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Submitted: 2/23/21 • Approved: 2/23/21 • Last Updated: 2/26/21 • R392241-G0-S3
December 19, 1910-August 23, 1991
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Dr. Joe C. Krejci, 80, Borger, died Friday, Aug. 23, 1991 in Borger.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Brown's Chapel of the Fountains.
Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery by Ed Brown & Sons Funeral Directors.
A native of Galveston, he had been an area resident for 47 years. He was a retired chemical engineering associate and manager of Pyrolsis section at the Phillips Carbon Black Research facility in Borger before his retirement in 1971 after 34 years service.
Dr. Krejci was a graduate of the University of Texas, holding a bachelor of science, master's of science and Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering. He earned the highest honor by receiving the 1974 Charles Goodyear Medal of the American Chemical Society's Division of Rubber Chemistry.
He was selected for the honor for his valuable contributions to the science and technology of rubber and related products. He was the inventor of 31 United States patents in the carbon black fields, many of these also being patented outside the United States. He revolutionized the manufacture of carbon balck [sic], which proved to be a big aid in World War II.
He was a member of Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon and Phi Eta Sigma professional fraternities.
He married Fay Deen Yarbro Jan. 29, 1938 in Mineral Wells.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Fay Deen Doyen of Los Angeles, Calif.; and Mary Joe Mahan of Houston; three sisters, Tillie Helcamp and Viola Cox, both of Houston; and Alice Braikovich of Woodlands; and three grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald, August 25, 1991)
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Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Joseph Krejci
Date of Birth: 19 Dec 1910
Birth County: Galveston
Certificate Number: 43264
Roll Number: 1910_0005
Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Joseph Krejci
Birth Date: 19 Dec 1910
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA
Father: Frank Krejci
Mother: Lilly Valenta
Mother Residence: Galveston
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