W. H. HAUENSTIEN, MEMBER OF PIONEER MILLER COUNTY FAMILY, DIED AT 74 William H. (Billie) Hauenstein, 74, a member of one of Miller County's pioneer families, died last Thursday afternoon, December 13, (1962) at his farm home on the Osage River between Eldon and Tuscumbia. He had been critically ill since suffering a stroke on Tuesday night, Dec. 4. Mr. Hauenstein was a farmer and a retired Rock Island railroad braeman. He as born Sept. 1, 1888, atTuscumbia, son of William H. and Martha (Challis) Hauenstien. He was the third generation of his family to bear the name, William Henry Hauenstein, His grandfather, William H. Hauenstein, had come to mid-Missouri from Rhine, Bavaria in 1865. The family were among the pioneers in the business development of Tuscumbia and Miller County. On Feb. 12, 1911, Mr. Hauenstein was married to Miss Ethel Moles in a ceremony at the home of her father, Prof. H. L. Moles, at Tuscumbia. Throughout their married life, the Hauensteins lived on the Osage River farm which is still the family home. In addition to his wife of the home, Mr. Hauenstein is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Corrine Bottoms of Florissant, Mrs. Olive Walton of Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. Lucille Harbison of Kansas City, Kansas. Mrs. Billie Sue Gilmore of East St. Louis, Ill. and Mrs. Phyllis Hall of Houston, Texas; three sons, Bennet L. Hauenstein of St. Paul, Minnesota, Kenneth Hauenstien of Tuscumbia, who has been working in Oregon, and Russell Hauenstein of Kansas City, Kansas; a brother, Fred Hauenstein of Kingsbury, California; a sister, Mrs. H. L. Wright, of Tuscumbia; 18 grandchildren, and seven great-grand- children. Mr. Hauenstein was a member of the Presbyterian church in Tuscumbia. He was with the Rock Island Railroad for twenty years. Funeral services for Mr. Hauenstein were held at 2 p.m, Monday at the Presbyterian Church in Tuscumbia. The Rev. A. L. Alexasnder and the Rev. Walter C. Kennicutt officiated. Burial was in the Tuscumbia Cemetery under the direction of Phillips Funeral Home of Eldon. Pallbearers ewrtr A. J. Lefever, Dickie Miller,, Truman Miller, Holmes Steen, Lloyd Slone, Kern Newton, and Dail Sullivan. <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.