b. August 14, 1920
d. May 11, 2020
Age 99 years,
8 months, 28 days

Bill Schwausch Later Photo
Bill Schwausch

Mildred
Mildred Leschber
Schwausch

Willibald "Bill" Rheinold Schwausch grew up working the family farm in Jarrell, Texas along with his parents and six brothers.

Bill served in the Army Air Corpscuring WWII from November 1942 until his discharge on October 19, 1945.

Bill and Mildred Leschber were married on November 18, 1945 and moved to Mexia, Texas where they lived and began their family of five children (four being born in Mexia).

In 1953 Bill & Mildred moved to Kerrville where their fifth child was born. Bill and Mildred were faithful members of Holy Cross Lutheran church in Kerrville, and where their children also attended grade school.

Bill & Mildred opened "Bills Auto Supply" in Kerrville and operated that business until their retirement in the mid 1990s.

Bill & Mildred were married 58 years; Mildrid dying in 2004, bill dying in 2020. Mildred was 83 at the time of her death, Bill was 99.

Bill & Mildred's five children, in order of birth, were Ralph, Karen, Carolyn, Gwen and Edith.

 

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Thoughts on
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Bill In Service  
Smithsonian Interview
2013
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