Karnes Co. TX - OBITUARIES - February 2008

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2/5/2008

Antonio M. 'Tony' Sanchez -- Blooming Prairie 

BLOOMING PRAIRIE -- The Mass of Christian Burial for Antonio M.
"Tony" Sanchez will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Columbanus
Catholic Church in Blooming Prairie, with the Rev. Richard Dernek
officiating. Interment will be in St. Columbanus Cemetery. 

Mr. Sanchez, 86, a longtime Blooming Prairie resident, died Saturday
(Feb. 2, 2008) at Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester. 

Antonio Mierelez Sanchez was born Jan. 17, 1922, in Golial, Texas.
He married Teresa Herrera in Runge, Texas, on Feb. 27, 1943. The
family moved to Blooming Prairie in 1965. Mr. Sanchez worked at many
places in the Blooming Prairie area and recently worked for the state
of Minnesota in construction. He enjoyed fishing and gardening, and
loved spending time with his family. 

Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Maria "Mary" Perez
(Domingo Flores) and Guadelupe "Lupe" (Glen) Hoheisel, both of
Blooming Prairie, and Dominga "Sandy" (Robert) Coughlin of Dodge
Center; three sons, Jose "Tony" (Sue) and Juan Sr. (Celia), both of
Owatonna, and Glenn of Rochester; 18 grandchildren; 33 great-
grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild; three brothers, Juan Bryan
and Enedino Bryan, both of Runge, Texas, and Delfino Bryan of Round
Rock, Texas; and four sisters, Paula Rios of Big Springs, Texas,
Estropia Perez of LaMesa, Texas, Demencia Molina and Josefina Garcia,
both of Runge. 

Wake prayers and a Rosary service will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday at
Worlein Blooming Prairie Funeral Home. Friends may call from 4:30
p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, and an hour before the
service Thursday at the church.