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Submitted: 12/16/19 • Approved: 12/18/19 • Last Updated: 12/21/19 • R245301-G245298-S3
US Army
December 22, 1930 - October 27, 1989
Enlistment Date 1: 13 Sep 1951
Release Date 1: 14 Sep 1953
Married Mary Oct 27, 1953
Father: George Guggisberg
Mother: Margarette Marie Wenzel
When Freddie Leon Guggisberg was born on December 22, 1930, in Vernon, Texas, his father, George, was 30 and his mother, Margarette, was 22. He married on October 27, 1953, in Lockett, Texas. He had one child during his marriage. He died on October 27, 1989, in his hometown at the age of 58, and was buried there.
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Mary Madeline
Dec 25, 1933 - May 21, 2019
Mary Madeline Guggisberg, 85 of Vernon, Texas died on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Services will be Friday, May 24, 2019 at 1:00 pm at St. Paul Lutheran Church with Rev. Paul Neuberger officiating. Interment will be held at Wilbarger Memorial Park under the direction of Sullivan Funeral Home.
Mary was born Monday, December 25, 1933 in Wilbarger County, Texas; she was the daughter of the late Herman T. Schulz and the late Emma Gloyna Schulz. She married Freddie Leon Guggisberg on October 27, 1953 at Zion Lutheran Church in Lockett, TX. He preceded her in death on October 27, 1989. She had been a resident of Vernon all of her life. She enjoyed bowling, cooking, sewing, restoring furniture and she enjoyed her grandchildren most of all. She was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church and she was a homemaker.
Mary is survived by her daughter, Julie Fancher and husband Danny of Vernon, TX. Four grandchildren Krystal Smith and husband Trey, Jarod Fancher, Jason Fancher and Justin Fancher and wife Sherry. Her great grandchildren Kaydence, Keaton, Kyle and Keith. Sister-in-law Elizabeth Guggisberg of Vernon, TX.
She is preceded in death by her brothers Walter Schulz, Homer Schulz, Robert Schulz, and Herbert Schulz. One sister Alice Gfeller.
Visitation will be Thursday, May 23, 2019 at 6:00 to 7:00 pm at Sullivan Funeral Home.
Memorials can be made to St. Paul Lutheran Church or favorite charity.
Sullivan Funeral Home
Vernon, Texas
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