Laura A. Veselka

She was born on April 5, 1922 in Taylor, Texas and lived to be 95 years old. Laura loved to cook and was an avid Dallas Cowboys fan. She always told her family, “the light will be on in the window”.

Laura is preceded in death by her husband, John R. “Bob” Veselka; son, Stephen Charles Veselka; granddaughter, Amy Eileen Talcott; parents, Emil M. Cook and Augusta Emma Cook; three brothers and three sisters.

She is survived by her children, Laura Ann Talcott of Florence, Alabama, Betty Jeanne (Dean) Vickers of Corpus Christi, Texas, John Thomas (Emily) Veselka of Beeville, Texas, and James Timothy (Kimberly) Veselka of San Antonio, Texas; 13 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be held at Memory Gardens Funeral Home at 8:30 am on Friday, April 6, 2018 with a Funeral Mass to follow at Most Precious Blood Catholic Church at 10:00 am that same morning. Interment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.