Gillespie Co., TX - Obits: Gillespie County Obits (F'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.* *Farabee, Quinn Cecil, *71, of Fredericksburg died Saturday, October 30, 1999 in the Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital in San Antonio. Funeral services were held November 1 in the Church of Christ with interment in the Greenwood Cemetery. He was born on September 15, 1928 in New Orleans, LA, the son of Quinn Cecil Farabee Sr. and Martha Morgan Farabee. He married Jo Ellen Morrison in Garrison, on February 15, 1964. (11/3/99) *Farr, Mrs Everett, *74, nee Anna Petsch of New Braunfels died Tuesday, December 19, 2000 in New Braunfels. Rosary services were held December 21 at the Soeller Funeral Home and a mass of celebration was held December 22 at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church with interment in the Guadalupe Valley Memorial Park. She was born in Fredericksburg on May 13, 1926, the daughter of Otto A. Petsch and Lina Weber Petsch. She married Everett Farr in San Antonio on December 27, 1968. (01/24/01) *Featherstone, Bernice M.,* 84, of San Angelo, died Monday, May 3, 1999 at her residence. Funereal services were held on May 6 at the First United Methodist Church in Centerville with interment in the Centerville City Cemetery. She was born on July 2, 1914, in Centerville, the daughter of Claude Wade and Francis Janie Feathrson. (5/12/99) *Feller, Clayton Morris, *84, of Harper died Thrusday January 20, 2000 at his residence. Funeral services were hedl January 24 in the chapel of the Schaetter Funeral Home with interment in the Harper City Cemetery. Feller was born on August 29, 1915 in Gillespie County, the son of Louis Feller and Ida Lange Feller. He married Doris Harper on April 9, 1945. (1/26/2000) *Felps, Guy Arthur, *69, of Bergheim, died on Wednesday February 17, 1999. Funeral Services were held on February 20 at the Mission Park Funeral Chapels North in San Antonio with graveside services and interment in the Miller Creek Cemetery in Blanco County. He married Edna Schievelbein. (2/24/99) *Fetzer, Billy E., *74, of Austin died Wednesday, August 23, 2000 at the Christopher House in Austin. Funeral services were held Friday, August 25 in the Beckmann Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Der Stadt Friedhof. He was born on March 16, 1926 in China Springs, Texas, the son of Sterling P. Fetzer and Ruie Cannon Fetzer. He married Ella Itz on September 2, 1961 in Bethany Lutheran Church in Fredericksburg. (08/30/2000) *Feuge, Mrs. Hugo, *94, nee Rosa Treibs, died Monday, July 24, 2000 at her residence in Fredericksburg. Funeral services were held July 26 in Zion Lutheran Church with interment in Der Stadt Friedhof. She was born on April 28, 1906 in the Palo Alto community, the daughter of Otto Treibs and Lillie Roos Treibs. She married Hugo Feuge on February 16, 1928 in Fredericksburg. (08/02/2000) *Feuge, Lee B., *91, of Fredericksburg and formerly of Doss, died Thursday, June 22, 2000 at Hill Country Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held June 26 in the Fredericksburg United Methodist Church with interment in the Greenwood Cemeetery. He was born in Gillespie County on September 5, 1908, the son of Charles Feuge and Hanna Pape Feuge. He married Bertha Lena Lehmann on June 7, 1936 in the Edison Street Methodist Church in Fredericksburg, and she preceded him in death. (06/28/2000) *Feuge, Mrs. Hugo, *94, nee Rosa Treibs, died Monday, July 24, 2000 at her residence. Funeral services were held July 26, in Zion Lutheran Church with interment in Der Stadt Friedhof. (07/26/2000) *Fewell, Mrs. Lucy Lange Baumann, *95, nee Lange of Austin and formerly of Harper, died in an Austin Hospital on Friday, October 23, 1998. A rosery was recited on October 27 in the Amey Funeral Home in Austin with interment St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery in Fredericksburg. She was born in Fredericksburg on August 1, 1903, the daughter of Franz Lange and Franciska Maximillian Lange.She married Otto H. Baumann [2] and after his death, Hubert L. Fewell of Austin, who preceded her in death.(11/4/98) *Fiedler, Mrs. E. C., *102, nee Thirza Rode, died Saturday December 23, 2000, at Knopp Nursing Home No. 1. Funeral services were held in Zion Lutheran Church with interment in Der Stadt Friedhof. She was born February 4, 1898, in the Cherry Spring community of Gillespie County, the daughter of Elias Rode and Mathilda Wendel Rode. Shem married E. C. Fiedler December 26, 1927 in Zion Lutheran Church and he preceded her in death. (12/27/2000) *Fiedler, Mrs Edgar A., *94, nee Margaret Hahn, diedFriday, February 11, 2000 in the Fredericksburg Nursing Home. Funeral servaces were helld Monday, February 14 in St. Anthony Catholic Church in Harper with interment in the St. Anthony Catholic Cemetery. She was born in Gillespie County on April 26, 1905, the daughter of William Hahn and Regina Meurer Hahn. She married Edgar A. Fiedler on July 29, 1929 in St. Mary's Catholic Church and he preceded her in death on July 7, 1980. (2/16/2000) *Field, Frances Beauchamp, *80, of Austin, died Wednesday, September 20, 2000 in Knopp Nursing Home No. 2. Graveside services and interment were held in the Greenwood Cemetery in Fredericksburg on September 22. She was born in St. Joseph, MO, on April 14, 1920, the daughter of George W. Beauchamp and Eleanora Marker Beauchamp. (09/27/2000) *Filter, Guenther,* 80, died on Sunday, October 4, 1998 at his residence. Funeral services were held on October 6 in Holy Ghost Lutheran Church with interment in Der Stadt Friedhof. He was born in Gillespie County on October 3, 1918, the son of Adolf Filter and Hedwig Kramer Filter. He married Elsie Wunderlich on October 11, 1941 in Holy Ghost Lutheran Church (10/7/98) (10/14/98) *Fink, Vernon B.,* 77, of Justin, died at his residence on Monday, September 7, 1998. Funeral services were held on September 12 in the Justin Church of Christ. Interment was in the Bourland Cemetery in Keller. He was born in Oklahoma, PA, on June 12, 1921, the son of Chester Fink and Gertrude Fink. He married LaVerne Abernathy in 1943. (9/16/98) *Fisher, Ron, *52, died July 1, 2000. (7/5/2000) *Fite, Danny Brown, *69, of Del Rio, died Saturday, January 29, 2000. Funeral services were held February 1 in the G.W. Cox Memorial Funeral Chapel in Del Rio with interment in the Westlawn Cemetery. (2/2/2000) *Fitzgerald, Mrs. Olga,* 90, nee Ebert, died Wednesday, September 8, 1999 in Knopp Nursing Home No. 2. Funeral services were heldd Friday, September 10 in the Beckmann Funeral Home Chapel with graveside services in Boerne. She was born in Guadalupe County, the daughter of Carl Ebert and Meta Krueger Ebert. She married Cecil Fitzgerald in San Antonio and he preceded her in death. (09/15/1999) *Flach, Harry, *84, of Comfort, died Thursday, November 4, 1999 at his residence. Funeral services were held November 8 in the St. Boniface Espiscopal Church in Comfort. He was born on June 24, 1915 in Comfort to Arthur and Betty Flach. He married Louise Coon on May 19, 1942 in Wichita Falls. (11/10/99)(11/17/99) *Flach, Mrs. Tommy E., *92, nee Tommie Nichols, of Comforty died Friday, August 25, 2000 at Fredericksburg Nursing Home. Funeral services were held August 27 in the Schaetter Funeral Home in Comfort, with graveside services and burial in the Kempner Cemetery in Kempner. She was born on September 1, 1907 in Copperas Cove the daughter of Charles Henry (Pony) Nichols and Pheba Jane Everett Nichols. She married R. C. Whitis and following his death married Tommy E. Flach on April 17, 1977 in Fredericksburg. (08/30/2000) *Fleming, Mrs. William, *96, nee Barton, of Kerrville died Tuesday January 5, 1999 in a Fredericksburg Care center. Graveside services were held on January 7 in the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Kerrville. She was born on July 27, 1902, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Barton of the Turtle Creek community in Kerr County, She married William Fleming on August 18, 1920. He died in 1991.(1/13/99) *Ford, Mrs. Earle E.,* 79, nee Virginia Ruth Rich, of Spicewood, died Thursday, December 10, 1998 in Seton Hospital in Austin. Funeral services were held December 15, at the Comfort Cemetery.(12/16/98) *Foster, Anna Marie,* 95, nee Tildon, of Fredericksburg, died on Monday, October 11, 1999 at the Windcrest Nursing Home. A memorial service was held October 21, in the Fredericksburg Baptist Church in Fredericksburg, She was born on September 10, 1904 in Louisville, KY, the daughter of William Tildon and Anna Marie Stein Tildon. She was divorced. (10/13/1999) *Frantzen, Mrs. Laura, *93, nee Herbort, died Monday December 14, 1998 in Knopp Nursing Home No. 1. Funeral services were held December 17 in the Zion Lutheran Church with burial in Der Stadt Friedhof. (12/16/98) *Franz, Mrs. Wesley,* 96, nee Elsie Pfiester of Fredericksburg died Saturday, January 8, 2000 in Knopp Nursing Home No.1. Funeral services were held January 11 in the chapel of the Schaetter Funeral Home with interment in the Greenwood Cemetery. She was born in Gillespie County on September 6, 1903, the daughter of Alfred Pfiester and Anna Scherer Pfiester. She married Wesley Franz on October 14, 1928 in Fredericksburg and he preceded her in death on October 10, 1986. (1/12/2000)(1/19/2000) *Freeman, Mrs. William (Bill), *87, nee Lorena Pohr, of Fredericksburg, died Saturday, March 18, 2000, at Hill Country Memorial Hospital. Graveside services and interment were in Katy Magnolia Cemetery in Katy, Texas. She was born on April 9, 1912, in Amarillo, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Pohr. She married William (Bill) Freeman and he preceded her in death on April 22, 1989. (03/22/2000) *French, Delton Gene, *73, died Saturday, March 13, 1999 in Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. Funeral services were held Monday, March 15 in the Holy Ghost Lutheran Church, burial in the Greenwood Cemetery. He was born Nov 12, 1925 in Thalia, the son of Thomas Allen French and Notie Mae Crisp French. He married Evelyn Kordzik on Sept. 28, 1947 in Holy Ghost Lutheran Church.(3/17/99) *French, Mrs. Frank Chauncey Jr., *85, nee Emma Wilke of San Antonio and formerly of Fredericksburg, died Wednesday, September 13, 2000 in San Antonio. Graveside services and interment were held at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio on September 15. She was born on February 28, 1915 in Fredericksburg, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernst Wilke. She married Frank Cauncey French Jr. on June 24, 1941. Her husband was declared missing in action during World War 2 and then declared dead on January 7, 1946. (09/20/2000) *Fridley, Terry Deane, *62, died at his residence in San Antonio on Wednesday, September 30, 1998. Funeral services were held on October 3 in the chapel of the Schaetter Funeral Home with interment in the Greenwood Cemetery. He was born December 17, 1935 in Waterloo, IA, the son of Ivan George Fridley and Ruth Lavterbach Fridley. He married Gloria Jean Ressmann in Fredericksburg on December 17, 1955.(10/7/98) *Fridley, Mrs. Terry, *65, nee Gloria Jean Ressmann of San Antonio, died Sunday, September 24, 2000. Funeral services were held September 28, in the chapel of the Schaetter Funeral Home with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. She was born on January 13, 1935 in Fredericksburg, the daughter of Richard Ressmann and Meta Baumann Ressmann. She married Terry Fridley on December 10, 1955 in Fredericksburg and he preceded her in death on September 30, 1998. (9/27/2000)(10/4/2000) *Friedrich, Mrs. Betty, *92, died Thursday November 4, 1999 at her residence in Kerrville. Funeral services were held November 6 in the Beckmann Funeral Home Chapel with interment n the Greenwood Cemetery. She was born on June 9, 1907 in Fredericksburg, the daughter of Bert B. Welch and Ida Eckert Welch. She married Edgar W. Friedrich on January 22, 1929 in Doss and he preceded her in death in 1971. (11/17/99) *Friedrich, Elgin A., *77, of Fredericksburg, died Wednesday October 6, 1999, in the Windcrest Nursing Home. Funeral services were held on October 9, in the Bethany Lutheran Church with interment in the Friedrich Family Cemetery. He was born in Gillespie County on March 14, 1922, the son of Henry E. Friedrich and Elsie Wahl Friedrich. He married Gretchen Land in Holy Ghost Lutheran Church on January 27, 1946.(10/13/1999) *Friedrich, Ricky, *51, of the Prairie Mountain Community, died Sunday, April 16, 2000, at his residence. Funeral services were held April 19 in Christ Lutheran Church in Cherry Spring with interment in the Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery. He was born in Fredericksburg on April 2, 1945 the son of Ervin Friedrich and Ruby Rossberg. He married Clairlean Crenwelge on June 12, 1965 in the Christ Lutheran Church. (4/19/2000) (4/26/2000) *Fritz, Clinton, *70, of Spicewood and formerly of Fredericksburg, died at his home Tuesday, June 13, 2000. A mass of resurrection will be held June 15, in the chapel of the Schaetter Funeral Home in Fredericksburg. Interment will follow in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. He was born October 23, 1929 in Fredericksburg, the son of Emil Fritz, Sr. and Minna Tatsch Fritz. He married Edna Klein on July 11, 1953. (06/17/2000)(06/21/2000) *Fritz, Deborah Anne,* 20, of Fredericksburg, died on Monday, December 28, 1998 at Hill Country Memorial Hospital. A mass of resurrection was celebrated in St. Mary's Catholic Church on January 2 with interment in the Fritz Family Cemetery. She was born August 5, 1978 in San Antonio, daughter of Daniel J. Fritz and Verna Ann Lux Fritz.(1/6/99) *Froehmer, Mrs. Walter, *90, nee Frieda Prochnow, of San Antonio died Wednesday August 9, 2000 in Northeast Baptist Hospital in San Antonio. Graveside services and interment were held August 14 in the Greenwood Cemetery. She was born in Fredericksburg on October 23, 1909, the daughter of Erhardt Prochnow and Mathilda Grobe Prochnow. She married Walter Froehmer on March 15, 1928 in Fredericksburg. He preceded her in death. (08/16/2000) *Frye, Mrs. Donald, *74, nee Doris Deal, died Monday, February 7, 2000 in Knopp Nursing Home No. 1. Funeral Services were held February 9 in St. Barnabas Episcopal Church with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. She was born in Altus, OK, the daughter of Harry Deal and Veda Ballinger Deal. She married Donald Frye on May 5, 1946 in Rockwall. (2/9/2000)(2/16/2000) *Fuchs, Gilbert, *96, of Johnson City died Thrusday, May 4, 2000 in Fredericksburg. Funeral services were held May 6 at the Crofts Funeral Home in Johnson City with interment in the Miller Creek Cemetery. He was born November 17, 1903 in Southwick. (5/10/2000)