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THE BAYTOWN SUN Friday, December 11, 1992 3-A
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
$16.95 OIL & FILTER CHANGE!
PORCH
Services for Gladys Mae Porch, 90, of’
Baytown will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec.
M> 1992, at Memory Gardens Cemetery
with the Rev. Roemer Hudler officiating.
Mrs. Porch died Wednesday, Dec. 9. in a
Baytown hospital
band, Robert Grochoske.
She is survived by her son, Jack Grocho-
ske of Baytown; daughter and son-in-law,
Kathryn and Ben Kunze of Baytown;
brother, John Pitrucha of Marlin; sisters, Lil-
lie Grochoske of Baytown and Anna Vethke
She was horn in Vaiio c • . , , of Houston; grandchildren, Barbara and Tom
rS in ey oPnngs had Fields of Houston, and Mary and Ronnie
lived in Baytown 65 years. She worked as a
homemaker, attended First Christian Church
and was a member of Baytown Elks Lodge.
She was preceded in death by her hus-
band, Charlie Porch, and brothers, Troy Tal-
ley and Luby Lon Talley.
She is survived by her sisters and brother-
in-law, Mary and C.W. “Red” Grantham of
Baytown, and Lois Pendleton of San Anto-
nio; and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces
and great-nephews.
Services are under the direction of
Navarre-Lee Funeral Home.
GROCHOSKE
Services for Mary Rosalee Grochoske, 82,
of Baytown will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday,
Mary
Ramsey of Crosby; great-grandchildren,
Cullen Fields, Terry Latner, Greg Fields,
Jansi Ramsey and Natalie Ramsey; and
great-great-grandchildren, Christopher,
Angela and Meghan Latner.
Burial will be held at Mart Cemetery.
Services are under the direction of
Navarre-Lee Funeral Home.
KRATKY
Services for Joe L. Kratky, 89, of Sealy
will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 12,
1992, at White Chapel Funeral Home in
Highlands with the Rev. Larry Koslosvski
officiating.
. ---------r..........t Kratky, who was bom in Czechoslovakia
Dec. 12, 1992, at Little Page Funeral Home on Jan. 6, 1903, died Wednesday, Dec. 9.
in Mart. He had lived in Crosby 70 years before
Mrs. Grochoske died Thursday, Dec. 10, moving to Sealy.
in clBaytown hospital. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-
She was bom in Temple on May 10,1910. law, Irene and Ray Krenek of Sealy; sons
She lived at Mart in her early married life and daughters-in-law, Albert and Sandra
and moved to Anchorage, Alaska in 1945. Kratky of West Columbia, Billy Ray Kratky
sne had worked as a civil service supervisor of Utah, Jody and Jeanie Kratky of High-
ana came to Baytown in 1977 after lands, and Donnie and Elizabeth Kratky of
retirement. Murphys, Calif.; sisters, Bessie Hajovsky of
i,he attended First Baptist Church. Baytown, and Lillian Yates of Crosby;
She was preceded in death by her hus- brother, Charlie Kratky of Crosby; and 16
Bentsen move good,
bad news for Texas
grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Burial will be held at White Chapel
Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Chris Krenek,
Kirk Kratky, Steven Kratky, Todd Kratky,
Dennis Kocich and Leo Rucka. Honorary
pallbearers will be Blake Kratky, James Kre-
nek, Joe Ray Krenek, Donnie Kratky Jr. and
Chad Kratky.
Services are under the direction of White
Chapel Funeral Home in Highlands.
COBB
Services for Mary Lois Rice Cobb, 67, of
lola will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12,
1992, at the Hillier Funeral Chapel in Bryan
with the Rev. Bill Jones of Fellowship
Freewill Baptist Church officiating.
Mrs. Cobb died Wednesday, Dec. 9, in
Bryan.
Bom July, 13, 1925 in the Keith Com-
munity, Mrs. Cobb was a former owner of
the Carlos Store in Grimes County.
She had been a resident of Baytown for 25 ig
years and was a member of the Baptist faith. ^
She was preceded in death by her “
daughter, Tracy LaNelle Cobb, and sister, %
Johnnie Lou Rice Brown. ^
Mrs. Cobb is survived by her sons, John **
Lee Cobb of Bryan and Timothy R. Cobb of f£>
Spring; daughter, Beverly Ann Cobb Moore
of lola; sister, Vicki Duerer of Houston; and w
parents, John “Pat” Pascal and Bonnie Rice
of Bryan.
Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery w
in the Keith Community.
Arrangements are under the direction of **
Hillier Funeral Home in Bryan.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — As
Lloyd Bentsen’s political star
rises, Texas’ clout on Capitol
Hill wanes.
But no one appears to be-
grudge the Democratic elder
statesman’s move to the Treas-
ury Department, where he will
make many of the decisions that
determine how well and how
quickly Democrats jump-start
the economy.
It’s an important job. A plum
job. A prestigious place to have
a Texan.
Bentsen will become only the
third Texan in the 203-year his-
tory of the Treasury Department
to head the influential agency,
joining John Connally and Jim
Baker.
He may be adding to his place
in history, but Texans from Gov.
Ann Richards on down are
keenly aware that the state will
lose a lot: power, political savvy
and a place in Congress’ inner
sanctum.
“Sen. Bentsen is irreplaceable
in the Congress. He was our
tireless defender and most eleg-
ant champion,” Richards said af-
ter President-elect Clinton an-
nounced Bentsen’s selection
Thursday.
“You can’t be disappointed
by an opportunity like that,” said
Rep. Pete Geren, the Fort Worth
Democrat who once served on
Bentsen’s staff.
“I just wish there were two of
him so we could have Lloyd
Bentsen as senior senator from
Texas and Lloyd Bentsen as sec-
retary of the Treasury.”
The worry was clear last
week when Richards voiced her
desire that Bentsen remain in the
Senate and continue building on
his 22 years of seniority.
Richards even telephoned
Clinton to pint out that Bent-
sen, as chairman of the Senate
Finance Committee, could play
a pivotal role in pushing the ad-
ministration’s economic pack-
age through Congress.
Added to the mix is Democra-
tic concern that Bentsen’s seat
could fall into GOP hands.
Bentsen’s successor, whoever
he or she may be, will be start-
ing at the bottom rung — the
newest freshman among 12
other Senate newcomers.
The 71-year-old senator’s in-
fluence wasn’t built in a day.
The scion of a wealthy Rio
Grande Valley family, Bentsen
first dabbled in politics after re-
turning from World War II. The
decorated bomber pilot was
elected Hidalgo County judge in
1946, then moved to the U.S.
House of Representatives in
1948 at the age of 27.
By 1954, Bentsen decided not
to seek re-election and instead
returned to private life to build a
fortune independent from his
father’s extensive farming,
ranching, banking, oil and real
estate holdings.
Corporate success and the
realization that he wanted to be
remembered for something other
than his net worth led the Hous-
ton millionaire insurance execu-
tive to challenge Sen. Ralph
Yarborough in 1970.
After winning the primary,
Bentsen went on to defeat Hous-
ton Congressman George Bush
for the first of four Senate terms.
The courtly Bentsen initially
drew little attention in the Se-
nate, in part because he rarely
sought the limelight. But the
conservative Democrat quickly
built a reputation as a bipartisan
coalition-builder and a master of
the legislative process.
Bentsen’s national aspirations
led him to seek the 1976 Demo-
cratic presidential nomination, a
race he abandoned after gaining
little support early on.
His name was mentioned as a
possible vice-presidential run-
ning mate for Walter Mondale
in 1984.
Warlords calling for
cease-fire in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP)
— The country’s two main war-
lords called for a cease-fire Fri-
day after a groundbreaking
U.S.-arranged meeting, and or-
dered their fighters to clear out
of the capital.
The announcement by Gen.
Mohamed Farrah Aidid and Ali
Mahdi Mohamed did not how-
ever, call on clan gunmen to sur-
render their weapns.
And it came just hours after
their fighters slugged it out in
Mogadishu and relief workers
cowered in fear in the lawless
interior.
Aidid and Ali Mahdi shook
hands warmly after the meeting,
which an Aidid aide called
“very cordial, very amiable ...
Everybody was hugging and en-
joying the camaraderie of one
another.”
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Dobbs, Gary. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, December 11, 1992, newspaper, December 11, 1992; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1020996/m1/3/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.