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Dover Schroeder

Dover Schroeder

Jun 4, 2013

Dover D. Schroeder, 87, passed away June 4, 2013 in Houston. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, June 8, 2013 at Memorial Oaks Chapel, 1306 W. Main, Brenham, with Pastor Jeffrey King officiating. Interment will follow in Prairie Lea Cemetery. Dover Schroeder was born Feb. 19, 1926 in the William Penn Community of Washington County to...

Doretta Holloway

Doretta Holloway

Jun 1, 2013

Doretta Ann Dever Holloway, 75, passed away June 1, 2013 in College Station Medical Center in College Station. Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m., Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at St. John''s United Church of Christ, with Pastor Greg Felder officiating, along with Pastor Glen Schoeneberg. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Holloway will lie in state...

Joshua Garcia

Joshua Garcia

May 30, 2013

Joshua Michael Garcia, 33, died May 30, 2013 in Austin, TX. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at Memorial Oaks Chapel, with Pastor Jill Vivroux officiating. Prior to the service, the family will receive friends and relatives Tuesday morning, beginning at 11 a.m., until service time. Josh was born May 30, 1980 in...

James Rushing

James Rushing

May 30, 2013

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Gary Elmer

Gary Elmer

May 29, 2013

Gary William Elmer, 79, husband of Carroll Elmer, died May 16, 2013 in Brenham. A Memorial Service is scheduled for 1 p.m., Sunday, June 2, 2013 at Christ Lutheran Church in Brenham, with Pastors Mark Groves and Walt Schindehette officiating. Interment of cremains will take place in Terre Haute, Indiana at a later late. Gary Elmer was born April...

Charles Lewis

Charles Lewis

May 28, 2013

Charles I. Lewis, 83, husband of Lillian Lewis, passed away May 28, 2013 in Brenham. A Memorial Service is scheduled for 3 p.m., Saturday, June 1, 2013 at First Baptist Church in Brenham, with Pastor Troy Sikes officiating, and Masonic Graham Lodge #20 which will also be honoring Mr. Lewis during the service. Charles was born January 4, 1930...

Bernice Mcnicoll

Bernice Mcnicoll

May 22, 2013

Bernice Marcus McNicoll, 75, of Brenham, died May 22, 2013 in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan. Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m., Saturday, May 25, 2013 in Grace Lutheran Church, with Pastors Matthew Jacobs and William Holzer officiating. Burial will follow in Prairie Lea Cemetery. The family will receive friends and relatives Friday evening from 5...

Thelma Doherty

Thelma Doherty

May 21, 2013

Thelma Francis Doherty was born on February 25, 1918, to James and Nellie King in Massey, Texas in Hill County. She passed away at age 95 on May 17, 2013 in Brenham, Texas. She married Johnnie Doherty on December 11, 1938, in Hillsboro, Texas. A graveside service will be held on May 23, 2013, at the Woodbine Cemetery in...

Doris Manning

Doris Manning

May 20, 2013

Doris Joan Manning, 80, wife of Bill Manning, died May 20, 2013 at Brenham Nursing and Rehab. Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m., Friday, May 24, 2013 at Chappell Hill United Methodist Church in Chappell Hill, with Pastor Steve Shrock officiating. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. Wednesday evening at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Burial will take...

Tommy Mulanax

Tommy Mulanax

May 14, 2013

Tommy Carrol Mulanax, 58, died May 14, 2013 in Christus Dubuis Hospital in Bryan. A memorial service is planned for 2 p.m., Saturday, May 18, 2013 at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Tommy Mulanax was born December 16, 1954 in Pampa, Texas to Ford and Allegra Mulanax. On April 4, 1988, he married Deborah Wilkin, and the couple made their home...

Clarence Bean

Clarence Bean

May 14, 2013

Clarence Bean, 91, died May 14, 2013 in Scott and White Hospital in Brenham. Graveside services are scheduled for 10 a.m., Friday, May 17, 2013 in Industry Methodist Church Cemetery, with Rev. Leo Carrasco officiating. Clarence Bean was born July 23, 1921 in Jonesboro, Arkansas to Elmer and Edith Coy Bean. Mr. Bean enlisted in the U.S. Army on...

Gilbert Buck

Gilbert Buck

May 7, 2013

Gilbert Buck, 77, of Burton, died May 7, 2013 at his residence. A private graveside service will be held at a later date, and a public memorial gathering is scheduled for June with time and venue to be announced later. Mr. Buck was born January 26, 1936 in Burton to Christian Wilhelm and Minnie Hopmann Buck. Baptized April 26,...

Carl Owens

Carl Owens

May 7, 2013

Carl Eugene Owens, 62, died May 7, 2013 in Scott and White Hospital in Brenham. Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m., Saturday, May 11, 2013 at Memorial Oaks Chapel with Darren Donaldson officiating. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. Friday evening at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday, May 13 at Ft....

David Wegner

David Wegner

May 6, 2013

David Lee Wegner, 65, of Giddings, died May 6, 2013 at his residence. A graveside service will be held Saturday, May 11 at 1:00 p.m. at Prairie Lea Cemetery in Brenham with Pastor Lee Hartman officiating. Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday prior to the service. Mr. Wegner was born Dec. 1, 1947 in Brenham,...

Lydia Platzer

Lydia Platzer

May 5, 2013

Funeral services for Lydia Lena Weiss Platzer are scheduled for 2 p.m., Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at Wesley Brethren Church in Wesley, with Rev. Henry Sanders officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 until 8 p.m. Tuesday evening at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Mrs. Platzer passed away on May 5, 2013 at Brenham Nursing...

Cynthia Maedgen

Cynthia Maedgen

May 1, 2013

Cynthia Maedgen lost her long battle with breast cancer on Wednesday, May 1, and the first thing she would say would be "Now, don''t anyone fuss about me." Family and friends will refuse to listen, of course, because they know Cynthia always put the interests of others ahead of her own. A heartfelt recognition of this remarkable woman is...

Dennis Maass

Dennis Maass

May 1, 2013

Dennis Maass, 69, husband of Evelyn Maass, passed away at his home in Giddings on May 1, 2013. Funeral services are planned for 2 p.m., Sunday, May 5, 2013 at St. John''s United Church of Christ in Burton, with Pastors Glen Schoeneberg and Greg Felder officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 –...

Barbara Lewis

Barbara Lewis

May 1, 2013

Barbara Lynn Lewis, age forever 21, passed away in her sleep May 1, 2013. A memorial service will be held at Memorial Oaks Chapel beginning at 5 p.m, Tuesday, May 7, 2013, preceded by visitation beginning at 3 p.m. until service time. Ms. Lewis was born February 19 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Albert J. Sr. and Elizabeth Hannah Knecht...

Vivian Maass

Vivian Maass

Apr 29, 2013

Vivian Mahlmann Maass, 84, went to be with her Lord and Savior on April 29, 2013, following complications from a stroke. Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a.m., Thursday, May 2, 2013 at Welcome Lutheran Church, with Pastor John Sutton officiating. Burial will take place in Oak Knoll Cemetery in Bellville at 1:30 p.m. Visitation will be from 4...

Barbara Wagner

Barbara Wagner

Apr 28, 2013

Barbara Ann Dickmann Wagner, 74, widow of Alois Wagner, passed away Sunday, April 28, 2013 at St. Joseph''s Regional Health Center in Bryan after a brief illness. Barbara was born October 5, 1938 in Round Top, Texas to W. H. and Laura Keilers Dickmann. She was baptized December 10, 1939 by Rev. Julius Bosshard, and confirmed in Bethlehem Lutheran...