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Agnes Pearl <I>Doggett</I> Boettcher

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Agnes Pearl Doggett Boettcher

Birth
Colorado County, Texas, USA
Death
1 Dec 1963 (aged 79)
Gonzales, Gonzales County, Texas, USA
Burial
Weimar, Colorado County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot 157 space 4
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Agnes Boettcher daughter of Thomas Stapleton and Frances E. Doggett.Agnes Doggett married John Oscar Boettcher on April 25,1906.
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Mrs.Boettcher,First PTA Head Here,Succumbs

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon for Mrs.J.O. Boettcher,79,first president of the Weimar High School PTA and a prominent businesswoman here several decades ago.

Mrs.Boettcher died at noon Sunday in the Sievers Convalescent Home at Gonzales.She had been an invalid the past 10 years.Services were led at Hubbard Funeral Home by Rev.Charles Young,pastor of First Baptist Church,where she had been a lifelong member and for many years active in the Women's Missionary Society.Methodist Pastor Howard MacAllister also participated in the service.Burial was in the Masonic Cemetery.Pallbearers were Henry Brasher,Charlie Allen,Walter Williams,John Hajovsky,John Miksch,Walter Scott,Fritz Tell,Walter Black and Chas. F. Kalous.

Mrs.Boettcher was the former Miss Agnes Doggett,daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Thomas F. Doggett.Born Jan 12,1884 on a farm near Weimar,she attended the public school here and Sam Houston State Teaches College,where she was graduated in 1904.She was married to J.O Boettcher on April 25,1906,and took an active part in the thriving Boettcher Co. which he headed for many years.After his death Nov. 8,1935,she assumed management of the company,also serving as vice-president of the Texas Pickle Co. and the Weimar Canning Co.

She was first president of the Mother's Club,forerunner of the PTA,when it was re-organized in 1915,serving as president also in 1916-17 and 1927 to 1929.

Mrs.Boettcher is survived by one son,Francis O. Boettcher,and one daughter,Mrs.F.F. Brasher,both of Weimar;3 grandchildren,John Boettcher of Dallas,Thomas Brasher of Houston and Mrs.Frank Perez of Albuquerque,N.M.;2 great-grandchilden,Lisa and Steve Boettcher of Dallas;2 nephews,Wm. F. Dogget[sic] of Richmond and Thomas J. Doggett of Houston;and 3 nieces,Mrs.Mary Louise Kennedy of Chicago and Mrs.Jane Scott and Mrs.Lucille Brown,both of Richmond.

Weimar Mercury,December 5,1963,page 1

Agnes Boettcher daughter of Thomas Stapleton and Frances E. Doggett.Agnes Doggett married John Oscar Boettcher on April 25,1906.
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Mrs.Boettcher,First PTA Head Here,Succumbs

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon for Mrs.J.O. Boettcher,79,first president of the Weimar High School PTA and a prominent businesswoman here several decades ago.

Mrs.Boettcher died at noon Sunday in the Sievers Convalescent Home at Gonzales.She had been an invalid the past 10 years.Services were led at Hubbard Funeral Home by Rev.Charles Young,pastor of First Baptist Church,where she had been a lifelong member and for many years active in the Women's Missionary Society.Methodist Pastor Howard MacAllister also participated in the service.Burial was in the Masonic Cemetery.Pallbearers were Henry Brasher,Charlie Allen,Walter Williams,John Hajovsky,John Miksch,Walter Scott,Fritz Tell,Walter Black and Chas. F. Kalous.

Mrs.Boettcher was the former Miss Agnes Doggett,daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Thomas F. Doggett.Born Jan 12,1884 on a farm near Weimar,she attended the public school here and Sam Houston State Teaches College,where she was graduated in 1904.She was married to J.O Boettcher on April 25,1906,and took an active part in the thriving Boettcher Co. which he headed for many years.After his death Nov. 8,1935,she assumed management of the company,also serving as vice-president of the Texas Pickle Co. and the Weimar Canning Co.

She was first president of the Mother's Club,forerunner of the PTA,when it was re-organized in 1915,serving as president also in 1916-17 and 1927 to 1929.

Mrs.Boettcher is survived by one son,Francis O. Boettcher,and one daughter,Mrs.F.F. Brasher,both of Weimar;3 grandchildren,John Boettcher of Dallas,Thomas Brasher of Houston and Mrs.Frank Perez of Albuquerque,N.M.;2 great-grandchilden,Lisa and Steve Boettcher of Dallas;2 nephews,Wm. F. Dogget[sic] of Richmond and Thomas J. Doggett of Houston;and 3 nieces,Mrs.Mary Louise Kennedy of Chicago and Mrs.Jane Scott and Mrs.Lucille Brown,both of Richmond.

Weimar Mercury,December 5,1963,page 1



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