Cicherski and the late Julie Ramzinski (Pete), Cecilia Richter (John), Virginia Stephenson (Robert), Dorothy Check (Victor), and Leon V. Padalecki

•Son of August Foerster (Judy) and the late Barbara Bornemann Foerster; brother of Shelly Cavazos; brother-in-law of Chris Cavazos; beloved of Laura Jacobus

Drivers on U.S. 181 in Floresville are urged to avoid the 600 block of 10th Street (U.S. 181) as fire crews battle a structure fire at the Pollos Asados restaurant.