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Submitted: 11/20/20 • Approved: 1/7/21 • Last Updated: 1/10/21 • R367385-G0-S3
December 21, 1903, Milam County, Texas - December 27, 1953, Cameron, Milam County, Texas
*Obituary
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD HERE FOR ALWIN DENKER
Alwin Denker, 50, died at 1:40 a. m. Sunday, December 27 at St. Edward Hospital. He had been in declining health for the last six months. His condition was serious for the past week.
Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Monday, December 28 at First Presbyterian Church, with Rev. John C. Solomon, pastor, officiating. Burial was mad in Oak Hill cemetery with Green funeral directors in charge.
Mr. Denker was born January 31, 1903 in Milam County. He lived in the Sharp Community until 1928 when he moved to Cameron. He was in the grocery business here until last year.
Surviving Mr. Denker are his mother, Mrs. Minnie Denker of Cameron; three sisters, Mrs. Max Prokish of Cameron; Mrs. Hulda Dittmar of Cat Springs; and Mrs. Ida Laffere of Cameron; four brothers, Edwin Denker of Houston; Otto Denker and Harold Denker, both of Buckholts; and Arnold Denker of Seguin.
Pallbearers were Drayton McLane; Alvin Dusek; Henry Dakel; Emil Boedeker; Dr. James Watson, Judd Davis, Ernest Backhause and V. J. Kubecka.
The Cameron Herald(Cameron, Texas), 31 Dec 1953, Thu, Page 1
Family Members
Parents
Ernest Denker
1863-1949
Wilhelmina Voss Denker
1872-1956
Siblings
Sophie Louise Denker Prokisch
1887-1974
Hulda Denker Dittmar
1892-1981
Edwin Denker
1892-1956
Louis C. Denker
1896-1953
Otto H. Denker
1898-1968
Ida J. Denker Herrman
1900-1991
Harold Arnold Denker
1905-1969
Arnold G. Denker
1907-1991
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