Gonzales Dispatch

News wrap: Headlines in Gonzales

2021-10-23

(GONZALES, TX) Here are today’s top stories from the Gonzales area.

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Evelyn Jo Pfuhl

Evelyn Jo Pfuhl, 76, joined her heavenly family, Sunday, October 17, 2021 after a lengthy illness. She passed away at home surrounded by her family. She was born April 19, 1945 in Gonzales to Zilmon and Florence (Townsend) Baker. She went by many names, Jo, Honey, Mama, but Nanny was... Read more

LOCAL PICK

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Douglas Raymond Pagel

Douglas Raymond Pagel, 77, formerly of Gonzales, died of a massive heart attack on Thursday, October 14, 2021. He was born on January 23, 1944 to Otto and Emily Darilek Pagel in Hallettsville. Douglas was the most wonderful husband, father, grandfather and person that anyone met. He was a rancher from age 16 until he died. Douglas served in the Peace Corp in Iran and the Army National Guard. He was a successful self-employed entrepreneur. Read more

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Frederick William “Willy” Weber

Frederick William “Willy” Weber was named for his grandfather, Frederick William Weber who had come to Texas from Bleckede, Germany about 1884. Willy was the third child of William Weber and Selma Zimmermann, being born September 11, 1932 at the Weber farmhouse near Cheapside, Texas. He rode a horse to school at the nearby Ruppert school and attended the Ruppert Lutheran Church. He stayed with his sister Erma Friedrich and brother-in-law Carl, to be able to attend high school as a Gonzales Apache where he played on the basketball team and a trumpet in the marching band. It was then that he met his lifelong sweetheart, Doris Jean Halliburton who was the cheerleader for the opposing Waelder Wildcat basketball team. His first jobs were on the farm, then mowing grass and a paperboy, then delivering Coca Cola from the bottling plant. He worked for Sinclair, living with his younger sister Hildegarde Wallace and brother-in-law Ben Roy in Pasadena, laying a pipeline from Pasadena to Liberty, Texas. He was called to service during the Korean Conflict and served in Intelligence and Operations in Alaska, monitoring the airspace from radar installations around Anchorage. Willy and Doris Jean were married on September 6, 1953 while on leave and their first home was in Anchorage, Alaska. After leaving the Army, Willy and Doris Jean made a home in Deer Park, Texas where they raised their three daughters. Willy worked at Shell Oil Refinery and the Lynchberg ferry, then earned an instrumentation certification from Lee College in Baytown. The remainder of his career was at Houston Lighting and Power where he advanced to Master Journeyman Instrument Technician. Upon retirement, he divided his time between the Weber Farm and Doris Jean’s Halliburton place at Elm Grove in Fayette County, growing peaches and watermelons, and keeping track of the rain gauge. Read more

Declining GISD enrollment, ADA could mean fewer state funds

Gonzales ISD could be in jeopardy of losing revenue from the Texas Education Agency due to a dip in both average daily attendance and enrollment, the district’s chief financial officer told trustees at the October board meeting. “Our actual average daily attendance is lower than what we actually anticipated during... Read more

News wrap: Headlines in Gonzales

Evelyn Jo Pfuhl

Douglas Raymond Pagel

Frederick William “Willy” Weber

Declining GISD enrollment, ADA could mean fewer state funds

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