Funeral arrangements for Joe C. Stubenrauch, 78, lifelong resident of Mexia and assistant postmaster here for many years, are pending at the Riddle Funeral Home. Mr. Stubenrauch died Wednesday afternoon at 2:10 in the Christoffer-Edgar Hospital following a brief illness.Rosary will be recited Friday evening at 7 o'clock in the Riddel Chapel but final funeral arrangements are pending the arrival of his family from California. The family was expected to arrive this afternoon in Dallas.
Mr. Stubenrauch was appointed postal clerk in Mexia Sept. 16, 1908, but resigned on April 1, 1920. He went back to work at the local post office Oct. 20, 1921, and served as clerk until Feb. 1, 1929, when he was appointed assistant postmaster. He continued in this capacity until her retired on March 31, 1953.
Mr. Stubenrauch also served as acting postmaster from Oct. 5, 1942, until July 12, 1943. When he retired, a banquet was given by Mexia postal employees in his honor. Mr. Stubenrauch had completed 43 years of service to the post office.
He was a member of the St. Mary's Catholic Church.
Mr. Stubenrauch became ill Monday, two days after returning from a vacation with his family in California. He had been in the hospital since that time. Monday afternoon before he became ill, he purchased a thousand dollars worth of hospital stock and declared he felt fine but "I want to help get a hospital big enough to be sure I can get in when I need to." Seven hours later Mr. Stubenrauch was admitted to the hospital after being stricken with pains in the back from a blocked kidney.
Mr. Stubenrauch was a member of the Stubenrauch family which came to Limestone County from Germany and was instrumental in establishing orchards in Central Texas. The late J. W. Stubenrauch, an uncle, was a farmer and peach breeder in this county. He planted his first peach orchard in 1879. Though Mr. J. W. Stubenrauch is principally remembered for his peach breeding, few know that he was among the first irrigationists in Texas.
Surviving are two brothers, Eugene Stubenrauch and Roy Stubenrauch, both of Los Angeles, Calif.; and a sister, Mrs. Herbert Murphy of St. Louis, Mo.
-The Mexia Daily News (Mexia, Texas) 15 Mar 1962, Thu. Page 1
Contributor: Summer Owens (47243121)
Mr. Stubenrauch was appointed postal clerk in Mexia Sept. 16, 1908, but resigned on April 1, 1920. He went back to work at the local post office Oct. 20, 1921, and served as clerk until Feb. 1, 1929, when he was appointed assistant postmaster. He continued in this capacity until her retired on March 31, 1953.
Mr. Stubenrauch also served as acting postmaster from Oct. 5, 1942, until July 12, 1943. When he retired, a banquet was given by Mexia postal employees in his honor. Mr. Stubenrauch had completed 43 years of service to the post office.
He was a member of the St. Mary's Catholic Church.
Mr. Stubenrauch became ill Monday, two days after returning from a vacation with his family in California. He had been in the hospital since that time. Monday afternoon before he became ill, he purchased a thousand dollars worth of hospital stock and declared he felt fine but "I want to help get a hospital big enough to be sure I can get in when I need to." Seven hours later Mr. Stubenrauch was admitted to the hospital after being stricken with pains in the back from a blocked kidney.
Mr. Stubenrauch was a member of the Stubenrauch family which came to Limestone County from Germany and was instrumental in establishing orchards in Central Texas. The late J. W. Stubenrauch, an uncle, was a farmer and peach breeder in this county. He planted his first peach orchard in 1879. Though Mr. J. W. Stubenrauch is principally remembered for his peach breeding, few know that he was among the first irrigationists in Texas.
Surviving are two brothers, Eugene Stubenrauch and Roy Stubenrauch, both of Los Angeles, Calif.; and a sister, Mrs. Herbert Murphy of St. Louis, Mo.
-The Mexia Daily News (Mexia, Texas) 15 Mar 1962, Thu. Page 1
Contributor: Summer Owens (47243121)
Funeral arrangements for Joe C. Stubenrauch, 78, lifelong resident of Mexia and assistant postmaster here for many years, are pending at the Riddle Funeral Home. Mr. Stubenrauch died Wednesday afternoon at 2:10 in the Christoffer-Edgar Hospital following a brief illness.Rosary will be recited Friday evening at 7 o'clock in the Riddel Chapel but final funeral arrangements are pending the arrival of his family from California. The family was expected to arrive this afternoon in Dallas.
Mr. Stubenrauch was appointed postal clerk in Mexia Sept. 16, 1908, but resigned on April 1, 1920. He went back to work at the local post office Oct. 20, 1921, and served as clerk until Feb. 1, 1929, when he was appointed assistant postmaster. He continued in this capacity until her retired on March 31, 1953.
Mr. Stubenrauch also served as acting postmaster from Oct. 5, 1942, until July 12, 1943. When he retired, a banquet was given by Mexia postal employees in his honor. Mr. Stubenrauch had completed 43 years of service to the post office.
He was a member of the St. Mary's Catholic Church.
Mr. Stubenrauch became ill Monday, two days after returning from a vacation with his family in California. He had been in the hospital since that time. Monday afternoon before he became ill, he purchased a thousand dollars worth of hospital stock and declared he felt fine but "I want to help get a hospital big enough to be sure I can get in when I need to." Seven hours later Mr. Stubenrauch was admitted to the hospital after being stricken with pains in the back from a blocked kidney.
Mr. Stubenrauch was a member of the Stubenrauch family which came to Limestone County from Germany and was instrumental in establishing orchards in Central Texas. The late J. W. Stubenrauch, an uncle, was a farmer and peach breeder in this county. He planted his first peach orchard in 1879. Though Mr. J. W. Stubenrauch is principally remembered for his peach breeding, few know that he was among the first irrigationists in Texas.
Surviving are two brothers, Eugene Stubenrauch and Roy Stubenrauch, both of Los Angeles, Calif.; and a sister, Mrs. Herbert Murphy of St. Louis, Mo.
-The Mexia Daily News (Mexia, Texas) 15 Mar 1962, Thu. Page 1
Contributor: Summer Owens (47243121)
Mr. Stubenrauch was appointed postal clerk in Mexia Sept. 16, 1908, but resigned on April 1, 1920. He went back to work at the local post office Oct. 20, 1921, and served as clerk until Feb. 1, 1929, when he was appointed assistant postmaster. He continued in this capacity until her retired on March 31, 1953.
Mr. Stubenrauch also served as acting postmaster from Oct. 5, 1942, until July 12, 1943. When he retired, a banquet was given by Mexia postal employees in his honor. Mr. Stubenrauch had completed 43 years of service to the post office.
He was a member of the St. Mary's Catholic Church.
Mr. Stubenrauch became ill Monday, two days after returning from a vacation with his family in California. He had been in the hospital since that time. Monday afternoon before he became ill, he purchased a thousand dollars worth of hospital stock and declared he felt fine but "I want to help get a hospital big enough to be sure I can get in when I need to." Seven hours later Mr. Stubenrauch was admitted to the hospital after being stricken with pains in the back from a blocked kidney.
Mr. Stubenrauch was a member of the Stubenrauch family which came to Limestone County from Germany and was instrumental in establishing orchards in Central Texas. The late J. W. Stubenrauch, an uncle, was a farmer and peach breeder in this county. He planted his first peach orchard in 1879. Though Mr. J. W. Stubenrauch is principally remembered for his peach breeding, few know that he was among the first irrigationists in Texas.
Surviving are two brothers, Eugene Stubenrauch and Roy Stubenrauch, both of Los Angeles, Calif.; and a sister, Mrs. Herbert Murphy of St. Louis, Mo.
-The Mexia Daily News (Mexia, Texas) 15 Mar 1962, Thu. Page 1
Contributor: Summer Owens (47243121)
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