Veronica Clara Kleffner

She is preceded in death by parents Norbert and Irene Kleffner, brothers, Timothy and baby Joseph Anthony Kleffner.

She is survived by her sister Diane Bean; nieces and nephews: Yvonne Bean Gallant, Danny Gallant, Michelle and Rudy Galvan; great nieces, Alyssa Sauceda and Kaitlynn Bustos, great nephews; Alex Bustos, JJ Sauceda and Gereson Gallant, aunts; Rita Poettker and Sr. Monica Kleffner, cousins; Lois Brandmeyer and Janet Heidemann and special friends; Sandy, Charlie, Bethany and David McEntire, Peggy Caron, Dee Poorman, Janie, Sal, and Randy Armstrong.

She was a member of St. Phillips Catholic Church, Catholic Daughters of America, ATPE, Officer of KJZT, and the Czech Heritage Society of South Texas.

She was a retired teacher from CCISD, she worked at Most Precious Blood School, Texas AFT, Del Mar College, was a Mary Kay Consultant, and at Corpus Christi Tourist Bureau.

She influenced many children’s lives through teaching as well as a foster parent.

Special thanks to Bay Area/Heart Hospital Staff and Angel Bright Hospice and Corpus Christi Center for outstanding care.

Visitation will be held at Cage-Mills Funeral Directors, 4901 Everhart Rd. on Saturday, February 14, 2015 from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. with a Holy Rosary to be recited at 7:00 p.m. that same evening. Funeral Mass will be held at St. Phillip’s Catholic Church on Monday, February 16, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. with interment to follow at St. Anthony’s Cemetery. A reception will be held after the interment at St. Phillip’s Catholic Church.