Former Justice of Peace Adolph Mergenthaler Dies
Adolph Mergenthaler longtime Fredericksburg cigar man and former Justice of the Peace for Gillespie County died at his home Tuesday at 3:05 pm. He was 64 years old. Survived by wife Emma Graf and four children, with funeral services held April 9 at Beckmann Funeral Home. Masons and other orders conducted the rites at City Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Mergenthaler
Gillesvie County
Fredericksburg
Mergenthaler
Fort McKavitt
Texas
Charles Mergenthaler
Jacob Kraus
Kraus
Masonic Lodge
A. H. Swanson
Scottish Rite
Austin
Final Rites Held For Anna M. Maurer
Miss Anna Marie Maurer 16 died suddenly in San Antonio on Friday April 4 and was buried Sunday April 6 at 3 30 p m at Schaetter Funeral Home and St Marys Church with Rev F X Church and Rev F S Wolf officiating Catholic Cemetery interment. Survived by parents Adolph and wife and many Maurer siblings all of Fredericksburg.
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Anna Marie Maurer
Adolph Maurer
San Antonio
Schaetter
St. Mary’s Church
F. X
F. &. Wolf
Miss Maurer
Gillespie County
Adela
al Jen Jung
Roman
Gilbert
Rita
Nola
Lorene
Lucille
Beatrice
Lyndon Maurer
Fredericksburg
William Schlaudt Laid To Rest In Thursday Services
William Schlaudt longtime Fredericksburg resident died Tuesday April 1 at 9 30 am at age 62 1 15. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm Beckmann Funeral Home with Rev F A Bracher. Zions Lutheran Church mixed choir at the home and male choir at City Cemetery interment. Survived by wife Dora Rusche mother Mrs Sophie Schlaudt and numerous siblings. He was born Feb 16 1879 in Fredericksburg and married Oct 31 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Schlaudt
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
Beckmann
F. A. Bracher
Zions Lutheran Church
Zions Church
Schlaudt
John Schlaudt
Dora Rusche
Sophie Schlaudt
Charlie Schlaudt
Llano
Rennie
Arthur Schlaudt
Eckert
Emil Schlaudt
Stonewall
Emma
Henry Deubner
Galveston
Hulda
Rudolph Eckert
Junction
Celes
August Itz
Constance
Albert Kolmeier
Anna
Ddie Eckert
San Antonio
Former Junction Mayor Ernst Holekamp Dies at 82
Ernst Holekamp first Junction mayor died Saturday at 82. A San Antonio native, he moved to Junction in 1885 and ran a general merchandise and cattle business. He is survived by four sons Julius Edwin Walter all of San Antonio, and Conrad of Junction, plus one daughter.
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Ernst Holekamp
Junction
San Antonio
Holekamp
Julius
Edwin
Walter Holekamp
Conrad Holekamp
Young Texas Mother Dies After Illness
Mrs. Sophie Petsch Brodbeck, born March 28 1910 in Doss Texas, died Friday at 5 p m at her parents home in Fredericksburg after a recent illness. She leaves husband Egon and three children Lorene Alphons and Annie Marie plus siblings Herman George Felix Rita Anna and Cecilia. Final rites were Monday at Schaetter Funeral Home and St Marys Church with Rev F X Wolf and other clergy. burial in Catholic cemetery.
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Egon Brodbeck
Sophie Petsch
Otto Petsch
Brodbeck
Doss
Texas
Fredericksburg
Petsch
Lorene
Alphons
Annie Marie
Herman
George
Mason
Felix
Rita
San Antonio
Anna
Cecilia
David
Schaetter
St. Mary’s Church
F. X. Wolf
Armand Weber
B. Galle
A. Leopold
Mrs Max Hirsch Dies in New York at Age 50
Relatives received a wire Tuesday announcing the death of Mrs. Max Hirsch wife of the famous race horse trainer. She was 50 and is survived by husband Max and children Max William Harold Mary and Katherine, plus brothers in law Judge Henry Hirsch and Herman and Louis Hirsch and sisters in law Hulda Johnson and Olga Zander.
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Max Hirsch
New York
Albert Kaderli Sr Laid To Rest In Friday Services
Albert Kaderli Sr a Swiss native who lived in Fredericksburg for twenty years died April 2 after a short illness at his home. He was 77 and survived by a widow eleven children two brothers three sisters and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral services were held April 4 at Schaetter Funeral Home conducted by Rev F A Bracher with interment in City Cemetery.
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Albert Kaderli
Switzerland
Fredericksburg
Kaderli
Benedict Kaderli
Betty Spangenberg
Comal County
Chas Calhoun
Fischer’s Store
W. F. Habenmann
San Antonio
Chas Dolezal
Lawrence Burrer
Robert
New Braunfels
Albert Jr
Roland
Othmar
Arthur Willie
Gilbert
Schaetter Funera
F. A. Bracher
Brother of Local Resident Succumbs in Cibolo
Arthur Wiedner a 33 year old brother of Mrs Ernst Wahrmund of Tivydale died at his home in Cibolo last Monday and was buried Tuesday at the Cibolo Evangelical Church Survivors include his mother Mrs Marie Wiedner five sisters and four brothers Adolph Herman Willie and Freddie Wiedner and Mrs Ernst Wahrmund of Fredericksburg among others
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Wiedner
Ernst Wahrmund
Tivydale
Cibolo
It Happened This Week Balkans Crisis and World War II News
German forces moved into the Balkans reaching Salonika after pressing Greece and Yugoslavia to terms. Coventry bombing and heavy Allied bombing of German cities are reported. Mexico expropriates Axis ships seized at Tampico and Vera Cruz for coastwise trade. Labor disputes loom as talks near settlement with Allis-Chalmers and Ford, amid calls for government strike powers.
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Germany
Greece
Yugoslavia
Balkans
Hitler
Agean Sea
Salonika
Bulgaria
England
Coventry
Mexico
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Ministry of the Navy
Defense Mediation Board
Allis-Chalmers Company
Milwaukee
Ford
Senator Connally
Texas
Five Counties Placed In New Legislative Area
Five central Texas counties join the new 68th Representative District through a House redistricting bill. Menard Mason Kendall and Gillespie form the district with Blanco moved to a flotorial district including Burnet Travis and Blanco. Local visits note Mrs Klaer and family in Lytle and Mrs W H Peter and son John at the Ad Mergenther funeral.
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Texas
Gillespie County
House of Representatives
Menard, Mason
Llang Kendall
Gillespie
Blanco
Burnet
Travis
W. H Peter
John
Fort Worth
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Anna M. Maurer
Fredericksburg Publishing Co., Inc
Wm. Schlaudt
Caer
Ss Orce
Cig
Albert Kaderli Sr
Weea
Germany-Yugoslavia
Reserve District No
Fredericksburg National Bank
United States
Federal Reserve Bank
State of Texas
County of
A. L. Cameron
Edwin O. Kiehne
W. J. Schroeder
John W. Metzger
Herman Usener
Felix Klaer
Lytle
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