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Submitted: 11/20/20 • Approved: 1/7/21 • Last Updated: 1/10/21 • R367380-G367379-S3
January 16, 1872, Texas - March 14, 1956, Houston, Harris County, Texas
*Obituary
MRS. E. DENKER, 84 FORMERLY OF MILAM DIES IN HOUSTON
Mrs. E. Denker, 84, former resident of Cameron died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. H. Herrmann at 3:30 a. m. Wednesday, March 14.
Mrs. Denker had been a lifelong resident of Milam County until moving with her daughter, in Houston, in July 1954.
Funeral services were held Friday, March 16 at the First Presbyterian Church, with the Pastor, Rev. John C. Solomon officiating. Interment was made in Oak Hill Cemetery, under directions of Green's Funeral Home. Pallbearers were her grandsons.
Among her survivors are three daughters; Mrs. Ernest Dittmar of Cats Springs, Texas, Mrs. W. H. Herrmann of Houston and Mrs. Max Prokisch of Cameron; four sons, Ed Denker of Houston, Otto Denker of Buckholts, Harold Denker of Temple and Arnold Denker of Seguin; two sisters, Mrs. William Kruenke of Giddings and Mrs. John Mueller of Nordheim, Texas. She is also survived by nineteen grandchildren and thirty-three great grandchildren.
The Cameron Herald(Cameron, Texas), 22 Mar 1956, Thu, Page 11
Family Members
Parents
Ferdinand Joachin Voss
1843-1906
Louise Wilhelmine Thurow Voss
1847-1924
Spouse
Ernest Denker
1863-1949
Siblings
Martha Voss Mueller
1879-1956
Hattie C. Voss Kruemcke
1888-1963
Children
Sophie Louise Denker Prokisch
1887-1974
Edwin Denker
1892-1956
Hulda Denker Dittmar
1892-1981
Louis C. Denker
1896-1953
Otto H. Denker
1898-1968
Ida J. Denker Herrman
1900-1991
Alwin F. M. Denker
1903-1953
Harold Arnold Denker
1905-1969
Arnold G. Denker
1907-1991
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