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Submitted: 5/11/21 • Approved: 5/13/21 • Last Updated: 5/16/21 • R418005-G418004-S3
Herman F.
1893-1960
Esther S.
1902-1975
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Herman
Final rites for Herman F. "Dutch" Betke were held at 3 p.m. today in Brown's Chapel of the Fountains with the Rev. Weldon Lewis officiating. Interment followed in Highland Park cemetery under the direction of Ed Brown, Funeral Director.
Betke, a Borger pioneer, died Saturday morning at North Plains Hospital. He was 67 years old.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Esther Betke; a daughter, Mrs. Joan Posey; one son, Herman Rolf Betke and five grandchildren.
Casketbearers will be John White, Chuck Ray, T.L. Edmonds, M.E. Griffin, Cecil House and John T. White.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Monday, April 18, 1960)
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Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
Name: Herman Betke
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Birth Date: abt 1893
Marriage Date: 24 Apr 1919
Marriage Place: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Esther Walker
Film Number: 001020738
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Herman Frederick Betke
Death Date: 16 Apr 1960
Death County: Hutchinson
Certificate: 24639
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Herman Frederick Betke
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 67
Birth Date: 7 Feb 1893
Birth Place: Hamburg, Germany
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 16 Apr 1960
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: Herman Betke
*Obituary Esther
Mrs. Esther Betke, 72, of 300 Almond, died Thursday at Northwest Texas Hospital.
Arrangements are pending with Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors.
Mrs. Betke was born in Fayetteville, Ark., and had lived in Amarillo for 19 years. She was a Baptixst.
Survivors include a son, Herman of Washington, D.C.; a daughter, Mrs. Joan Thomas of the home; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
(Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Potter, Texas) - 16 May 1975, Fri - Page 20)
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Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
Name: Esther Walker
[Esther Hamaker]
Gender: Female
Age: 16
Birth Date: abt 1903
Marriage Date: 24 Apr 1919
Marriage Place: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Father: M N Hamaker
Spouse: Herman Betke
Film Number: 001020738
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Esther Betke
Death Date: 15 May 1975
Death County: Potter
Gender: Female
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Esther Betke
[Esther Walker]
Birth Date: 25 Jun 1902
Birth Place: Danville, arkansas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Amarillo, Potter, Texas
Father: Scott Walker
Mother: Allie Hammaker
Age at Death: 72
Death Date: 15 May 1975
Death Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Esther Betke
Last Residence:
79107 Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
BORN: 25 Jun 1902
Died: May 1975
Contributed on 5/11/21
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