By News Staff on Wed, 10/01/2025 - 21:13
Marie Tupa (right), former owner of the Texas Polka News, passed away in September at age 95. She is pictured here with Theresa Cernoch Parker, who purchased the paper from Tupa in 2014.
Marie Tupa (right), former owner of the Texas Polka News, passed away in September at age 95. She is pictured here with Theresa Cernoch Parker, who purchased the paper from Tupa in 2014.

Marie Schultz Tupa, the widow of Julius Tupa, the founder of the Texas Polka News went to Heaven in September at the age of 95. Marie was born on a farm in Holman, living a simple life that the depres…