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Obituary:

Funeral services for Mr. Will H. Abke, 75, of Navasota will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Trinity Lutheran Church of Navasota with the Rev. Joseph Lowery, pastor of the Zion Lutheran Church in Anderson, officiating. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery in Navasota.

Mr. Abke was born Sept. 3, 1902, in Anderson. He died Wednesday in a Navasota nursing home.

He was a retired employee of the state highway department.

Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Louis Bussa of Navasota and Mrs. Henry Schaefer of Houston and one brother, Mr. George Abke of Navasota.

Funeral arrangements are by Lindley-Robertson Funeral Home.

(Published in The Bryan-College Station Eagle on July 20, 1978)

William married Cora Jane Greer 26 May 1960, Navasota, Grimes County, Texas, USA. Cora (daughter of George Washington Greer, Sr. and Maudie Lucille Craig) was born 6 Dec 1909, Millican, Brazos County, Texas, USA; died 7 Apr 1964, Navasota, Grimes County, Texas, USA; was buried 9 Apr 1964, Wheat Cemetery - Millican, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]