Individual Details

Texas Birth Index: Otto John Schniebs was born 17 Apr 1926, Dallas, TX to Otto J. Schniebs and Lina Baker

17 Apr 1944 World War II Draft Registration
Otto John Schniebs, Jr. of 4103 Maple Ave, Dallas, TX, was 18, born 17 April 1926 in Dallas. Mr. Otto J. Schniebs of the same address would always know his. Student. 5'9", 156 lb. Blue eyes, blonde hair

14 Jul 1944. Enlisted, US Army at Dallas as a Private. Single. 3 years of high school.

1944 Dallas, Crozier Technical High School Yearbook, The Wolf Pack
Otto Schniebs: Pictured with The Military Corps, Company D, first Platoon

1947 Dallas TX City Directory
Schniebs, Eliz (wid Otto J) (Otto J. Schniebs Plumber) home 4103 Maple
Schniebs, Otto J. Jr, plumber, Otto J Schniebs Plumber, 4103 Maple Av
Schniebs, Paul M., plmb, Otto J. Schniebs Plumber, 4103 Maple Av

1948 - Dallas City Directory.
Schniebs, Otto J. Plumber, 1027 Maple Av. Perhaps his son carried on the business.

Otto Junior's birth certificate, #22707, shows that he was born Baylor Hospital in Dallas, 17 Apr 1926. The family residence was 4103 Maple Ave, Dallas. His father was listed as Otto J. Schniebs, age 36, born Ft. Smith Ark, a plumber. His mother was Lena Baker; she was age 34, born Athens, Texas. She was said to have had two children, both now living.

Dallas Morning News
25 Jan 1948
Rites Unite Mabel Lacey, O. J. Schniebs
The marriage of Miss Mabel Christine Lacey and Otto John Schniebs Jr. was solemnized Saturday morning at the Holy Trinity Church, with the Rev. Austin F. Minogue officiating. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Lacey, 3219 Maple, and the bridegroom is the son of Mrs. Otto J. Schniebs, 4103 Maple.
Mr. Lacey gave his daughter in marriage. She wore a gown of white slipper satin. The yoke of white marquisette was outlined with a bertha embroidered with seed pearls. The fitted bodice was accented with long fitted sleeves and the full gathered skirt extended into a train. Orange blossoms trimmed her lace cap, from which fell a finger-tip veil of English illusion. She carried a white orchid bouquet.
Miss Helen Lacey, sister of the bride, was maid of honor, and bridesmaids were Mrs. George Buzan and Miss Nell DeLoach of Langdale, Ala. Paul M. Schniebs was best man, and Ted smith and Mr. Buzan were groomsmen. Eric Kasrzynski, organist, and Miss Grace Dunn, soloist, gave the traditional wedding music.
A wedding reception at the Arlington, Lee Park, followed the ceremony. Mrs. emalou Haley was in charge of the 4-tiered wedding cake and Mrs. Mary Reeder presided at the bride's book.
After a honeymoon to Monterrey, Mexico, the newlyweds will live at 4027 Maple. For traveling Mrs. Schniebs chose a gray gabardine suite with navy-blue accessories.
The bride attended schools in Langdale and her husband is a former student of Crozier Technical High School.

1950 Census. Dallas, Dallas Co, TX, Hh 104
4025 1/2 Maple
Otto J. Schnieb s, 23, b. TX, Plumber, Plumbing Co
Mabel C., wife, 21, b. AL
Otto J. III, son, 1, b. TX

By 1960, Mrs. Mabel Christine Schniebs married James Cook McCray, Dallas Co, Texas.

1961 Dallas City Directory
Schniebs, Otto J. (Mabel C) Schniebs' Plumbing Co. Residence: 2603 W. Amherst
Schniebs, Paul M. (Bobby J) plmb; Residence: 3702 Dunhaven Rd
Schniebs Pluming Co (Otto J. Schniebs) 4025 Maple

1962 Polk's Greater Dallas City Directory, Dallas, TX
Otto J. Schniebs (Schniebs' Plumbing Co) residence: 4103 Maple
Schniebs' Plumbing Co. 4025 Maple Ave
Paul M. (Bobby J.) plumber, home: 3702 Dunhaven Rd

Otto must have married a second time.

Dallas Morning News
3 Jun 1969
SCHNIEBS
Otto J. Jr. suvived by wife, Mrs. Otto Schniebs; son Otto J. Schniebs 3rd, Irvine; daughter Miss Sheila Schniebs, Irvine; brother, Paul Michael Schniebs, Dallas; mother, Mrs. Fred J. Stoize, Dallas; stepsons, Larry Greger, Vietnam; Michael Wayne Gregor, Morgan, Texas; stepdaughter Wyona Greger, Bogata, Texas. Requiem Mass 10 a.m. Tuesday, Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Rev. William J. Stack celebrant. Interment Calvary Hill. Pallbearers: Fred Bouldin, George Buzan, Gary Christiansen, Williw Stanglin, Jodeen Upchurch, Joe E. Wolf.

Dallas Morning News
16 Jun 1969; Section D, p.4, Classified Ads
Card of Thanks
Paul Schniebs and family would like to thank the many friends who expressed their sympathy at the passing of Otto Schniebs.

Texas Death Certificate 34805.
Otto J. Schniebs Jr. was born 17 Apr 1926 and died 31 May 1969. He died in a two-car collision on Highway 174, 4 miles west of Blum, Hill County, Texas. His usual residence was Rt. 1, Morgan, Bosque Co, Texas. He was listed as married - no spouses name is provided on Texas Death Certificates of this era. Otto was an employee of General Dynamic Co. His fathers name was given as Otto J. Schniebs, mother's name not known - informant was his son Otto J. Schniebs III.
The body was removed to Dallas and he was buried Calvary Hill Cemetery.

Unidentified newspaper clipping
Drowings Soar Death Toll
A headon crash in North Central Texas which killed six persons boosted the violent death toll over the Memorial Day weekend to 47 Saturday.
There were 27 deaths from traffic accidents reported. Hot weather lured Texans to the lakes and beaches where 18 drowned and two died in boating accidents....
A two-car crach o Texas 174, 14 miles south of Cleburne, killed six persons Saturday. Killed in one car was Otto Schneibs, 42, of Morgan, Tex.
Dying in the second car were William Donald Long, 40 of Fort Worth; his wife, sue, 35, their two daughters, Donna Sue, 13 and Anita, 6; and Debbie Lynn Morgan, 13, also of Fort Worth...

Otto's grave marker may be viewed on FindAGrave.com. He is in Section G of the Calvary Hill Cemetery. Inscribed on the stone is "Cpl. U.S. Army Calvary" The birth and death dates agree with his death certificate.

Application for Veterans Headstone dated 28 Apr 1970 by Sheila Schniebs, Daughter. Otto John Schniebs Jr enlisted 7 Jul 1944, was discharged 22 Jun 1946. Cpl in the US Armny, 36th Infantry Division. Born 17 Apr 1926; died 31 May 1969. Flat granite marker requested, Calvary Hill Cemetery. Cancelled 1 May 1970.

Birth	17 Apr 1926	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Marriage	24 Jan 1948	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas - Mabel Christine Lacey
Death	31 May 1969	Blum, Hill County, Texas

Spouse	Mabel Christine Lacey (1928 - 2017)
Child	Otto John Schniebs III (1949 - 2021)
Child	Living

Father	Otto John Schniebs (1888 - 1945)
Mother	Lena Baker (1891 - 1926)