The Honorable Reverend Hilmar J. Flugrath ascended to Heaven Oct. 16, 2020. Rev. Flugrath was born June 19, 1932, in New Braunfels, at the home behind Handy Corner. When he was nine, he moved with his family to the dairy farm owned by his father in Blanco. When he married, he took over Handy Corner Lumber Company on Landa and Walnut Streets for 30 years and eventually moved his lumber company to Sattler, Texas. He built one church in Blanco and two in New Braunfels, as well as numerous chur ...