Obit of Lydia Ebner - Bastrop County, Texas e156 Submitted by: Tammy 4 Feb 2002 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. ==================================================================== Smithville Times, May 24, 2001: Lydia Ebner, 91, of Giddings died Friday, 5/11/2001, at Monument Hill Nursing Home in LaGrange. Funeral services were held on 5/15/2001 at Martin Lutheran Church in Giddings with burial in the Giddings City Cemetery. Lydia was the daughter of John and Laura Gropp Foerster of Paige. She married Clarence Ebner on 9/23/1936. Preceding her in death were her husband and a sister, Edna Namken Vaughn. Survivors include a daughter, Joyce and Donald Newman of LaGrange; a sister Vera Doyle of Schulenburg; three grandchildren, Donna and Sam Ahart, Jr., Diana and Chris Muegge of Round Rock, and David and Amy Newman of College Station; and three great-grandchildren.