Recent Obituaries

Johnnie Andrejczak
Feb 10, 2013
Johnnie Henry Andrejczak, 78, of Brenham, died February 10, 2013, at Brenham Rest Home. A graveside service for family and friends will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, February 14 at Calvary Cemetery in Brenham with Father Benedict Zientek officiating. Mr. Andrejczak was born May 20, 1934 in Brenham, to Willie and Mary Wesneski Andrejczak. From the age of...
Josephine Hugo
Feb 8, 2013
Josephine Ann Holle Foltermann Hugo, 83, of Brenham, died February 8, 2013, at Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center in Brenham. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 13 at St. John Lutheran Church of Prairie Hill with Pastor David Hansen and Pastor Virgil Pecht officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00...

Alice Schroeder
Feb 5, 2013
Alice Louise Schroeder, 92, of Brenham, the widow of Johnnie T. Schroeder, died February 5, 2013 in Brenham Nursing and Rehab Center in Brenham. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, February 8 at Zion Lutheran Church of Zionsville with Pastor Pat Lehrer officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 p.m....
Walter Schrader
Feb 3, 2013
Walter Henry Schrader, 89, formerly of Burton, the husband of Ruth Schrader died February 3, 2013 at Brenham Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services are scheduled for Tuesday, February 5, 2013 10 a.m. at St. John''s United Church of Christ with Pastor Glen Schoeneberg officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 to...
Clara Eikenhorst
Feb 3, 2013
Funeral services for Clara Joyce Eikenhorst, 83, of Zionsville, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 6 at Zion Lutheran Church of Zionsville with Pastor Pat Lehrer officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive visitors from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 5 at Memorial Oaks Chapel in Brenham, Texas. Mrs. Eikenhorst died February 3,...
Susan Howe
Feb 3, 2013
Susan Jane Howe, 59, passed away February 3, 2012 in the College Station Medical Center. Services are scheduled for 11 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 7, 2012 at First Baptist Church of Chappell Hill, with Pastor David Beckworth officiating. Susan Howe was born May 4, 1953 in Waterbury, Conn. to Arthur and Clara Schiller Carreiro. She was retired after serving as...
Barbara Merchant
Feb 2, 2013
Barbara Kay Odom Merchant, 61, of Brenham, passed away on February 2, 2013 at the Brenham Rest Home surrounded by love ones. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Jason Morgan will officiate. Burial will be in Prairie Lea Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday evening...
Elsie Tegeler
Jan 31, 2013
Elsie Malinda Loesch Tegeler, 91, widow of Raymond Tegeler, passed away January 31, 2013 in Brenham Nursing and Rehab. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013 in St. Paul Lutheran Church of Phillipsburg, with Pastor Robert Sorensen officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday...

Phuoc Nguyen
Jan 31, 2013
Funeral services for Phuoc Thi Nguyen, wife of Ven Duc Nguyen, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 at St. Mary''s Catholic Church, with burial to follow in Calvary Catholic Cemetery. Father Benedict Zientek will officiate. Phuoc Thi Nguyen passed away January 31, 2013 in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan at the age of 65....

Barbara Zientek
Jan 29, 2013
Barbara Jean Zientek, 70, wife of Ted Zientek, passed away January 29, 2013. Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m., February 1, 2013 in St. Mary''s Catholic Church, with Father Benedict Zientek officiating. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery. The family will receive friends and relatives at Memorial Oaks Chapel Thursday evening from 6 until 8 p.m., with a...
Irene Gurka
Jan 24, 2013
Irene Emily Konieczny Gurka, 83, of Chappell Hill, widow of Billy Gurka, passed away January 24, 2013 at her residence. Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m., Monday, January 28, 2013 at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Chappell Hill, with Msg. Benedict Zientek officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. A Rosary is scheduled for 6 p.m., Sunday,...

Shirley Johnson
Jan 23, 2013
Shirley Elizabeth Barber Johnson, 88, of Brenham, died January 23, 2013, in Scott and White Hospital in Brenham. A memorial service will be held at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26 at Memorial Oaks Chapel with Rev. Dale Chance officiating. Mrs. Johnson was born May 16, 1924, in Norwich, Connecticut, to Frank Henry P. Clement and Lolita Irene Lord. She...
Eugene Vanderworth
Jan 19, 2013
Eugene Debs Vanderworth, 100, passed away on January 19, 2013 in Brenham, Texas. Eugene was born on December 9, 1912, in Industry, Texas, to Oscar and Dora Rinn Vanderworth. His family moved to the Old Glory area, Stonewall County, where they farmed. Eugene attended Brandenburg Old Glory High School and married Ella Peachie Letz deceased April 7, 2001 on...
Wesley Lueckemeyer
Jan 19, 2013
Wesley Norman Lueckemeyer, 84, passed away January 19, 2013 in Katy, Texas. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:30 p.m., Saturday, January 26 at Memorial Oaks Chapel in Brenham, Texas. Officiating the service will be Dodie Osteen of Lakewood Church. Burial will follow in Prairie Lea Cemetery. Visitation will take place Friday from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Memorial Oaks Chapel, 1306...

Ewald Kieke, Jr.
Jan 18, 2013
Ewald H. Kieke, Jr. 76, was born February 12, 1936 in Burton to Ewald H. Sr. and Nora Hackemack Kieke. Mr. Kieke passed away January 18, 2013 in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, January 23, 2013 in La Bahia Cemetery, with Pastor Virgil Pecht officiating. Visitation will...
Lorena Boehnemann
Jan 17, 2013
Lorena Boehnemann, 85, of Burton, died January 17, 2013 in Brenham Nursing and Rehab. Mrs. Boehnemann was born April 17, 1927 in Burton to Willie and Emma Hertel Koerth. Baptized June 12, 1927 in Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Greenvine, she was confirmed there March 19, 1940. She married Leslie Boehnemann, Sr. on November 9, 1947. They made their home...

Emma Draeger
Jan 16, 2013
Emma Wilhelmine Draeger, 95, of Brenham, died January 16, 2013 in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m., Sunday, January 20, 2013 in St. John''s United Church of Christ in Burton, with Pastor Glen Schoeneberg officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Oaks...

Gregory Krueger
Jan 14, 2013
Gregory Alan "Turkey" Krueger, 59, husand of Catherine Hertenberger Krueger, died January 14, 2013 in Brenham. A Memorial Service will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, January17, 2013 at Memorial Oaks Chapel, with Father Ed Kucera officiating. The service will continue with a Celebration Of Life at 5 p.m. at Little Mike''s on South Market St. in Brenham. A...
Carolyn Fuchs
Jan 12, 2013
Carolyn Elizabeth Rothermel Fuchs, 83, of Carmine, wife of Otto L. Fuchs, Jr. died January 12, 2013 in Scott and White Hospital in Brenham. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m., Thursday, January 17, 2013 at Martin Luther Lutheran Church in Carmine, with Pastor David Tinker officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery in Burton. Visitation will be...
Robert Townsend
Jan 6, 2013
Retired Colonel Robert T. Townsend, 90, of Brenham passed away Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013 at Scott & White Hospital-Brenham. He is survived by his wife, Ruth Fuller Townsend of Brenham. Col. Townsend was born March 6, 1922 in San Diego, California. He was a follower of Jesus Christ and a member of St. Peter''s Episcopal Church in Brenham. Col....