M.D. — A. Anderson. [Group Sheet]

1. L.L. Guerra

H.R.D. married C.L. Kubena [Group Sheet]

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CALDWELL - Services for Marvin M. Kubena, 78, of Cooks Point are set for 10:30 a.m. Friday at Strickland Funeral Home Chapel in Caldwell.

The Rev. John R. Gantt Jr. of Hope Evangelical Free Church in College Station will officiate. Burial will be in the Cooks Point Brethren Church Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 1 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 8 a.m. to the time of the services Friday at the funeral home.

Mr. Kubena died Wednesday in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan.

He was born in Burleson County and was a retired switchman for Southern Pacific Railroad. He was a member of the Cooks Point Brethren Church and served in the U.S. Army in Europe and South Africa during World War II.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Lannette Kubena.

Survivors include his wife, Anita Vance Kubena of Cooks Point; a son, Christopher S. Kubena of Denver; two daughters and a son-in-law, Peggy A. Kubena of Houston and Cynthia L. and Dan Guerra of Kingwood, Texas; a brother, John L. Kubena of Caldwell; a sister, Margaret Smith of Caldwell; and two grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or to a charity of choice.

Marvin — Anita Adell Vance. Anita was born 9 Jan 1930, Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas, USA; died 16 May 2020, Kingwood, Harris County, Texas, USA; was buried , Cooks Point Brethren Church Cemetery - Cooks Point, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Anita Adell Kubena, age 90, was called home to the Lord on the morning of Saturday May 16th, 2020. Born to George Allen Vance and Annie Maybell Sexton Vance in Caldwell, TX on January 9, 1930, Anita was the 6th of 10 children. Anita's family worked as sharecroppers, working the land and harvesting cotton. Anita recalled that at 5 years old she received her first cotton sack, a 5 lb flour sack, to use while working hard alongside her family in the Texas sun.

Anita graduated from Caldwell High School in 1948, attended business school, and worked in hospitals and doctor's offices for 22 years until she retired on the day her last grandchild was born.

Anita was a skilled seamstress, clothing her children and family, crocheting, and masterfully creating beautiful quilts. Anita was also skilled at canning and preserving, she was known for her delicious fig, apricot, and dewberry preserves. Anita had a penchant for "rescuing" stuffed animals from flea markets and mending their battle scars with care. She was an avid reader of western novels, particularly the books of Louis La'Amour, but if she ever came across a dirty word during her reading, she sent it straight to the burn pile. Anita was a devout Christian of the Baptist faith and often wore a mustard seed encased in glass on her necklace as a personal reminder of her faith.

Anita was preceded in death by her husband Marvin Marion Kubena, her siblings; Lucille Vance Jones, Evelyn Hall, George (Buck) Vance Jr., Alice Vance, Earnest (Bud) Vance, Grace Louis, Robert (Bob) Vance, Andrew (Joe) Vance, James (Jim) Vance, and her daughter; Lynnette Diane Kubena.

Anita is loved and celebrated by her children; daughter Peggy Adell Kubena, daughter Cynthia Kubena Guerra and husband H. R. Daniel Guerra, and son Christopher Stephen Kubena. She is also survived by her grandchildren; Marcus Daniel Guerra and wife Amy Anderson Guerra, Leslie Nicole Danielle Guerra Fernandez and husband Fernando Juan Fernandez Jr, and her great-grandchildren; Lucy Leigh Guerra and Samantha Adele Fernandez, among numerous cousins and friends.

Affectionately known as Grandma Niti to her great granddaughters, Anita maintained her snappy wit and sly humor throughout her life, charming those who knew her even through her declining health and memory. Her care for the last 12 years has been overseen with love by her middle child and she left us peacefully after a short fight with a terrible illness. Anita will be remembered for her faith, her love, her skill, her humor, and her tenacious spirit.

"Amen, I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed... nothing will be impossible for you." Matthew 17-20

(Published by Strickland Funeral Home of Caldwell, TX)

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KUBENA, John L., 86, of Houston, formerly of Caldwell, died Thursday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday at Cook's Point Brethran Church near Caldwell. Burial, church cemetery. Survivors: wife, Lydia Kubena of Houston; sons, Marvin M. Kubena of Houston, J.L. Kubena of Huffman; daughter, Margaret Smith of Houston; brother, Frank J. Kubena of Caldwell; sister, Albina Williams of Caldwell; seven grandchildren. (Phillips-Luckey Funeral Home, Caldwell)

(Published in The Austin American-Statesman on August 14, 1981)

John — Lydia C. Drgac. Lydia (daughter of Joseph Daniel Drgac, Jr. and Anna Marie Sebesta) was born 2 Mar 1897, Cooks Point, Burleson County, Texas, USA; died 10 Jun 1985, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; was buried , Cooks Point Brethren Church Cemetery - Cooks Point, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]