Thelma Fragstein

Thelma Martha Fragstein, 82, of Nederland, died Wednesday, January 30, 2019, at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas, Port Arthur. She was born January 18, 1937, in Sledge, Mississippi, to Lucy Elsie Reid Prestage and Leslie Howard Prestage.

Thelma was an astute business woman. She was the owner of Lady Fair Beauty Shop located in Nederland and in Orange for fifteen years. She was a very good seamstress and she was very smart. She learned to write and to speak German when she moved to Germany.

Survivors include her husband, Karl-Heinz Fragstein; children, Carolyn Huber; Karl Gunther Fragstein and his wife, Lucy; Siegfried Fragstein and his wife, Sheila; and Kimberly Wehmeyer and her husband, Keith; nine grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; and sister, Kay Robin.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Lucy and Leslie Prestage; and son-in-law, Dr. Tighe Huber.

A gathering of Mrs. Fragstein’s family and friends will be from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Friday, February 1, 2019, at Broussard’s, 505 North 12th Street, Nederland. Her funeral service will be 1:00 p.m., Saturday, February 2, 2019, at Broussard’s, with entombment to follow at Oak Bluff Memorial Park, Port Neches.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Tighe A. Huber Scholarship in Premedical Studies to be established through Lamar University, P.O. Box 11500, Beaumont, Texas 77710 or online at www.lamar.edu/give. For assistance, please call 409-880-2117.