Funeral Services will be held for Leon John Schwirtlich, age 72, of Onalaska, TX. at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, November 30, 2011, at the Cochran Funeral Home Chapel in Livingston. Interment will be in Holly Grove Cemetery in Polk County following the chapel service. Rev. Harold Isaacs will officiate the services. Pallbearers will be Chuck Elliott, Buddy Henry, Mark Henry, David Henry, Ronnie Waters and Joe Don Smith. Honorary pallbearers will be Morris Rhodes and Cody Dodd. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, November 29, 2011, at the Cochran Funeral Home Chapel in Livingston beginning at 5:00 PM.

Mr. Schwirtlich passed away on November 26, 2011 in Goodrich, TX. He was born on October 10, 1939, in Violet, TX to parents, Joseph and Ottilla Wilmer Schwirtlich.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Martha Schwirtlich, two sisters, two brothers and two sons. Leon and Martha Schwirtlich were married on February 21, 2011 in Onalaska, TX and she passed away on March 13, 2011. He is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Leonna and Leonard Howard of Goodrich, TX, Vickie and Morris Rhodes of Dayton, TX, Ranita Shows and Debbie Smith of Longview, TX, sons and daughters-in-law, Buddy and Nadine Henry of Hardin, TX, Chuck and A?ÇÖDina Elliott of Dayton, TX, Joe Don Smith of Gilmer, TX and daughter-in-law, Virie Henry of Votaw, TX, brothers and sisters-in-law, Leo and Dorothy Schwirtlich, Sylvester and Kay Schwirtlich, Eddie and Gene Schwirtlich, sisters and brothers-in-law, Rosalie and Howard Frantz, Doris and John Jones and Rosina Buckholt, grandchildren, Sabrina Howard, Kim Mueck, Zachary Sanders, Megan Rhodes, David Henry, Mark Henry, Shelby Elliott, Caitlin Elliott, Laura Majeski, Steven Majeski, and Charlie Smith, great grandchildren, Kaden, Chloe, Little David, Lyla, Neely, Jaylynn, Robert, Cody, Kyler, and numerous friends and relatives

Cochran Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Please sign our online register at www.cochranfh.com.