Erwin Rudolph Raabe (1919 - 1985)

Born 29 May 1919 in Colorado Co. Texas

Ancestors

Husband of Antonia (Chamrad) Raabe — married 8 Nov 1950 in Colorado Co. Texas

Died 3 Jul 1985 at age 66 in Colorado Co. Texas

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Biography

Burial

Saint Michael Catholic Cemetery, Weimar, Colorado County, Texas, USA [1]

Obituary

Erwin Raabe Funeral Held Here July 3

Erwin Raabe, 66, of Rt. 3, Weimar, longtime employee of M-G Farm Service Center, died at 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 2, at his home, after a year of illness with cancer.

Funeral services were held July 3 from Hubbard Funeral Chapel, with burial in St. Michael’s Catholic Cemetery. Father Patrick O’Callaghan officiated.

Raabe was born here May 29, 1919, a son of Emil Sr. and Ida (Sicko) Raabe. He married Antonia Chamrad Herzik here on Oct. 31, 1950. She died Jan. 16, 1984. Also preceding him in death were a daughter, Shirley, and three brothers, Elo, Emil and Ted Raabe.

Surviving are son and daughter-in-law Terry and Brandi Raabe of Weimar, sons Charles E. Herzik of Weimar and Alphone Herzik of San Antonio and a daughter Antonia Glowka of San Antonio; 11 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren; three brothers, Adolf (Pat) and Clarence Raabe of Weimar and Alfred Raabe of Columbus, and one sister, Adela (Sissy) Koehn of Weimar.

Serving as pallbearers were Melvin Otto, Bobby Wick, Allan Koehn, Marvin Hrcek, Ed Rabel, and Edgar Koehn. Honorary pallbearers were all M-G Farm Service Center employees. The Weimar Mercury, July 11, 1985

Sources

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHTR-RDZ : accessed 22 March 2017), Erwin Raabe in household of Emil Raabe, Justice Precinct 4, Colorado, Texas, United States; citing ED 23, sheet 4A, line 31, family 71, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1787; FHL microfilm 1,821,787.

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CWZ5-JPZ : accessed 22 March 2017), Erwin Raabe in household of Emil Raabe, Precinct 4, Colorado, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 6B, line 92, family 130, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2311; FHL microfilm 2,342,045.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWJF-S1J : accessed 22 March 2017), Ervin Raabe in household of Emil Raabe, Justice Precinct 4, Colorado, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 45-9, sheet 14A, line 30, family 278, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4010.