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Frances Aloysia Schimcek went to be with the Lord Friday August 7, 2009 at the age of 91. Frances was born on January 10, 1918 in Granger, Texas to Joseph Jarolim and Mary Pasecny Jarolim. Frances and her family later moved to Taylor, Texas where she attended school. She moved to San Antonio in 1940 and then married Rush Johnson in 1941. She was widowed in 1944 when her husband was killed in World War II when he was shot down in Africa while flying a reconnaissance mission. On September 14, 1946 she married Alvin Schimcek at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in downtown San Antonio. Frances then became an active housewife and mother raising her daughter Shirley and her son Raymond. Frances was very strong in her Catholic faith and was an active member of St. Margaret Mary's Catholic Church. Frances was also active in the Hermann Son's Vineta Lodge, S.P.J.S.T., K.J.T., K.J.Z.T. and Czech Heritage Society of Texas. Frances and her husband Alvin enjoyed dancing, playing dominoes and tarok. They attended numerous local and regional German and Czech polka dances and festivals. Frances and her husband Alvin enjoyed gardening and traveling. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Alvin who died on June 14, 2009. She was also preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Mary Jarolim; five sisters, Mary Huard, Anna Bell Jarolim, Lillie Butler, Bessie Brueckner, and Georgia Taylor. Survivors include one daughter Shirley Burrows and husband James of Elmendorf, Texas, one son Raymond Schimcek and wife Dana of Midland, Texas, and two grandchildren Shelby and Christina Schimcek also of Midland, Texas. She is also survived by one niece Betty Ann Stried and her husband Carl of Taylor, Texas and one nephew Wallace Joe Brueckner and his wife Ann Lee of Taylor, Texas and numerous great-nieces and great-nephews. SERVICES Visitation will be held at Mission Park Funeral Chapel South on Tuesday August 11, 2009 from 5:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. with a rosary at 7:00 P.M. Burial services and Holy Mass will be at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at St. Margaret Mary's Catholic Church. Interment will follow at St. Jeromes's Catholic Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to St. Margaret Mary's Catholic Church building fund at 1314 Fair Avenue San Antonio, Texas 78223.

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Frances A. Schimcek

January 10, 1918 - August 7, 2009