Velma Leota Postert

Velma Leota Postert (Jacobs) passed away on July 26, 2024, at her home in Bandera with her family by her side. She was 94 years old.

Velma was born to Gretchen and Leonard Earl Jacobs on August 13, 1929, in Melbourne, Arkansas during the Great Depression. 

After her father passed away when she was 10 years old, her mother moved her and her sisters, Earlene, and Maureen, to Texas, and they settled in Medina. Her mother married David Dewitt Brewer and she gained two more sisters, Virginia, and Barbara. After Velma graduated from high school, she went to the University of Mary Hardin Baylor in Belton, TX with plans to obtain a degree in music, but God had other plans for her. She fell in love with Edward Jacob “Buddy” Postert. They married and started a family together. God blessed them with three children, Edward, Douglas, and James. They raised their family in Bandera and enjoyed spending their time traveling, raising livestock, hunting, fishing, riding horses, and swimming in the river at the Postert Ranch. Velma spent several years working for the telephone company and a few years for the Census Bureau. 

Velma loved spending time in the kitchen preparing delicious meals for anyone that stepped foot in her home. No one ever left her house hungry. 

After her husband, Buddy, passed away in 2001, Velma had a home built on the Postert Ranch and that is where she remained until her passing. 

Velma was a loving, kind, and caring wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend. 

She is preceded in death by her husband, Edward Jacob “Buddy” Postert; son, James Postert; son, Edward Postert; and granddaughter, Mendy Postert. 

She is survived by her son, Douglas Postert; grandchildren, Jacob (Ingrid), Clayton (Mindy), Jamie (Michael), Roy (Katelyn), Tammy (Martin), Ginger (Justin), James (Holly), Cassie (Arturo), Christopher (Robin), Brandon (Wren), Zoe (Scotty), Kyla; great grandchildren, Alexis, Jeremiah, Maverick, Breanna, Jake, Samuel, Jack, Bradley, Genevieve, Claire; as well as, several nieces and nephews. 

Visitation will be held on Thursday August 8, 2024, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Grimes Bandera Funeral Chapel. Funeral services will be held on Friday August 9, 2024, at 10 a.m. at Grimes Bandera Funeral Chapel followed by a private graveside service.

The Postert family wishes to extend our sincere thank you to Peterson Hospice for their excellent care of Velma in her final days, especially Debbie, whom Velma loved and adored.