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Obituary:

Frank Sholte

BIG SPRING - Frank G. Sholte, 61, died Wednesday at a Shreveport, La., hospital.

Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home Rosewood Chapel with Claude Craven officiating. Burial will be in Mount Olive Memorial Park.

He was born in Abilene. He was a Baptist and a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II and was a railroad engineer until his retirement in 1985.

Surviors include two sons, Dr. Glenn Sholte and David Sholte, both of Shreveport, La; and a cousin, Lenora Haro of Big Spring.

(Published in The Abilene Reporter News on November 21, 1986)



Obituary:

Frank Sholte

BIG SPRING - Frank G. Sholte, 61, of Big Spring died Wednesday in Highland Hospital in Shreveport, La.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Nalley-Pickle and Welch Rosewood Chapel with burial in Mount Olive Memorial Park.

Sholte was born July 1, 1925, in Abilene. He was an engineer for the railroad, retiring in 1985. He had been a lifelong resident of Big Spring and was a Baptist. He was a member of the Army Air Corps during World War II. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.

Survivors include two sons, Dr. Glen Sholte and David Sholte, both of Shreveport, La.; and one cousin.

(Published in The San Angelo Standard-Times on November 21, 1986)

Frank married Carolyn Louise Birdwell 30 Jan 1947, Benton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA. Carolyn (daughter of Warrie Russell Birdwell and Lillian Gladys Bumgardner) was born 1 Jun 1927, Benton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 29 Apr 1994, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 6 May 1994, Rose-Neath Cemetery - Bossier City, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. F.G. Sholte, Jr.
2. George Warrick Sholte was born 23 Nov 1950, Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA.
3. David Ashton Sholte was born 16 Oct 1955, Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA; died 4 Dec 2017, Bossier City, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA.