Jackson County, Texas  - OBITUARIES 2001

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Esta Lee Bade 

Funeral services for Esta Lee Bade, 73, of Yoakum were held Saturday, Dec. 15, 
2001, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church with the Rev. Gary Goodson officiating. 
Interment followed at Hermann Sons Cemetery under the direction of Buffington 
Funeral Home. 

Mrs. Bade died Dec. 12. Born Dec. 25, 1927, in DeWitt County to the late Dietrich J. 
and Hilda Gerdes Beckermann, she was a member of the American Legion 
Auxiliary and the D.A.V. and she was also a member of the Hermann Sons. She 
was owner/operator of Yoakum Speed Wash. 

She is survived by a daughter, Kathryn Ann Hall, Yoakum; son, Dennis Wayne 
Bade, Yoakum; sisters, Gerdine Boening, Edna, and Viola Eilers, Channelview; 
three grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. 

She was preceded in death by her husband, Willard J. Bade; and a sister, 

Dora Bell Kloesel. 

Pallbearers were Michael Eilers, Gary Boening, Randy Nesloney, Rudy Hanzelka 
Jr., Carl Luddeke and Michael Wehmann. 

Memorials may be made to Holy Cross Evangelical Lutheran Church or to donor’s 
choice.