John Oscar Boettcher son of Frederick W. and Albertine Louise Boettcher.John Oscar Boettcher married Agnes Doggett.
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"Eagle Lake Headlight," 8 November 1935,p. 1

MANY ATTEND FUNERAL FOR MR.J.O. BOETTCHER

Funeral services for J.O. Boettcher,an account of whose sad and tragic death was printed in last week's issue of the Headlight,were held from the home in Weimar Saturday morning,with Rev.M.M. Wolf,pastor of South Main Baptist Church,Houston,officiating.

Mr.Boettcher is survived by his wife;Mrs.Agnes Boettcher;a son,F.O. Boettcher;a daughter,Mrs.Frances Brasher,and a grandson,John Oscar,all of Weimar,and three brothers,Robert Boettcher of San Antonio,Victor Boettcher of Virginia and Eric Boettcher of Dallas;six sisters,Mrs.Adelia Neuhaus,Mrs.Millie Neuhaus and Mrs.Will Millem,all of Houston;Mrs.Lester Holt of Hallettsville,Mrs.Hettie Sharvin,El Paso,and Mrs.Edith O'Donnell of Los Angeles,California.

The Weimar public schools closed Friday in tribute to the memory of Mr.Boettcher,and the Halloween carnival,sponsored by the Parent-Teacher Association,to have been given Friday night,was call off indefinitely.

All Weimar business houses were closed during the funeral hours Saturday,and the funeral was very largely attended.

Mr.Boettcher was a man that the county can ill afford to lose.He had done much for Weimar and all sections of this county in promoting the poultry industry,he being Colorado county's pioneer poultry dealer.The Boettcher industries and turkey killing plant had grown to great proportions.

Oscar Boettcher was ever a pleasant,agreeable gentleman.He stood four-square to the world in all his business transactions,and on this policy,the Weimar citizens and Boettcher interests at Weimar,from a small beginning,had grown into a mammoth business under the wise direction of this splendid citizen,business man and gentleman.

To the bereaved relations the Headlight tenders its sincere sympathy in their irreparable loss.

contibutor Patty McGinty
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Prominent Business Man of County Dies in Automobile Crash

J.O. Boettcher Victim of Wreck As He Was Returning From Trip To Dallas Last Thursday

Colorado County,and Weimar in particular,lost one of her most enterprising businessmen last Thursday when Mr.J.O. Boettcher,owner and manager of The Boettcher Company of Weimar,succumbed to injuries received in a car accident a short distance from Schulenburg on the LaGrange-Schulenburg road.

Mr.Boettcher had been to Dallas on a business trip and was traveling alone,driving a Chevrolet Coupe.The crash was the result of Skidding on a wet asphalt road.,the car being thrown into a farmyard.Mr.Boettcher was thrown through the top of the car.He was picked up by a car and taken to Schulenburg where he was taken to the office of Dr.L.J. Peters.While waiting for an ambulance to take him to Houston,he fell from his chair to the floor,dead.

Examination showed that he had sustained a fractured skull,a broken leg and other injuries.

Funeral was held at the family residence Saturday morning,Rev.M.M. Wolf of Houston officiating,and burial took place at Masonic Cemetery in Weimar.

Mr.Boettcher was 64 years of age and had been in business in Weimar for many years.He had built up one of the biggest poultry,turkey,eggs and pecan businesses in Texas,and had done more to encourage and develop the poultry industry than any other person in this section of the state.He was prominent in several organizations of the produce dealers and was acknowledged to be one of the dozen or fewer men in Texas who control produce prices.

His passing is a subject of deep regret by a wide circle of business associates over the nation as well as an endless host of farm folks who had business dealings with him and whom he had helped in one way or another.His group of industries in Weimar have furnished employment to many families and brought a large quantity of trade to that center.His knowledge of and interest in Poultry has materially increased the revenue of the county.

His place will be hard to fill.

He is survived by the wife,one son,Francis,and one daughter,Mrs.Francis Brasher.He is also survived by three brothers and six sisters,Robert of San Antonio,Victor of Virginia,Eric of Dallas,Mrs.Adelia Neuhaus,Mrs.Millie Neuhaus,Mrs.Alma Millem of Houston,Mrs.Hettie Sharvin of El Paso,Mrs.Edith O'Donnell of Los Angeles,and Mrs.Martha Holt,Hallettsville.

Colorado County Citizen November 7.1935