Mrs. Glatter Dies From Severe Burns

Mrs. Marie Glatter, 83, who suffered burns Monday night when her nightgown caught fire, died at 5:55 p.m. Tuesday in Providence Hosptial.

The accident occurred in Mrs. Glatter's home, 1917 Maple Ave., Waco. Her daughter, Mrs. Carl Leuschner, said her mother was trying to light a candle when her nightgown caught fire.

Mrs. Glatter was taken to the hospital for treatment of second and third degree burns over 75 percent of her body.

Mrs. Glatter's death was the sixth fire fatality of the year in McLennan County.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Catholic Church of the Assumption in West, Rev. James Quilter officiated. Burial was in St. Martin's Cemetery at Tours.

Rosary was recited at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Kotch Chapel.

Mrs. Glatter was born in Germany. She came to Westphalia at the age of 12 (sh/be 17) to live with her uncle, a priest, Father Heinzelman. At the age of 17 (sh/be 20) she married and moved to West, where she lived until 1952, when she moved to Waco to live with a daughter, Mrs. Carl Leuschner.

She was a member of the Catholic Church.

Survivors are four sons, Mike Glatter Sr., and Henry Glatter, both of West, Eugene Glatter of Dayton and Max Glatter of Denver, Colo.; six daughters, Mrs. Lena McGee of Houston, Mrs. Rose Buckholt of Robstown, Mrs. Christine Leuschner of 1917 Maple Avenue, Mrs. Angeline Dicorte Gooch of Fort Worth, Mrs. Agnes Meixner of Elm Mott and Mrs. Louise Sparks of Gholson; three brothers, Charlie Jetter of Rosebud, and two brothers in Germany; one sister in Germany; several nieces and nephews of Germany; 41 grandchildren and 71 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were her grandsons: Anton Glatter, Ronnie Glatter, and Johnny Glatter, all of West; Billy Sparks of Gholson; Eugene Buckholt of Robstown, John R. Brem of Houston, Paul Leuschner and Mike Dicorte of Waco.

The West News, West, TX, Vol. 73, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, Nov 1, 1963, Pg 1

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Marie Anna was born in Lanfen, Wurtenburg, Germany. Her parents were Samuel Carl Jetter and Gertrude Heinzelman, sister of Rev. Michael Heintzelmann, the parish priest at Westphalia, Texas.

At the age of seventeen, Marie Anna Jetter and her brothers, Carl "Charlie" Jetter age 23 and John Martin Jetter age 14, left Germany and came to live with their uncle, Rev. Michael Heintzelmann, in Westphalia, Texas. They departed from the port of Antwerp, Belgium on August 26, 1899, aboard the ship Westernland. They arrived at the Port of New York, New York on September 6, 1899.

On April 23, 1901, Maria Anna Jetter married John Joseph Glatter at the Church of the Visitation, Westphalia, Falls Co., Texas. Her uncle, Rev. Heintzelmann performed the ceremony.

Maria Anna’s brothers:
Charlie Jetter married Josephine Hoelscher on January 10, 1906 at Westphalia, Falls County, Texas.
John Martin Jetter married Emma Marie Emberry on July 10, 1906 at Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri