Stanley Zercher (1889-1944) View Zercher Family Portrait

Death Claims S. Zercher
Belonged to the Gaston Avenue Baptist Church.

Survived by his wife, Mrs. Lucile Cullom Zercher, and a son, Capt. John Cullom Zercher of the Chemical Warfare Service.

Died at Baylor Hospital following a brief illness (heart attack).

Was a department manager of the Graybar Electric Company. Had been employed by the Graybar Company for the past 35 years.

He was a native of Marion, Kansas. He was an active member of the Gaston Avenue Baptist Church.

He served on the initial advisory committee to the war schools conducted in Dallas, and was a member and past president of the southwestern section of the Illuminating Engineering Society, member and ex-director of the Dallas Advertising League, member and past chairman of the adequate wiring committee of Dallas and a member of the Dallas Technical Club and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lucile Zercher; one daughter, and son, Captain John Cullom Zercher, all of Dallas.

Funeral services are pending arrangements at the George A. Brewer Chapel.

Deaths, Funerals
Dallas Morning News
Monday, July 17, 1944

ZERCHER – Stanley, passed away local hospital. Residence 2503 Cambria Street. Survived by wife, Mrs. Lucile Zercher; one son, Capt. John Cullom Zercher, Bellaire, MD; one sister, Mrs. Will A. Donnell, Dallas.

Service Monday, 4 p.m., Dr. W. Marshall Craig officiating. Interment Grove Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers: Mark A. Behler, Vernon Young, A. Frank Hamm, Lawrence Merchant, A.N. Saxon, Willard P. Worley, Carl Rettenmeyer, Roy Hamilton. Arrangements George. A. Brewer Funeral Chapel, ?603 Ross. For information, call T-3-6151.

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Well-Known Electrical Engineer Dies
Stanley Zercher

Born – June 18, 1889 Marion, Kansas
Died – Saturday, July 15 (?), 1944 at Baylor Hospital in Dallas
Residence – 2503 Cambria
Resident of Dallas since boyhood.

Died at a local hospital after an illness of several years. (heart attack)

On Jan 18, 1944 completed 35 years with the Graybar Electric Company; started there when it was a branch of Western Electric Company. On that anniversary he was honored with a dinner and presented with a silver tray.

Member and one time director of the Dallas Advertising League, a member of American Institute of Electric Engineers and the Dallas Technical Club. For a number of years he served as chairman of the adequate wiring committee of Dallas and was a member of the advisory committee of the Dallas Board of Education’s War School.

Children of Stanley Zercher and Lucile Sewell Cullom:

F1 Marion Sewell Zercher, born April 13, 1917, died June 23, 1935 in Dallas, Texas; auto accident; did not marry.

F2 John Cullom Zercher, born December 16, 1918 in Dallas, Texas, died July 12, 1997 in Dallas, Texas; married October 25, 1941 Beth Douthit Williams, born April 1, 1920 in Dallas, Texas; died October 23, 2000 in Dallas, Texas. Beth was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Flake Z. Williams of Dallas.

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