Gallery admission fees were waived on Friday, August 4, 2023 from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM in honor of Anezka Miculka Ermis of Beaumont, Texas.

Anezka was a kind, loving mother, wife, and friend from a small Czech farming community in central Texas. She raised two children, James and Virginia, with her husband Ladimir in Beaumont, Texas, and frequently could be found cooking and helping care for neighbors and other family members. Born August 4, 1903, Anezka did not obtain a high-school education and lived through the Great Depression while raising her young family. She later became the president of her Methodist church’s Ladies’ auxiliary, a source of great pride. She is remembered for her warm heart, strong faith, and scrumptious kolaches and strudels. Anezka died at the age of 92 on July 19, 1996.