Werner Joseph NIEHUES

1916 - 2011  (95 years)

• Name	Werner Joseph NIEHUES
  Birth	5 Jul 1916	Olfen, Runnels, Texas, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	16 Oct 1940	Rowena, Runnels, Texas, USA   [4]
  	Route 1
  Residence	28 Jun 1975	Rowena, Runnels, Texas, USA   [5]
  Residence	23 Oct 2011	San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, USA   [1, 2]
  Religion	Roman Catholic
  Death	23 Oct 2011	San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, USA   [1, 2]
  	at Shannon Medical Center
  Burial	26 Oct 2011	Saint Boniface Cemetery, Olfen, Runnels, Texas, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I58183	Dyal and Speckels
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2021

  
  

  Family	Willie Mae SCHWERTNER,   b. 16 Nov 1922, Rowena, Runnels, Texas, USA d. 17 Nov 1983, Runnels County, Texas, USA (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	27 Jan 1942	Rowena, Runnels, Texas, USA   [1]
  	at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
  Children	+ 1. Living
  Family ID	F38178	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2021

  
  

• Notes

  “Werner was born July 5, 1916, in Olfen, Texas, the youngest of seven children, to Bernard John Niehues and Amalia Elizabeth Matthiesen Niehues, pioneer settlers of the Olfen community. Werner attended school and church in Olfen and briefly attended school in Ballinger. He was a Boy Scout and later a charter member of the Knights of Columbus St. Boniface Counsel 2772 and he also served on many church and school committees. During World War II, as the only male on the family farm, he obtained a farming exemption to raise food and fiber. “He married Willie Mae Schwertner on Jan. 27, 1942, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Rowena. They lived on the Niehues home place in Olfen and later bought the adjoining farm, where they raised their five children. Werner retired from farming after the untimely death of Willie Mae in 1983. In May 1992, he married Ruby Hoelscher Matschek and together they moved to San Angelo.” [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Tuesday, October 25, 2011. [S82] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011), Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File. [S220] Ancestry.com, Texas Birth Certificates, 1903–1932, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013), File No. 29297. [S1582] Ancestry.com, Various sources, (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011). [S288] Thursday, May 22, 1975, p. 7-C, “Miss Niehues sets wedding June 28".