Funeral Services are under the direction of Buffington Funeral Home in Shiner, Texas and will be held on Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 10:00 am at Buffington Funeral Home Chapel with Deacon Joe Machacek officiating. Interment will follow at Shiner City Cemetery in Shiner, Texas. A Rosary will be recited at 9:30 am on Thursday prior to the Funeral Service. Visitation will be from 1:00 to 9:00 pm on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at Buffington Funeral Home.
Pearl was born on October 17, 1937 in Lavaca County, just west of Shiner, Texas. She was the daughter of Alfred and Katherine (Vincik) Sembera. At the age of four, she and her family moved to Houston, where she grew up. Pearl married Raymond Zievert on April 21, 1956. In 1979 the family moved to the Nickel community, where they lived for over thirty three years. Raymond passed away in Dec. 2006. Pearl and Raymond, Jr. moved to Shiner in 2012. Pearl enjoyed Czech music, dancing, when she was able, and vacations
with her family.
Pearl is survived by her son, Raymond Zievert Jr., two sisters Lillie Krebs of Shiner, Texas, Joyce and Lev Jackson of Shiner, Texas, two nephews, Aaron Krebs and his wife, Michele of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Paul Vanek and his fiancé, Lorie of Little Rock, Arkansas, and several nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents, Alfred and Katherine Sembera, her loving husband of 50 years, her brother-in-law, Robert Krebs, and an infant niece,
In lieu of flowers, the family request that memorials be given to the Shiner Animal Shelter, P.O. Box 308,
Shiner, TX 77984.
To join the family in celebrating Pearl’s life, and to offer words of comfort, please go to: www.buffingtonfuneralhomeshiner.com
