Funeral services with military honors for Preston Oliver Stewart, 79, of Kempner, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Copperas Cove with Pastor Tobin Scott officiating. Burial will follow at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 922 Lutheran Church Road off North Farm-to-Market 116. Mr. Stewart died May 23, 2018 in Conroe, Texas of complications from pneumonia. He was born Nov. 5, 1938, in Clear Springs, Mississippi to Elwood Frank Stewart and Marie Carr Stewart.
He married Hanna Höhn on Nov. 2, 1963, in Freinsheim, Germany. Preston was a husband, father, and soldier. He was actively involved in the church council and men's groups at Immanuel Lutheran Church. He was very handy with woodworking tools. He built Hanna, the love of his life a home of her own in Kempner. As a young man he was an avid fisherman and loved the outdoors. In his later years he immensely enjoyed watching his fish swimming around in his aquarium. From the dining room table he would be entertained by the birds and squirrels frolicking about in the bird bath and the eating from the feeders.
Mr. Stewart was preceded in death by his parents, Elwood Frank Stewart and Marie Carr and his loving wife, Hanna Stewart.
He is survived by his brother John Graves, wife Lawana and sister Barbara Dexter. His children, Udo Rieder and his wife, Karen Rieder, Ute Stewart Noack, husband, Roger Noack, Thomas Stewart and his wife, Inka Stewart and Michael Stewart his wife, Brandy Stewart; Preston Stewart had many grandchildren, Stephanie Barrett, Joe Barrett, Jeremey Pelt, Emily Thurston, Joseph Rieder, Stacy Rieder, David Noack and, Abigail Rieder, Troy Stewart, Preston Stewart, Nina Stewart and Jocelyn Stewart; three great-grandchildren, Josiah Pelt, Caydence Barrett and Henry Thurston; numerous nieces, nephews, several grand-nieces and nephews and enough Prince family members to fill their own zip code
In lieu of flowers, the family has suggested to donate to the Immanuel Lutheran Church.
Visitation is from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home in Copperas Cove, which is in charge of arrangements.
