Recent Obituaries
Martha Lanford
Oct 24, 2014
Martha Agnes Lanford, 83, of Brenham, died October 24, 2014, at her residence, surrounded by her family. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Sunday, Oct.26 at Memorial Oaks Chapel, with a rosary being recited at 7:00 p.m. Sunday. The funeral Mass will be at 10:00 a.m. Monday, Oct. 27 at St. Mary''s Catholic Church with Msgr. Benedict Zientek, celebrant....
Roger Hackney
Oct 24, 2014
Roger Gene Hackney, 84, husband of Helen Hackney, died October 24, 2014 in Brenham. Graveside services are scheduled for 1:45 p.m., Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at Ft. Sam Houston in San Antonio. Visitation will be from 6 until 8 p.m. Monday evening at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Roger Hackney was born May 7, 1930 in Middletown, Ohio to Grover and...

Tacitus Thornhill
Oct 24, 2014
Tacitus "Tas" Clay Thornhill, Jr. died Friday, October 24, 2014. Surviving him are many friends, his niece Mary Louise Thornhill, his nephew William Routt Thornhill, Jr., wife Catherine and their triplets, Mary Catherine, Theresa Caroline and William Routt Thornhill III. The Rite of Committal and Interment will be held Saturday, November 1, 2014, at 10:00 o''clock in the morning...
Oscar Sommers, Jr.
Oct 23, 2014
Oscar Lonnie "Jack" Sommers, Jr., 88, husband of Bette Jo Powledge Sommers, died October 23, 2014 at Brenham Nursing and Rehab. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Monday, October 27, 2014 at First Baptist Church of Brenham, with Charlie Matejowski and Troy Sikes officiating. Burial will be in Prairie Lea Cemetery. The family will receive friends and relatives...
Corinne Rudloff
Oct 21, 2014
Corinne Rudloff passed away October 21, 2014 in Brenham. Corinne was born in Shelby on May 17, 1927, to Lee and Leila Vogelsang Hartmann. She attended Shelby School and then graduated from Fayetteville High School. On May 22, 1949 she married Kermit Rudloff in Zion Lutheran Church in Houston. In August 1949 she was baptized and confirmed at Zion...
Cervera Klingsporn
Oct 17, 2014
Cervera Klingsporn, 93, widow of Harold Klingsporn, died October 17, 2014 in College Station. Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at Zion Lutheran Church with Pastor Pat Lehrer officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. Monday evening at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Cervera Klingsporn was born...

Gilbert Schultz
Oct 11, 2014
Gilbert Lee Schultz, 85, passed away October 11, 2014 at Brenham Nursing and Rehab in Brenham. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m., Friday, October 17, 2014 at Industry United Methodist Church, with Rev. Leo Carrasco officiating, with burial to follow in the Industry United Methodist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. Thursday evening at...
James Yarber
Oct 9, 2014
James Harold Yarber, 81, husband of Barbara Bains Yarber, died October 9, 2014 at his residence. Funeral services are scheduled for 3 p.m., Sunday, October 12, 2014 at First Baptist Church, 504 E. Strauss St., Bellville, Tx., with burial to take place in the National Cemetery in Nelsonville. Rev. Mike Criner and Rev. Ronnie Yarber will officiate. Visitation will...
Lillian Konieczny
Oct 3, 2014
Lillian Marie Rose Worchesik Konieczny, 65, of Brenham, widow of Clement Konieczny, died Oct. 3, 2014, at Scott and White Hospital in Brenham. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6 at Memorial Oaks Chapel, the rosary to be recited at 6:30 p.m. with a vigil to follow. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, Oct....
Kristine Morris
Oct 3, 2014
Kristine Kay Fuelberg Morris, 46, of Hockley, died Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, at North Cypress Medical Center, in the presence of her family and loving nurses and caretakers, after a brief illness. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7 at Memorial Oaks Chapel. The funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8 at St. Paul''s...
Alfred Herrmann
Oct 1, 2014
Alfred "Freddie" Herrmann, 73, of Cypress, TX, passed away Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at St. Joseph''s Medical Center in Houston, TX. Alfred was born July 27, 1941 in Brenham, TX to Henry and Emelia Herrmann. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul''s Lutheran Church in Brenham, TX. He attended public schools in Brenham and spent 4 years in...
Grace Hinze
Sep 30, 2014
Grace Elsie Braun Hinze, 92, of Round Top, died Sept. 30, 2014, at Brenham Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Hinze will lie in state at Memorial Oaks Chapel in Brenham from 4:00 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3 until 11:00 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 4. She will lie in state at Foehner Funeral Home in Burton beginning at noon Saturday, Oct. 4....

Daniel Niemeyer
Sep 28, 2014
Daniel J. Niemeyer, 60, of Brenham, died Sept. 28, 2014 at Scott and White Hospital in Brenham, Texas. A memorial service will be held Oct. 12 at 2:30 p.m. at St. Matthew Lutheran Church of Sandy Hill with Rev. Kris Brower officiating. Daniel was born Aug. 22, 1954 in Brenham to Gustav and Alvina Brinkmeyer Niemeyer. He was baptized...
Helen Locke
Sep 28, 2014
Helen May Mueller Locke, 88, passed away Sept. 28, 2014 in Brenham. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, October 3, 2014 at St. John''s United Church of Christ in Burton, with burial following in the Ledbetter Cemetery. Pastors Glen Schoeneberg and Judy Sherman will officiate. Helen Locke was born April 15, 1926 in Los Angeles, California...
David Anderson
Sep 27, 2014
David L. Anderson, 84, of Burton, died Sept. 27, 2014, at Brenham Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. The funeral service will be at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, at St. Peter''s Episcopal Church of Brenham with Father David Ottsen officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery in Burton. Mr. Anderson was born Dec. 13, 1929, in Holdenville, OK, to...
Kenneth Bickham
Sep 27, 2014
Kenneth Lawrence Larry Bickham passed away Saturday evening, September 27th from his home here on earth to his heavenly home in a blaze of glory, with the most beautiful sunset shining over his bed, and surrounded by his loving family. The visitation will be from 6-8 pm Wednesday, Oct. 1 at Memorial Oaks Chapel, 1306 West Main Street, Brenham,...
Gordon Densmore
Sep 26, 2014
Gordon Lester Densmore, 87, husband of Vernice Green Densmore, graduated to glory Sept. 26, 2014 at High Hope Care Center in Brenham. A Celebration of Life is scheduled for 11 a.m., Saturday, October 4, 2014 at Bethany Christian Church in Burton, with Pastor Bob Hofmann and Rev. Jon Stouffer officiating. Interment will be in Perry, Ohio. Gordon Densmore was...
Wayne Bethke
Sep 26, 2014
Wayne Marvin Bethke, 83, of Brenham passed away peacefully on Friday, September 26, 2014 following an extended battle with cancer. Wayne was born in Winfield, Kansas on July 1, 1931. He was raised in Giddings, Texas, son of Antone and Minnie Urban Bethke. He was baptized on August 9, 1935 at St. Paul''s Lutheran Church of Serbin, Texas. He...
Anna Bell
Sep 23, 2014
Anna Catharine Courtney Bell December 19, 1930 – September 23, 2014 Her children were her greatest accomplishment in Life. Along with teaching spiritually and secularly Her aim was to always live without strife. To please, to pray to respond to every person she met. What people thought was always paramount. Anna graduated from High School in 1946 at the...