| Michael and Lana (Earp) Korzenewski moved to Coleman from Abilene in
1977, when Mike became manager and funeral director-in-charge of Stevens
Funeral Home. He was born in Rising Star, May 2, 1955, but grew up
in Abilene and attended school there. He graduated in 1974 from Dallas
Institute of Mortuary Science and became a licensed funeral director in
1975 and a licensed embalmer in 1976. Lana was born in Abilene, September
14, 1954, and attended school, including college there. Mike and
Lana married in Abilene, August 17, 1974. Two children have been
born to Mike and Lana since moving to Coleman: Tricia D’Ann, born May 30,
1978, and Jonathan Mark, November 23, 1979, both in Abilene.
Mike’s mother, Pat Lane, was born in Pioneer, near Cross Plains, and
grew up in that area. Mike’s father, Alexander Korzenewski, was born
in Glenridge, Illinois, and grew up there. Mike’s maternal grandmother,
Opal Jones, was born in Regency, and grew up in San Saba County.
His maternal grandfather, Clarence Lane, was born in White Pine, Tennessee,
and moved to Texas at a young age. Mike’s paternal grandparents,
Joseph and Anna (Puleikis) Korzenewski, came to the United States from
Lithuania (now a part of Russia) in 1912. They were both born in
Russia.
Both of Lana’s parents, Ruby Richards and Homer Samuel Earp, were born
and raised in Abilene and still reside there. Her maternal grandmother,
Myrtle Moore, was born in Trinidad, Colorado, but grew up in Oklahoma.
Her maternal grandfather, Harvey Richards, was raised in Lake Charles,
Louisiana, but later moved to Oklahoma, where he married. They then
moved to Abilene, in 1919 and resided there all their lives. Lana’s
paternal grandparents, Mary Eliza Vest and Homer Samuel Earp, were both
raised in San Saba County, and moved to Abilene before 1914 and resided
there all their lives. Lana’s paternal great-grandfather, Francis
Asbury Vest, was a circuit-riding preacher for the Colorado River Conference
of the Methodist-Episcopal Church. Part of his circuit included Coleman
County. |