CHARLES FRANCIS KLEYPAS

 

 

     Charles Francis Kleypas, b December 19, 1908, d January 11, 1968 and buried in St. Mary's Cemetery in Westphalia, Falls County, Texas - was a son of William Kleypas, b 1864, d 1931, and his wife, Theresa (May) Kleypas, b 1877, d 1955.

     Charles married Odelia Mary Hoelscher, b June 1, 1915 in Falls County, d July 11,1959 and buried in St. Mary's Cemetery at Westphalia - a daughter of Herman A. and Annie (Wunsch) Hoelscher, and a grand-daughter of Herman J. and Elizabeth (Ocker) Hoelscher. Odelia's only sibling was Emil Herman Hoelscher, b December 20,1913, d June 29,1941, who married Elnora Kasberg, and had one son, Jerome Emil Hoelscher, b September 21, 1940, who married Carolyn Schneider, b April 10, 1944, and had Pamela Hoelscher, b February 17,1962, Melissa Hoelscher, b July 12,1964, and Lloyd Hoelscher, b May 29,1968.

     Charles Francis and Odelia Mary (Hoelscher) Kleypas were the parents of four children:

     Charlotte Ann Kleypas, b November 1, 1935 - married Johnnie Douglas Thornton, b September 1, 1937. They now own the Johnnie Thornton Grocery Store at Westphalia, which occupies the same building as the Hoelscher Dry Goods Store built in 1907 by Charlotte's great grandfather, Herman J. Hoelscher. Their children were: Johnnie Douglas Thornton, Jr., b November 2, 1954; Charles L. Thornton, b January 1, 1956; James D. Thornton b January 20,1958; Jerry T. Thornton, b March 4, 1960; Carla K. Thornton, b October 19, 1962; and Craig S. Thornton, b November 4, 1963.

     Lynwood Kleypas, b July 3, 1938 - married Jeanette Beach, b January 27, 1938. The children were: Gary Kleypas, b October 12, 1958; Paul Kleypas, b December 29, 1961; and Jill Kleypas, b November 17, 1966.

     Marilyn B. Kleypas, b October 11, 1939 - married first to Raymond Earl Lee, and had four children; married second to Albert H. Ejem (called "Pete"), b February 26, 1926, and had no issue.

     Annette Jean Kleypas, b April 28, 1942-married Bernard Walter Hoelscher, b September 7, 1937. Their children were: Russell Wayne Hoelscher, b September 11, 1960; Vivian Katherine Hoelscher (called "Vickie"), b December 13, 1961; and Kimberly Jean Hoelscher, b January 26, 1963.

 

 

 
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 274 column 1 and 2.  
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