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Martha Marie Stuchly Anderson
7 Mar 1919 – 1 Jan 2004
| Birth | 7 Mar 1919 |
| Death | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Cemetery | Mont Meta Memorial Park San Benito , Cameron County , Texas , USA |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/226103993 |
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Daughter of Rudolph Stuchly and Valentina Adela (nee Zrubek) Stuchly. Martha Marie Stuchly married Clarence Richard Anderson on 12 June 1939, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Austin, Travis County, Texas. ++++++++++ Martha Marie Anderson, 84 Obituaries, January 4, 2004 Brownsville Herald, The (TX) - Sunday, January 4, 2004 Martha Marie Anderson, devoted and loving wife, mother, sister, aunt, and grandmother, died Thursday, January 1, 2004, in San Antonio at the age of 84. Born March 7, 1919, in Granger, Texas, she moved to Willacy County in 1948 with her husband Clarence and children to begin farming, and celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary there at their family home in 1989. She was a generous soul with a kind heart to those in need. She devoted countless hours to volunteering her services to St. Anthonys and Prince of Peace Catholic Churches, and to the St. Annes Society of the KJZT fraternal organization of Czech women. Second only to the love of her grandchildren was her love of gardening. Coaxing an oasis of lush greenery out of the dusty fields surrounding her home, she enjoyed the physical work of turning the dark, rich soil and pointing out inch worms, first to her children and then her grandchildren. She taught them to gently tamp down the earth around tender new plants, how to water, fertilize, and then enjoy the bountiful roses that sprang from her rose garden, and how to create beauty where only bareness had been before. Her children remember her as a magnificent cook, smiling as they recall her philosophy of food is love. Not to eat at least a bite of the sumptuous fare she prepared when she had visitors was futile. Holidays were always special because of her and Clarence. Spending hours in her famous kitchen, remodeled and enlarged finally after raising their six children, they would prepare enough delicious treats to feed a family for days. Her specialty was kolaches, a family favorite learned from her mother and her mothers mother and prepared with her many friends in KJZT. When she wasnt cooking, she is best remembered holding and playing with her grandbabies. A wonderful, patient, and kind grandmother, she would spend countless hours letting them explore and simply taking time to play with them and be with them. She was their best friend. She was preceded in death by her husband Clarence Anderson in 1990 and her sister Della Fletcher in 2003. Surviving are her sister, Henrietta Ciarrocca of Maplewood, N.J.; sons Ronald Anderson of San Antonio, Mike (Juanita) Anderson of San Benito and Allan (Marilyn) Anderson of Simonton; daughters Anita Anderson of San Antonio, Marylin (Mike) Myers of Brownsville and Sharon Anderson Wendt of Houston; nieces Karen Ciarrocca (Andy) Dietz of Chester, NJ and Joan Ciarrocca (Tim) McChesney of Medham, NJ. She is also survived by her grandchildren Amanda, Edward and Phillip Terry, Cullen and Shelly Anderson, Alexis, Nicole, Michael and Elizabeth Wendt, Araceli Anderson Kane and Alfonso Anderson; and five great-grandchildren. A Rosary will be recited Sunday, January 4, 2004, at 6 p.m. at Prince of Peace Catholic Church in Lyford. A Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated at 2 p.m. at Prince of Peace Catholic Church with Fr. Amador Garza officiating. Internment will follow in Mont Meta Memorial Park in San Benito. Memorial contributions may be made to Prince of Peace Catholic Church, P.O. Box 460, Lyford, Texas 78569. Funeral arrangements are with Mont Meta Restlawn Cox Funeral Home in Harlingen
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