Hubert Joseph Drgac

1930 - 2003  (73 years)

• Name	Hubert Joseph Drgac
  Born	30 Jan 1930	Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Jul 2003	San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, USA
  Buried	18 Jul 2003	Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens - San Angelo, Texas, USA
  Person ID	I1902	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Walter Joseph Drgac,   b. 14 Oct 1892, Cooks Point, Burleson County, Texas, USA ,   d. 3 Sep 1971, San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Annie Mary Langer,   b. 4 Aug 1896, Burleson County, Texas, USA ,   d. 29 Mar 1936, San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, USA  (Age 39 years)
  Married	21 Nov 1915	Cooks Point, Burleson County, Texas, USA
  Family ID	F717	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	N.H. Michalik
  Children	+ 1. L.D. Drgac + 2. G.D. Drgac + 3. J.M. Drgac + 4. R.W. Drgac
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2022
  Family ID	F727	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 30 Jan 1930 - Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas, USA Died - 14 Jul 2003 - San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, USA Buried - 18 Jul 2003 - Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens - San Angelo, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos » Slide Show		Hubert Joseph Drgac Obituary picture
  		Louis Anton Kokes, Hubert Joseph Drgac, and Dorothy Lillian Drgac Kokes The Second Annual Czech Fest at the SPJST Hall in Rowena took place on October 25, 1997. A good crowd enjoyed the day long celebration. Pictures, at right, Louis Kokes, Hubert Drgac and Dorothy Kokes take a break from the activities.
  		Lodge Activites Pictured, L to R: President Dewyan Weise presents a plaque to Past President Hubert Drgac from Lodge 160 in appreciation for his years of service. (Published in The Vestnik SPJST Herald on January 6, 1988)
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  		Bonus Water - Hubert Joseph Drgac BONUS WATER--Korean veteran Hubert Drgac and his dog, Fred, look out over a field which they soaked up with other people's rain. Drgac build a modified syrup-pan terrace system and diverted water from a rampaging creek to spread over his fields. While the creek was running, Drgac was running too, shovel in hand, making sure his terraces and spillways worked right. The dog wasn't much help, but he was a heap of company. (Published in The San Angelo Standard-Times on May 15, 1955)
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  		Water Bonanza - Walter Joseph Drgac, Albert Edward Drgac, Walter Clarence Drgac, and Hubert Joseph Drgac WATER BONANZA--This well flowed 880 gallons a minute when brought in three weeks ago. Drilled by W. J. Drgac and his sons, Albert, W. C. and Hubert, shown above left to right, the well furnished water with which the Drgacs, dairy farmers, saved desperately-needed oats thought killed by the March freeze. The well now flows a steady 450 gallons a minute. (Published in The San Angelo Standard-Times on April 23, 1948)

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Rampaging Creek's Waters Diverted To Soak Acreage - Hubert Joseph Drgac Published in The San Angelo Standard Times on May 15, 1955
  		Farm Bureau Officers - Hubert Joseph Drgac Published in The San Angelo Weekly Standard on November 2, 1962
  		Another Load - Hubert Joseph Drgac Published in The San Angelo Standard-Times on August 1, 1962
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  		Obituary of Hubert Joseph Drgac Published in The San Angelo Standard-Times on July 16, 2003

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: Hubert J. Drgac, 73, of Veribest, died Monday, July 14, 2003, in a local hospital. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Friday, July 18, in Johnson's Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Tommy Tallas and the Rev. John Balatka officiating. Burial will follow in Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Billy Albright, Shawn Oliver, Ronnie Michalik, Carl Homeyer, Wyle Schockley and Clayton Friend. Mr. Drgac was born into a large family on Jan. 30, 1930, in Cooks Point, Texas, to Walter J. Drgac and Anna Langer Drgac. In 1936, they moved to the Wall-Veribest area. During his childhood, he suffered many hardships, starting with the loss of his mother and a brother at the age of 6. He entered the Air Force in 1951 and was discharged early due to the loss of another brother, Albert, in 1952. In 1953, he married Noemi Helen Michalik, and they began farming and raising a family of four sons. Hubert was a strong influence in bringing innovative ideas in farming to the area. He was also active in many organizations. He served on the board of directors of the Texas Farm Bureau as well as being the president of RVOS Lodge No. 25 and SPJST Insurance for a number of years. Hubert was also a member of the Wall Volunteer Fire Department, Wall Young Farmers and the Czech Heritage Society. He will be greatly missed by family members, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Survivors include his wife, Noemi Drgac of Veribest; four sons, Larry Drgac and wife, Brenda, of McCamey, Gary Drgac and wife, Brenda, of McCamey, James Drgac and wife, Mada, of San Angelo and Rodney Drgac and wife, Sonja, of San Angelo; grandchildren, Steven Drgac and wife, Mendy, of Odessa, Kellsy Drgac of McCamey, Ryan Whitmire and Adrienne Drgac of San Angelo, Krystle Noel, Kamber Noel and Jeffrey Drgac of San Angelo, Dayna and Lewis Wade of Winters; great-grandchildren, Dakota Drgac of Odessa, Jacob, Hannah and Katie Wade of Winters; two sisters, Dorothy Kokes and husband, Louis, of San Angelo, Clarice Drgac of San Angelo; a brother, J.D. Drgac and wife, Loretta, of Odessa; and an aunt, Lottie Drgac of Cooks Point. The family request memorials be made to a favorite charity.