Gus Faber Obenhaus
- Born: 18 Aug 1889, Columbus, Colorado County, Texas 1
- Marriage (1): Mary Olivia Wooten on 6 Dec 1915
- Died: 15 Dec 1957, Columbus, Colorado County, Texas at age 68 1
- Buried: 17 Dec 1957, Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Columbus, Colorado County, Texas 1 2
Cause of his death was coronary thrombosis.1
General Notes:
Gus had been a foreman for Southern Pacific Railroad. He was a lifelong resident of Columbus, Colorado County, Texas. His son Gus Faber Obenhaus Jr was the informant on the death certificate.
Obenhaus, Gus Faber
Gus Obenhaus, 68, Drives to Hospital, Dies 30 Min. Later
Gus Faber Obenhaus, 68, a lifelong resident of Columbus died about 11 a.m. Sunday at the Columbus hospital a short time after he had driven himself from Glidden.
He had worked that morning at his job with the Southern Pacific railroad at Glidden.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at Columbus Funeral Home and burial was in Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery. The Rev. Parke Smith, Episcopal rector of Eagle Lake, was in charge of services.
Mr. Obenhaus left Glidden at his usual lunch hour and drove to the hospital. He died in about 30 minutes.
Mrs. Obenhaus was under treatment at the hospital after her husband's death.
Other survivors are a son, Gus Faber Obenhaus, Jr. of Angleton and three grandchildren. He was in Columbus on a hunting trip with friends and was with his father about ten minutes before his death.
Weimar Mercury, December 20, 1957
Transcribed by Judy Talkington
Additional Information:
• FindAGrave: Memorial# 57014002.
• Death Certificate Image: here .
Gus married Mary Olivia Wooten, daughter of Joseph Richard Wooten and Pearl Harcourt, on 6 Dec 1915. (Mary Olivia Wooten was born on 5 Aug 1892 in Eagle Lake, Colorado County, Texas,3 4 died on 26 Aug 1970 in Columbus, Colorado County, Texas 3 4 and was buried on 28 Aug 1970 in Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Columbus, Colorado County, Texas 3 5 6.). The cause of her death was pulmonary embolus, carcinoma of colon with metastasis and tuberculosis of lungs.1
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