Gary Kana

Gary Wayne Kana went to be with the Lord on Saturday, September 28, 2019 after a courageous battle with cancer. Gary was born to the late Steve and Rosa Mae Kana on December 24, 1956. He was the youngest of four children.     

He graduated from El Campo High School in 1975 and worked for Transco/Williams for over 25 years. He retired in 2006. Gary married the love of his life, Christine Koenig, on April 23, 1999. He loved spending time with his boys, Coby and Dustin, fishing, hunting, fixing things, and tinkering in the barn. He was “Papa Bear” to three very lucky kids, Dane, Roan, and Lenora. His main priority was spoiling them rotten, and he accomplished that task without question.  He was a regular at Ritz #1, and he cherished the friendships he built sitting around that checkout counter.     

Gary is survived by his wife, Christine; sons Coby Kana and wife Heather, Dustin Kana and wife Holly, stepson Blaze Kopecky; grandchildren, Dane, Roan, and Lenora; brother James Kana and wife Sherry, sister Debbie Lewis, mother-in-law Alice Koenig,  numerous brothers and sisters-in-law and nieces and nephews.     

He is proceeded in death by his parents, sister Nancy Dunlap, and father-in-law Frank Koenig.     

Pallbearers were Coby Kana, Dustin Kana, Blaze Kopecky, Shannon Ritz, August Sohrt, Charles Schmidt, and Dane Kana.     

Honorary pallbearers included Mark Collins, Mark Kubala, Chad Morton, Daniel Juranek, Emil Stepan, Bobby Stepan, W.E. Stepan, Jimmy Roehl, Walter Lilie, and Wayne Zabodyn.     

The family received visitors on Tuesday, Oct. 1,  at Triska’s Funeral Home in El Campo. A Rosary followed at 7 p.m.     

Funeral service was held at St. Philip Catholic Church in El Campo on Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 10 a.m. Entombment followed at Holy Cross Memorial Park.   

 Memorial contributions may be made to St. Philip Catholic School, St. Philip Catholic Church, or the Holy Cross Memorial Park Fund.     

Arrangements under the direction of Triska Funeral Home, El Campo, 979-543-3681.