Kimble County, TX - Obits:  Dechert, Mrs. Anna Marie, 1953
Monday, September 25, 2000

Submitted by:  burtwyat@ctesc.net  (Frederica Wyatt)
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The Junction Eagle, Dec. 4, 1953
Used with permission

             Funeral Services For Mrs. Dechert Held Friday

 Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Marie Dechert, 83, who had been ill the past
eight months, were held from the Methodist Church at 3 p.m. Friday with Rev.
W. G. Birkner officiating.  Burial was made in the Junction Cemetery.  The
Hodges Funeral Home directed.
 Mrs. Dechert was the widow of Willie Otto Dechert, who died May 24, 1920.
She died in her home here Thursday morning.  She had been a Kimble resident
45 years.  A native of Mason Co., she was born Aug. 12, 1870 in the Hilda
community.  She was a member of the Methodist Church.
 Survivors include four sons, Elgin and Ben of Junction, Perry of San Antonio
and Clarence of Minneapolis, Minn.; three daughters, Mrs. R. L. Becker of
Junction, Mrs. R. C. Schneider of Llano county, and Mrs. V. R. Peterman of
Menard Co.; ten grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
 Pall bearers were Hugh Schultz, Emil Hahn, Sam Eckert, Arnold Rode, Jack Price
and El Roy Dechert.
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