William Dent Obenhaus ^{1 2}

   Cause of his death was inanition due to generalized arteriosclerosis.³

  General Notes:

At the time of the 1900 census, William was a farmer in Colorado County, Texas. He rented his farm. He was a merchant of general merchandise. He had lived in Oakland, Colorado County, Texas for 50 years prior to his death. His second wife Lydia was the informant on the death certificate and gave his parents as Arnold Obenhaus born in Texas and Ida Todd born in England.

Obenhaus, William Dent
Final Rites for W. D. Obenhaus, 80, Held Today

Funeral services for William Dent Obenhaus, 80, former merchant at Oakland for more than 40 years, were held this (Thursday) morning from Hubbard Funeral Home, with burial in Masonic Cemetery here.

The Rev. Howard Parshall, pastor of First Baptist Church, and Rev. Kyle Nagel, pastor of Weimar Methodist Church officiated. Mr. Obenhaus had joined the Baptist church as a young man, but there being no Baptist church at Oakland, had been a faithful worker in the Methodist church there for many years and later in the Weimar church.

Ill for more than a year, he died at his home in Oakland Tuesday at 10 p.m.

Born near Weimar Dec. 14, 1875, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Obenhaus. His mother was a ??dd [Trott], a native of England. His first wife, the former Miss Maude Sanders died and in 1919 he married Miss Lydia Bock at Weimar.

Mr. Obenhaus and the late Oscar Sanders were partners in a general mercantile business for 35 years until Mr. Obenhaus bought the other's interest. Mr. Sanders died in January of this year. Illness forced Mr. Obenhaus to close the store a little over a year ago.

Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Lydia Obenhaus of Oakland; two daughters, Mrs. Owen Willis of Fairbanks, Calif. And Mrs. Jess Scheller of Hearne; a brother, Ernest Obenhaus of Columbus; a sister, Mrs. Frank Sanders of Live Oak; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. A son preceded him in death many years ago.

Pallbearers were six nephews, Chas. Zwiener of Galveston, Douglas Zwiener of Houston, Dr. L. C. Bock of Bryan, Chas. Bock of Hallettsville, and Frank and Wilbur Sanders.

Weimar Mercury, September 7, 1956
Transcribed by Judy Talkington

  Additional Information:

• FindAGrave: Memorial# 63159800.

• Death Certificate Image: here.

William married Maud Sanders, daughter of George Washington Sanders and Margaret Catherine Miles, on 19 Oct 1897 in , Colorado County, Texas. (Maud Sanders was born on 13 Oct 1877,² died on 14 Nov 1913 and was buried on 14 Nov 1913 in Live Oak Cemetery, Colorado County, Texas ⁵.)

William next married Lydia G. Bock on 21 Oct 1919 in Weimar, Colorado County, Texas. (Lydia G. Bock was born on 9 Mar 1883 in Oakland, Colorado County, Texas,⁶ died on 13 Apr 1980 in , Colorado County, Texas ^{6 7} and was buried on 14 Apr 1980 in Weimar Masonic Cemetery, Weimar, Colorado County, Texas.)