Daughter of Balsar and Cynthia Slack Hefner
Married George Herder in 1885
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FUNERAL RITES FOR MRS. MARY HERDER HELD THURSDAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Hefner Herder were held on Thursday of last week. The last rites were held at a funeral home in Houston Thursday morning and the remains brought overland and interment made in the Masonic Odd Fellows Cemetery in Weimar.
Born in Fayette County, near Pecan, on January 16, 1864, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Balser Hefner, the deceased was married to the late Geo. Herder, Sr., May 5, 1885. The couple reared their family in Weimar and were prominent in civic and business affairs. Moving to Eagle Lake in 1914, Mrs. Herder made her home there until 1936, following the death of her husband in 1934. She then moved to Houston and made her home with her daughter, Mrs. R. L. Williams, where her death occurred early Wednesday morning after a lingering illness of more than a year.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. R. L Williams and Mrs. L. D. Allen of Houston; one son, George Herder, Jr. of Weimar; two sisters, Miss Maude Hefner of Weimar and Mrs. J. H. Gillespie of Dallas; four grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
The Mercury joins with many friends here and over Colorado County in extending sincere condolence to the bereaved family.
Weimar Mercury
Dec. 11, 1942, page 1
Married George Herder in 1885
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FUNERAL RITES FOR MRS. MARY HERDER HELD THURSDAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Hefner Herder were held on Thursday of last week. The last rites were held at a funeral home in Houston Thursday morning and the remains brought overland and interment made in the Masonic Odd Fellows Cemetery in Weimar.
Born in Fayette County, near Pecan, on January 16, 1864, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Balser Hefner, the deceased was married to the late Geo. Herder, Sr., May 5, 1885. The couple reared their family in Weimar and were prominent in civic and business affairs. Moving to Eagle Lake in 1914, Mrs. Herder made her home there until 1936, following the death of her husband in 1934. She then moved to Houston and made her home with her daughter, Mrs. R. L. Williams, where her death occurred early Wednesday morning after a lingering illness of more than a year.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. R. L Williams and Mrs. L. D. Allen of Houston; one son, George Herder, Jr. of Weimar; two sisters, Miss Maude Hefner of Weimar and Mrs. J. H. Gillespie of Dallas; four grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
The Mercury joins with many friends here and over Colorado County in extending sincere condolence to the bereaved family.
Weimar Mercury
Dec. 11, 1942, page 1
Daughter of Balsar and Cynthia Slack Hefner
Married George Herder in 1885
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FUNERAL RITES FOR MRS. MARY HERDER HELD THURSDAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Hefner Herder were held on Thursday of last week. The last rites were held at a funeral home in Houston Thursday morning and the remains brought overland and interment made in the Masonic Odd Fellows Cemetery in Weimar.
Born in Fayette County, near Pecan, on January 16, 1864, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Balser Hefner, the deceased was married to the late Geo. Herder, Sr., May 5, 1885. The couple reared their family in Weimar and were prominent in civic and business affairs. Moving to Eagle Lake in 1914, Mrs. Herder made her home there until 1936, following the death of her husband in 1934. She then moved to Houston and made her home with her daughter, Mrs. R. L. Williams, where her death occurred early Wednesday morning after a lingering illness of more than a year.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. R. L Williams and Mrs. L. D. Allen of Houston; one son, George Herder, Jr. of Weimar; two sisters, Miss Maude Hefner of Weimar and Mrs. J. H. Gillespie of Dallas; four grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
The Mercury joins with many friends here and over Colorado County in extending sincere condolence to the bereaved family.
Weimar Mercury
Dec. 11, 1942, page 1
Married George Herder in 1885
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FUNERAL RITES FOR MRS. MARY HERDER HELD THURSDAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Hefner Herder were held on Thursday of last week. The last rites were held at a funeral home in Houston Thursday morning and the remains brought overland and interment made in the Masonic Odd Fellows Cemetery in Weimar.
Born in Fayette County, near Pecan, on January 16, 1864, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Balser Hefner, the deceased was married to the late Geo. Herder, Sr., May 5, 1885. The couple reared their family in Weimar and were prominent in civic and business affairs. Moving to Eagle Lake in 1914, Mrs. Herder made her home there until 1936, following the death of her husband in 1934. She then moved to Houston and made her home with her daughter, Mrs. R. L. Williams, where her death occurred early Wednesday morning after a lingering illness of more than a year.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. R. L Williams and Mrs. L. D. Allen of Houston; one son, George Herder, Jr. of Weimar; two sisters, Miss Maude Hefner of Weimar and Mrs. J. H. Gillespie of Dallas; four grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
The Mercury joins with many friends here and over Colorado County in extending sincere condolence to the bereaved family.
Weimar Mercury
Dec. 11, 1942, page 1
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