ST. LAWRENCE - Jerline Teresa (Debus) Frysak, 94, of St. Lawrence, died at her residence on Mar. 30, 2020.
Due to the covid-19 virus and the limited amount of people able to attend the services the family asked people to please pray a rosary on the evening of Apr. 1.
Graveside services immediate family only were Apr. 2, at St. Lawrence Cemetery.
She was born Feb. 24, 1926, in Runnels County. She was born at home on the farm in Rowena to John A. and Amelia (Schwertner) Debus. She was one of four daughters born to John and Amelia who grew up on the farm working to milk the cows and help with any chores assigned to them.
She met and was courted by August Matthew Frysak and later married him on Dec. 25, 1947. They had a farm on the river bottoms in San Angelo and took up residence there.
Later on, August got a loan on the GI Bill to purchase a farm in Glasscock County. He would drive back and forth from San Angelo for several years to clear and farm the land before moving He moved the family to the farm in the 1950's.
It was very hard in those days and Jerline was there in the fields alongside August to build the massive operation she owned today.
She was a member of the St. Helen Altar Society, in Wall, in the early years and played organ for church and many weddings and events for the parish of St. Ambrose. When they moved to St. Lawrence she also played organ in church for the St. Lawrence Parish. She was a member of the St. Theresa Altar Society in St. Lawrence also. She supported August, serving on the Board of Directors for the Soil and Water Conservation District in Glasscock County for over 30 years until his death in 1983 and took over his position on the board on July 11, 1983 until present. She has been on the Board of Directors for 36 years currently serving as Board Chairman.
However, her most important and favorite job, was being a mother to her five children, grandmother to her nine grandchildren, and greatgrandmother to her nine greatchildren.
She loved her family and especially her sisters, Alfreida, Gloria, and Genevieve.
She is survived by her son, Kervin Frysak; her son and daughter-in-law, Mark and Linda Frysak; her daughter and son-in-law Kathleen and Kenneth Schniers; son-in law, Warren Lange and Carol Cruz; grandchildren, Dustin Lange and wife, Dana Lange, Kendrick Lange, Heath Lange, Adam Frysak and wife, Jennifer Frysak, Matthew Frysak, Alicia (Frysak) Hansford and husband, Seth Hansford, Kaycee Schniers, Timothy Schniers and wife, Olivia Schniers, Brittany Schniers; great-grandchildren, Jackson Frysak, Luke Frysak, Christy Lange, Berklee Schniers, Bergen Schniers, Raymond Brown, August Hansford, Elwood Hansford, and Lincoln Hansford.
She is preceded in death by her parents, John and Amelia Debus; her husband August Frysak; her children, Theresa Jean Frysak, and Sharon Gail (Frysak) Lange. She is also preceeded in death by her sister, Genevieve (Debus) Schwartz. Pallbearers will be her grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations to the St. Lawrence Cemetery Fund, 651 CR 155, Garden City, Texas 79739, the Glasscock County EMS Fund, P. O. Box 55, Garden City, Texas 79739, or to Safe Place of Midland at www.domesticshelters.org.
Arrangements were under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home and Crematory of Big Spring. Online condolences can be made at www.npwelch.com.