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Submitted: 5/24/21 • Approved: 5/25/21 • Last Updated: 5/28/21 • R421387-G0-S3
1898-1976
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Services for William Jacob Claus, 78, who died at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in North Plains Hospital, will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Minton Memorial Chapel.
The Rev. H.C. Eslinger, pastor of the First Assembly of God, will officiate. Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery.
Mr. Claus was born in Spencerville, Ohio, and had lived in Borger 20 years. He was a member of Worldwide Church of God.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Helen Stewart of Borger; one brother, Charles of Hope, Ark.; and one sister, Mrs. Lena Minyard, of Ozark, Ark.
Pallbearers will be Jim Witt, Ron Bybee, Michael Keller, Elmer Stewart, Billy Reneau, and O.L. Frakes.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Thursday, December 23, 1976)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: William Claus
Death Date: 22 Dec 1976
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: William Jacob Claus
Birth Date: 29 Mar 1898
Birth Place: Spencerville, Ohio
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Father: Charles C Claus
Mother: Lola E Meese
Age at Death: 78
Death Date: 22 Dec 1976
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
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Record #: 421387