Cordelia Mae (Shaw) Hollien (1899 - 1978)

Born 2 Jun 1899 in Colorado Co. Texas

Ancestors

Died 20 Jan 1978 at age 78 in Colorado Co. Texas

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Biography

Burial

Weimar Masonic Cemetery, Weimar, Colorado County, Texas, USA [1]

Obituary

MRS. CORDELIA HOLLIEN BURIED IN WEIMAR SUN.

Relatives and friends learned with sadness of the death of Mrs. Cordelia Hollien of Garwood Friday, January 20 at 7:16 p.m. in the Eagle Lake Community Hospital. She had been in failing health for several months. Funeral services were held from the chapel of the Mill-Rauer Funeral Home in Eagle Lake at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, January 22 followed by interment in the Weimar Cemetery. The Rev. Don Rooney, pastor of Lehrer United Methodist Church in Garwood and a former Garwood Methodist minister, the Rev. Paul Grout of San Antonio, officiated at the services. Pallbearers were nephews and nephews-in-law, Frank L. Shaw and W. T. Stephens of Houston, Paul Lehrer and William N. Lehrer of Garwood, Delbur Swanson of El Campo and Pete Lewis of Eagle Pass. Two favorite hymns, "In The Garden" and "The Lord's Prayer", were sung by Walter Van Heeder accompanied by Mrs. Clara Nash on the organ. Mrs. Hollien was born June 2, 1899 in Nada, living in Houston and San Antonio before going to Garwood and residing there for the past twenty-five years. She retired last year from a position with Lehrer Enterprises after twenty-five years of employment. Mrs. Hollien was married to Hugo H. Hollien on July 11, 1922. Survivors include: one daughter, Mrs. Sybil Allen of Copperas Cove; four grandchildren, John J. Eicher of Des Moines, Iowa, Richard T. Eicher, stationed with the U.S. Armed Forces in Ansbach, Germany, Gary C. Eicher of Dallas and Paige Ann Behm of Port Arthur; four great-grandchildren, John Jesse Eicher, Michelle Ann Behm, Heather Leigh Eicher and Denice Lynn Eicher; three sisters, Mrs. Bill (Pearl) Diebel of Houston, Ms. Ernestine Shaw of El Campo and Mrs. Steven E. (Mattie) Carroll of San Antonio; and a number of other relatives and friends. Preceding her in death were her parents; one sister, Mrs. W. K. Lehrer on December 20, 1976; four brothers, Edward Lee Shaw in 1956, Robert Shaw in 1961, Dick Shaw in 1968, and Frank Shaw in 1973. The deceased was a member of the Lehrer Methodist Church, The Order of the Eastern Star, Daughters of the American Revolution, Ransford Chapter of Houston. Colorado County Citizen, January 26, 1978

Sources

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3LQ-74P : accessed 13 April 2017), Cordy Schaw in household of William Schaw, Justice Precinct 2, Colorado, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16, sheet 24B, family 446, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,622.

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2SZ-3G2 : accessed 14 April 2017), Cordelia Shaw in household of William H Shaw, Justice Precinct 2, Colorado, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 22, sheet 6A, family 87, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1540; FHL microfilm 1,375,553.