More Blasts from the Past

I just found that I have a few more photos of classmates who came to Harlandale High School from Terrell Wells Jr. High. Again, thanks to Jackie Wright for saving all of these old school photos and sharing them.







If you recognize any of these former classmates whose photos aren't tagged, please drop us a note and give us their names.

More Jr. High Football

A couple of weeks ago I shared a Terrell Wells Jr. High football photo belonging to David Young and today I discovered a football photo from Harlandale Jr. High. I have no idea where I acquired the photo so I'm sorry I can't give that person credit. If you see this post and remember giving it to me, please let me know so I can include that here.

Whoever you are, thanks so much for this great photo.

Before Harlandale H.S.

David Young shared this great photo of a Terrell Wells Jr. High football team circa 1958 which he believes was probably the "B" team to his Facebook page. I'm sharing it here with David's permission.

What a fun walk down memory lane. How many of these guys do you remember?

News from the Cooks

After posting yesterday's message, I just received the first submission from Harlandale classmates Clay Cook and Nanette Chopin Cook.

Here they are in August, 2019.

Nanette says they'd love to get together with HHS classmates for a brunch, lunch or whatever sometime. Just send her a message at lcnccook@msn.com or comment on this post.

Latest Happenings

This blog hasn't had much new information these last few years. With no reunion planned anytime in the near future, it has occurred to me that we should start sharing photos of any little get togethers with our old classmates. Even though we're relatively old at this point, I'd like to see us share more than simply obituaries and sad news.

If you follow this blog and have any recent photos of yourself with HHS classmates, it would be great to post them here so feel free to write me and send any photos. Whether you're just meeting for lunch, taking a little road trip or other outing, we'd love to have you share here.

I'm going to start this new amusement off with photos taken last week at Mi Tierra at the Mercado in San Antonio of John & Shirley Moore May, Bonnie Hannan Dugi, Mary Evans Nutt and myself.

Obituary of Paul Klier

Today I had a note from Carl Forrester letting me know that Paul Klier passed away last month on the 14th of January, 2019 so I could share it here with everyone.

PAUL R. KLIER OBITUARY
1945 - 2019

Paul R. Klier, son of Esther Elizabeth Bracher and Werner Adolph Klier, was born August 22, 1945, in Fredericksburg, Texas. He attended Harlandale Junior High and High School in San Antonio where he was the Drum Major.

He graduated from Texas Lutheran College in Seguin and taught English in AISD at Travis, Crockett, and Anderson High Schools. During the Vietnam Era, he served in the U.S. Army on the DMZ in Korea. Paul married Betje Black Luedecke in 1972.

After he received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Texas, he worked at Intel, then Texas Instruments in Austin. Hewlett-Packard drew him to Cupertino, California, where they lived in Palo Alto from 1991-1999. He joined the Disaster Survival Planning Network as Vice President and returned to Austin permanently in 1998, retiring in 2010 to become a full-time grandfather. Stricken with Parkinson's disease for many years, he lived at Sundance Memory Care in Cedar Park in 2018.

After his death Jan. 14, his remains were donated for scientific research.

Paul is survived by his wife of 46 years, Betje Black Klier; his son Thresher Klier of Austin; his daughter Martelle Luedecke and his three grandchildren, all of Burnet: granddaughters Samm Sawyer Luedecke and Gabrielle "Briezie" Luedecke and grandson Hudson James-Paul Wathen Luedecke, who carries forward his Christian name.

Pre-deceased by their brother William Klier in 2006, Paul is also survived by his brother and sister-in-law, Nolan and Barbara Klier of Plano and sister-in-law Nora Klier of Houston; brother-in-law Sinclair Black and sister-in-law Susan Morehead of Austin, plus numerous nieces & nephews. *At noon on Saturday, March 30, 2019, a Celebration and thanks for the life of Paul Klier will be held in Zion Lutheran Church in Fredericksburg, Texas, where he was baptized and confirmed by his maternal grandfather, the Reverend Frederick Bracher.

Published in Austin American-Statesman from Feb. 2 to Feb. 3, 2019

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Thanks again to Carl Forrester for sharing this message.