Martha Pieper Ellebracht passed away on Tuesday, May 18, at the age 89. Martha was born in Fredericksburg on March 13, 1932. She was one of thirteen children born to Henry Pieper and Alma Mund Pieper. Martha lived in several towns growing up. On November 15, 1961 Martha married Chester Ellebracht and they were blessed with three children; Daniel, Lea and Doris.
Martha worked as a CNA at Anna Lee's nursing home and also was a well-known Avon Consultant. She loved spending time with her grandbabies and made wonderful oatmeal cookies and cakes. She enjoyed going to the casino's and also playing bingo. Martha also had a large ceramic doll collection, and being a good seamstress, she would sew clothes for them. After her husband Chester died in 2008, Martha moved to Kerrville where she enjoyed going to Cracker Barrel and Lake House Restaurant.
Those left to cherish her memory include her children: Daniel Floyd Ellebracht of Mason, Lea Glaser and husband Mike of Marble Falls, and Doris Hill of Duncanville. She is also survived by her grandchildren Tompall Glaser and wife Sarah, Seth Glaser and wife Courtney, Emily Ellebracht, Ty Morris, Brianna Morris, Wendy Correa and husband Daniel and Tracie Hill, great great-grandchildren Oliver Glaser, Ada Glaser, Abigail Correa and Mason Correa, and the following sisters and brothers: Dorothy Small of Ingram, William Pieper of Kerrville, Mary Lou Bolton of Jacksonville, TX and Robert Pieper of Gainesville, TX. Martha was preceded in death by her husband Chester Ellebracht and eight of her siblings.
Visitation with the family will be Friday evening May 28, 2021 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Mason Funeral Home. The funeral service will be held on Saturday, May 29, at 11:00 a.m. at Mason Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the Gooch Cemetery.