Rusie, Walter Raleigh (b. 25 JUL 1875, d. 05 FEB 1967)

Source: (Name)
Title: Death Certificate

Data:
Text: Texas, Dallas County, State File Number 08333, March 10, 1967

Note: RUSSELL

Otis Russell, 63, died Tuesday, September 5 at the Diagnostic Hospital in Houston. He was born December 1, 1914 and was a resident of Bay City for 43 years. Survivors include his wife, Evelyn Russell of Bay City, his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Russell of Lake Jackson, two daughters, Mrs. Clifford Harvey of Bay City and Mrs. Robert Richards of Bryan, four sisters, Mrs. Eddie Pearcy of College Station, Mrs. Ned Chesser of Oyster Creek, Mrs. Jessie Cobb of Beaumont, and Mrs. Betty Johnson of Lake Jackson, two brothers, Tom and Wendell Russell of Winnie, two granddaughters, and two grandsons. Services will be held at First United Methodist Church, 3:00 p.m. Thursday, September 7. Rev. Leslie LeGrande and Merle S. Waters officiating. Interment at Cedarvale Cemetery. Pallbearers are Carrol Perry, Ralph Cantrell, Bill Wiginton, Jim Hartzog, Hugh Strickland, P.R. Hamill, Frank Kruppa and Bert Steves. Memorials may be made to the building fund of the First United Methodist Church of Bay City. Taylor Brothers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. [Matagorda County Newspaper
Bay City, Texas, September 1978]

Bay City Loses Petroleum And Community Leader Developer

One of Bay City�s outstanding citizens, Otis Russell died at age 63 in Houston at Diagnostic Hospital, September 5, at 1:45 P.M., following a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held Thursday, September 7, at 3 P.M. at The First United Methodist Church. Officiating will be Rev. S.M. Waters, assisted by Rev. Leslie LeGrand of Houston. Interment will be in Cedarvale Cemetery. Russell�s survivors are: his wife, Evelyn, of Bay City; two daughters: Mrs. Clifford Harvey of Bay City, and Mrs. Robert Richards, of Bryan; 2 granddaughters, 2 grandsons; his mother: Mrs. Elizabeth Russell of Lake Jackson; 2 brothers, and four sisters. He had been a resident of Bay City since 1935, coming here with the Sun Oil Company. Then, in 1946, he established his own drilling and production business. He sold the contractor division of his business in 1974, but had remained in the production business, still in operation. Well known in oil and gas circles, his success in drilling and producing both oil and gas has been recognized throughout the entire state. Accomplishments of his drilling and production efforts have been the fields in Clemville, Magnet Withers, West Columbia, Damon, Lissie, and the New Waverly Field which he reopened in 1975. Russell was active as a family man, in service to his church, The First Methodist Church, and to his community. At church, he served as Administrator of the Board of Stewards, Chairman of the Board, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Chairman of the Building Committee, Past Chairman and present member of the Finance Committee, and Committee Chairman of Pastor-Parish Relations. He was active in all of his capacities in the church, until his recent illness. He was a member of Texas Independent Producer & Royalty Owners Association, a member of the Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association, a member of the Gulf Coast Shrine for 20 years and a member of the Houston Club. In all of these organizations he was recognized for outstanding work. In former positions, locally, he has been President of the Chamber of Commerce; President and charter member of the Bay City Country Club; Board Member of the Bay City Tax Payers Association; Bay City Chamber of Commerce Industrial Foundation member, serving in this capacity since the foundation was organized; Rotarian for 40 years; Masonic A F & A M, Lodge No. 865 for 36 years; and a Director of the Bay City Bank & Trust Company. [Matagorda County Newspaper, Bay City, Texas, Wednesday, September 6, 1978]

Source: (Birth)
Title: Social Security Death IndexSource Medium: Ancestry.com
Social Security Adminstration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc.

Source: (Birth)
Title: Bay City Tribune, Bay City, Texas
Publication: Name: Bay City, TX;Source Medium: Newspaper
Source Quality: Good

Data:
Text: September 6, 1976.

Source: (Death)
Title: Texas Deaths, 1903-1998Source Medium: Ancestry.com
Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Index, 1903-1998. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000-. Original data from: Texas Department of Health Indexes, 1903-1998. Austin, TX. Texas department of Health. State Vital Statistics Unit, 19xx-.

Reference: 183

Reference: 1548

Source: (Name)
Title: Death Certificate

Data:
Text: Texas, Dallas County, State File Number 11273, April 10, 1942

Source: (Name)
Title: Death Certificate

Data:
Text: Texas, Bexar County, State File Number 53626, January 11, 1940

Reference: 1954

Source: (Death)
Title: Texas Deaths, 1903-1998Source Medium: Ancestry.com
Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Index, 1903-1998. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000-. Original data from: Texas Department of Health Indexes, 1903-1998. Austin, TX. Texas department of Health. State Vital Statistics Unit, 19xx-.

Data:
Text: Fayette Co., Certificate 8350.

Note: HELEN ALMA MENSING

HELEN ALMA MENSING , 80, born August 23, 1917, in Brenham, Texas, died December 13, 1997, in Houston, Texas. Survivors include half brother, R.H. Sanders, Jr., niece Barbara Chromcak and several other relatives. Visitation will be held 5-7 p.m. Sunday, December 14, 1997, Woodlawn Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be held 4 p.m. Monday, December 15, 1997, Woodlawn Funeral Home Chapel, with Pastor Ray Holt, officiating. Interment Woodlawn Garden of Memories. [The Houston Chronicle, Tuesday, December 16, 1997]

Source: (Birth)
Title: Social Security Death IndexSource Medium: Ancestry.com
Social Security Adminstration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc.

Source: (Burial)
Title: Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas
Publication: Name: Houston, Harris Co., TX;Source Medium: Newspaper
Source Quality: GoodRepository:

Name: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Data:
Text: Tuesday, December 16, 1997

Source: (Death)
Title: Texas Deaths, 1903-1998Source Medium: Ancestry.com
Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Index, 1903-1998. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000-. Original data from: Texas Department of Health Indexes, 1903-1998. Austin, TX. Texas department of Health. State Vital Statistics Unit, 19xx-.

Reference: 1076

Source: (Name)
Title: Death Certificate

Data:
Text: Texas, Bexar County, State File Number 41750, August 2, 1963

Note: Painfully Injured

Mrs. Hermann Loessin, mother of our efficient postmaster, Aug. F. Loessin, met with a very painful, yet rather peculiar accident at about seven o�clock Sunday afternoon. The family resides on a farm at Blackjack. On the Sunday evening in question, Mrs. Loessin was in the act of milking a cow when the young calf, which had been tied to the fence near by, ran up to the cow on the opposite side. The sudden bump from the calf caused the cow to throw Mrs. Loessin from off the milk stool and ere the unfortunate woman could arise she was trampled upon by the animal. The flesh from the neck to the outer edge of the left shoulder was torn loose and severely bruised. Medical assistance was at once �phoned for. By the time the physician arrived Mrs. Loessin was suffering greatly and the flesh had swollen. Opiates were administered in order to allow a thorough examination, and the wound skillfully examined. Mrs. Loessin is past sixty years of age and is the mother of a large family, the eldest child being our postmaster. THE JOURNAL sincerely hopes the good lady will soon recover. [The La Grange Journal, Thursday, October 15, 1903]

Pioneer Settler Yields to Edict dies March 21

Last Thursday evening, with a number of friends of many years, and their children who had known Grandma Loessin since their childhood, gathered at the Blackjack Cemetery, and paid the last respects to one who had lived in that section for more than a half century. Mrs. Marie Loessin died at the old home the evening previous. Rev. Dodzuweit, pastor of the little Lutheran church that stands near to the roadside, officiated at the home and at the grave, while friends joined in singing appropriate hymns, beginning with �Nearer My God to Thee.� Amid the solemn and religious ceremony, the body descended in its couch, to repose until the day when the second visit is made, of Him who promised to come again. Preceding the religious ceremony by Pastor Dodzuweit, twelve girls, carrying bouquets of flowers, stepped to the grave and placed the messengers of love on her casket. These twelve are: Corinne Schwertner, Nelda Spiegelhauer, Verna and Lorine Schubent, Velma Loessin, Gladys Gobert, Alvine and Laura Baumbach, Berniece Vogt, Hattie Koenig, Vivian Naumann and Mary Edna Loessin. These girls, the majority of whom were grandchildren, thus paid a loving tribute to the aged woman who ever was interested in them. While the minister chose his words and sought to comfort the sons and daughters, and the grandchildren, he drew a pleasing comparison. �When we have gathered together as friends and the hour of parting comes, we hesitate not to say: �Come again.� Our dear sister has yielded to the will of the Creator, and on that Great Day, when the departed shall come forth, we will hear him say: �Come again,� From the graves will come the new life and sorrow will cease forever.� Grandma Loessin, and by that endearing name she was known to her neighbors and the Blackjack farmers and their families, had reached the age of 86 years and 20 days; she was born in Vernow, Prussia, March 1, 1848, and upon her baptism day received the name of Marie Sophie Sauer; as a child of seven years she accompanied her parents and four brothers to the promised land of America. The family made their home near Warrenton after reaching Fayette county, for a few years, later removing to the Blackjack community. In the year 1867 she became the wife of Ludwig Henry Loessin, and from the hour of her marriage continued to live in that section. There was born to this union, 10 children, of whom three daughters preceded her in death. Mr. Loessin, her husband, died October 31, 1906. The living children are: Aug. F. Loessin, Mrs. Louis (Ida) Melcher, Mrs. Emma Schubert and Oscar Loessin of near Taylor, in Williamson county; Louis Loessin of Robstown, Hermann of Smithsville and Henry of O�Quinn; there are 14 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. Pall bearers, whom the deceased had helped to cradle, now among the older farmer citizens, are of the Blackjack neighborhood, they too loved Grandma Loessin: John A. Koenig, Gus. Meyer, Chas. J. Luck, Adolph Bruns, Joe Rosenaur, Richard Hermann. Honorary pall bearers were: Hugo Loessin, Julius Vogt, Otto, Fred, and Benno Loessin, Wm. Baumbach, Aug. Sauer, J. C. Melcher, Emil Wagner, Fritz Vogt, Wm. Loessin, Ernst Melcher, Olin Spiegelhauer and W. J. Schwertner. [The La Grange Journal, Thursday, March 29, 1934]

Source: (Name)
Author: National Archives and Records Administration
Title: 1880 United States Federal Census
Call number: www.ancestry.comSource Medium: Electronic
Source Quality: Good
Ancestry.com. 1880 United States Federal Census. [database on-line] Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc. 2003-.Repository:

Name: www.ancestry.com

Data:
Text: Texas, Fayette County, Precinct 5, E. D. 61, Page 42

Source: (Name)
Author: National Archives and Records Administration
Title: 1870 United States Federal Census
Call number: www.ancestry.comSource Medium: Electronic
Source Quality: Good
Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census. [database on-line] Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003-. Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1870 U.S. Federal Decennial Census. 1870 United States Federal Census. [database on-line] Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. Original data: Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1870 Federal Population Census. M593, 1,761 rolls; part of Minnesota T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.Repository:

Name: www.ancestry.com

Data:
Text: Texas, Fayette County, Black Jack Springs, Between Halletsville Road and Buckner's Creek, Page 44

Source: (Name)
Title: Death Certificate

Data:
Text: Texas, Fayette County, State File Number 12461, April 1934

Source: (Birth)
Title: La Grange Journal, La Grange, TX
Publication: Name: La Grange, Fayette County, TX;Source Medium: Newspaper
Source Quality: GoodRepository:

Name: Fayette Public Library, La Grange, Texas

Data:
Text: Thursday, March 29, 1934

Reference: 1473

Reference: 1475

Reference: 1474

Reference: 1422

Reference: 1472

Source: (Name)
Author: National Archives and Records Administration
Title: 1880 United States Federal Census
Call number: www.ancestry.comSource Medium: Electronic
Source Quality: Good
Ancestry.com. 1880 United States Federal Census. [database on-line] Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc. 2003-.Repository:

Name: www.ancestry.com

Data:
Text: Texas, Fayette County, E. D. 58, Page 14B

Source: (Name)
Author: National Archives and Records Administration
Title: 1900 United States Federal Census
Call number: www.ancestry.comSource Medium: Electronic
Source Quality: Good
Ancestry.com. 1900 U.S. Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States. 1900 United States Federal Census. T623, 1854 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.Repository:

Name: www.ancestry.com

Data:
Text: Texas, Fayette County, La Grange, E. D. 31, Page 10A

Source: (Name)
Title: Death Certificate

Data:
Text: Texas, Bexar County, State File Number 00480, February 9, 1968

Source: (Name)
Author: National Archives and Records Administration
Title: 1870 United States Federal Census
Call number: www.ancestry.comSource Medium: Electronic
Source Quality: Good
Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census. [database on-line] Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003-. Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1870 U.S. Federal Decennial Census. 1870 United States Federal Census. [database on-line] Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. Original data: Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1870 Federal Population Census. M593, 1,761 rolls; part of Minnesota T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.Repository:

Name: www.ancestry.com

Data:
Text: Texas, Fayette County, Bluff, Beat 1, Page 80

Source: (Name)
Author: National Archives and Records Administration
Title: 1920 United States Federal Census
Call number: www.ancestry.comSource Medium: Electronic
Source Quality: Good
Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census. [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001-. Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1920 U.S. Federal Decennial Census. 1920 United States Federal Census. [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1920 Federal Population Census. T625, 2,076 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.Repository:

Name: www.ancestry.com

Data:
Text: Texas, Fayette County, Schulenburg, E. D. 72, Page 8A

Note: BOY SCOUTS RECEIVE THEIR CHARTER

Friday evening of last week installation ceremonies were held at the city park and the local Boy Scout troop was made an organization. District Promotion Chairman P. T. Beach had charge, and presented the charter to Chairman L. W. Stolz. C. V. Batot, Scout Master, presented certificates and badges. Many witnessed the ceremonies. The roster includes Ted Beach, Wayne Dickerson, Leerie and Kervin Giese, Alfred Ehlers, Sidney Herzik, J. C. Yeary, Manuel Palmer, Robert Pieratt, Leroy Sulik, Leon Schultz, O. T. Willrich, Ralph Walter, Thurston Pierce, Lynn Grasshoff, Charles Schaefer and Charles Wern. [The La Grange Journal, Thursday, October 17, 1935]

Charles Schaefer, Locals Son Promoted

Mr. Charles A. Schaefer, Principal Engineer (Registered Texas) and Senior Project Engineer with Bovay Ingineers, Inc., has recently been promoted to Associate in the firm, it was announced by H. E. Bovay, Jr., President. Schaefer is the son of Mrs. Louise Schaefer of La Grange. The corporation, with offices in Houston; Spokane, Washington; and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was founded in 1946. It is a fully integrated professional consulting engineer organization with assignments ranging from small buildings to $60 million facilities. A native Texan, Schaefer received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering in 1942 from Texas A&M. He is a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers, Texas Society of Professional Engineers, American Water Works Association, Texas Water and Sewage Works Association, Texas Public Health Association, and the Water Pollution Control Federation. Schaefer served four year with the U.S. Army in World War II as a platoon Leader, Company and Battalion Motor Officer, Service Company Commander, and Battalion Staff, Armored Infantry Battalion. He now has a commission as a Lt. Col. (Reserve) in the Medical Service as a Sanitary Engineer. After the war he held a position in the Sanitary Engineering Division of the Texas State Department of Health. He served nine years in the Southeast and West Texas Districts making surveys of Public Water Supply and Sewage Systems, advising and making corrections of deficiencies, and assisting in a generalized environmental health inspection program. Later he transferred to the headquarters in Austin, working on the water supply program. There he reviewed plans for new water systems and was responsible for the general water quality improvement program for one half of the state of Texas. In April 1962, he was placed in charge of the plans review program of new water systems and improvement program for the entire state. Since 1963 Schaefer has been with Bovay Engineers, Inc. He is married to the former Dorothy Wright of Tennessee. They reside with their children Elaine and Victor at 6006 Pebble Lane in Houston. [The La Grange Journal, Thursday, January 26, 1967]

Note: Died At Houston

Chas. E. Schaefer, born at the farm home on the Bluff near La Grange, near to forty-one years ago, died at his home at Houston early last Friday morning, death coming unexpectedly and very suddenly. Ten days prior to his death Chas. had submitted to an operation for the removal of his tonsils, and was, apparently recovering rapidly. During the early morning hours he visited the bath room and without warning sank to the floor and died before medical aid could be secured. Shock, so the Journal learns, is attributed to his sudden demise. Chas. Schaefer was the youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. (Boss) Schaefer, one of the pioneer families of the Bluff section, and when a mere lad his parents removed to the city, the old family home still standing on South Jefferson street, and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bollmeyer, and the widow of the elder Schaefer. Deceased received his education at the public schools of La Grange, and after reaching his majority became interested in buying cotton, associating himself with the Wilson Cotton Company, being located at Bartlett, and other cities in central Texas, and later at Houston. He took readily to the cotton business, and was recognized as a man well informed and practical in the business of his choice. Had he lived until the first of August he would have completed his forty-first year; on December 31, 1912, he was united in marriage with Miss Louise Weber of La Grange, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Weber, Sr., who, with one son, Chas., survives. Four sisters, Mesdames Ernst Prilop of Cedar, Louis Eck of Bluff, Louis Bollmeyer of La Grange and W. O. Luedemann of Schulenburg, and one brother, George Schaefer of La Grange, also survive. The body was brought to La Grange Friday afternoon and taken to the home of A. F. Weber, Sr., and from there the funeral was held Saturday afternoon at four o'clock, interment being made at the new cemetery; Rev. R. Heise officiated both at the home and at the grave. Being universally liked by all who knew him, this was attested fully when the sympathizing friends of the afflicted came to attend the funeral. May he rest in peace; to his widow, and to his little son and to his brother and sisters and other relatives, the Journal offers its sympathy. [The La Grange Journal, Thursday, July 4, 1929]

Source: (Name)
Author: National Archives and Records Administration
Title: 1930 United States Federal Census
Call number: www.ancestry.comSource Medium: Electronic
Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census. [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001-. Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1930 U.S. Federal Decennial Census. 1930 United States Federal Census. ;database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1930 Federal Population Census. T626, 2,667 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.Repository:

Name: www.ancestry.com

Data:
Text: Texas, Fayette County, La Grange, E. D. 75, Page 7B.

Source: (Name)
Author: National Archives and Records Administration
Title: 1910 United States Federal Census
Call number: www.ancestry.comSource Medium: Electronic
Source Quality: Good
Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Indexed by ProQuest from microfilmed schedules of the 1910 U.S. Federal Decennial Census. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1910 Federal Population Census. T624, 1,784 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.Repository:

Name: www.ancestry.com

Data:
Text: Texas, Fayette County, Precinct 1, La Grange, Ward 2, E. D. 50, Page 6A

Source: (Name)
Author: National Archives and Records Administration
Title: 1900 United States Federal Census
Call number: www.ancestry.comSource Medium: Electronic
Source Quality: Good
Ancestry.com. 1900 U.S. Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States. 1900 United States Federal Census. T623, 1854 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.Repository:

Name: www.ancestry.com

Data:
Text: Texas, Fayette County, La Grange, E. D. 31, Page 10A

Source: (Name)
Title: Death Certificate

Data:
Text: Texas, Harris County, State File Number 30814, July 19, 1929

Source: (Birth)
Title: La Grange Journal, La Grange, TX
Publication: Name: La Grange, Fayette County, TX;Source Medium: Newspaper
Source Quality: GoodRepository:

Name: Fayette Public Library, La Grange, Texas

Data:
Text: The La Grange Journal, Thursday, July 4, 1929.

Source: (Death)
Title: Texas Deaths, 1903-1998Source Medium: Ancestry.com
Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Index, 1903-1998. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000-. Original data from: Texas Department of Health Indexes, 1903-1998. Austin, TX. Texas department of Health. State Vital Statistics Unit, 19xx-.

Data:
Text: Certificate 30814, Harris Co., TX.