Emilie (Beck) Walzel (1876 - 1966)

Born 30 May 1876 in High Hill, Fayette Co. Texas

Ancestors

Wife of Frank Walzel — married 17 Nov 1896 in Colorado Co. Texas

Descendants

Died 26 Feb 1966 at age 89 in Colorado Co. Texas

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Obituary

Final Rites For Mrs. Walzel, 89, Here Monday

Funeral services for Mrs. Frank (Emilie) Walzel, 89, of the Wildwood section near Weimar were held Monday morning, Feb. 28, at Hubbard Funeral Home and St. Michael’s Catholic Church.

Rev. Albert Hubertus officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery.

Mrs. Walzel,. an almost lifelong resident of this area, died Saturday morning at Youens Hospital.

Born May 30, 1876, at High Hill, she was a daughter of Anton and Rosina Beck. The family moved to the Sedan community when she was a young girl. She was married to Mr. Walzel here Nov. 17, 1896, and they settled at Wildwood, where she has lived since. Mr. Walzel died April 7, 1953.

She was a member of St. Michael’s Church and St. Ann’s Society.

Surviving are three sons, Otto of El Campo, Bennie and Robert of Weimar; two daughters, Mrs. Joe (Christina) Michalek of Rosenberg and Mrs. Louis (Martha) Rabel of Houston; six grandchildren and seven great-grand-[sic] and one sister, Miss Christine Beck, both of Weimar. Two sons and two daughters preceded her in death, one son and one daughter as infants.

Pallbearers were Alfred Kainer of Schulenburg; Otto Beck, Willie Schubert, Woodsboro; Leon Beck, San Antonio; Gus Beck Jr., Weimar; and Eddie Michalek Jr., Houston.

Weimar Mercury, March 3, 1966, page 1