Daniel Pustejovsky

Daniel Dan Pustejovsky, age 79 of Hillsboro died October 9, 2005 at his home with his family at his bedside, following a courageous battle with colon cancer. He was born August 28, 1926 in West, son of the late Joe D. And Mary Kolar Pustejovsky. He married Flo Marie Thompson in West on September 9, 1946. The two were parents of 10 children. Dan grew up in Hill County and graduated from Abbott High School. He attended Texas A&M University from 1943-1946. He also served in the Navy Air Corps. A farmer and plant seed breeder, Dan owned numerous farms in the Hill County area. He was very active in the Texas Farm Bureau, serving as president, vice president and secretary of the Hill County Farm Bureau and represented Farm Bureau?s District 4 as a director. At the time of his death, he was serving on the Executive Board. He also served on the statewide Boll Weevil Management Committee, Corsicana Production Credit Association, Field Corps Committee of the TFB and as president of the Blackland Cotton & Grain Producers Association. In 2003, he received the Meritorious Service Award, the highest honor presented by Texas Farm Bureau. Dan was an active member of Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church of Hillsboro. He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus #10375 and KJZT - receiving his 50 year pin in 2005. He was preceded in death by two sons, Larry Pustejovsky in 1987 and Ted Pustejovsky in September 2005. Survivors include: his wife, Flo Marie Thompson Pustejovsky of Hillsboro, three sons and five daughters. Diane Davison and husband Mickey of Hillsboro, Linda Gerik and husband Dennis of Aquilla, Janice Markwardt and husband Vernon of Itasca, Susie Hargrove and husband Richard of Burleson, Rick Pustejovsky of El Paso, Edward Pustejovsky and wife Lea of Prim, Tenn., Marge Kemp and husband Ed of Deming, New Mexico, and Jim Pustejovsky and wife Sharon of Lake Mary, Florida. Twenty-four grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren. Dan is also survived by three sisters, Dorothy Gerik and husband Edwin of Whitney, Marcella Kittock and husband Larry of Dallas, and Barbara Kazda and husband Richard of Ft. Worth, and numerous nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to Religious Education Dept. of Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church; P.O. Box 567; Hillsboro, TX 76645.