  E. Martin Kohl 1857 - 1935 Adele R. Kohl 1869 - 1959 Sherman Democrat
July 31, 1935 pg.9 PIONEER DENISON RESIDENT DIES Special to The Democrat Denison - Ernst Martin Kohl, 78, pioneer Denison resident, died at 5:45 a.m. Tuesday at the family home, 300 East Main, after a 7 months illness. Funeral services had not been arranged Tuesday noon, but Shorty and Murray will have charge of burial at Fairview cemetery. A native of Weimar, Germany, Ernst Martin Kohl, was born July 7, 1857, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Kohl, the father being a railroad director. The son chose the life of a sailor and rose to the rank of Captain. At the age of 13 Martin, as he was called, entered navigation school and later the German navy at Hamburg. He became Captain and for 14 years practically lived on the sea. In 1885 he came to the United States to visit a friend at Austin, Texas, and found the state capitol in the process of erection. Needing workmen who were capable of doing the heavy splicing, the construction foreman induced Mr. Kohl to apply his naval training along this line. Liking Texas very much the young German soon resigned from the navy and visited New Orleans, Dallas, and thence to Denison where in 1885 he established a grocery business, first on Lama, then on Houston, and finally on East Main, where the store was combined into a building for a home which was a replica of the old homeplace in Weimar. Mr. Martin, always a lover of music, attended a sangerfest at Austin and continue to Fredericksburg where lived the Brockman family. He began courting Miss Adele Brockman, also a musician, and made her his wife in 1887. Besides the widow there are 5 children: Mrs. Elsie Fisher of El Paso, Miss Bertha Kohl of Denison; Mrs. Erna Cobb of Denison; Ernst Kohl, Jr. of Muskogee; and Felix Kohl of Paris. There are also surviving a brother, E.W. Kohl of Hamburg, Germany; and 2 sisters, Mrs. Frieda Kuhn of Darmstadt, Germany; and Mrs. Elizabeth Stapff of Berlin, Germany. The early life of E. Martin Kohl was somewhat glamorous and conductive to development of an aesthetic nature. His boyhood home was the gathering place of prominent artists, particularly of musicians, since the boy's parents were ardent patrons of the fine arts and music. Mr. Kohl knew personally such composed as Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist who came to Weimar to direct operas and concerts. Hans Wagner was also among his personal friends, and he knew the life stories of other famous composers from first hand. It was one of Mr. Kohl's hobbies to sing Christmas carols with his friends encircled about him. At the gathering in his home here at Christmas time, 1934, Mr. Kohl likened the group to his old-world friends as they sang "Silent Night," a composition of a young German priest, Franz Grueber. The pioneer citizen was a member of the Lutheran church, the Sons of Hermann and the Woodmen of the World. KOHL FUNERAL Denison - Funeral services for Ernst Martin Kohl, who died Tuesday morning, were set for 5:15 p.m. Wednesday at the Short-Murray chapel, Rev. Harry Lee Virden, rector of St. Luke's church, officiating. Interment followed at Fairview cemetery.  Mrs. Martin Kohl, Pioneer Denison Woman, Dies At 90
Mrs. Adele Kohl, 90, widow of the late Ernest Martin Kohl who was an early Denison businessman, died today at 3:19 a.m. at the family home, 300 East Main street, after an illness of six months. Mrs. Kohl underwent surgery in April shortly after her 90th birthday and though she rallied and was able to return home, her advanced age took its toll. Before her illness she had been alert and active. Born in Fredericksburg, Texas, April 7, 1869, as Adele Roxyana Brockman, she was the youngest of eight children of Julius and Minna Brockman of Bremen, Germany, who came to the United States on their wedding trip in 1851 and established residence at Fredericksburg. She received her scholastic and musical education in the schools of Fredericksburg. Sept. 13, 1887 she was married in her native city to E. Martin Kohl, who after having served as a captain in the German Navy, came to Texas in 1885. While visiting friends at Austin he assisted in construction of the State Capitol. The young couple soon settled in Denison. Kohl died in the summer of 1935. Though Mrs. Kohl's major interest was her home and family she was active in church and social circles. She was a member of the Woodman Circle, Furstin Bismark Lodge of the Sons of Hermaan, Denison Garden Club and St. Luke's Episcopal Church. Survivors include two sons, Ernest and Felix Kohl, both of Muskogee, Okla; three daughters, Mrs. Elsie Ridge, Mrs. Bertha Collier and Mrs. Erna Wilson, all of Denison; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral will be held Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in St. Luke's Episcopal Church with Very Rev. David A. Jones, rector, officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Bratcher Funeral Home. The family will be at the funeral home tonight from 7 to 8:30 o'clock.  Felix Otto Kohl 1900 - 1983 Lena Combee Kohl 1900 - 1988 Denison - Graveside services were held Friday afternoon in Fairview Cemetery for Mrs. Lena Combee Kohl, 87, former Denison resident who died Wednesday in a Ft. Worth hospital. Dr. Tom Peel officiated and Bratcher Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements. Mrs. Kohl was born in Collin County, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Brewer Combee and married Felix Otto Kohl September 23, 1922, in Denison. She was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church at Muskogee, Oklahoma. Surviving are a son, Ernest Martin Kohl of Ft. Worth; daughter, Mrs. Elsie Kohl White of Dallas; brothers, Bob Combee of Amarillo and Ennis Combee of Capitan, New Mexico; sister, Mrs. Clara Reecer of Lockney; 4 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Television Ministries, 800 West 5th Street, Ft. Worth 76102 or the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, 2222 Welborn, Dallas.  Elsie Kohl Fisher-Ridge 1888 - 1976 Fairview Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any links inoperable, please send me a message. |