Eleanora Pelzel, 84, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 13, 2015. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., with a Rosary at 7 p.m., Friday, January 16, 2015, at Boze-Mitchell-McKibbin Funeral Home Chapel in Ennis. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, January 17, 2015, at St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church in Ennis, with Father Antonio L. Ormaza as Celebrant. Interment will follow in Saint Joseph Cemetery in Ennis
Eleanora was born in Muenster, Texas, to the late Joseph Alois and Suzanna Elizabeth (Fleitman) Hoenig. Eleanora graduated from Sacred Heart Catholic School in Muenster, Texas, in 1949. On November 7, 1951, she married Arnold Fuhrman and they lived on the farm in Lindsay, Texas. After his death, Eleanora moved to Dallas to live with her sister, Rita. They both worked at Braniff Airways.
On August 18, 1953, in Dallas, Texas, she married Carl F. Pelzel from Pilot Point, Texas. They lived in Denton, where their first two children were born. In December, 1956, they moved to Ennis, Texas, where they had two more children. She was an active member of St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church, Golden Crusaders, Golden Circle, Catholic Daughters of the Americas #2268, VFW Post 7106, and the Ennis Sewing Circle.
She held the Sunshine office in the Ennis Sewing Circle for 18 years and was in charge of the quilting. Eleanora made the quilts for the Catholic Daughters raffle for the Scholarship Fund for many years. She was a seamstress for Ennis Furniture, Donavon-Galvani, Ennis Dress and Storey's Mfg. If you knew her, you knew that she loved a good game of '84', '42' or Scrabble, She is best known for her quilting talents, whether it was that special high school t-shirt quilt, wedding ring quilts, or the restoration of family quilts from her local friends.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Arnold Fuhrman; second husband, Carl Pelzel; and brothers, Jerry Hoenig and Rupert Hoenig.
Survivors include her daughter, Carolyn Forehand and her husband, Mike; sons, James and his wife, Karen, Tommy and his wife, Monica, and Michael and his wife, Angela; grandchildren: Erin (Forehand) Haack and her husband, Josh, Nathan and Alison Pelzel, Michaelle, Brenna and Daniel Pelzel, and JW, KA, and KL; great-grandchildren:, Hunter, Braden, and Kaitlyn Haack; sisters, Rita Cottle and Edna Mae Hermes; brother, Raymond Hoenig; other relatives and many friends. N17
Eleanora was born in Muenster, Texas, to the late Joseph Alois and Suzanna Elizabeth (Fleitman) Hoenig. Eleanora graduated from Sacred Heart Catholic School in Muenster, Texas, in 1949. On November 7, 1951, she married Arnold Fuhrman and they lived on the farm in Lindsay, Texas. After his death, Eleanora moved to Dallas to live with her sister, Rita. They both worked at Braniff Airways.
On August 18, 1953, in Dallas, Texas, she married Carl F. Pelzel from Pilot Point, Texas. They lived in Denton, where their first two children were born. In December, 1956, they moved to Ennis, Texas, where they had two more children. She was an active member of St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church, Golden Crusaders, Golden Circle, Catholic Daughters of the Americas #2268, VFW Post 7106, and the Ennis Sewing Circle.
She held the Sunshine office in the Ennis Sewing Circle for 18 years and was in charge of the quilting. Eleanora made the quilts for the Catholic Daughters raffle for the Scholarship Fund for many years. She was a seamstress for Ennis Furniture, Donavon-Galvani, Ennis Dress and Storey's Mfg. If you knew her, you knew that she loved a good game of '84', '42' or Scrabble, She is best known for her quilting talents, whether it was that special high school t-shirt quilt, wedding ring quilts, or the restoration of family quilts from her local friends.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Arnold Fuhrman; second husband, Carl Pelzel; and brothers, Jerry Hoenig and Rupert Hoenig.
Survivors include her daughter, Carolyn Forehand and her husband, Mike; sons, James and his wife, Karen, Tommy and his wife, Monica, and Michael and his wife, Angela; grandchildren: Erin (Forehand) Haack and her husband, Josh, Nathan and Alison Pelzel, Michaelle, Brenna and Daniel Pelzel, and JW, KA, and KL; great-grandchildren:, Hunter, Braden, and Kaitlyn Haack; sisters, Rita Cottle and Edna Mae Hermes; brother, Raymond Hoenig; other relatives and many friends. N17
Eleanora Pelzel, 84, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 13, 2015. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., with a Rosary at 7 p.m., Friday, January 16, 2015, at Boze-Mitchell-McKibbin Funeral Home Chapel in Ennis. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, January 17, 2015, at St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church in Ennis, with Father Antonio L. Ormaza as Celebrant. Interment will follow in Saint Joseph Cemetery in Ennis
Eleanora was born in Muenster, Texas, to the late Joseph Alois and Suzanna Elizabeth (Fleitman) Hoenig. Eleanora graduated from Sacred Heart Catholic School in Muenster, Texas, in 1949. On November 7, 1951, she married Arnold Fuhrman and they lived on the farm in Lindsay, Texas. After his death, Eleanora moved to Dallas to live with her sister, Rita. They both worked at Braniff Airways.
On August 18, 1953, in Dallas, Texas, she married Carl F. Pelzel from Pilot Point, Texas. They lived in Denton, where their first two children were born. In December, 1956, they moved to Ennis, Texas, where they had two more children. She was an active member of St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church, Golden Crusaders, Golden Circle, Catholic Daughters of the Americas #2268, VFW Post 7106, and the Ennis Sewing Circle.
She held the Sunshine office in the Ennis Sewing Circle for 18 years and was in charge of the quilting. Eleanora made the quilts for the Catholic Daughters raffle for the Scholarship Fund for many years. She was a seamstress for Ennis Furniture, Donavon-Galvani, Ennis Dress and Storey's Mfg. If you knew her, you knew that she loved a good game of '84', '42' or Scrabble, She is best known for her quilting talents, whether it was that special high school t-shirt quilt, wedding ring quilts, or the restoration of family quilts from her local friends.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Arnold Fuhrman; second husband, Carl Pelzel; and brothers, Jerry Hoenig and Rupert Hoenig.
Survivors include her daughter, Carolyn Forehand and her husband, Mike; sons, James and his wife, Karen, Tommy and his wife, Monica, and Michael and his wife, Angela; grandchildren: Erin (Forehand) Haack and her husband, Josh, Nathan and Alison Pelzel, Michaelle, Brenna and Daniel Pelzel, and JW, KA, and KL; great-grandchildren:, Hunter, Braden, and Kaitlyn Haack; sisters, Rita Cottle and Edna Mae Hermes; brother, Raymond Hoenig; other relatives and many friends. N17
Eleanora was born in Muenster, Texas, to the late Joseph Alois and Suzanna Elizabeth (Fleitman) Hoenig. Eleanora graduated from Sacred Heart Catholic School in Muenster, Texas, in 1949. On November 7, 1951, she married Arnold Fuhrman and they lived on the farm in Lindsay, Texas. After his death, Eleanora moved to Dallas to live with her sister, Rita. They both worked at Braniff Airways.
On August 18, 1953, in Dallas, Texas, she married Carl F. Pelzel from Pilot Point, Texas. They lived in Denton, where their first two children were born. In December, 1956, they moved to Ennis, Texas, where they had two more children. She was an active member of St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church, Golden Crusaders, Golden Circle, Catholic Daughters of the Americas #2268, VFW Post 7106, and the Ennis Sewing Circle.
She held the Sunshine office in the Ennis Sewing Circle for 18 years and was in charge of the quilting. Eleanora made the quilts for the Catholic Daughters raffle for the Scholarship Fund for many years. She was a seamstress for Ennis Furniture, Donavon-Galvani, Ennis Dress and Storey's Mfg. If you knew her, you knew that she loved a good game of '84', '42' or Scrabble, She is best known for her quilting talents, whether it was that special high school t-shirt quilt, wedding ring quilts, or the restoration of family quilts from her local friends.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Arnold Fuhrman; second husband, Carl Pelzel; and brothers, Jerry Hoenig and Rupert Hoenig.
Survivors include her daughter, Carolyn Forehand and her husband, Mike; sons, James and his wife, Karen, Tommy and his wife, Monica, and Michael and his wife, Angela; grandchildren: Erin (Forehand) Haack and her husband, Josh, Nathan and Alison Pelzel, Michaelle, Brenna and Daniel Pelzel, and JW, KA, and KL; great-grandchildren:, Hunter, Braden, and Kaitlyn Haack; sisters, Rita Cottle and Edna Mae Hermes; brother, Raymond Hoenig; other relatives and many friends. N17
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