Funeral services for Lillian (Zapalac) Balzer, 86, of Ellinger were held May 23 in St Mary's Catholic Church in Ellinger with the Rev Msgr Ben Mazurkiewicz officiated. Burial followed in the church cemetery.

She died Saturday in Monument Hill Nursing Center. She was born Feb 6, 1914 near Ellinger, the daughter of John P and Bertha (Hubenak) Zapalac. She married Elos William Balzer on June 25, 1935 in Ellinger.

She was a liftetime resident of the Ellinger area. She was a homemaker and a member of St Mary's Catholic Church and an active member of the Altar Society, Catholic Daughters of the Americas, and the Deanery Council of Catholic Women.

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband.

Survivors include her son, Robert E and wife Lorene Balzer of Austin; daughter, Patsy and husband Charles Ott of Rockne; 4 grandchildren, Robert D and wife Lorri Balzer of Austin, Lisa Renee and husband Jamie Lantzsch of Houston, Ann Marie Ott of Littleton, Col. and Barbara Ott of College Station; 8 great-grandchildren, Jonathan, Jackie, Julie, Jacob and Jeanie Balzer, Jordan, Jared and Joshua Lantzsch; 2 brothers, Alfred J and wife Bernice Zapalac, Ben and wife Lillie Zapalac, all of La Grange; 2 sisters, Ruby Burrough of La Grange and Isabel Knippel of Fayetteville; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral handled by Koenig & Strickland Jecmenek Chapel in Ellinger.

Posted by Lois Petter Pereira
Contributed by Dan and Bea Rost

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