Obituaries

Darlene Ellen Baller was born in Hawthorne, California on October 30, 1935. She was the youngest daughter of Marie & Richard (Bud) Baller. She had one sister, Beverly, who preceded her in death. She is also preceded in death by a beloved sister-in-law, Millie Palmquist, a cousin, Mary Charlton and her stepfather, Earl Hern. Her husband, Stephen Birgel, preceded her in death in 2019.

Judith “Judy” L. Yost, 78, of Wimberley, Texas, died on Saturday, September 25, 2021. Services are pending. Arrangements are under the direction of Thomason Funeral Home. For more information and to sign the online registry, please visit thomasonfuneralhome.com.

Darlene Ellen Baller was born in Hawthorne, California on October 30, 1935. She was the youngest daughter of Marie & Richard (Bud) Baller. She had one sister, Beverly, who preceded her in death. She is also preceded in death by a beloved sister-in-law, Millie Palmquist, a cousin, Mary Charlton and her stepfather, Earl Hern. Her husband, Stephen Birgel, preceded her in death in 2019.

Harold Eugene Drushel was born on June 29,1933, in Houston, Texas, to parents Vera Eula Drushel and George Drushel Sr. He passed away peacefully on Monday, September 6, at the age of 88 in Galveston, Texas.

Raymond Bond was born in Dewey, Oklahoma on August 11, 1938 and he passed to his eternal home on August 26, 2021. The family will miss him greatly but are so glad that he was reunited with his sweetheart Lela who passed May 31, 2021.

Carol Kuykendall departed September 18, 2021, Carol was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 68 years, John D Kuykendall. Her Christian faith, family and education were guiding passions.

Jane “Abby” Ablett Wighaman, 72, of Wimberley, Texas, died on Saturday, September 4, 2021. Cremation has taken place. Arrangements were under the direction of Thomason Funeral Home. For more information and to sign the online registry, please visit thomasonfuneralhome.com.

Joan Cudd, 84, of Wimberley, Texas, died on Sunday, September 5, 2021. Cremation has taken place. Arrangements are under the direction of Thomason Funeral Home. For more information and to sign the online registry, please visit thomasonfuneralhome. com.

Harold Drushel, 88, of Wimberley, Texas, died on Monday, September 6, 2021. A family-only graveside service will take place on Sunday, September 19. Memorial donation can be made to the American Diabetes Society. Arrangements are under the direction of Thomason Funeral Home. For more information and to sign the online registry, please visit thomasonfuneralhome.com.

Palmer Day “Sonny” McCuistion passed away peacefully in his sleep in hospice care in Patagonia, Az. He was born in Wimberley to Beatrice George McCuistion and Nealon Day McCuistion. His great grandfather, Elisha McCuistion, was one of the earliest settlers in Wimberley. Sonny grew up with best friends Jack Oldham, Karl D. Dobie and, although older, he knew Carl Scudder very well. After high school, he left for the Navy and served during WWII. He returned and married Peg Orem McCuistion in a double ceremony with her twin sister Anne to Gerald “Jack” Mayes on the Carney Ranch 9/4/1949. He worked as a brand inspector for Southwest Cattle Raiser’s Association in Paris, Texas before moving to Pasadena to work for Harris County Sheriff’s Department. After a divorce, He moved to Arizona where he remained for the rest of his life doing what he loved, cattle ranching. He loved his cattle, his horses and his dogs and took good care of his land. He is predeceased by his parents, Bea and Day, his aunt and uncle Lizzie and Luis McCuistion, his aunt Maude McCuistion Hunt, his cousin Pam Harris (Tim) all of Wimberley and his late wife Nancy Hunt McCuistion of Arizona. He is survived by his only child, Lee McCuistion of Wimberley. His ashes will be interred next to his mother in the Wimberley Cemetery. Any donation in his memory can be made to Chapel in the Hills, 14601 Ranch Road 12; Wimberley, Texas 78676.

Carl John Lamb, 63, of Wimberley, TX, born on March 4, 1958, in Houston, TX was called home to our Heavenly Father into eternal joy and peace on September 1, 2021.

ROBERT (BOB) W. WE- BER, SR, 89, a Native Houstonian, died on September 6, 2021. He was born in Mykawa (now Houston), Texas on January 19, 1932, the last of six children of Joseph Daniel Weber and Bertha Elizabeth Wiener. He attended St. Mary’s Elementary School and St. Peter the Apostle Elementary School on O.S.T. Bob graduated from St. Thomas High School in 1950. He entered the seminary after high school, but heard God calling him in a different direction. He returned to Houston and began his long career with Rex Supply Corp. on Harrisburg. He married Mary Edna Madden, his childhood sweetheart and the boss’ daughter, on April 18, 1953 at St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church. In December 1953, Bob answered Uncle Sam’s call to duty in the U.S. Coast Guard. He was stationed in New Orleans, Louisiana for two years, being honorably discharged in December 1955. He returned to Houston and started working again for his father-in-law, retiring in 1995 after 44 years at Rex Supply, and moving to Wimberley, Texas (affectionately known as Weberville on Flite Acres Rd.) until his wife’s death in 2018. Bob and Mary were former parishioners of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Wimberley. Bob loved Saturday evening dances, playing dominoes, an evening “toddy” of Jack and Coke, and praying the rosary every night with his wife before bed.