Aloisia (Berger) Muehr (1867 - 1950)

Born 24 Jun 1867 in Boelten, Austria

Wife of Franz Muhr Sr. — married 8 Jan 1890 in Bastrop Co. Texas

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Obituary

Muehr, Aloisia (Berger) Mrs. Franz Muehr Laid To Rest Thursday

Born on June 24, 1867 in Boelten, Austria, as the daughter of Anton and Theresa Berger, she came to this country in 1889 with her family and settled at Bastrop. She was united in marriage to Franz Muehr, Sr., on January 7, 1890, in Bastrop and she and her husband moved to Fayette County where they resided until the time of Mr. Muehr’s death, on June 20, 1944. She then moved to Sugar Land to make her home with her son, Fred, where she lived until the time of her death.

Mrs. Franz Muehr, Sr., nee Aloisia Berger, age 83 years, five months and 18 days, passed away in the Laura Eldridge Hospital in Sugar Land Tuesday, December 12, at 6:30 a.m. following an illness of ten days.

Deceased was a devout member of the Catholic Church and of the Mother’s Sodality in Schulenburg.

Funeral services were conducted from the Schwenke-Baumgarten Funeral Home on Thursday, December 14, at 9:00 a.m. followed by services in the St. Rose Catholic Church, with interment in the St. Rose Cemetery. Father Leo Goertz officiated. Rosary was recited on Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m. at the funeral home.

Pallbearers were her grandsons, Wilbur, James and Leo Muehr, Herbert Schumann, Arnold Heinrich and Adolph Kubica.

Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Ed. (Mary) Matzke of Weimar; Mrs. Victor (Alma) Blaschke of Sugar Land; Mrs. Robert (Rosa) Heinrich of Schulenburg; four sons, Frank, Jr., John, Louis and Fred Muehr, all of Sugar Land; 28 grandchildren and 19 great grand-children. One son, Joe died at the age of 17, and one daughter, Mrs. Max (Anna) Schumann, died at the age of 27.

Schulenburg Sticker, December 15, 1950

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