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Paul Bernard Richard "Paulie" Witzsche

21 Oct 1917 – 7 May 2009

Birth21 Oct 1917
Death7 May 2009
CemeteryTrinity Lutheran Cemetery
Pottsville , Hamilton County , Texas , USA
Added byS Ranch CTX on 26 Dec 2009
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44828994

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Wife: #1 Ola B. Kelm, married September 20, 1941, Hamilton County TX Marriage Records, Bk. 10, page 419. (d. February 10, 1981). #2 Brunette Ilene Morris, married March 28, 1987, Hamilton County TX Marriage Records, Bk. 13, page 498. Parents: Robert Witzsche and Minnie Henrietta Kauitzsch. Obituary: (Hamilton Herald-News Thursday, May 21, 2009 Page 7B) Paul Bernard Richard Witzsche, "Paulie" died May 7, 2009 at the Hamilton General Hospital. Funeral services were held May 10 at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Pottsville with PastorPeter K. Anderson officiating. Burial was in the Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery. He was born Oct. 21, 1917, the son of Robert and Minnie Witzsche, at the family farm in Pottsville. He was the youngest of ten children,brothers, Adolph, Bud and Swat and sisters, Ella (Menzdorf), Ida (Napier), Gertrude (Menzdorf), Louise Witzsche, Dora (Spivey) and Edna (Robertson). He was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church, Pottsville. He attended the Pottsville public school until the eighth grade, at which time he left school to help on the family farm. Mr. Witzsche was married to Ola Kelm from the Ohio community in the parsonage of the Shive Lutheran Church on Sept. 20, 1941 and shared the farm duties until her death on Feb. 10, 1981. He was married to Brunette Morris on March 28, 1987 in Hamilton. He often spoke of his early childhood, plowing the fields with horses, hauling rocks and doing other common farm chores of the era. He worked as part of a thrasher crew; a mechanic at Melvin Schrank's Pottsville Garage and drove a Pottsville school bus for several years. He could recount numerous stories of those bygone years and the folks he knew who lived in the Pottsville area. He farmed and ranched for many years on this farm and was named Outstanding Hamilton Farmer of the Year by the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce in 1977. In the sixties and seventies, Mr. Witzsche served on the Community Committee for the Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Service. He was known for many years about Hamilton as the "egg man," selling fresh farm eggs door to door. He was a life-long member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Pottsville and served there in a number of leadership positions. He took part in church repair projects, including working on the peaked roof and the steeple tower. He served the Pottsville community as a member of the school board and helped with community elections. Survivors include his wife, Brunette; his daughter, Linda Waggener and husband Kenneth and his son Robert "Slim" Witzsche and wife Jenny; his sister, Edna Robertson and husband Roth; grandchildren, Roger Waggener; Ron Waggener, Julie Witzsche; Brian Witzsche; three great- granddaughters, Taylor Waggener, Delaney Waggener and Erica Toye. And numerous cousins, nephews and nieces as well as a host of friends and neighbors. Pallbearers were Leroy Mayben, Wayne Craig, Billy Lawson, Don Cook, John Cross and Charlie Bottlinger. Honorary pallbearers were Roger Waggener, Ron Waggener, Brian Witzsche, Allan Jerrell, Murlin Bottlinger and Dr. Monte Horne. Memorials may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church cemetery fund, Trinity Lutheran Church building fund or Hamilton General Hospital Healthcare Foundation.

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