Andrew Martin Mokry

Andrew Martin Mokry, 81, passed away on Thursday, December 12, 2024 at home in Taylor.

He was born on October 21, 1943 in Granger to Frank and Annie Mokry. He grew up on a farm with six brothers and one sister where they often evaded the truant officer, starting school in October after crops had been harvested. During his high school years, he attended local dances and it was at one of these dances that he met and fell in love with his wife Mary Ann.

He proposed to Mary Ann on Christmas Eve 1962 and the two were married on June 23, 1963. They celebrated 57 years of married devotion and had four children: Robert, Lynn, Vanessa, and Andrea. Andrew and Mary Ann raised their family on big Sunday dinners, Catholic teachings, and Czech music.

In 1968 he started work in the maintenance division of the Texas Department of Public Safety and retired from the position of Building Program Manager 43 years later. Most of his friends and co-workers knew him as “Andy.” For many years Andrew worked full-time at DPS each day and came home to work the land of multiple farms and raise cattle each night.

Andrew loved his cayenne pepper and overly-spicy foods, and he loved watching CNN, a good western, or a classic cartoon. Always one to joke, Andrew kept friends of his children on their toes with a silly nickname or some nonsensical conversation, and was known to sometimes answer the phone with “Kelly’s Mule Barn.” After retirement his favorite pastime was putting his feet up on the couch in the front room to look out the window or take a little nap.

Andrew is preceded in death by his lovely wife, Mary Ann and his beloved son, Robert. He is also preceded by his parents, his siblings Frank, Gertrude (G Ann), Bernard, Gilbert, Sr., Alfred, Raymond, a sister that died at birth, and close relatives: brother-in-law Frank Krenek, Sr. and sister-in-law Lucy Mokry.

Andrew is survived by his daughters Lynn Stefek, Vanessa Mokry, and Andrea Wilbert (husband Rob); his brother Alfonse Mokry and wife Barbara, his daughter-in-law Susie Mokry; his grandchildren Cassiddy Stefek Guerra (husband Sebastian), Dusty Stefek (dubbed W.D. by his Papa), Chelsea Stefek, Natalie Mokry, Andrew Robert Mokry, Cody Ryan, Nicholas Wilbert, and Leo Wilbert; and his great-children Aaliyah Garcia, Violet Guerra, Lily Guerra, Oliver Guerra, and Ellie Guerra as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Dusty Stefek, Andrew Robert Mokry, Cody Ryan, Sebastian Guerra, Shannon Juranek, and Clint Mokry.

The family would like to thank the cardiology clinic at Baylor Scott and White and Accentcare Home Health for their years of caring for Andrew.

·  Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 pm on Thursday, December 19, at Providence Funeral Home, followed by the Rosary at 7:00 pm.

·  Funeral service will be held at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Taylor on Friday, December 20, at 10:00 am.

Graveside service will follow at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery

A meal will be held after the graveside service on Dec 20 at the Taylor SPJST Hall at 5025 FM619.