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Photo courtesy of Schwenke-Baumgarten Funeral Home - Schulenburg

Joan Schwartz Shimek

Oct 26, 1932 - Dec 16, 2025

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Alzheimer's is a brutal disease which robs us too early from our loved ones. She is now whole again and celebrating at the banquet of God with mny friends and family. My prayers are with all of the family.

Rest in peace Joan.

Joanie was such a warm woman and loved her Catholic faith. Very involved with the womans club while still at St. Frances Cabrini. She always had a smile on her face. Her kolaches, man, so good.
She and George when we had finished checking into our rooms in NYC from being in Italy for a few weeks after 9/11, met up and walked across the street and all ordered a good American hamburger and drank some Sameul Adams beer. I invited her and George to my Ordination to the Diaconate.
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So sorry to hear of our cousin's passing. I remember her making those delicious kolaches and cinnamon rolls... just like her mother.
Love,
Karen (Koenig) and Harly Day

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow. So sorry for your loss.

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Joan's Obituary

Funeral services for Joan Schwartz Shimek, age 93, of Alvin, Texas, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, December 22, 2025, at Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Church in Moravia. Interment will follow in Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Cemetery.The family will receive friends beginning at 5:00 p.m....

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