By Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune WASHINGTON — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Krueger, human rights advocate and the last Texas Democrat to serve in the U.S. Senate, died of congestive heart failure in his hometown of New Braunfels on April 30, according to local reports.

For decades, she was known to everyone who met her and loved her (and most who met her loved her) as “Shimi” – a word that captures both the iridescence of her personality and the fluid grace of her movement – but she was born Thanalakshmi Subramaniam, the first child of Subramaniam Thiruvengadam and Susila VIsay Lingham, on June 11, 1971.

Marja-Liisa Lennhoff, née Eskelinen, of Boerne, TX passed away at home on the evening of July 4, 2020 at 81 years of age. As was befitting of her brilliant spirit, Marja-Liisa left this world on the evening that our skies in the United States explode with blossoms of light. Due to the pandemic, no public services are planned, but Marja-Liisa’s family welcomes words of comfort and remembrances. Please see the bottom of this obituary for more information about how to help celebrate Marja-Liisa’s life.

Leola “Doris” Wallace was a fashion designer and seamstress who had an unusual knack for taking just one look at someone and mentally recording their measurements to sew the perfect dress, pantsuit or any other outfit they wanted.

By Hannah Wolf Helen Hausman, adventurous world traveler, patron of the arts, and advocate for compassion, died at home in San Antonio on Nov. 16, 2018, surrounded by her family and friends. She was 96.

Remarks delivered by her brother Mike Smathers at the memorial service of Patricia Jean Smathers Konstam, Sept. 6, 2019: Blessed be the God and Father of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Jesus, by God’s Grace we have been brought to a living hope through God’s great mercy.

Replay video of the viewing, rosary, and funeral for Andres "Andy" Sarabia on May 13 and 14, 2019 at his parish, Holy Family Catholic Church.

LIVE now or replay later: Funeral Mass For Bexar County Commissioner Paul Elizondo at San Fernando Cathedral on Jan. 3, 2019: Made possible by CTSA Catholic Television of San Antonio.

Join the family, friends and colleagues of Ruth Jones McClendon for a funeral mass celebration of her life, passion and accomplishments on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017 at 10 a.m. at the Holy Redeemer Catholic Church. 
 You can watch the service right here in this page, live, or replay it later.

Law enforcement from around the nation joined family and friends of San Antonio Police Det. Benjamin Marconi on Nov. 28 to pay their final respects to the slain officer. Marconi was shot and killed Nov. 20 as he wrote a ticket for a motorist close to the police department’s headquarters in downtown.