Notes:

Death Notice:

DRGAC, Frank F., 78, of Cooks Point died Wednesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, Caldwell Brethren Church, Caldwell. Burial Masonic Cemetery, Caldwell. (Strickland, Caldwell)

(Published in the Austin American-Statesman on Friday, August 16, 1991)



Obituary:

Frank F. Drgac, 78, of Cooks Point, died Wednesday evening, August 14, at his residence after a lengthy illness.

Mr. Drgac was born November 29, 1912, in Seymour, the twelfth child of the late Joseph D. and Annie Sebesta Drgac. A longtime resident of Burleson County, he has lived in the Cooks Point community since 1913, where his parents, five brothers and seven sisters moved to farm and ranch. He was baptized and confirmed at the Cooks Point Brethren Church. He married Lottie Clara Hovorak on December 27, 1937, in Caldwell. The Rev. H.E. Beseda, Sr., performed the ceremony. He was a member and served on the board of directors of the SPJST Lodge #186 in Caldwell. He was a member of the Caldwell Mutual Aid Society. He was a farmer and rancher who received the Outstanding Conservation Farmer award from the Burleson-Lee Soil Conservation District in 1964 and in 1971. Mr. Drgac also received the Fort Worth Press Conservationist of the Year award in 1971. He was a life member of the Caldwell Brethren Church. He is remembered for his love of the land, farming, and ranching, gardening and playing dominoes.

He is preceded in death by his parents; seven sisters, Annie Hronek, Lydia Kubena, Albina Meyer, Milady Kubena, Libbie Chaloupka, Elizabeth Luksa, Olga Urbanovsky; four brothers, Walter, William, Johnnie and Joe Drgac; son-in-law, Ernest S. Homeyer.

Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Lottie C. Drgac of Cooks Point; two daughters, Carolyn D. Homeyer Vavra and husband J.D. Vavra of Caldwell, Lorene J. Bormann and Husband Alvin P. Bormann of College Station; four grandchildren, Craig and wife, Rhonda Homeyer of Caldwell, Carl Homeyer of Caldwell, David and wife, Penny Bormann of Bryan, Diane Bormann of College Station; one great grandchild, Chandler Allan Homeyer of Caldwell; one brother, Edd J. and wife Fannie Drgac of Cooks Point, and numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives.

Funeral services were at 10 a.m., Saturday, August 17, from Caldwell Brethren Church with the Rev. Richard E. Stone officiating. Interment followed in the Masonic Cemetery in Caldwell.

Memorials may be made to Caldwell Brethren Church, American Cancer Society or Hospice of Brazos County, 1403 Memorial Drive, Bryan, Texas, 77802.

Pallbearers were Billy Albright, James Drgac, Lamar Drgac, Joe Hovorak, A.G. Hronek, Franklin Sebesta and Ben Trcalek, Jr.

Honorary pallbearers were George Chemelar, Hubert Drgac, Jack Huback, John Kostohtyz, Marvin Kubena, Louis Loehr, Robert M. Logan, H.F. Maker, Leo Maresh, Vince Patranella, Marty Tharp and Robert Wine.

(Published in The Burleson County Citizen Tribune and Caldwell News on August 22, 1991)

Frank married Milday Clara Hovorak 27 Dec 1937 (Married by Rev. H. E. Beseda, Sr.), Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas, USA. Milday was born 6 Feb 1919, Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas, USA; died 19 Feb 2011, Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas, USA; was buried 22 Feb 2011, Masonic Cemetery - Caldwell, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

C.H. — E.S. Homeyer. [Group Sheet]

C.H. married J.D. Vavra [Group Sheet]

C.H. married J.F. Brinkmann [Group Sheet]

L.J. — A.P. Bormann, Jr.. [Group Sheet]

C.A. married R.L. Schonefeld [Group Sheet]

C.W. married S.R. Kersh [Group Sheet]

D.P. married P.S. Helmcamp [Group Sheet]

D.J. married S.A. Copeland [Group Sheet]