Jackson County, Texas  - OBITUARIES 2002

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Alex Benjamin Sklar Sr. 

Funeral services for Alex Benjamin Sklar Sr., 85, of Edna were held Friday, Jan. 
18, 2002, from the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Edna with the Rev. Robert LeBlanc 
officiating. Interment followed at Memory Gardens of Edna under the direction of 
Slavik Funeral Home. 

Mr. Sklar died Jan. 15. Born Oct. 6, 1916, in Hallettsville, to the late John and 
Augustine Holley Sklar, he was a self-employed carpenter and member of St. 
Paul Lutheran Church of Edna. 

Survivors include daughters, Veda Kozelsky and Holly Janca, both of Victoria; 
son, Alex Sklar Jr., Pasadena; sisters, Delores Brazeal, Magnolia, Ida Sklar and 
Lorene Vonfeldt, both of Commerce City, Colo., Irene Owing, Cheynne, WY, and 
Margie Sims, Deer Park; brother, Dennis Sklar, Houston; 11 grandchildren; and 
two great-grandchildren. 

He was preceded in death by his wife, Selma Cleveland Sklar; parents; son, 
Everett Sklar; brothers, Leo Sklar and Joe Thomas Sklar; and sisters, Elsie Revello, 
Loraine Sklar and Georgie Slusher. 

Pallbearers were Ron Summers, Royce Hudgeons, David Janca, Steve Janca, 
Andrew Janca and Tony Kutchka.