Sophie Dora Scheller ¹

  General Notes:

Obenhaus, Sophie Dora (Scheller)

Funeral services were held for Mrs. Sophie Dora Obenhaus of Glidden, Monday December 30 at Henneke Funeral Home in Columbus with the Rev. George Snow officiating.

Burial was held at Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery . Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Henneke Funeral Home.

Mrs. Obenhaus was born November 12, 1883 in Colorado county to Louis Scheller and Mary Jane Berthold Scheller. She married Percy W. Obenhaus March, 1904. Mrs. Obenhaus was a housewife and a resident of Glidden for 79 years. She was also a member of Glidden Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Percy W. Obenhaus, one son, Willis A. Obenhaus and two daughters, Gladys Perry and Waldine Stein.

Survivors include one daughter, Lois Wallace and son-in-law, Jimmie Wallace of Glidden; one son, Jake Obenhaus of San Marcus; one sister, Alma Tooke of Houston; nine grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers were Delmer Fehrenkamp, Dick Jones, Philip Obenhaus, Terry Fischer, Ted Thomas and David Fehrenkamp.

Colorado County Citizen, January 2, 1986

Obenhaus Correction

In last weeks Citizen (January 2), on the obituary of Mrs. Sophie Dora Obenhaus we inadvertently omitted one of the daughters, Juanita McDaniels of Glidden

Colorado County Citizen, January 9, 1986

  Additional Information:

• FindAGrave: Memorial# 47718150.

Sophie married Percy William Obenhaus, son of Charles Henry Obenhaus and Florence Trott, on 6 Mar 1904. (Percy William Obenhaus was born on 27 Sep 1880 in Weimar, Colorado County, Texas,⁵ died on 11 Dec 1955 in Columbus, Colorado County, Texas ⁵ and was buried on 13 Dec 1955 in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Weimar, Colorado County, Texas ^{5 6}.). The cause of his death was generalized arteriosclerotic coronary vascular disease and coronary thrombosis.