Alex William Wrobleski

As a child, Alex spent many happy weekends fishing the rivers and creeks around Brenham with his Uncle Leon and buying candy from his Aunt Natalie at the drugstore. Alex had jobs that included throwing newspapers, delivering blocks of ice to houses to keep food cool, retrieving golf balls from the golf course water trap and cleaning and reselling them and selling drinks and candy to troops stopping at the Brenham train station. He attended St. Mary’s Catholic school and still remembered the names of the nuns who taught him. He loved to visit his Grandpa Wrobleski’s farm which was located close to the Brenham Country Club. He could sit on Grandpa’s porch and listen to the Beer Barrel Polka being played at the country club.

When he was 15, Alex’s family moved to Greens Bayou in Harris County. With his parent’s permission, he went to work at Sheffield Steel when he was 16. He was drafted into the Army Air Corp in 1946, and after basic training, was shipped to Okinawa to service B-29s. He was honorably discharged in 1947 and returned to work at Sheffeld Steel (which became Armco Steel) where he worked for 40 years. After retiring from Armco Steel, Alex worked another 15 years at the high school.

Upon returning to work in 1947, a new employee named Rudy Minarcik invited Alex to visit his parent’s farm near Fayetteville, Texas, to do some hunting. When he got off the bus, Rudy and one of his sisters, Maxine, were there to meet him. Alex married the love of his life, Maxine, in 1949, and they raised their children (three boys and a girl) in Galena Park, Texas. Alex was a wonderful father who loved to take his boys fishing or show them how to repair a car. He could fix almost anything and was always there to help his kids, friends and neighbors. He loved family gatherings and loved to play cards and dominoes with the kids and grandkids. He also liked old western movies and football. The Dallas Cowboys were his team until the end. Alex and Maxine were founding members of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Galena Park. Maxine taught Alex to dance before they married, and their favorite activity together was dancing to polka music. They and their friends followed all the good polka bands in the area.

Alex is survived by his sister, Clara Farrington (husband Jim) and sister in law, Martha Wrobleski, and his children, Mark, Nina Mullin (husband Mike), Jeff (wife Sarah) and Chris (wife Dayna).His grandchildren are Kevin Wrobleski (wife Jaclyn), Kyle Wrobleski (wife Jennifer), Kayla Flores (husband Colin), Travis Mullin (wife Eileen), Trenton Mullin (wife Emily), Kate Pape (husband Jody), Alex Wrobleski, Brennan Wrobleski (wife Laura) and Ann Elizabeth Jeray (husband Jason). He is also survived by 23 great grandchildren.

Alex was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 69 years, Maxine, his parents, Alex and Mary, his brother, Edmund, his in laws, Clara and Rudolph Minarcik, his brother-in-law, Rudy Minarcik (wife Rose), sister-in-law, Pearl Isley, and Rhonda Edwards (niece).

In lieu flowers, please make donations in memory of Alex Wrobleski to Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School, 1702 9th Street, Galena Park, TX 77547 or the American Heart Association at Heart.Org.

A visitation will be held Saturday, January 18, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. then a Rosary to follow. A funeral mass will start at 11:30 a.m. All services will be held at St. Pius V Catholic Church, located at 824 Main St in Pasadena, TX.

A committal service will be held at Forest Park East Cemetery, located at 21620 Gulf Freeway in Webster, TX on Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 11:00 a.m.