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Bethlehem Lutheran Church | VON ROSENBERG, Herman Theodor (I10106)
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Betsy lived in Raton, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Las Vegas, Deming, and Garfield before moving to Las Cruces. She graduated in 1950 from Las Cruces Union High School. She met her future husband while attending New Mexico A&M. She was a homemaker but had also worked in a silversmith’s shop in Mesilla. She was an avid supporter of New Mexico State University athletics. She was a longtime member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority. She worked with the Chihuahuan Desert Wildlife Rescue. | LOOMIS, Betty Jean Hall (I17877)
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between 11 p.m. and midnight | JARRY, Susanne Elisabeth (I14135)
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Beulah Anna Meerscheidt was educated in the San Antonio schools and in various schools in Europe. She made several trips between the United States and Europe during her childhood. In 1906 her parents moved to Seattle, Washington. In 1910 she was married to Robert Trenckmann in Seattle and in 1912 they moved to Mason Co., Washington. To this marriage two sons were born, William and Robert.
Beulah was a charter member of the Hatchery Grange and helped to develop the community in which they lived. She was a member of the Episcopal Church and Church Guild. She loved her home and was very happy in her role as a farm wife.
She passed away on August 16, 1958, after suffering a stroke. | MEERSCHEIDT, Beulah Anna (I9641)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I14511)
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Bill and his family moved to New Mexico in 1915. After his father died in 1919, his mother taught school and a brother moved to Mexico in order to work and send money back home to support the family and send his siblings to college. As a result Bill graduated from New Mexico A&M in 1933 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. He spent a short time as a surveyor with the New Mexico Highway Department. He then went to work as a construction manager for a highway department contractor.
His work was interrupted by World War II when he joined the army and served in Europe. Upon his return home he bought and operated the Garfield Mercantile Store from 1946 to 1947. He returned to highway construction management, and in 1959 he founded and developed Loomis Construction Co., Inc. He operated the company until he retired 34 years later. He was a member of the New Mexico Society of Professional Engineers and was also a member and an Honorary Lifetime Member of the Associated Contractors of New Mexico. He was well known in the industry for "smooth asphalt paving." He kept an excellent workforce. Maintaining and displaying his loyalty to his workers helped earn him a good reputation. As a result, he was known as “Commander” amongst his close associates.
Bill was a private pilot, owned his own airplane, and regularly flew all over New Mexico and on trips to Mexico. He was a founding member of VFW post 1389 in Elephant Butte, New Mexico, and enjoyed his tenure as captain of his pleasure boat, the "Sweet Lorraine". | LOOMIS, William Jay (I32607)
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Bill earned BA and MA degrees from the University of Texas, and a PhD from the University of Michigan. He taught biological chemistry in medical schools in Texas, Michigan, and Alabama. He was a member of Phi Chi social fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa, and Sigma Xi. He worked in cancer research from 1950 to 1954 at M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston. The family then moved to Birmingham, Alabama, where he taught at the University of Alabama Medical School until he retired in 1981. Bill enjoyed target shooting, hunting, fishing, and traveling. During an extended power outage during the Blizzard of 1993, Bill suffered a fall while at home alone and was unable to tend the fireplace. By the time help arrived, he already suffered from hypothermia. | WINGO, William Jacob (I13604)
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| 708 |
Bill Howell was a lifelong resident of San Antonio, Texas. He graduated from Brackenridge High School in 1956 and from Trinity University in 1962 with a degree in Home Building. He began his career as a draftsman in high school. He built many homes in San Antonio, Houston, and South Texas. Bill was an avid outdoorsman and belonged to the Alamo Fly Fishing Club and the Christian Bass Club. He was a member of Central Christian Church and served there as a deacon, elder, Sunday school teacher, and member of the Chancel Choir and the Hand Bell Choir. | HOWELL, William Dunovant (I3050)
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| 709 |
Bill spent his boyhood in Houston, Texas, where he went to school and was one of the Boy Scouts. Upon graduation from high school, he joined the U.S. Navy and became a sonar technician. After he and Pam were married he was assigned to Pensacola, Florida Naval Base. He remained there about two more years and was then assigned to San Diego Naval Base. He was a teacher for a short time, and then was assigned to Long Beach Naval Base. He resigned the Navy at the completion of his second term commitment. Bill soon found out that his Naval experience did not qualify him for an acceptable paying civilian job. He finally accepted a contract Naval job in Japan. He inspected and repaired instruments on board Naval vessels that were in port. He eventually transferred into Civil Service and continued to work in Japan. | DODGEN, William Thomas (I143)
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| 710 |
Billy and his family moved to Austin in 1933. He attended Austin public schools from 1934 to 1944, at which time he enlisted in the Army Air Corps, remaining on active duty until his retirement in 1966. Shortly after his retirement from the Air Force, Billy enrolled in a two year computer programmer/operator course in a business college. He graduated in 1969. Prior to his graduation, he was hired by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas in Austin where he remained until his retirement in 1978. Billy and his wife were coordinators for their church's Homebound Meals Program, preparing and delivering foods to the sick and elderly. He was also the coordinator at the church's food pantry, and also the church's audio and video tapes ministry. During Billy's career in the Air Force, he attended many off-duty university courses, both on and off campus, where he earned a total of 147 college credit hours. Since his teenage years, Billy had collected old 78/rpm phonograph records, some dating back before the 1920s, as well as many from foreign countries
| LANE, Billy Jack (I12898)
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Billy Jack Lane Billy Jack Lane, 80 of Austin, passed away at home Saturday, September 27, 2008. Born September 1, 1928, in Kaufman, Texas, he was the fourth of seven children born to Vera and Albert Lane. At age 16 he joined the Army Air Corps with tours of duty including World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. Along with other Berlin Air Lift Veterans, Bill was honored by the citizens of Germany for life saving aid to their war-torn country at the end of World War II. He retired from the Air Force in 1966, returning home to Austin where he worked for the state, and eventually working in the computer department of Teacher Retirement System where he remained until his retirement in 1978. Bill was an accomplished musician as well as an avid music lover with an extensive music collection. He loved his family and friends, cherishing the time spent trading stories of traveling the world and of the old days. Bill and his wife Ann have devoted their retirement to voluntary service at Hyde Park Baptist Church in the Meals to the Homebound Program, the Tape Ministry, and lastly heading the Food Pantry. Bill is survived by his wife of 58 years, Virginia Ann Lane; and their four children, daughter JoAnn Kalbach, son David Lane and common-law wife Brenda, son John Lane, and daughter Sheri Lane; grandchildren, Keith, Annalee, Seamus and Matthew; great-grandchildren, Sera and Melody. | LANE, Billy Jack (I12898)
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| 712 |
BJ was born in Runge, TX on January 8, 1926, and graduated from Runge High School where she was Valedictorian. She then graduated from Southwest Texas State Teacher's College (now SWTSU) with honors where she was editor of the student newspaper her senior year. She attended Columbia University School of Journalism to work on her Master's Degree, where she was active in Dwight Eisenhower's presidential campaign while working in advertising on Madison Avenue. She then returned to Texas, marrying rancher Eric Neil Culver of Matagorda, and teaching high school English in Bay City for several years. The Culvers were successful in ranching and horse racing, and soon relocated to New Mexico to oversee their horse racing interests, which ultimately included ownership of Ruidoso Downs and La Mesa Park race tracks. BJ was instrumental in the success of La Mesa as marketing director, and was best known for promoting the first $100K thoroughbred race in the southwest outside of California, the Land of Enchantment Stakes. BJ is also believed to be the first female member of the Turf Writers of America, and received numerous honors for her unique style of writing, which combined her journalistic skills with ad copy style. After a return to Texas in 1971, BJ started an ad agency which promoted such great AQHA stallions as Go Man Go and Easy Jet. She also became an active breeder of registered Hereford cattle along with quarter horses and thoroughbreds. BJ has been listed in Who's Who of American Women. An avid sports fan, she was devoted to her Aggies, Astros and Spurs, and was a great admirer of David Robinson. She was also known to be a fair handicapper of racehorses. Her varied other interests included real estate, photography, puzzles and Coors. | VON ROSENBERG, Bobbye Jo (I13741)
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Block 2, Lot 372 | WEST, Mary Jane (I9660)
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Block 2, Lot 372 | SCHOLZ, Gerald Stephen (I31252)
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Block 2, Lot 372 | BEASOM, Samuel La Monte (I32489)
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Block 4 Lot 61 Space 1 | GREENE, Cordelia Beatrice (I12526)
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Block 6, Lot 355 | DYAL, Herman Ellis (I3011)
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Block 6, Lot 355 | SPECKELS, Evelyn Margaret (I3012)
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Block 6, Lot 667 | MEERSCHEIDT, Laura (I9634)
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Block 6, Lot 667 | WARNKEN, Catherine Olga (I9650)
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Block 6, Lot 667, Space 11 | FREDE, Bertha L. (I3040)
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Block 6, Lot 667, Space 12 | MEERSCHEIDT, Paul (I3039)
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Block 6, Lot 667, Space 5 | DYER, Kathleen Lucille (I10182)
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Block 6, Lot 667, Space 6 | MEERSCHEIDT, Leo Paul (I9635)
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Bob was born on his parents’ farm where he farmed with his father for many years. It was then sold in 1967 when his father passed away. He worked from 1961 until he retired in 1979 for Mason County Highway Department as a heavy equipment operator. He served in the community including the School Board and the Cemetery Association Board. He was also secretary of the volunteer fire department, the Grange, Grays Harbor County Fair Board for 15 years as well as the Mason County Fair Board for five years. After joining the Good Sam RV Club, Bob became an assistant director and eventually State Director for the State of Washington. He became widowed in 1986 and later remarried. Retirement life includes traveling in the RV. | TRENCKMANN, Robert Junior (I14226)
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| 726 |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I85)
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| 727 |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I36148)
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Born and raised in Round Top, Texas, Otto attended school there and later worked as a blacksmith. He bought a home there and became sole owner of his shop. Otto took an active role in civic life. He enjoyed quail hunting and target shooting. In September 1882 he won the honor of becoming “Schuetzen Koenig” by having the high score for the season in the Rifle Club.
Otto served as town marshal, a difficult job in those days after the Civil War when Union soldiers were stationed on plantation roads and many undesirable persons came from the North to live in Texas. At one time a roughneck named Walker attempted to ride a horse into a saloon while on a drinking spree. Town marshal Helmecke was sent for. He ordered Walker to stop, put him under arrest, and ordered him to relinquish his gun. Walker refused and ran to get behind an oak tree to have a shoot-out with Otto. Understanding the plan and in order to save his own life, Otto shot Walker in the back. Walker died, and Otto was tried for murder. He was ultimately acquitted. | HELMECKE, Otto Heinrich (I3953)
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| 729 |
Born at the family farm near Ellinger, Frank and his family moved to a farm near Sharp shortly thereafter. He attended Duncan Public School in Milam County, then business college at La Grange. He was employed by the C. F. Hellmuth Company in Bellville, but he was not cutout for the mercantile business. Frank tried farming in Milam County, but he did not like that. He then moved to his parents’ in La Grange and became an apprentice carpenter. He worked around Temple and Waco for five years as a journeyman carpenter. For a while he travelled to North Texas, Oklahoma, West Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico. After being in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution of 1914, he returned to the home he had built his mother in San Angelo.
Frank was a member of the Business Men’s Bible Class of the First Methodist Church in San Angelo. He was also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Fort Concho No. 266 and Rebeccas. He belonged to the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and the San Angelo Chapter of Associated General Contractors. He built homes, churches, and commercial building in the San Angelo area. His hobby was raising sheep on his farm near San Angelo. | VON ROSENBERG, Frank Johannes (I3907)
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| 730 |
Born on a farm in Roby, Texas, Clay later settled in Kerrville, Texas where he attended school and worked at the hospital. He enlisted in the Navy during World War II and served in the South Pacific. After the war, Clay worked for over 30 years in civil service at Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. He passed away after suffering a stroke. | CARNES, Henry Clay (I197)
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| 731 |
Botho had a 36-year military career serving in both the United States Army and Texas Army National Guard. Lieutenant Colonel Schenck spent 1943 to 1945 in the Pacific Theater in World War II. While assigned to the Adjutant General's Department, he was appointed as the original Commandant of the Officer Candidate Academy, Camp Mabry, Austin, Texas from 1957 through 1968. Under his leadership, the Texas Officer Candidate Academy was cited for academic excellence for two consecutive years. He played an important role in the commissioning of numerous outstanding second lieutenants who served in the Texas Army National Guard and the Army in the Vietnam War. As Commandant, Col. Schenck saw the academy grow from its first class of 38 candidates to a class of 240 at the time of his retirement. He also served as volunteer fire fighter and treasurer for the Volente, Texas Volunteer Fire Department from 1970 through 1999. He loved the outdoors, enjoying hunting for arrowheads and studying the history of the American Indians. He also enjoyed hunting and fishing. | SCHENCK, Botho Ralph (I12835)
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| 732 |
Burial location: researcher assumption | SPENGLER, Adolph (I3901)
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| 733 |
by A. A. Collins, Ordained Minister | Family: Otis Ballard HEWETT / Pauline VON ROSENBERG (F8776)
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| 734 |
by A. G. Ruff, Pastor | Family: Oneida Blaze McFARREN / Nora Ada WILLAMAN (F24549)
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| 735 |
by Albert F. Vaughan, Travis Park Methodist Church | Family: Samuel Hugh BROWN, Jr. / Maudine MURPHY (F437)
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| 736 |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Living / Living (F9463)
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| 737 |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Living / Living (F9464)
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| 738 |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Living / Living (F452)
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| 739 |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Living / Living (F20584)
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| 740 |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Living / Living (F22084)
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| 741 |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Living / Living (F22088)
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| 742 |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Living / Living (F19815)
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| 743 |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Living / Living (F9665)
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| 744 |
by Clarence B. Holland, Minister of the Gospel | Family: Robert Lewis MOSES / Oneta HARRELL (F8903)
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| 745 |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Living / Living (F6290)
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| 746 |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Living / Living (F9688)
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| 747 |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Quincy Herbert LINNSTAEDTER / Living (F636)
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| 748 |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Living / Living (F9411)
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| 749 |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Living / Living (F12608)
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| 750 |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: John Michael DONOHUE / Living (F438)
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