Edna Marie (Tiemann) Yocum Kramer Weigelt

born on Sept. 22, 1925 in Taylor, Texas to Walter and Lena (Walther) Tiemann.

The third of eight children, she grew up around the Taylor area and attended

Turkey Creek country school. She was a member of the St. James Episcopal

Lutheran Church at Wuthrich Hill and also St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Taylor.

She hated chopping and picking cotton but loved playing volleyball, going on

hayrides and to dances, and listening to the radio on Saturday evenings. At

sixteen she moved to Austin and worked at the Milan Cafeteria. She met Ellis

Yocum and they married on Feb. 24, 1946 following his stint in the Navy during

World War II. Ellis was a fireman for the City of Austin and he and Edna had

three daughters: Donna, Glenda and Janet. Ellis passed away from cancer on

Dec. 14, 1961. Edna worked as a caregiver for several elderly patients and then

as a receptionist for Dr. Eckhart for 12 years. During this time she was reunited

with a childhood friend, Bill Kramer, a widower with two sons, Wayne and

Keith. Bill and Edna were married on April 8, 1967. After 25 years of marriage,

Bill passed away on June 15, 1992, following a heart attack. A close family

friend, O'Neal Weigelt, a widower with an extended family, including stepsons

Wes and Jim Atchison and stepdaughter Joan Atchison, called on Edna and after

a year or so of courtship they got married on June 10, 1995. They resided in

Austin, Texas for 23 years before they moved to Brookdale Assisted Living in

New Braunfels, Texas.

Edna is preceded in death by her parents, brother Reuben (Vemille) Tiemann of

Henrietta, Texas, sister Alice (Obie) Weise of Taylor, Texas, sister Vema Mae

Zebug of Austin, Texas, granddaughter Kristie (Noel) Pennington of Nolensville,

Tennessee, granddaughter Brandi (Joe) Paul of Tyler, Texas, stepsons Wes (Deb)

Atchison of Brusly, Louisiana and Jim Atchison of Houston, Texas and

stepdaughter Joan (Gerry) Swanson of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Edna is survived by her husband O'Neal Weigelt of New Braunfels, Texas,

brothers Leon (Nita) Tiemann and Olin Tiemann of Taylor, Texas, sister Lillian

(James) Clayton of Austin, Texas and sister Gloria Tiemann (Gary Hellmann) of

Sequim, Washington, daughter Donna (Marv) Holcomb of Canyon Lake, Texas,

daughter Glenda Vera of Port Arthur, Texas, daughter Janet (Mark) Hemingway

of Dripping Springs, Texas, stepsons Wayne Kramer of Tampa, Florida and Keith

(Sherry) Kramer of Ingleside, Texas and thirteen grandchildren, sixteen great

grandchildren and three great, great grandchildren and many, many nieces,

nephews, step-nieces and step-nephews.

During her adult life, Edna was an active member of several organizations at St.

John's Lutheran Church in Austin. She volunteered at the Old Bakery and

Emporium where she sold many of her sewing crafts. She was a very good

seamstress sewing and altering clothes for many people including sewing the

wedding dresses for daughters Donna and Glenda. She played on several softball

and volleyball teams, was an avid reader and enjoyed dominoes, card games,

puzzles and baking treats for the many grand kids. She had the kindest heart and

such a gentle soul that it could be said that she was an angel that dwelt among us.

She will be dearly missed and forever loved by her family and friends.

In lieu of flowers the family requests that all donations, either on-line or by mail,

be made to Central Texas Food Bank. Their mailing address is:

Central Texas Food Bank

6500 Metropolis Drive

Austin, Texas 78744