Obit of Pierce Wolfenberger - Bastrop County, Texas w415 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. ==================================================================== Bastrop Advertiser 7/1946 SERVICES HELD FOR LIFE LONG RESIDENT Friends of Pierce Wolfenberger were saddened last week when they learned of his death, which occurred, following a lingering illness, on Monday afternoon, July 8, about 6 o'clock. Mr. Wofenberger was born November 24, 1868, about 10 miles from Bastrop, and has lived here all of his life. His parents were Charles and Mary Wolfenberger. On November 8, 1896, at Cedar Creek, he was married to Miss Sallie Glass. They made their home near Bastrop, where they reared two lovely daughters. He was a member of the Baptist Church. Surviving him are his widow and two daughters, Mrs. Winnie Culpepper and Miss Margaret J. Wolfenberger; one sister, Miss Mary Lee Wolfenbarger; one brother, George Wolfenberger, all of Bastrop. Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon, July 9, at 5 oclock, with Rev. John Allen officiating, and he was laid to rest beneath a mound of beautiful flowers in the Wolfenberger Cemetery. Pall bearers were Frank Wolfenberger, Cedar Creek; Charlie Pierce Wolfenberger, Nolan Glass, Henry Glass, bill Glass, all of Bastrop, and Laurence Miller, Austin Friends and relatives from out of town who paid their last respects were A. H.Murchison and family, H. L. Reeves and family, Mr and Mrs I J Jackson, Mr and Mrs Wallace Glass, Dick Glass, Mrs Murrell Gladney, Mr and Mrs Horace Glass and Mrs Bud Carroll all of Austin; Mrs Ray Brandon, Albany; Mrs J R Taylor, Smithville; Mrs Lula Nell Bays, Cuero; and Mrs M D Dinges, Houston.