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- Christina Loyola Duff Kalka
BIRTH 5 Feb 1921
San Marcos, Hays County, Texas, USA
DEATH 2015 (aged 93–94)
Bandera, Bandera County, Texas, USA
BURIAL
Saint Stanislaus Catholic Cemetery (Old)
Bandera, Bandera County, Texas, USA
MEMORIAL ID 152862956
Christina Loyola Kalka, age 94 of Bandera, TX., passed away on September 24, 2015 in Bandera, TX. She was born in San Marcos, TX., to Francis Duff and Clara Maude Thompson Duff on February5, 1921. She married Willie Andrew Kalka on August 25, 1938 in Bandera, TX.
She attended school in Tarpley, TX. She was a homemaker.
Christina was preceded in death by her spouse of 58 years, Willie Kalka; her parents, Francis and Maude Duff; sisters, Agnes Kalka and Thelma Jureczki; brother, Dennis Duff; sons-in-law, Cecil Gilstrap, Truman Montgomery, William Wilkerson and Eddie Barber; daughter-in-law, Evelyn Kalka; great-great grandchildren, twins- Michael and Gabriel Bradford.
She is survived by her eleven children, Margaret Gilstrap-Barber, Shirley Bradford-Teague, (David), Jerry Kalka, Tommy Kalka (Sue), Linda Samford (Charles), Theresa Fleeman (Jim), Elaine Kinsey (Richard), Helen Wilkerson (Andy), Wanda Schwengler (Tommy), Sammy Kalka, Connie Allen (Mike); 19 grandchildren; 24 great grandchildren; 3 great-great grandchildren, numerous step grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be Sunday, 5PM to 7PM, September 27, 2015 at Grimes Funeral Chapels, followed by a Rosary at 7 PM.
Funeral Mass will be held Monday, 10AM, September 28, 2015, at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Bandera with Father John Nolan officiating. Burial will follow at the Old St. Stanislaus Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be grandsons, Mark Bradford, Carl Wilkerson, Allen Samford, Carl Teague, Tommy Kalka II, Kevin Kinsey, Andy Lee Wilkerson, Jr.
Memorials may be made to St. Stanislaus Catholic Church or River City Hospic.
The family of Christina Kalka wishes to extend our sincere thanks to Bandera
Rehabilitation Center and River City Hospice.
Christina was dearly loved by all and will be greatly missed.
Lawrence Kalka was born in 1867 and grew up in Bandera. He was a rancher and owned about 600 acres on the east side of Tarpley Pass, now the site of the Boy Scout Camp. Lawrence married Hattie Ballentyne in 1903. They were the parents of three children: Joseph L., Annie F., and William. Hattie died in 1941. Lawrence died in 1946. Joesph L. married Edna Welch in 1943. Joseph died in 1995. Edna died 2002. Annie F. married Harold Theteford in Bandera. Annie died in 1989. Harold died in 1964. William (Willie) married Christine Duff in 1938 in Bandera. Willie and Christina were the parents of 11 children: Hettie Margaret married Cecil Gilstrap and their children were Tonya and Natasha; Shirley's first marriage was to Sam Bradford and they had a son, Mark. Her second marriage was to David Teague and their two children were Carl and Shanna; Louis Jerome married Evelyn Wilkerson and their children were Lisa and Joan; Thomas married Sue Pick and their children were Heather, Christi, and Tommy; Linda married Charles Samford and their children were Allen and Tracy; Theresa married Jim Fleeman; Mary (Elaine) married Richard Kinsey and their children were Melissa and Kevin; Helen married Andy Wilkerson. They had a son, Andy Lee; Wanda's first marriage was to Jr. Wilkerson and their children were Michele and Tara. Her second marriage was to Tom Swingler.
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