Person:William Klaus (1)

Watchers
William Horn Klaus
m. Aug 1903
  1. Carmen Inez Klaus1904 - 1981
  2. Opal Mildred Klaus1905 - 2001
  3. William Horn Klaus1907 - 1973
  4. Theodore Abraham Klaus1910 - 1972
  5. Bob Howard Klaus1912 - 1999
  6. Alice Lucinda Klaus1915 - 1987
  7. Bonnie Estelle Klaus1917 - 1971
  8. Anna Jean Klaus1919 - 2006
  9. John Sheppard Klaus1921 - 2004
  10. Waite Philip Klaus1923 - 2000
  11. Calvin Coolidge Klaus1925 - 2003
  12. Joe Austin Klaus1927 - 1988
m. 24 Oct 1931
Facts and Events
Name[1] William Horn Klaus
Alt Name Blackie Klaus
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 24 Aug 1907 Osage County, Oklahoma
Marriage 24 Oct 1931 Miller County, Arkansas(3 children)
to Frances O'Dell Willis
Census[5] 1940 Pampa, Gray County, Texas
Census[6] 1940 Vivian, Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Death[1][3][2] 5 Jun 1973 Amarillo, Potter County, Texas
Burial[1] Westlawn Memorial Park, Borger, Hutchinson County, Texas

Gray County, Texas, 1940 census:[5]

Klaus, William Horn Lodger 31 yrs (marr.) (HS-4) b. Oklahoma 1935: Osage Co., Okla. Asbestos Worker (Oil Refinery)

Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 1940 census:[6]

Klause, William M. Head 32 yrs (HS-4) b. Oklahoma 1935: Houston, Texas Foreman (Oil Refinery)
      Frances Wife 28 yrs (HS-3) b. Texas 1935: Houston, Texas
      Billy Son 6 yrs b. Kansas 1935: Houston, Texas
      Darna Dau 3 yrs b. Louisiana
      Roger Son 2 yrs b. Louisiana
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Find A Grave.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index: Death Master File, database. (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service).
  3. Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000.
  4.   United States. World War II Draft Registration Cards.

    Name: Klaus, William Horne
    Address: Vivian, Caddo Par., La.
    Born: 24 Aug 1907 Hominy [Osage Co.], Okla.
    Person Who Will Always Know Where You Are: Mrs. William Horne Klaus "(Wife)"
    Employer: Eagle Picher Sales Co. (Joplin, Mo.)

  5. 5.0 5.1 Gray, Texas, United States. 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    ED 90-6B, p. 82A, #5 (116-1/2 Foster - "Davis Hotel").
  6. 6.0 6.1 Caddo, Louisiana, United States. 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule: Sixteenth Census of the United States, NARA Microfilm Publication T627. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration)
    ED 9-7B, p. 20A, #458.
  7.   Borger [Texas] News Herald
    6 Jun 1973.

    Services for William H. Klause, 64, a longtime Borger resident, who died at , are pending with Ed Brown & Sons Funeral Directors.

    He was retired owner of K & K Insulators.

    Survivors include four sons, Roger of Borger, Richard of Longview, Wayne Michael of Dallas and William D. of Houston; one daughter, Miss Frances Diane Klause of Amarillo; his mother, Mrs. Ida Klause of Ponca City, Okla.

    Also five brothers, Calvin and Joe of Amarillo, Bob, John and Waite, all of Borger; four sisters, Mrs. Opal Williams of Ponca City, Mrs. Carmen Wilkinson of Carthage, Mo., Mrs. Jean Janow of Borger and Mrs. Alice Ellis of Skiatook, Okla.; and ten grandchildren.

    Borger News Herald - June 7, 1973

    Funeral services for William H. Klause, 65, 2700 S.W. 16th Street, Amarillo, will be at 2 p.m. Friday from Ed Brown & Sons Chapel of the Fountains with the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor of the Bible Baptist Church, officiating.

    Interment will follow in Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Ed Brown & Sons Funeral Directors.

    Klause, who had been a resident of Borger for 30 years until he moved to Amarillo two months ago, died at 7:10 p.m. Tuesday at St. Anthony's Hospital in Amarillo.

    He was a member of the El Laugo Baptist Church at Seabrook, Borger Elks Lodge 1581 and the Loyal Order of the Moose.

    Survivors include four sons, Roger of Borger, Richard of Longview, Wayne of Dallas and William of Amarillo; one daughter, Frances Diane Klause of Amarillo; his mother, Mrs. Ida Klause of Ponca City, Okla.; five brothers, four sisters; and ten grandchildren.

    Casketbearers will be Tony Preston, Carl Laughery, Jim Wright, Bill Brown, Frankie Hill and Don Campbell.