Texas Deaths 1890-1976 (FamilySearch):
Name General Grant Oster
Death Date 19 Oct 1946
Death Place Greenville, Hunt, Texas
Gender Male
Race White
Death Age 83 years 3 months 7 days
Estimated Birth Date
Birth Date 12 Jul 1863
Birthplace Md. (reads Mo. for Missouri,jja)
Marital Status Widowed
Spouse's Name
Father's Name Conrad Oster
Father's Birthplace Ohio
Mother's Name Mary Ann Hayes
Mother's Birthplace Ohio
Occupation Retired Farmer
Place of Residence Greenville, Hunt, Texas
Cemetery Forest Park
Burial Place Greenville, Texas
Burial Date 21 Oct 1946
Additional Relatives X
Film Number 2218425
Digital Film Number 4030537
Image Number 23
Reference Number cn 46220



Greenville (Texas) Evening Banner, Mon, 21 Oct 1946, page 4, Grant Oster Is Called by Death; Last Rites Today

Funeral services were held at 10 o'clock this morning at the James-Coker-Peters Chapel for Grant Oster, 83, who died Saturday night at 7 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Walter Anderson, 3401 Oneal Street. Mr. Grant (sic) resided at 3514 Caddo Street and had been ill for six months.

Officiating at the service was M.C. Franklin, minister of the Henry Street Church of Christ. Interment was in Forest Park Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Lawrence Gibson, Sid Arnold, Harold Holloway, R.H. Ragan, R.L. Horn and Roger Wise.

Mr. Oster had made his home in Greenville for the past five years. He was a native of Braymer, Mo., was born July 12, 1863, and resided in that state for a number of years where he was a successful farmer. He resided in Arkansas and Illinois prior to moving to Greenville.

Mr. Oster was a member of the Henry Street Church of Christ and the Masonic Lodge of Storey, Ill.

Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Walter Anderson, Greenville; one son, James Oster, San Diego, Calif. His wife preceded him in death on Nov. 10, 1942.