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Hedwig Johanna "Hedwiga" Sebesta Nikel
17 Oct 1850 – 14 Dec 1939
| Birth | 17 Oct 1850 |
| Death | 14 Dec 1939 |
| Cemetery | Oak Hill Cemetery Flatonia , Fayette County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Marilyn Hay on 09 Oct 2010 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55048787 |
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Hedwig's Obit from the Flatonia Argus Mrs. Hedwig Nikel, 89, Buried Here Saturday Funeral services were held from the Sacred Heart Church here Saturday afternoon, December 16th, at 3:30 o?clock for Mrs. Hedwig Johanna Nikel, 89, pioneer woman of this section; who passed away at the home of her daughter in Corpus Christi Thursday night, December 14th, following a brief illness. Interment was made in the family plot in the City Cemetery here. Previous to the overland trip here from Corpus Christi, rosary was said in the Dunne Funeral home there were also held from the St. Patrick?s Cathedral Saturday morning. The funeral cortege arrived in Flatonia immediately after noon Saturday and the body lay in state at the Sacred Heart Church until 3:30 o?clock. Rt. Rev. L.P. Netardus of Shiner and Rev. J.A. Pustka officiated at the church and cemetery. Active pallbearers were F. A. Nesrsfa, J.D. Chalk, J. M. Cadwell, H.H. Stein, Ed Berger and R.F. Mueller. Honorary pallbearers named by the family included A.W. Albrecht, F.A. Arnim, Wm. Ungerer, F.X. Brunner, Allan Dachne, G.C. Simmons, Henry Miller, H.R. Thulemeyer, R.C. Foitek, F. Svasta, and George W. Hawkes of Flatonia and F. W. and O. E. Flato of Kingsville. Mrs. Nikel was born in Czechoslovakia on October 17th, 1850 and came to the United States in 1860. She settled with her parents near High Hill and lived there until her marriage in 1868 to John A. Nikel. They moved to Oso, known as Old Flatonia and in 1880, they moved to Flatonia. She resided here until the death of her husband in 1911. She then moved to live with her son P.A. Nikel in LaGrange, and for the past 22 years had resided with her daughter in Corpus Christi. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. M. A. Criswell and Mrs. M. P. Dunne of Corpus Christi; one son, P. A. Nikel of La Grange; two sisters. Mrs. Vernika Barta of Rosanky and Mrs. Mary Holub of Victoria and 14 grandchildren. Mrs. Nikel was a faithful member of the Catholic church and gave the first organ to the Sacred Heart Church in Flatonia and during her residence in Flatonia was very active in church benefits. The Argus joins with the many friends in this section in extending to the sorrowing survivors its sincerest sympathy.
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