Roll Call Tribute
Floriene Stern July 14, 2021 10:34 AM updated: July 14, 2021 10:41 AM
Floriene Pochyla Stern
March 17, 1920 - July 5, 2021 (age 101)
Born March 17, 1920 in West, Texas to Henry Frank and Johanna Itschner Pochyla. Moved to Waco, TX when 3 months old.
Married Lonnie Henry Stern, class of ’39, on Dec 22,1940 in Waco, TX.
After living in Lubbock, California, North Carolina, Washington D.C., Boston, Florida, Houston, and Plainview, moved to Levelland in 1964.
Member of First United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, charter member of Marigolds, Las Fidelis Study Club, South Plains College Texan Club, Texas A&M Century Club, Lubbock Symphony Guild, and Wednesday Bridge Club.
Served as a Commissioner of Hockley County Housing Authority, and was bookkeeper for her husband’s business, Producers Marketing Assn. Also served on numerous committees of her church, sang in the choir, and played in the Hand Bells.
She and Lonnie endowed a President’s Scholarship at Texas A&M, and she endowed an Agriculture Scholarship at South Plains College in memory of Lonnie. She also endowed President’s scholarship at Texas A&M in memory and honor of her husband and sons, President’s Scholarship in memory of her 4 brothers at Texas A&M, and a scholarship at Baylor in memory of Lorene and Alfred Pochyla.
Honors received were: Life membership in United Methodist Women, Marigold of the Year, Community Builder Award by Eastern Star & Masonic Lodge, Service above Self by Noon Rotary Club, Certificate of Merit for Volunteerism by South Plains College, Levelland Citizen of the Year by Levelland Chamber of Commerce, and Lifetime Achievement Award by Levelland Chamber of Commerce. Served on Board of Directors at SPC.
Survived by: son – Ernie '71 and wife Nataliya of Houston; three granddaughters – Amber Hendricks of Livonia, MI, Nadezhda Mitchell of Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo, and Anna Serikova of Enakievo, Ukraine; great granddaughter Winsome Hendricks and great grandson Holden Hendricks; and assumed grandson, Andy Hudgens of Lubbock.
Preceded in death by parents, husband, son Lon, and her 4 brothers: Alfred Pochyla of Waco, Fred Pochyla '45 of Dallas, and Bennie '29 and Herbert '39 Pochyla of Arizona. Three of her brothers graduated from A&M.
March 17, 1920 - July 5, 2021 (age 101)
Born March 17, 1920 in West, Texas to Henry Frank and Johanna Itschner Pochyla. Moved to Waco, TX when 3 months old.
Married Lonnie Henry Stern, class of ’39, on Dec 22,1940 in Waco, TX.
After living in Lubbock, California, North Carolina, Washington D.C., Boston, Florida, Houston, and Plainview, moved to Levelland in 1964.
Member of First United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, charter member of Marigolds, Las Fidelis Study Club, South Plains College Texan Club, Texas A&M Century Club, Lubbock Symphony Guild, and Wednesday Bridge Club.
Served as a Commissioner of Hockley County Housing Authority, and was bookkeeper for her husband’s business, Producers Marketing Assn. Also served on numerous committees of her church, sang in the choir, and played in the Hand Bells.
She and Lonnie endowed a President’s Scholarship at Texas A&M, and she endowed an Agriculture Scholarship at South Plains College in memory of Lonnie. She also endowed President’s scholarship at Texas A&M in memory and honor of her husband and sons, President’s Scholarship in memory of her 4 brothers at Texas A&M, and a scholarship at Baylor in memory of Lorene and Alfred Pochyla.
Honors received were: Life membership in United Methodist Women, Marigold of the Year, Community Builder Award by Eastern Star & Masonic Lodge, Service above Self by Noon Rotary Club, Certificate of Merit for Volunteerism by South Plains College, Levelland Citizen of the Year by Levelland Chamber of Commerce, and Lifetime Achievement Award by Levelland Chamber of Commerce. Served on Board of Directors at SPC.
Survived by: son – Ernie '71 and wife Nataliya of Houston; three granddaughters – Amber Hendricks of Livonia, MI, Nadezhda Mitchell of Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo, and Anna Serikova of Enakievo, Ukraine; great granddaughter Winsome Hendricks and great grandson Holden Hendricks; and assumed grandson, Andy Hudgens of Lubbock.
Preceded in death by parents, husband, son Lon, and her 4 brothers: Alfred Pochyla of Waco, Fred Pochyla '45 of Dallas, and Bennie '29 and Herbert '39 Pochyla of Arizona. Three of her brothers graduated from A&M.
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