1933- 2023

Etta Mae (Wiktorik) Himly peacefully passed away on April 28, 2023, at the age of 89 in Schulenburg, TX. She was born May 18, 1933, in Welcome, TX to parents Joe and Clara (Pheffer) Wiktorik.

At the age of four she and her family moved to the small farming community of Iowa Colony in Brazoria County. She graduated from Missouri City High School, in Missouri City, in 1951 as class Valedictorian. Years later she attended Career College of Business in Houston. She worked in the banking industry for many years.

She raised three sons, one niece and two nephews while living in Bellville with her first husband. She married Eugene Himly on July 16, 1967. They were married for 44 years. They lived in Sealy where they were active members of the First United Methodist Church. She served on various committees over the years and enjoyed on various committees over the years and enjoyed working in the Annual Rummage and Bake Sale and delivering meals to those who could not leave their homes.

She was always willing to bake a cake for anyone in need. Together, they enjoyed traveling to many states including Hawaii and Alaska. Their favorite activity was sightseeing and riding snowmobiles in Yellow Stone National Park. She loved her family and cherished spending time with her grandchildren.

Etta Mae was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Eugene Himly, two brothers Otto Wiktorik and Joe Wiktorik Jr. and a grandson, Michael Wayne (Wendt) Baucum. She is survived by her sister Rosie Neumann of Bellville, three sons and their wives, Harold Neil Wendt Jr. and Kimberli of Schulenburg, Bruce Douglas Wendt and Molly of San Marcos, and Ricki Lane Wendt and Jackie of Houston; six grandchildren Destiny Jones, Tristan Wendt, Whitney Wendt-Stewart, Callie Richmond, Brandi Wendt and Ricki Wendt, Jr., and five great grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Knesek Bros. Funeral Chapel, 786 Fourth St., Sealy, Texas 77474 (979) 8853535 www.knesekfuneralhome. com