SHINER: Irene Mary Pustka, age 77, passed away Saturday, May 3, 2025. She was born August 11, 1947, in Shiner to John and Annie Hanzelka Vincik.
She was a 1965 graduate of St. Paul High School. On August 12, 1967, she married Jerome Pustka and they lived in Houston. While in Houston she was a secretary for Kyle Curtain & Company. When they moved back to Shiner she was a German machine operator for Tex-Tan and a homemaker. She was later a babysitter and was a member of Sts. Cyril & Methodius Catholic Church. She enjoyed her cold beer after a days work, being around family and the family trips to Port Lavaca, playing bingo, gardening & canning, making homemade noodles & pig in the blankets, fishing and playing dominoes. In her younger years she always had her nails done and was a sharp dresser.
Survivors: daughter, Kelly Pustka (Peter); sons, Bradley Pustka (Kathy) and Brian Pustka; grandchildren, Addison Pustka, Kaitlyn Maroney, Hunter Maroney and Mason Maroney; sisters, Martha Maeker (Tinky), Angie Mayer (George) and Liz Ladshaw (John); brother, Pat Vincik (Colette).
Preceded in death by parents, husband, Jerome Pustka; sister, Rosalie Walcott and brothers, Dennis Vincik and Johnnie Vincik.
Rosary 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 8, 2025 at Funeral Home.
Funeral Mass 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 9, 2025, at Sts. Cyril & Methodius Catholic Church with Rev. Jacob Mendoza officiating. Burial Shiner Catholic Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be given to Sts. Cyril & Methodius Catholic Church.