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Submitted: 8/22/21 • Approved: 9/2/21 • Last Updated: 9/5/21 • R449568-G449568-S3
Elmer
Apr 24, 1900 - Jan 23, 1980
Bertha
Jan 23, 1907 - July 19, 1984
Father:
Millage Taylor
Mother:
Martha Elnora Taylor
*Obituary
Elmer Molthan, 79, of Tokio, died January 23, 1980 in Brownfield, TX. Elmer was the son of Henry and Susie Florence Molthan. He was born April 24, 1900, in Greenwood, Sebastain County Arkansas. In 1914 his father chartered a railroad car and moved the family to Buchanan, New Mexico, where his father homesteaded. He worked with his father on the Railroad track. No underground water was available, and he transported water for the family with a wagon and team from the railroad company's reservoir, which was brought in by rail. In 1918 Elmer moved with the family to Roswell, New Mexico. He rented an irrigated farm and farmed for the next ten years.
On March 4, 1929, Elmer married a rancher's daughter, Bertha Taylor. The same year they moved to Hemet, Riverside County, California. In July 1930 the family moved to Tokio, Texas. In 1931, Elmer began farming and ranching and was active doing this until his death.
Elmer is survived by his wife, Bertha, of Tokio; two sons; Troy, of Odessa; and Kenneth of Tokio; and five grandchildren.
Burial was in Brownfield Memorial Cemetery.
Elmer lived 79 years 11 months and 8 days.
*Obituary
Bertha Taylor Molthan, 77, died July 19, 1984 in Brownfield, TX. Bertha was born January 23, 1907 in Heald, Wheeler County Texas. In the fall of 1915, her father purchased a cattle ranch in Yoakum County, Texas and moved the family there. Berth attended several different schools. She lived with her sister, Gertrude and Gertrude's husband Herschel Brooks in Meadow, Texas in 1925. She graduated from Meadow High School in 1927, where she won a scholarship to Draughon's Business College in Lubbock. After taking a stenographer's course, she worked in Lubbock until her marriage to Elmer Molthan on March 4, 1929.
The couple would move to Hemet, California shortly after their marriage, and in 1930 would move back to Yoakum County, and in 1931 would begin farming and ranching until their deaths.
Bertha is survived by two sons; Troy of Odessa; and Kenneth of Tokio; and several grandchildren.
Burial will be in Brownfield Memorial Cemetery
Bertha lived 77 years 5 months and 26 days.
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