Mathilde WACKER

La Grange Journal July 9, 1936 pg. 2 Miss Wacker Dies Buried At Bartlett Funeral Services for Miss Mathilde Wacker, 74, who died Tuesdaynight while vacationing in Mexico City, were held at 4:00 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Methodist Church. Miss Wacker arrived in Mexico CitySunday after visiting friends in San Antonio. Deceased taught in the primary department of the Bartlett public schools from 1904 to 1932,resigning in that year. Prior to 1904 she taught in the German-EnglishSchool of this community and also in the Kelsoville School for severalyears. She taught school for forty years during her life, teaching in New Braunfels and other South Texas schools before moving to Bartlett.Miss Wacker was born December 7, 1861 near Ellinger, Fayette County.Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Wacker, were among the early settlersof Fayette County. She graduated from Sam Houston State Normal at Huntsville and attended school for one year in Chicago. During summer vacations she studied at various times at Boulder, Colorado, C.I.A., and theUniversity Of Texas, and traveled extensively in foreign countries andAmerica. She was a member of the Methodist Church and had held various offices in the Sunday school. For the past 29 years she had made her home with her brother and sister-in-law, Mrs. and Mrs. Ben Wacker.Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Anna Beyer of Rosenburg, and Mrs. Herman Eschrich of Los Angeles, California; one brother, Ben Wacker and a number of nieces and nephews.—Bartlett Tribune

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