Minnie Obenhaus
- Born: 5 Nov 1881, Oak Grove, Colorado County, Texas 1
- Marriage (1): Collier Franklin Sanders on 13 Oct 1909
- Marriage (2): Oliver Edward Walker on 23 Dec 1899
- Died: 29 Jun 1969, Weimar, Colorado County, Texas at age 87 1
- Buried: 1 Jul 1969, Weimar Masonic Cemetery, Weimar, Colorado County, Texas 1
Cause of her death was coronary occlusion due to generalized arteriosclerosis.1
General Notes:
She was a lifetime resident of Weimar, Colorado County, Texas. The informant on her death certificate was Mrs. Goode.
Mrs. M. Sanders, 87, Succumbs; Buried Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Minmie[sic] Obenhaus Sanders, 87, an almost lifelong resident of the Oak Grove community southeast of Weimar, were held Tuesday afternoon, July 1, at Columbus Funeral Home, with burial in Masonic Cemetery of Weimar.
Rev. Clarence James of Columbus, pastor of Live Oak Baptist Church, of which she was a longtime member, officiated.
Mrs. Sanders died at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, June 29, at her home at Oak Grove after seven months' illness.
Born Nov. 5, 1881, at Oak Grove, she was a daughter of Fredrick Arnold and Ida Trott Obenhaus. She was married first to Edward Walker who died several years later. On Oct. 13, 1909, she was married to C. F. Sanders, and they lived at Oak Grove until 1946, when they moved to Bonus. After Mr. Sanders' death in 1952, Mrs. Sanders moved back to the home place at Oak Grove.
Surviving are seven daughters, Mrs. Daisy Goode, Mrs. Eunice Chromchak, Mrs. Fred (Bernice) Froehlich, and Miss Vivian Sanders, all of Weimar, Mrs. Nola Cousins of Columbus, Mrs. Alfred (Edwina) Steinmann of Schulenburg, and Mrs. Zula Lorfing of Victoria; six sons, Frank Sanders Jr. of Columbus, Wilbur and Arnold Sanders of Weimar, Rex and Roy Sanders of Eagle Lake and George W. Sanders of Albuquerque, N.M.; 21 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Two brothers, Will Obenhaus of Oakland and Ernest Obenhaus of Glidden, preceded her in death.
Pallbearers were Travis Froehlich, Donald Sanders, Kenneth and Douglas Goode, Donald Obenhaus and Leo Obenhaus.
Weimar Mercury July 3, 1969
Additional Information:
• Death Certificate Image: here .
Minnie married Collier Franklin Sanders, son of George Washington Sanders and Margaret Catherine Miles, on 13 Oct 1909. (Collier Franklin Sanders was born on 28 Jul 1884 in Live Oak, Colorado County, Texas and died on 10 Oct 1952 in , Colorado County, Texas.)
Minnie next married Oliver Edward Walker on 23 Dec 1899. (Oliver Edward Walker was born in 1876 and died in 1904.)
|
