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Alois Stephen “Al” Didner
26 Dec 1924 – 4 Jun 2020
| Birth | 26 Dec 1924 |
| Death | 4 Jun 2020 |
| Cemetery | Saint Mary's Cemetery Westphalia , Falls County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Joe Eckols on 06 Sep 2021 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211070558 |
Bio
Alois Stephen Didner, 95, of Victoria, Texas, died on June 4, 2020, at Southern Hospitality Home in Austin, Texas. Burial will be at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Westphalia, Texas. Al was born December 26, 1924, in Westphalia, one of seven children, born to the late Andrew and Gertrude Rabroker Didner. He attended St. Mary’s Catholic School in Westphalia and Lott High School in Lott, Texas. During World War II, Al served in the U.S. Army in the Philippines. In 1947, Al went to work for Shell Oil as a roustabout in Sheridan, Texas and was injured in an oilfield explosion in 1948, returning to work after three months of recovery. Al married Lois Neuendorff of Bernardo, Texas, at St. Roch’s Catholic Church of Mentz, Texas, in 1948, in a ceremony officiated by his brother, Rev. Andrew Didner. Al worked as a lease operator in Sealy, Garwood, Eagle Lake, Rock Island, Nada, and Bay City, Texas. In 1964, he was promoted to maintenance foreman at the Gohlke field near Victoria, Texas, and worked in Houston and at McCook field near McAllen, Texas. Al returned to Victoria in 1973 as production foreman, also managing fields at Sheridan and Provident City. In 1981, he managed Bigfoot field near Pleasanton, Texas, as well as some fields near Corpus Christi and wells near Bay City, Texas. Al moved to Pleasanton in 1986, managing Bigfoot and Zapata fields. At that time he also worked for a year in Caldwell, Texas, and for two years in Louisiana. Al retired in 1989, returning to Victoria, Texas, after 42½ years with Shell Oil. Al enjoyed playing golf, dominoes, and cards at the Riverside Golf Course in Victoria, Texas. He also enjoyed hunting, photography, car travel to national parks, the wide-open spaces of the United States, and visiting with his sisters, Elizabeth, Helen, and Cathie Didner, of Westphalia, Texas. Al was a longtime member of Holy Family Catholic Church in Victoria, Texas. Survivors include his daughters: Pat Didner, of Long Island City, New York, Kay Huggins, of Chester, Texas, Jo Didner, of Egypt, Texas, and Babs Didner, of Austin, Texas, and their families; which include three grandsons; a granddaughter; a great-grandson; and three great-granddaughters.
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- Elizabeth Theresia Didner 1908–2004
- Helen Rose Didner 1909–2012
- Bernhard Teo Didner 1912–1913
- Anna Didner Rabroker 1914–1995
- Rev. Andrew Walter Didner 1916–1966
- Catherine Mary "Cathie" Didner 1921–2018
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