Rose Mary (Cernoch) Shimek

Rose Mary Shimek, 82, was born in Hostyn on Sept. 28, 1938 to John Anton Cernoch and Lillie Kana Cernoch. Rose Mary married Melvin Daniel Shimek on Oct. 14, 1956. Rose Mary was known for her love of children. She was a housewife and raised her five children while babysitting many others and taking care of children at church. She also loved embroidering, puzzles including word search puzzles, playing dominoes and bingo, gardening and her animals – her dachshund Tinkerbell, her bird Baby and her cat Garfield. Rose Mary also loved church picnics, canning vegetables, making homemade noodles and farming.

Rose Mary was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and one brother, John C. Cernoch.

She is survived by her five children, Shirley Ann Jahn and fiancé Ruben Rodriguez, Doris Marie Cernosek and husband David, Daniel Melvin Shimek and Mary Harrell, David Wayne Shimek and wife Connie, and Sherri Lynn Cervantez and husband Hector, all of Fayette County; grandchildren, Jason Jurica, Adam Cernosek, Faydra Grimm (Philip), Laura Delin (Bryce), Victoria Taylor (Jay), Skyler Shimek (Ashley), Katie Rustin (Kyle), Alexandra Shimek, Joshua Cervantez and Mitchell Cervantez; three great-children, Peyton and Aubrey Grimm and Jackson Delin; along with numerous brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law and nieces and nephews.

Visitation was held Friday, Nov. 20, 2020 at Fayette Memorial Funeral Home in La Grange, with a rosary at 7 p.m. Funeral services were held Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020 at 11 a.m. at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Hostyn. Pallbearers included Joshua Cervantez, Mitchell Cervantez, Philip Grimm, Skyler Shimek, Adam Cernosek, Bryce Delin, Jay Taylor, Kyle Rustin and Arnold Shimek. Honorary pallbearers were J.R. Cernoch and Jason Jurica.

Memorial contributions can be made to Gardenia Janssen Animal Shelter or a charity of one’s choice.