Karisch

Gladys Violet (Prellop) Karisch, 83, of Winchester, died Sunday, Sept. 2, 2018 surrounded by family. Gladys was born in Serbin on Jan., 14, 1935, the daughter of Martin Edwin Prellop and Esther Mathilde (Krause) Prellop. She married Hilton Ray Karisch on Sept. 1, 1956 at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in Winchester. She was a member of St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, a lifelong member of Good Shephard Lutheran Church in Pasadena and a huge baseball fan of the Astros, Cubs and Yankees. As a young woman, she worked at the gas company in downtown Houston before she became a homemaker and raising her children as well as helping raise her nephew, Alex Riley, and a few of her grandchildren and other children of friends while their parents worked. She is survived by one daughter, Cindy Barcelo Long and husband, Rick, of Pasadena, Texas; two sons: David Karisch and wife, Anna, of Winchester, Texas and Wayne Karisch of Winchester, Texas; one sister, Marilyn Burns of Houston, Texas; nine grandchildren: John Barcelo and wife, Jenna; Jeremy and Kristen Barcelo; Zachry, Cody, Bailey, Trey, Travis and Kaitlynn Karisch; four great grandsons: Ryan Wood, Colt Barcelo, Gunner Owen and Cody Barcelo; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Hilton; son-in-law, Tommy Barcelo and two brothers: Walter and Marvin Roy Mitschke. Visitation will be held on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018 from 12 to 7 p.m. at Koenig-Belvill Funeral Home & Cremations. Family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Funeral services will be held at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, 700 N. Frio St., Winchester, at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018. Burial will follow at St. Michael’s Lutheran Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Winchester Volunteer Fire Department, 8810 FM 153, Winchester, Texas 78945. Family and friends can view and sign the guestbook online at www.lagrangefunerals.com.  Koenig-Belvill Funeral Home & Cremations in La Grange is in charge of arrangements.