Hazel L. Kobersky

Hazel L. Kobersky, age 98, died on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, at her home in Holman after a brief hospitalization.

She is survived by her four children, John E. Kobersky and wife Delores of Manvel; Donald L. Kobersky and wife Carolyn of Holman; Barbara Wampler and husband Austin of Smithville; and Marilyn S. Sims and husband Charles of Deer Park. She had eight grandchildren, two stepgrandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, four step-great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death in August 2021 by her husband of 78 years, John J. Kobersky, and by her parents, both of her sisters and her great-great-grandchild.

Hazel was born Sept. 3, 1925, in Schulenburg, the daughter of Frank and Olga Doerrich. She married John J. Kobersky of Holman, Texas, in 1942 prior to his departure to Europe for a tour of duty during World War II. She lived in Fayette County after her marriage and until her death. She was a homemaker while raising her family until 1974, when she began to work for Albers Hatchery and Feed in La Grange for almost 20 years. She then joined the circulation department at The Fayette County Record and worked there for almost 20 years until her retirement in 2014.

She was a long-time parishioner of the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church of Holman, and served on the church council, was a member of the Altar Society and the Christian Mother’s Society. She was a member of the St. Paul Fayette County Extension Club and held various offices during her 24-year membership. Community service activities were important to Hazel, and she was chosen as an Outstanding Senior Citizen for Fayette County in 1994. Hazel had a passion for the elderly and visited nursing center residents and shut-ins and wrote many letters and cards to the elderly. Her hobbies included gardening, quilting and craft work which she continued up until the last few months of her life, donating much of her handmade work to church and organization auctions and fundraisers.

“As the long hot summer season changed to autumn on Sept. 23, Hazel left us to begin a new season of her life in her eternal home. She will be greatly missed here on this earth by her family and friends,” her family writes.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Holman, or to the charity of one’s choice.

Hazel was laid to rest in the St. Rose Catholic Cemetery in Schulenburg on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023 after a funeral Mass held at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Holman. Acknowledgement goes to Schwenke-Baumgarten Funeral Home for handling the funeral arrangements, to Edward Kusy for reciting the rosary at the Thursday evening, Sept. 28 visitation and to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren for their assistance as pallbearers and gift-bearers as Hazel was ushered to her eternal home.