Obituaries

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Harry Kubeczka

Harry Kubeczka

Jan 11, 2015

Harry Pete Kubeczka, 80, of Brenham, died Jan. 11, 2015, at College Station Medical Center in College Station. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, with a rosary recited at 7:00 p.m. at Memorial Oaks Chapel. The funeral Mass will be at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14 at St. Mary''s Catholic Church of Brenham with Msgr. Benedict...

Ramona Effinger

Ramona Effinger

Jan 10, 2015

Ramona Kathryn Lantz Effinger was born January 27, 1918. She was the only child of Karl Ivor Lantz and Kathryn Ibos Lantz. She was a native Texan and a native Houstonian of which she was very proud. Ramona graduated from Reagan High School in the Heights where she lived on Courtland Street until she married Bob Effinger. She was...

Mabel Schmidt

Mabel Schmidt

Jan 10, 2015

Mabel Minnie Martha Schmidt, 95, of Brenham, died January 10, 2015 at Kruse Village in Brenham. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at Martin Luther Lutheran Church of Carmine, with Pastor David Tinker officiating. Burial will follow in the Carmine Cemetery. The family will receive friends and family Tuesday evening from 6 until 8...

Frances Behm

Frances Behm

Jan 8, 2015

Frances Anne Behm, 70, of Brenham, the wife of Lloyd A. Behm, died Jan. 8, 2015, at Scott and White Hospital in College Station. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15 at Memorial Oaks Chapel. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16 at St. Peter''s Episcopal Church in Brenham...

Evelyn Thielemann

Evelyn Thielemann

Jan 8, 2015

Evelyn Pearl Thielemann, 91, the widow of Elton F. Thielemann, passed away peacefully on January 8, 2015 with her daughters by her side. Visitation with the family will be from 5-7 PM, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 PM Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, at Grace Lutheran Church in Brenham, Texas with...

Patricia Rayzor

Patricia Rayzor

Jan 7, 2015

Patricia Baldwin Rayzor passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at her home in Brenham, Texas. She was born in Beaumont, Texas on October 20, 1932. Pat met her husband Joe, in Houston and were happily married for 65 years. Pat loved quilting, cooking, and cherished time with friends and family. She was a member of First United Methodist Church,...

Lillie Krupka

Lillie Krupka

Jan 6, 2015

Lillie Lueck Stremmel Krupka, 102, of Brenham, died January 6, 2015 at Gazebo Terrace Skilled Care and Rehab. A graveside service will take place at 11:00 a.m., Friday, January 9, 2015 at Prairie Lea Cemetery. Pastor Phil Fenton will officiate. Visitation will be from 5:30 until 7:00 Thursday evening at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Mrs. Krupka was born August 13,...

Don Franklin

Don Franklin

Jan 5, 2015

Don Stephen Franklin, 87, of Hempstead, passed away January 5, 2015 at his residence. Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a.m., Thursday, January 8, 2014 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Hempstead, with Pastor Lee Hartman officiating. The family will receive friends and relatives at Trinity Lutheran Church in Hempstead from 10 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. Burial...

Larry Huron

Larry Huron

Jan 3, 2015

Larry Eugene Huron, 69, of Brenham died January 3, 2015 in Brenham. Visitation will be Tuesday, January 6, 2015 from 6:00-8:00 p.m., at Memorial Oaks Chapel with a Rosary at 7:00 p.m. The Funeral mass will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at St. Mary''s Catholic Church with Father Jay Polisetty, celebrant. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery....

Thelma Jurries

Thelma Jurries

Dec 29, 2014

Thelma Viola Boehnemann Jurries, 96, of Brenham, the widow of Herbert Jurries, died Dec. 29, 2014, at Brenham Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Brenham. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015, at Memorial Oaks Chapel. The funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday, Jan. 2, 2015, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Greenvine with Deaconess Jennifer...

Allegra Mulanax

Allegra Mulanax

Dec 29, 2014

Allegra Bell Mulanax, 78, of Brenham, the widow of Carroll Ford Mulanax, died Dec. 29, 2014, in Bryan. Visitation will be from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, at Memorial Oaks Chapel. A memorial service will follow at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6 at Memorial Oaks Chapel with Rev. Swan officiating. Mrs. Mulanax was born Nov. 16, 1936, in...

Jacquelyn Braden

Jacquelyn Braden

Dec 29, 2014

Jacquelyn Kay Braden, age 39 went to be with the Lord on December 29, 2014 in College Station, Texas. She was born on May 20, 1975 in Metairie, Louisiana. She leaves behind to cherish her memory her loving parents Bill and Betty Braden, her big sister Teri Lynn Melia, nephews Anthony, Jonathan and Matthew Melia, uncles Carl Braden &...

Bernice Buddenberg

Bernice Buddenberg

Dec 29, 2014

Bernice Esther Ahlhorn Buddenberg, 88, of Brenham, the widow of William D. "Jake" Buddenberg, died Dec. 29, 2014, at Kruse Memorial Lutheran Village in Brenham. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 30 at Memorial Oaks Chapel. The funeral service will be at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 31 at St. James Lutheran Church of New Wehdem with Pastor...

Stokely Hammons

Stokely Hammons

Dec 27, 2014

Stokely McCaga Hammons, 45, died Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014 in his home. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today at Forest Park Funeral Home on Lawndale in Houston. Mr. Hammons is survived by his father and step mother, Eugene Clarence and Donna Hammons of Brenham; his five brothers, Eugene Clarence Hammons Jr. of Phoenix, Arizona, David Lee Hammons...

Christine Pendergrass

Christine Pendergrass

Dec 27, 2014

Christine Pendergrass, 91, of Brenham, died Dec. 27, 2014, at Scott and White Hospital in College Station, TX. The funeral service will be held at 4:00 p.m. Friday, Jan. 2, 2015, at Resthaven Funeral Home in Lubbock. Burial will be in Resthaven Cemetery in Lubbock. Visitation will begin at 3:00 p.m. Friday, Jan. 2 at Resthaven Funeral Home. Mrs....

Arthur Meinecke

Arthur Meinecke

Dec 26, 2014

Arthur "Jim" Meinecke, 81, died on December 26, 2014 in Brenham, Texas. Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m., Monday, December 29, 2014 at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. Sunday evening at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Jim was born on November 20, 1933, in Lee County to Arthur and Adeline "Mary" Baack Meinecke. At...

Alice Mitcham

Alice Mitcham

Dec 23, 2014

Alice Pearl Mitcham, 74, of Navasota, died Dec. 23, 2014, at St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan. Visitation with the family will be from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Friday, Dec. 26 at Memorial Oaks Chapel. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 27 at Prairie Lea Cemetery in Brenham with Rev. Matthias J. Dinger officiating. Alice...

Lewis Brazeal

Lewis Brazeal

Dec 22, 2014

Lewis Robert Brazeal, 96, passed away Dec. 20, 2014 in Brenham. Lewis was born April 29, 1918 in Mansfield, Missouri, to Jessie Ernest and Nora Leota Boyer Brazeal. After attending college for two years, he joined the U. S. Air Force, and then transferred to the Marine Air Corp. Mr. Brazeal''s distinguished military service to his country began Oct....

Catherine Johnston

Catherine Johnston

Dec 22, 2014

Catherine Kay Wood Johnston, 97, passed away in Brenham, Texas on December 22, 2014. Kay was born July 4, 1917 in Muskogee, Oklahoma to B. Frank and Mildred Turner Wood. She graduated from the Muskogee Public Schools before her family moved to Houston, Texas. She graduated from Rice University in 1939 with a B.A. degree in English/French. Upon graduation,...

Karen Meier

Karen Meier

Dec 19, 2014

Karen Sue Henslee Meier of Missouri City, Texas died December 19, 2014 in a Houston hospital. Karen was born on June 2, 1945 to Hubert Lee and Viola Emily Schultz Henslee in Brenham Tx. She was educated at Brenham Schools and University of Texas at Austin. Karen was a member of Quail Valley Ladies Golf Assn. , Quail Valley...