Clara Mae Krystyniak

Funeral services for Clara Mae Snoe Krystyniak are scheduled for Tuesday in St. Joseph Catholic Church in New Waverly. Mrs. Krystyniak died at home near New Waverly early Saturday April 9, 2016. She was 98. She was born and reared near Willis and graduated from Willis High School. She and Frank Krystyniak were married in 1940 and lived in a house they built on their small farm just west of New Waverly. In addition to her duties as a homemaker, she also helped with farm chores such as picking cotton, pulling corn, baling hay, vegetable gardening and caring for their farm animals. Mrs. Krystyniak was especially active in church work, leading the Rosary before Masses and working on projects with the ladies' Rosary and altar societies. For many years she and several friends quilted on a weekly basis and raised thousands of dollars by making quilts for the church fund-raising raffle at the St. Joseph Homecoming Bazaar. She also taught Confraternity of Christian Education classes and was a sponsor for the Catholic Youth Organization. One of her and her husband's favorite activities was playing 42 dominoes with friends and members of the Sunshine Club. Her survivors include daughter Joanne Reyes, husband, Richard and grandsons Michael of New Waverly and Ryan and wife Summer of San Antonio; son Bernie Krystyniak and wife Jodie of Lake City, Col., granddaughter Katie Cooper and husband Dusty of Bryan, granddaughter Kacey Stotesbery, husband Dan, and great-grandsons Hudson and Otto of Denver; and son Franklin Krystyniak, wife Linda, granddaughter Karol Smith and husband Judson, and great-granddaughters Lucy and Sadie, all of Huntsville, and grandson John Krystyniak, wife Carla, and great-grandson Jack of Philadelphia. The family would like to thank her special caregivers and friends Donna Francis, Helen Reyn-olds and Jeannine Perry. Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Tuesday April 12, 2016 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in New Waverly with burial in Elmina Cemetery. Visitation is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. Monday, April 11, 2016 with Rosary at 7 p.m. at Sam Houston Memorial Funeral Home in Huntsville. In lieu of the usual remembrances, contributions may be made to St. Joseph Catholic Church, 101 Elmore St., New Waverly TX 77358-4105. Full obituary may be viewed and memorial condolences made to the family at www.shmfh.com.

Clara Mae Krystyniak

October 8, 1917 - April 9, 2016