Gillespie Co., TX - Obits: Gillespie County Obits (G'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.* *Gajewsky, Mrs. Alvina, *96, nee Zemanek, of Fredericksburg, died on Friday, May 5, 2000. Graveside services were held, May 8 in Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery in Houston. She was born December 23, 1903 at Rosenberg, Texas, the daughter of John Zemanek and Frances Machacek Zemanek. She married Charles A. Gahewsky in Rosenberg on December 22, 1925 and he preceded her in death. (05/17/2000) *Garcia, Mrs. Rodolfo, *53, nee Celia Cerna of Stonewall died on Friday, March 19, 1999 in Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital in San Antonio. Funeral services were held in the chapel of the Schaetter Funeral Home on March 22. She was born on May 9, 1945 in Cd Acunia, Mexico, the daughter of Feliziano Cerna and Solodad Juares Cerna. She married Rodolfo Garcia in Stonewall on October 14, 1960. (3/24/99) *Gardner, Mrs. Jake, *85, nee Myrtle Linder, of Fredericksburg died Monday, January 29, 2001, at Hill Country Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held January 31 in the chapel of the Schaetter Funeral. Private entombment was held in the Mission Park Cemetery Mausoleum South in San Antonio.. (01/31/01) *Gary, Mrs. Flora Kneese, *83, of Temple died Friday, December 15, 2000 in San Antonio. Funeral services were held December 18 in the Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple with burial in Bellwood Memorial Park in Temple. She was born in Fredericksburg on October 3, 1917, the daughter of Clemens Kneese and Amelia Meyer Kneese. She married Raymond Gary on June 20, 1942 and he preceded her in death in 1964. (12/27/2000) *Garza, Emma C., *74, of San Antonio, died September 1, 2000. Her body was cremated. She was born on November 11, 1925 in San Antonio, the daughter of Jose Cristantez and Consuelo Trujillo Crisantez. She was divorced. (09/06/2000) *Garza, Mrs. Paul,* 34, nee Stacy Hartmann, of Fredericksburg, died Sunday, February 7, 1999 in the Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital in Kerrville. A mass of resurrection was celebrated in St. Mary's Catholic Church on February 9, a private interment was held a a later date. She was born in Fredericksburg on November 8, 1964, the daughter of Emil Hartmann Jr, and Sharon Miller Hartmann. She married Paul Garza on April 23, 1988.(2/10/99) *Gayden, Mrs. James, *87, nee Woodie Cox, died Tuesday January 2, 2001 in Knopp Nursing Home No. 2. Funeral services were held in the Beckmann Funeral Home on Januray 8. Graveside services were held January 9 at the Thornton Cemetery in Thorton. She was born February 3, 1913, the daughter of Grover C. Cox and Lucy Medford Cox. She married James Gayden on February 13, 1932 in Groesbeck and he preceded her in death. (01/10/01) *Geistweidt, Mrs. Edgar, *90, nee Eleanora Meyer, died Friday January 29, 1999, at Knopp Nursing Home No.2. Funeral Services were held February 1, in St. Peter Lutheran Church in Doss with interment in the church cemetery. She was born April 9, 1908, Versailles, MO, the daughter of Frank H. Meyer and Margaret Oehlrichs Meyer. She married Edgar Geistweidt on August 27, 1930 in St. Paul Lutheran Church in Mason. He preceded her in death on May 10, 1982.(3/3/99) *Gellermann, Alvin H.,* 82, died on Wednesday, December 9, 1998, in the Fredericksburg Nursing Home. Funeral services were held on December 12 in the chapel of the Schaetter Funeral Home with interment in the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. He was born October 3, 1916, the son of Adolph Gellermann and Ida Barsch Gellerman. He married Annie Hartman on July 2, 1939. (12/16/98) *Gellermann, Cecilia*, 74, died on Friday, November 6, 1998 in the Fredericksburg Nursing Home. Graveside services were held November 9 in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. She was born on February 8, 1924, the daughter of Carl Gellerman and Anna Jenschke Gellermann. (11/11/98) *Gerhard, Mrs. Louise,* 87, nee Anna Frantzen, died Thursday, May 10, 1984 in the Knopp Nursing Home. Funeral services were held in the Bethany Lutheran Church with burial in the Der Stadt Friedhof. She was born May 6, 1897, in Gillespie County, the daughter of Edward Frantzen and Anna Schumann. She married Louis Gerhard on July 12, 1942 in Kerrville and he preceded her in death on December 21, 1982. (05/1984) *Gerloff, Lester, *84, of San Antonio, died Tuesday, April 18,2000. Funeral services were held April 21 at the Dellcrest Funeral Home with burial in Mission Burial Park South. He was born in Sweet Home, TX on Februaruy 15, 1916. He married Myrtle Hoffmann on May 6, 1938. (04/26/2000) *Gibson, Edwin W.,* 89, of Fredericksburg died Sunday February 27, 2000 at Hill Country Memorial Hospital. A mass of resurrection was held Febrary 29 in St. Mary's Catholic Church with interment in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. He was born in Lubbock, Texas on June 18, 1910, the son of Horace Linard Gibson and Nora Lane Gibson. He married Jane Taylor of New York City in 1940 and she passed away in 1981. He married Frances Ernst Gibson at our Lady of the Lake Chapel in San Antonio on May 30, 1987. (03/01/2000)(3/08/2000) *Giesbers, Hugo A, *91, of Fredericksburg died Thursday October 28, 1999 at Das Eden Heim. Funeral services were hded October 30 in the chapel of the Schaetter Funeral Home with interment in the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery with full military honors. He was born in Flatonia on June 20, 1908, the son of Paul J. Giesbers and Selma Seekamp Giesbers. He married Lillian Kallus in Flatonia on November 16, 1944. (11/8/99) *Givigliano, Mrs Albert, *91, nee Lina Strackbein, passed away Sunday, August 8, 1999. Funeral Services were held August 11, in Holy Ghost Lutheran Church with interment in Der Stadt Friedhof. She was born in Gillespie County on November 5, 1907 the daughter of J. Fred Strackbein and Elise Eckert Strackbein. She married Albert Givigliano on February 03, 1962 in Holy Ghost Lutheran Church. He preceded her in death on August 20, 1996. (08/11/1999) *Goetsch, Marvin Elvis, *77, died Thursday, February 26, 1999 at his residence in Fredericksburg. No further information available.(3/3/99) *Gold, Alvin H.,* 73, died on Sunday, January 17, 1999 in the Hill Country Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held Wednesday, January 20 in the Holy Ghost Lutheran Church with Interment in the Der Stadt Friedhof Cemetery. He was born January 27, 1925 in Fredericksburg, the son of Erwin H. Gold and Alma Kusenberger Gold. He was never married.(1/20/99)(1/27/99) *Gold, Archie Dean, *59, of Fredericksburg, died at his residence on Thursday, April 15, 1999. Funeral services were held on April 17 in the chapel of the Schaetter Funeral Home. Interment was in Der Stadt Friedhof. He was born on January 11, 1940, in Rheingold, the son of Harry Albert Gold and Emmie Paula Knaupp Gold. He married Shirley Hickman on June 24, 1961. (4/21/99) *Gold, Mrs. Curtis H., *62, nee Tannella Chaney, of Fredericksburg died at her residence Saturday, May 20, 2000. Funeral services were held May 22 in the chapel of the Schaetter Funeral Home with interment in Der Stadt Friedhof. She was a native of Seagraves and was born January 17, 1938, the daughter of Thomas L. Chaney and Florence King Chaney. She married Curtis H. Gold on February 27, 1954 in Fredericksburg. (5/24/2000) *Gold, Mrs. Edgar,* 86, nee Viola May Schmidt, died Saturday November 14, 1998 in Knopp Nursing Home No. 1. Funeral services were held on November 17 in Holy Ghost Lutheran Church with interment in Der Stadt Friedhof Cemetery. She was born on May 11, 1912 in Gillespie County, the daughter of Max Schmidt and Mary Margaret Fries Schmidt. She married Edgar Gold on June 27, 1956 in Dallas and he preceded her in death on April 2, 1974. (11/18/98)(11/25/98) *Gold, Mrs. Kay, *63, nee Thompson of Willow City, dieed, October 20, 2000 of smoke inhalation ina fire that destroyed her home. Funeral services were held October 23 in Holy Ghost Lutheran Church with interment in the Willow City Cemetery. She was born on November 19, 1936 in Louise, the daughter of Fred M. Thompson and Gertrude Stewart Thompson. She married Vernon Gold on November 18, 1969 and he preceded her in death. (10/25/2000) *Goll, Mrs. Richard A., *100, nee Olga Mary Pfiel of Stonewall, died Sunday, January 28, 2001 at Windcrest Nursing Home. Graveside services were held Feburary 2 in the Stonewall Cemetery. (01/31/01) *Gonzalez, Omar E., *8, died Wednesday December 29, 1999 in Wichita, KS. Funeral services were held January 3, 2000 in the Resthaven Mortuary in Wichita. He was the son of Benjamin Cervantes and Claudia Hernandez. (1/12/2000) *Gordon, Mrs. Virgil, *72, nee Evelyn A. Andrews, of Fredericksburg, died on Thursday, December 31, 1998 in the Hill Country Memorial Hospital. Her body was cremated and no services were held. She was born in Dover Foxcraft, ME, on April 23, 1926, the daughter of William Andrews and Eleanor Wilson Andrews. She married Virgil Gordon on January 11, 1944 in Providence, RI (1/6/99) *Gould, Mrs. Wayne M.,* 59, nee Zita Soltis of Fredericksburg, died on Tuesday, July 20, 1999 in Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital in San Antonio. A memorial mass was celebrated July 24 in Old St. Mary's Catholic Church. She was born July 29, 1939 in Steubenville, OH, the daughter of John Soltis and Zsa Zsa Yus Soltis. She married Wayne Gould in October 1956 in Cumberlin, MD. (07/28/1999) *Grantham, George W., *87, of Fredericksburg died Tuesday, February 15, 2000 at Hill Country Memorial Hospital. Graveside services and interment were held February 17 in athe Kenrick Cemetery in Denton Valley, Texas. He was born in Taylor County on December 27, 1912 the son of George W. Grantham and Beulah Rogers Grantham. He married Fayola Ford in Potossi on July 11,1936. (2/16/2000)(2/23/2000) *Granville, Chester E. "Chet"*, 57, of Fredericksburg, died Wednesday, December 13, 2000. A mass of resurrection was celebrated December 15 in St. Mary's Catholic Church with interment following in St. Mary's Cemetery. He was born in Laredo on October 10, 1943, the son of Ellis Granville and Florence Smith Granville. He married Emily Esquell on November 26, 1966, in St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Harper. (12/20/2000) *Graves, Mrs. Eunice M., *84, died Friday, October 6, 2000 at Hill Country Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held October 10, in St. Paul Lutheran Church at Cave Creek, followed by burial in the St. Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery. She was born in Independence, KS, on September 20, 1916, the daughter of Roy Singleton Corn, Sr. and Emma Frances Wilburn Corn. She married Harry Graves, Jr. on April 21, 1935 in Independence, KS, and he preceded her in death. (10/11/2000)(10/18/2000) *Graves, Mrs. Harry W. Jr.,* 59, nee Marjorie J. Lowrance, of Fredericksburg died Saturday, July 1, 2000, at her residence. Funeral services were held July 5 in the First Baptist Church with interment in the Greenwood Cemetery. She was born in Coffeyville, KS, on December 7, 1940, the daughter of Frank William Lowrance and Margaret Caroline Gerdes Lowrance. She married Harry W. Graves Jr. on January 30, 1960 in Coffeyville, Kansas (7/5/2000) (7/12/2000) *Green, Mrs. Forest, *84, nee Louise Ramer, of Fredericksburg, died in the knopp Nursing home Sunday, January 21, 2001. A mass of resurrection was celebrated Tuesday, January 23 in the Old St. Mary's Church. Entombment followed in St. Mary's Cemetery. She was born in Minneapolis, KS on November 13, 1916 the daughter of Elvin W. Ramer and Katherine Christopherson Ramer. She married Forest Green in Fairburg, NE, on August 2, 1940 and he preceded her in death on April 6, 1977. (01/24/01)(01/31/2001) *Greene, George Inman, *79, of Fredericksburg died Sunday, October 15, 2000 in Rapid City, SD. Funeral services will be held October 20 in the Schaetter Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. He was born in Highland Park, Illinois on March 15, 1921, the son of George Greene and Adelaide Inman Greene. He married Margot G. Taylor on June 6, 1969 in Baytown, Texas. (10/18/2000)(10/25/2000) *Gremillion, Mary Virginia, *79, nee Knox of Fredericksburg died Sunday March 19, 2000. She was born August 21, 1920 in Kansas City, MO to Wilber D. Knox and Virginia Strange Knox. She married C. E. (Neil) Gremillion in Galveston, Texas, December 16, 1939. (03/22/2000) *Grierson, Alan David, *51, of Fredericksburg died Thursday, November 2, 2000, on Ranch Road 1376, one mile south of Ranch Road 1888, near Luckenbach when he drowned in a flooded creek after his car stalled at a low water crossing. His body was cremated, and a memorial service is to be held at a later date in Oregon. He was a native of Canada where he was born on December 1, 1948, the son of David Gierson and Evelyn Ibsen Grierson. (11/08/2000) *Griffin, Leonard, *87, died Friday, September 1, 2000 in the Windcrest Nursing Home. His body was cremated and no funeral services were held. He was born on April 4, 1913 in Detroit, MI, the son of Floyd C. Griffin and Fern Zimmer Griffin. He married Emma Wassmer on August 5, 1933. He was a veteran of World War II. (09/06/2000) *Griggs, Mrs. Guy G., *88, nee Edna Saenger, of Kerrville, died on Friday, May 7, 1999 in a Kerrville Hospital. A memorial service was held at Zion Lutheran Church with interment in the Garden of Memories Cemetery. She was born on May 10, 1910 in Kerrville. She married Guy G. Griggs on October 26, 1934 in Austin and he preceded her in death on November 30, 1980. (5/12/99) *Griggs, Sam, *72, of Whitney and formerly of Fredericksburg, died Sunday, June 18, 2000 in the Baylor Medical Center in Waxahachie. Graveside services were held June 22 in the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio. He was born on October 19, 1927 in Sulpher Bluff, the son of Albert Dalton Griggs and Cordie Belle Buchanan Griggs. He married Helen Brown in 1947. (06/21/2000) *Grobe, Mrs. Alfred A. Grobe, *80, nee Kathy Rech, died Saturday, November 25, 2000 in the Hill Country Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held November 28 in the Beckmann Funeral Home with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. She was born in Blanco County on June we, 1920, the daughter of Felix A. Rech and Annis Huff Rech. She married Alfred A. Grobe on August 24, 1940 at Cave Creek and he preceded her in death. (11/29/2000)(12/06/2000) *Grobe, Mrs. William C.,* 78, nee Madeline Rose Hartmann, of Corpus Christi and formerly of Fredericksburg, died Monday, October 18, 1999 in a Corpus Christi Hospital. Funeral services were held October 21 in the Seaside Chapel with interment in the Seaside Memorial Park.(10/20/1999) *Grundman, Mrs. Mary Rae*, 75, of Fredericksburg died Tuesday May 23, 2000. Graveside services and interment were held at the Capitol Parkss Cemetery in Austin on May 25. She was born in Bryan on June 20, 1924 the daughter of Richard T. Cheatham and Nannie O. Pender Cheatham. She married Edward Grundman in Benchley on May 7, 1950. She was preceded in death by her husband. (5/24/2000) (5/31/2000) *Guevara, Savas Castro, Sr., *76, of Fredericksburg, died Tuesday, July 18, 2000 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Kerrville. Funeral services were held July 21 in St. Mary's Catholic Church with interment in Our Lady of Guadalupe Cemetery with military honors. He was bor in Moore on December 18, 1923, the son of Antonio Villareal Guevara and Antonia Gomez Castrol Guevara. He is survived by wife and children. (07/26/2000) *Gunby, Mrs. Thomas S., *86, nee Anna Elizabeth Wynne, of Fredericksburg, died Monday November 2, 1998 at her residence. A memorial service was held November 5 in the Fredericksburg United Methodist Church with burial in York County, VA at a later date. She was born on August 12, 1912 in Dare, York County, VA, the daughter of Richard H. Wynne and Georgie Booker Wynne. She married Col. Thomas S. Gunby on July 9, 1952 at Fort Mason, CA. Her husband preceded her in death. (11/4/98) *Gutierrez, Diana, *21, of Round Mountain, died Friday, June 2, 2000. Funeral services were held June 6 in St. John's Catholic Church in Marble Falls with interment in the Marble Falls Cemetery. She was born in Fredericksburg on February 28, 1979, the daughter of Alvin and Carmen Gutierrez. (06/07/2000)