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16 Nov 1967
Mrs. John Nagelmueller, a long time resident of Rt. 3, Shiner, died at 6 a.m. Friday, November 3, 1967, at the Trinity Lutheran Home following a lengthy illness. She had been a resident of the Home since March 29, 1967. Prior to that she was hospitalized for four weeks and also at another time in September 1965 when she suffered a hip fracture. She had been cared for at the home of her son and daughter-in-law for about a year and a half. Mrs. Nagelmueller, nee Antonia Elizabeth Derrich, one of nine children, was born May 1, 1883, at Praha, Fayette County, Texas, the daughter of Joseph and Anna (Beier) Derrich, natives respectively of Grosglockarddorf and Bernhau, Germany. Her parents came to America in June 1881, settling at Praha. In 1885, they moved to Moulton and two years later to the Dickson community. They resided there until 1890 when they moved to a farm five miles west of Shiner located adjacent to and east of Hwy. 90A. On August 15, 1904, she was married to John Nagelmueller in the Shiner Catholic Church. The couple made their home on a farm in the same vicinity (west of Hwy 90- A) and continued to reside on the same place for over 63 years. One son, Joe, was born to this union. Mrs. Nagelmueller attained the age of 84 years, 6 months and 2 days. Funeral services were held at the Buffington Funeral Home, Shiner, at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, November 5 followed with Requiem Mass at 10:45 a.m. offered by the Rev. John J. Hanacek in the Shiner Catholic Church. Burial was in the Shiner Catholic Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers were two of her nephews, Rudolph Neusser of Yoakum and Henry Schacherl of Shiner; also, Herman and Alfred Noack, Lawrence Wenske, and Victor Pulkrabek, all of Shiner. Rosary was recited at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4 at the Buffington Funeral Home Chapel. Survivors include her husband, John Nagelmueller; son and daughter-in- law, Joe and Frieda (Noack) Nagelmueller, all of Shiner; two grandsons, Albert Nagelmueller of Houston, Edward Gene Nagelmueller of Shiner; two great-grandsons, Albert J. Jr. and James Alan Nagelmueller of Houston; two brothers, Joe Derrich, Jr. of Shiner and Peter Derrich of Moulton; three sisters, Misses Annie, Mary and Martha Derrich, all of Shiner. She was preceded in death by her mother on January 4, 1942 and her father on August 11, 1942. A sister, Maria, died in infancy and another sister, Miss Emma Derrich of Shiner died October 27, 1944; also one brother, Frank Derrich of El Campo, died June 28, 1967. A host of relatives and friends attending the last impressive rights and the many beautiful flowers bore mute testimony of the high esteem in which she was held. Our sympathy to all in their hour of sorrow.
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