Recent Obituaries
Jim House
Nov 8, 2009
Jim Tom House, 82, of Brenham passed away on Sunday, November 8, 2009, at Trinity Care Center. He was born February 27, 1927, in Center City, Texas, to Thomas Henry and Frances Wilcox House. He graduated from Goldthwaite High School in 1944 and enlisted in the army. He served in the 48th Infantry Scout Dog Platoon. After being discharged...
Florian Bilski
Nov 7, 2009
Florian Joseph Bilski, 82, husband of Anna L. Bilski, died November 7, 2009 at his residence in Brenham. Florian was born on November 30, 1926 to Joseph Bilski and Mary Cegielski Bilski in Chappell Hill, Tx. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church. On November 19, 1947 he was married to Anna L. Snider in St....
Daniel Dallmeyer
Nov 5, 2009
Daniel Walter Dallmeyer, 48, of Brenham, lost his battle with pancreatic cancer on November 5, 2009, with family members. He was born July 21, 1961 in Brenham, Texas to Herman and Hattie Hermann Dallmeyer. He was baptized in Bethlehem Lutheran Church of William Penn, and was later confirmed there. A 1977 graduate of Burton High School, he was the...
Emil Schwarze
Nov 5, 2009
Emil John E. J. Schwarze, 89, widower of Kathryn Lueckemeyer Schwarze, died November 5, 2009 at his residence in Brenham. Mr. Schwarze was born April 2, 1920 in Sandy Hill, Texas to John and Minnie Becker Schwarze. He was baptized June 20, 1920 in St. Matthew Lutheran Church of Sandy Hill, and later confirmed there April 28, 1935. On...
Roy Schlabach
Nov 5, 2009
Roy Ernest Schlabach, 86, husband of Verline Schulze Schlabach, died November 5, 2009 at his residence. Born October 19, 1923 in Shelby, Texas to Edwin and Frieda Meischen Schlabach, he was baptized March 24, 1924 in his parents home by Pastor M. C. Hoermann, and confirmed in St. Paul Lutheran Church of Shelby on September 13, 1936 by Pastor...
August Kmiec
Nov 4, 2009
August Joseph Kmiec was born on August 1, 1935, 1 of 15 children born to John & Hedwig Kaliszewski Kmiec in Chappell Hill, Texas. August passed away peacefully at his residence in Chappell Hill on November 4, 2009. August proudly served his country in the United States Army stationed in Germany. He spent his retirement years on his farm...
Ezra Kelm
Nov 4, 2009
Ezra August Kelm, 87, of Brenham, widower of Ora Lee Kiel Kelm, died November 4, 2009 at his residence. Mr. Kelm was born February 23, 1922 to Edwald R. and Linda W. Rinn Kelm in Round Top, Texas. He was baptized August 6, 1922 by Pastor Falkenberg in Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Round Top, and confirmed there on September...
Alvine Rosenbaum
Oct 31, 2009
Alvine Emma Knipstein Rosenbaum, 97, the widower of Lonnie Robert Rosenbaum, died on October 31, 2009 at her residence in Burton. Alvine was born on August 15, 1912 to Fritz Knipstein and Anna Stelter Knipstein. She was baptized on November 17, 1912 at St. John''s United Church of Christ in Burton by Reverend H. Schultz and confirmed on March...
James Self
Oct 30, 2009
James Thomas Self, 61, of Carmine, died October 30, 2009, at his residence. Mr. Self was born September 10, 1948, in Shelby, North Carolina, to Glenn Paul and Mildred Jane Middleton Self. Mr. Self attended Sam Houston High School and Massey Business College and served in the U.S. Army. He was baptized in 1956 in North Central Baptist Church....
Michael Bradshaw
Oct 26, 2009
Michael Earl Bradshaw, 59, husband of Pauline Neumann Bradshaw, died October 26, 2009 in College Station Medical Center. Michael was born February 27, 1950 in Houston, Texas to Earl Max and Alyne Yancey Bradshaw. Baptized in the Cleveland Baptist Church, he was later confirmed in Eben-Ezer Lutheran Church of Berlin. He was married to Pauline Neumann on July 19,...
Jerome Witte, Sr.
Oct 25, 2009
Jerome "Jerry" Wayne Witte, Sr., 67, was born in Galveston County, Texas to Robert Witte and Edna Koenig Witte on September 28, 1942 and passed away peacefully on October 25, 2009 with family members at his side. Jerry was baptized in 1942 in St. Mary''s Catholic Church in League City, Texas, and confirmed March 27, 1955 in the Shrine...
Michael Hall
Oct 23, 2009
After a lengthy illness, Michael E. Hall, husband of Kay Lynn Hall of Houston, son of Ron E. Hall of Burton, entered into eternal rest on October 23, 2009. Mike was born March 3, 1959 in Peoria, Illinois, attended Houston s Westchester High School and Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos. He was employed by Citgo Petroleum Corporation...
Cody Guin
Oct 23, 2009
Cody Ray Guin, 22, of Brenham, died October 23, 2009 in Trinity Medical Center. Cody was born February 8, 1987 to Charles and Darby Cryer Guin in Little Rock, Arkansas. A graduate of Brenham High School, he was employed as an auto technician at Tegeler Toyota. Survivors include his mother, Darby Guin; grandmother, Irma Howard; brother Jeremy Guin, and...
Arthur Giese
Oct 21, 2009
Arthur J. Giese, 86, of Brenham, died October 21, 2009 in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center. He was born in Washington County on December 12, 1922 to Gustav and Annie Vollert Giese, and was educated in area schools. Survivors include his brothers and sisters-in-law Gus and Shirley Giese of Brenham, and Leon and Jean Giese of Lake Jackson; sisters Anita...
Helen Nordt
Oct 18, 2009
Helen Nordt passed away on Sunday, October 18, 2009 at Wesley Woods Alzheimer s Care Center in Waco, Texas. Helen was born January 7, 1924, in Washington County to Henry Bockhorn, Jr. and Alma Hohlt Bockhorn. She was baptized at St. Paul s Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brenham on April 20, 1924, and confirmed on April 10, 1938. Helen...
Fritz Neumann
Oct 17, 2009
Fritz J. Neumann, 74, husband of Esther Richter Neumann, died Saturday, October 17, 2009 in Trinity Medical Center. Mr. Neumann was born September 9, 1935 in Prairie Hill, Washington County, to Fritz Henry Neumann and Rosa Spinn Neumann. He was baptized in St. Paul''s Evangelical Lutheran Church on November 10, 1935, by Pastor Hartman and confirmed April 2, 1950,...
Leslie Rice
Oct 14, 2009
Leslie Ann Rice, 44, of Burton, died October 14, 2009 in Monument Hill Nursing and Rehab Center in LaGrange. Leslie was born February 10, 1965 in Omaha, Nebraska to Howard and Mary Cantrell. She was employed at the Burton Café as a cook. Survivors include her daughter, Rachel Rice, and her brother, Lee Cantrell of Colorado; mother, Mary Cantrell;...
Michael Tillotson
Oct 13, 2009
Michael D. Tillotson, 58, of the Longpoint community in Washington County, died in his home on the morning of Monday, October 12, 2009. Born in Richton, Mississippi on April 17, 1951 Michael was the son of T. Carrol & June Denton Tillotson. He attended the University of New Orleans and the Seminary of St. Vladimir. He was a mechanical...
Wilburn Meyer
Oct 13, 2009
Wilburn Meyer, 66, of Caldwell, died October 13, 2009 in a College Station hospital. Wilburn was born January 20, 1943 in Burton to Willie A. and Evelyn Jezek Meyer. He was baptized and confirmed in St. Paul Lutheran Church of Rehburg, and graduated from Burton High School. He served in the U. S. Army. He is survived by a...
Carl Gambill
Oct 12, 2009
Carl Clifton "Buddie" Gambill, 79, of Brenham, husband of Madeleine Drews Gambill, died October 12, 2009 in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center. Buddie Gambill was born October 13, 1929 to Alvin Wesley and Grace Smith Gambill in Snow Hill, Arkansas. He served his country in the U. S. Navy, and married Madeleine Drews on June 29, 1954. Mr. Gambill retired...


