Gillespie Co., TX - Obits: Gillespie County Obits (E's) ******************************************************* This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Wanda Qualls USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ******************************************************* *Taken from the "Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post "* *Published Weekly by the Fredericksburg Publishing Co., Inc.* *Easley, Joe C., *62, died Tuesday, February 1, 2000 in Hereford. Funeral services were held February 4 in Hereford. He was born in Hereford on May 14, 1937, the son of Oscar and Grace Easley. He married Corinne Cameron of Fredericksburg on August 25, 1957. (2/9/2000) *Easterling, Warren Sessions Sr., *52, died Monday, January 3, 2000 in Gateway Medical Center in Clarksville, TN. Funeral services were held January 6 in the McReynolds, Nave & Larson Funeral Chapel in Clarksville with Burial in the Sango Cemetery. He was born in Montgomery County, TN, February 21, 1947, the son of Lloyd M. Easterling and Gray Sessions Waters Easterling. He married Susan Long in Clarksville. (1/12/2000) *Ebeling, Mrs. Fred, *97, nee Fay Brannon, died Thursday, April 27, 2000 in Dallas. A memorial service was held May 1 in the Ellis Chapel of Park Cities Baptist Church of Dallas with burial in the Greenwood Cemetery in Fredericksburg. She was born on February 2, 1903 in McDade, the daughter of Sidney Lee Brannon and Cora Hemphill Brannon. She married Fred Ebeling in 1948. (5/3/2000) *Eberle, Mrs. August, *74, nee Elizabeth Finley, of Fredericksburg, died at her residence on Tuesday, January 25, 2000. A memorial service was held January 28 in the chapel of the Schaetter Funeral Home. A private family interment was held. She was born on June 29, 1925 in Zanesville, OH, the daughter of John Russel Finley and Elizabeth Phelps Finley. She married August H. Eberle on June 19, 1948 in Zanesville, OH. (1/26/2000)(2/2/2000) *Eckhardt, Mrs. Alfred,* 78, nee Elisa Priess, died on Wednesday November 18, 1998 in Knopp Nursing Home No. 1. Funeral services were held in the Beckmann Fueral Home chapel with interment in the Greenwood Cemetery. She was born December 27, 1919 in Gillespie County, the daughter of Charles Priess and Meta Peese Priess. She married Alfred Eckhardt on July 3, 1940 in Fredericksburg and he preceded her in death on July 12, 1981. (11/25/98) *Eckhardt, Mrs. Bryan, *47, nee Shirley A. Schonberg, of Fredericksburg died Wednesday, March 29, 2000 in the Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital in Kerrville. Funeral services were held March 31, in Bethany Lutheran Church with intermant in Greenwood Cemetery. She was born on December 19, 1952 in Taylor, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Schonberg. She married Bryan Eckhardt on August 30, 1980 in Bethany Lutheran Church. (4/5/2000) *Eckhardt, Mrs. Marvin,* 86, nee Alma Herbort, died on Tuesday November 10, 1998 at Hill Country Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held November 13, in Holy Ghost Lutheran Church with interment in the Meusebach Creek Cemetery. She was born on September 25, 1912, the daughter of Eddie Herbort and Lydia Klinksiek Herbort. She married Marvin Eckhardt on October 5, 1930 in the Holy Ghost Lutheran Church. He preceded her in death on April 11, 1991. (11/11/98)(11/18/98) *Eckhardt, Tori Tennell, In Memory of. (08/23/2000)* *Edlund, Mabel Matilda, *96, of Fredericksburg and formerly of El Campo, died Thursday, August 31, 2000 at the Windcrest Nursing Home. Graveside services and interment were in the El Campo Lutheran Cemetery September 1. She was born in Brule County, SD on March 25, 1904, the daughter of Carl J. Edlund and Christine Widmark Edlund. She never married. (09/06/2000) *Edwards, Oris Lamar,* 74, died on Sunday, March 14, 1999 at his residence in Comfort. Funeral services were held in the Gaddis Memorial Methodist Church on March 17 with interment in the Comfort Cemetery. He was born in Comfort on December 17, 1924, the son of G. R. Edwards and Meta Herdler Edwards. He married Marth Kuhlmann on February 1, 1947. She died on January 9, 1988. He married Margaret Nuernberger Rush on November 9, 1991.(3/17/99)(3/24/99) *Edwards, Willie Louis,* 73, nee *Harrington*, of Stonewall, died on Thursday, April 8, 1999 in the Hill Country Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held April 12 in the Beckmann Funeral Home chapel with interment in the Stonewall Community Cemetery. She was born on July 19, 1925 in Nocona the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Harrington. She was divorced.(4/14/99) *Ellard, Alma Staudt, *87, nee Novian, of San Antonio, passed away, Wednesday, January 22, 1992. A mass of Christian burial was held January 25 at St Mary's Catholic Church with interment in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. She was born April 4, 1904 in Fredericksburg to Joseph Novian and Ella Frantzen Novian. She married Arthur Staudt and he preceded her in death on November 18, 1946. She married Ike Ellard. (newspaper clipping) *Ellebracht, Mrs. Edgar H., *89, nee Olivia Kneese, of Kerrville died at Hill Country Memorial Hospital in Fredericksburg on Thursday, July 20, 2000. Funeral services were held on July 22, in the Beckmann Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Der Stadt Friedhof. She was born in Doss on July 22, 1910, the daughter of Alfred Kneese and Ida McDougall Kneese. She married Edgar H. Ellebracht in Harper on June 4, 1930. (07/26/2000) *Ellebracht, Rueben Hugo, *79, of San Antonio died Sunday January 23, 2000. Funeral services weere held January 25 in Gethsemane Lutheran Church with interment in Mission Burial Park North in San Antonio. He was born in Fredericksburg the son of Wesley Ellebracht and Ottilia Hitzfeldt Ellebracht. He was preceded in death by his wife Edna Ward. (1/26/2000) *Ellis, Dusty, *died at his home in Newark on Monday, January 11, 1999. He was born on October 6, 1954 in Denver, CO. (1/20/99) *Embrey, Terry, *61, died Monday, February 14, 2000 at the Audie Murphy Veterans Hospital in San Antonio. Private funeral services will be held at a later date. He was born on September 24, 1938 in Bexar County, the son of William Terrell Embrey and Georgie Jordan Embrey. He married Marilyn Ruth Beckmann on July 7, 1960 in San Antonio. (2/16/2000) *Enriquez, Mrs. Danny, *74, nee Lottie Olivia Striegler of Fredericksburg died Wednesday, November 1, 2000 of injuries received in an automobile accident on Insterstate Hiwhay 10, west of Kerrville. Funeral services were held November 3 in the chapel of the Schaetter Funeral Home with interment in the Meusebach Creek Cemetery. She was born on May 4, 1926 in Gillespie County, the daughter of Alvin Strieglerand Olivia Lochte Striegler. She married Danny Enriquez in San Antonio on December 27, 1963. (11/08/2000) *Ernst, Clarence F., *97, died Tuesday, September 7, 1999 at Hill Country Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held in the chapel of the Schaetter Funeral Home with interment in the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. He was born in Harper on Aug 29, 1902, the son of August F. Ernst and Lena Marschall Ernst. He married Lena Fiedler in Harper on February 20, 1928 and she preced him in death on May 2, 1989.(09/08/1999)(09/15/1999) *Ersch, Mrs. Edgar,* 99, nee Hilda Jacoby, died in the Normandy Terrace Nursing Home in San Antonio on Wednesday, October7, 1998. Funeral services were held on October 9 in Mission Park Funeral Chapels South with interment in the Mission Burial Park South. She was born on June 23, 1899, the daughter of Hilmar Jacoby and Anna Birck Jacoby. She first married Hugo Dietrich and following his death married Edgar Ersch.(10/4/98) *Ersch, Robert L., * 84, died on Tuesday, September 1, 1998 in Knopp Nursing Home No. 1. Funeral services were held on September 3, in the Holy Ghost Lutheran Church with interment in Der Stadt Friedhof. He was born January 23, 1914, the son of William Ersch and Lina Quindel Ersch. He married Viola L. Raute on September 8, 1951. She preceded in death on January 28, 1996.(9/9/98) *Ersch, Mrs. Wilhelm, *a native of Germany, succumbed on Saturday morning, December 27, 1941 at 9:15 a.m., at the age of 74 years, 3 months and 18 days, and was laid to rest in services conducted in the Beckmann Funeral Home on Monday, December 29 at 2 p.m., with the Rev. Otto Lindenberg officiating; interment was in the City Cemetery. Mrs. Ersch, nee Ernestine Friedrich, was born in Germany on September 9, 1867, the daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Adolph Friedrich. She was married first to Wm. Staats on January 13, 1891, who preceded her in death on January 10, 1924. On January 13, 1925 she was united in marriage with Wilhelm Ersch, her surviving husband. In addition to her husband she is survived by the following step-children: Edgar Ersch, Gilbert Ersch; Elsie, Mrs. Henry Kegresse, Brownwood; Lillie, Mrs. Oswald Heimann, Kerrville; Robert Ersch, Brownwood; and Walter Ersch of Colorado. Also surviving are seven grandchildren, a brother, Hy Friedrich and a sister, Mrs. Wm. Ebert. Those preceding her in death were a step-daughter, Annie Ersch and the following sisters, Mrs. Henry Jung and Mrs. Louis Roeder; one brother, who died in his infancy, also preceded her in death. (*Janet Harwell* at "> jgirl282@hotmail.com [2] sent this obit) *Ersch, Victor W., *71, of San Jose, CA died Tuesday April 27, 1999 in San Jose. Funeral services were held at the Transfiguration Catholic Church on April 30, followed by interment in San Jose. He was born in Fredericksburg, the son of Fritz Ersch and Mathilda Roeder Ersch. He married Arlene Davidson in September 1949 and she preceded him in death on February 1, 1998 in California.(5/5/99) *Esquell, Marcellus N.,* 53, of Comfort died at his residence on Monday, October 25, 1999. A mass of resurrection was celebrated in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Comfort with interment in the Cedar Ranch Cemetery on the Esquell property in Comfort. He was born September 4, 1946 in Kimble County, the son of Henry John Esquell and Meta Maurer Esquell. He married Sharyn Bradshaw in Comfort on April 26, 1969. (10/27/99)(11/3/99) *Evans, Ruth Kneese, *87, of San Marcos Died Sunday, December 31, 2000. Funeral services were held January 2, at the First Lutheran Church of San Marcos with interment in the San Marcos City Cemetery. She was born in Fredericksburg on December 7, 1913, the daughter of Clemens Kneese and Amalia Mayer Kneese. She married Claude Thomas (Coach Lanky) Evans on May 27, 1939 in Zion Lutheran Church in Fredericskburg. Her husband preceded her in death. (01/10/01) *Evers, Mrs. Adolph Jr.,* 89, nee Sidonie Amalie Kott, of Fredericksburg, died on Tuesday, Jan 12, 1999 in the Hill Country Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held on Jan 14 in the Schaetter Funeral Home chapel with interment in the Greenwood Cemetery. She was born February 2, 1909 in the Meusebach Community. She was the daughter of Louis Kott and Meta Maier Kott. She married Adolph Evers Jr. on Sept 18, 1935 in the Holy Ghost Lutheran Church. He proceded her in death on June 27, 1998.(1/13/99)(1/20/99) *Evers, Mrs. Marvin, *89, nee Ella Mae Schneider, of Llano died Thursday, Feb 4, 1999 in Llano. Graveside services were held on February 6 in St. Johns Lutheran Church Cemetery. She was born on July 30, 1909, in Castell, the daughter of Christian Schneider and Minnie Schneider. She married Marvin Evens and he preceded her in death.(2/10/99) Ewing, Bobby P., 72, of Fredericksburg, died Sunday January 23, 2000 in das Eden Heim. Funeral services were held January 26 in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints with interment in the Greenwood Cemetery. He was born on March 26, 1927 in Sundance, WY, the son of Louis Martin Ewing and Vera Mercedes Belshe Ewing. He married Virginia Ashley in Gillette, WY on April 26, 1973. (1/26/2000)(2/2/2000)