Aline Hattie Kaluza

Aline Hattie (Marek) Kaluza, age 89, of West, passed away early Saturday morning, May 26, 2012 at West Rest Haven in West. A rosary will be recited 8:00 p.m. Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church of the Assumption in West. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10:00 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary's Catholic Church of the Assumption, with Rev. Ed Karasek as celebrant. Burial will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery. Mrs. Kaluza was born September 24, 1922 in Abbott, the daughter of Frank and Mary (Dvorak) Marek. She attended the Denton school near West. On September 23, 1940, she was united in marriage to Alfred Rudolph Kaluza in Penelope and they celebrated 63 years of life together along with raising eight children on the family farm and left a memorable legacy to each one of them. Alfred preceded her in death on March 24, 2004. Aline was a homemaker and helped on the farm. She enjoyed cooking, baking, singing, sewing, reading and especially loved spending time with her children and grandchildren. You could always find her in the kitchen making homemade bread, kolaches, noodles, chocolate buchta, and her awesome angel food cake. In the later afternoons, you would see her outdoors gardening, chopping in her flower beds, and taking care of her chickens, cats, and dog, Buster. She was a woman of prayer and recited the rosary for her family before she went to bed each night. She was a very faithful member of St. Mary's Catholic Church of the Assumption in West. She was also a member of the Catholic Daughter's of America Court No. 829. Aline is also preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Edmund Marek; and a sister, Leona Kral. Survivors include her loving children, Dorothy "Dottie" Tichavsky and husband Raymond of Austin, James Alfred "Jimmy" Kaluza of Creedmoor, Freddie Kaluza and wife Janice, Ronnie Kaluza and wife Linda, Mary Jane Urbanovsky, and Danny Kaluza, all of West, Arlene Hoelscher and husband Phillip of Garland, and Tommy Kaluza and wife Kelly of Aquilla; two brothers, Frankie Marek and wife Callie of West and Edwin Marek and wife Rosalie of Lacy Lakeview; three sisters, Helen Smith of Lacy Lakeview, Mary Ann Hutyra and husband Johnnie of West and Shirley Willenborg and husband Jackie of Little Elm; a brother-in-law, Rudy Kaluza and wife Ernestine of Robinson; a sister-in-law, Estelle Marek of West; eighteen grandchildren, Renee Tichavsky, Natasha King and husband Brock, LaTonya Tichavsky, Amelia Rose Kaluza, Rachel Kolls and husband Craig, Shawn Kaluza and wife Naomi, Justin Kaluza and wife Kerri, Brandon Kaluza, Jacob Kaluza and fiance, Amanda Spoon, Nathan Kaluza and wife Leann, Shane Kaluza, Brian Kaluza, Keith Urbanovsky, Kasandra Kalina and husband Aaron, Dillon Hoelscher, Dalton Hoelscher, Andrew Kaluza and Mikayla Kaluza; fifteen great grandchildren, Kylie, Karissa, and, Landon Kaluza, Charity Martin, Tyler, Riley, and Kera, Caroline, Emma, and William King, Isaac Verdecanna, Abby Joe Kolls, Paige and Kinsey Urbanovsky, and Wyatt Kalina; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Active pallbearers are her grandsons. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Mary's School Endowment Fund or the charity of your choice.