Extracted from The Galveston Daily News (Galveston, TX)
Thursday, March 30, 1972

W. A. Krischke Sr.

ALTA LOMA -- Funeral services for William A. Krische Sr., 67, a retired Todd Shipyards machinist, will be held Friday at 10 a.m. in the First Baptist Church here, the Rev. Travis Shelton, assistant pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Alta Loma Cemetery under the direction of the Froberg Funeral Home of Alvin.

Mr. Krischke died Tuesday in Galveston County Memorial Hospital.

He was born March 30, 1904, in Edna and had resided in Alta Loma for 25 years. He retired from Todd in 1969. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Alta Loma.

Survivors include his wife, Willie Mae; three sons, Maurice L. Krischke and Harold Lee Krischke of Alta Loma and William A. Krishcke Jr. of Carosn [sic Carson] City, Nev.; three sisters, Mrs. Annie Gresham and Mrs. Rosie Henderson of Houston and Miss Mary Krischke of Texas City; and nine grandchildren.