Extracted from The Victoria Advocate (Victoria, TX)
Monday, May 14, 1990

Frances Fikes

CORPUS CHRISTI -- Former Cuero resident Frances Fikes, 91, of Corpus Christi, died Saturday at her residence. Mrs. Fikes' daughter, Mrs. Lillie Frances Kleinecke, is a Victoria resident.

Mrs. Fikes was born May 30, 1898, in Arlington. The former resident of Mercedes and La Feria lived in Cuero until 1983. She married George Augustus ``Gus'' Fikes on Dec. 23, 1919, in Sabinal. Mr. Fikes preceded her in death on July 15, 1983.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Cage-Mills-Jackson-Langham Funeral Homes Everhart Chapel in Corpus Christi.

Burial will follow at 3:30 p.m. in the Hillside Cemetery in Cuervo with Buck Griffith officiating.

Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Elma Ruth Keese of Kerrville, Ms. Glenn Jane Fikes of Corpus Christi, Mrs. Lillie Frances Kleinecke Jr. of Victoria; and three grandchildren.