John Herman Respondek, of Idalou, passed away on Friday, February 6, 2026.<\/p>\n
Viewing will be 11:00 am \u2013 6:00 pm Wednesday, February 11, 2026 at Englunds Chapel, followed by a Rosary Service at 6:00 pm. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 am Thursday, February 12, 2026 at St. Philip Benizi Catholic Church in Idalou. Interment will follow at Englewood Cemetery in Slaton. Arrangements are by Englunds Funeral Service of Slaton.<\/p>\n
John was born on November 1, 1943, in Slaton, Texas, to Pete and Minnie Respondek. He married the love of his life, Chantal, on September 10, 1966, at Saint Elizabeth\u2019s Catholic Church in Lubbock, Texas.<\/p>\n
After graduating from high school, John devoted more than 30 years to farming alongside his wife, Chantal, as well as his father, mother, and sister. Through his life\u2019s work, and in partnership with his wife, he instilled in his children\u2014and later his grandchildren\u2014a strong work ethic, a deep commitment to God and family, and an understanding of good character demonstrated through helping others.<\/p>\n
In addition to his daily work outdoors, John cherished time spent with family and friends. He especially enjoyed camping, hunting, fishing, and relaxing evenings of fellowship after long days of hard work.<\/p>\n
He was preceded in death by his wife, Chantal; his sisters, Diane and Eugenia; and his parents.<\/p>\n
John is survived by his daughters, Brenna Peralez and her husband, Joe, of Idalou, and Marcelle Respondek of Idalou; his sons, Bart Respondek and his wife, Chaney, of Coppell, and Brent Respondek of Lubbock; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n
Posted online on February 09, 2026<\/p>\n
Published in Lubbock Avalanche-Journal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Herman Respondek, of Idalou, passed away on Friday, February 6, 2026. Viewing will be 11:00 am \u2013…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-157436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}