Recent Obituaries

Marlene Bonds
Apr 27, 2009
Marlene Kriewald Bonds died at her home in Brenham on April 27, 2009. She was born in Robstown, Texas, on June 15, 1935 to Bruno and Alvina Kriewald, who were South Texas cotton farmers. Marlene graduated from Robstown High School in 1954 and entered Texas Lutheran College in Seguin, where she had a distinguished undergraduate academic career. One highlight...

Esther Klussmann
Apr 26, 2009
Esther Schroeder Klussmann, 94, widow of Martin F. Buster Klussmann, died April 26, 2009 in Kruse Memorial Lutheran Village. She was born in William Penn, Washington County, To Rudolph and Mathilda Loesch Schroeder on June 16, 1914. Mrs. Klussmann was baptized and confirmed in Bethlehem Lutheran Church of William Penn, and she married Martin Klussmann on November 29, 1939...

Gustav Foerster, Jr.
Apr 26, 2009
Gustav Foerster, Jr. 83, husband of Georgie Tschiedel Foerster, of Burton, died April 26, 2009 in Trinity Medical Center. Born October 3, 1925 to Gus F. L. and Bessie Melcher Foerster, he was baptized in the Swiss Alp Lutheran Church on December 26, 1925, and confirmed there on April 2, 1939. In the same church, he married Georgie Tschiedel...

Melvin Henry
Apr 24, 2009
MELVIN E. HENRY, age 70, passed away April 24, 2009 at St. Luke''s Hospital, Houston, Texas. Melvin was born August 21, 1938 in Olathe, Kansas to Myron B. Henry and Mathilda Schwarz Henry, both of whom predeceased him. He retired to Brenham in 2002 from Houston where he had been a plumbing contractor. He was so happy these last...

Marilyn Carter
Apr 23, 2009
Marilyn Ann Carter, 64, of Brenham, died April 23, 2009 in Brenham. Marilyn was born June 30, 1944 to Tommie Boyd and Helen Mae Green Carter in Los Angeles, CA. Survivors include her sister Sharon and husband Jerry Allen of Brenham; nieces Lisa Allen of Boulder Co., Jennifer Treadway and husband Scott of Temecula, Ca., and Heidi Doe and...

Carry Wellmann
Apr 22, 2009
Carry Mae Steinfeld Wellmann, 85, of Brenham, widow of Raymond Wellmann, Sr., died April 22, 2009 in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center. Mrs. Wellmann was born August 18, 1923 to Charlie Sr. and Lillie Gaskamp Steinfeld in Washington County, Texas. Mrs. Wellmann was a homemaker. She was an expert quilter, and enjoyed sewing and playing dominoes. Carry and Raymond Sr.,...
Donald Hollar
Apr 18, 2009
Donald Darwin "Polly" Hollar, 72, of Brenham, died April 18, 2009 in Trinity Medical Center. Polly was born in Guthrie, Texas to E. W. Dub and Vera Dove Flippin Hollar on September 8, 1936. He was baptized in the South Wichita River in Guthrie. In 1959, he received a B.S. in Animal Husbandry from Texas Tech University. Polly was...

Ora Klehm
Apr 14, 2009
Ora Nell Klehm, 84, widow of Willie F. Klehm, Jr., died Tuesday, April 14, 2009 in Brenham Rest Home. Born September 18, 1924 in Kenney, Tx. to Fritz and Selma Schroeder Ludwig, she was baptized at home, and was educated in New Wehdem area schools. She was also later confirmed in St. James Lutheran Church of New Wehdem, and...

Leroy Happner
Apr 11, 2009
LeRoy Emuel Happner, 84, of Brenham, widower of Audrey Happner, died April 11, 2009 in Trinity Care Center in Brenham. Mr. Happner was born July 14, 1924, in DeLeon, Texas to Ed and Georgia Karm Happner. He served his country in the U.S. Marines during World War II, and was awarded the Purple Heart. He married Audrey Vanoudkerke in...
Milton Eckermann, Sr
Apr 10, 2009
Milton Clarence Eckermann, Sr., 86, of Brenham, died April 10, 2009, at his residence. Mr. Eckermann was born August 25, 1922, in Industry, Texas, to Edmund William and Mary Herbrig Eckermann. He was baptized January 23, 1923, at Industry Methodist Church and was confirmed August 9, 1936, in the same church. He attended Rock House School. Mr. Eckermann served...

Connie Shields
Apr 9, 2009
Connie Rhea Lawler Shields, 70, passed away April 9, 2009 after a long illness. She had worked as a secretary and bookkeeper, and was a charter member as well as a volunteer at the Texas State Aquarium. Survivors include her three sisters, Alphann L. Stephens & husband Gene of Pleasanton, Texas, Tomme Gail L. Gold and husband Gerald of...

Frances Clark
Apr 8, 2009
Frances E. ½Betty½ Clark, 89, of Brenham, formerly of Sherman, Texas, the widow of Leonard Clark, died April 8, 2009, in Brenham. Mrs. Clark was born January 13, 1920, in Denison, Texas, to Thomas and Mary Frances Weaver Williams. She was retired from Bank One in Sherman. Survivors include her son, Mark Clark of Richardson; daughter, Carolyn Seeber of...
Kenneth Gloyna
Apr 7, 2009
Kenneth Loyd Gloyna, 85, of Brenham, husband of Geraldine Wagner Gloyna, passed away April 7, 2009 in Trinity Medical Center. Born December 11, 1923 in Dime Box, Texas to Charlie Alvin and Lena Annie Reuther Gloyna, Mr. Gloyna was baptized January 13, 1924 in St. Peter''s Lutheran Church in Lincoln, Texas. He was later confirmed in the same church...

Gladys Davis
Apr 5, 2009
Gladys Munz Davis, 91, of Brenham went to be with her Heavenly Father on Sunday, April 5, 2009. She was born February 22, 1918, in Brenham, Texas, a daughter of the late Carrie and Phillip Munz. She was preceded in death by brothers Harvey, Wilson, and Carroll, and her husband Thomas Morris Davis and great-grandson J.C. Swartz. She is...

Hildegard Hueske
Apr 3, 2009
Hildegard Webernick Hueske, 89, widow of Robert L. Hueske, passed away Friday, April 03, 2009, in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center. Mrs. Hueske was born September 9, 1919 to Otto and Hulda Jeske Webernick in the Live Oak Community. She was baptized at home in the Live Oak Community and confirmed in 1931 at the Prairie Hill Church. On November...
Edwina Thomas
Apr 2, 2009
Edwina Louise Durden Thomas, 86, of Brenham, widow of Lloyd Thomas, died Thursday, April 2, 2009 in Trinity Medical Center. Mrs. Thomas was born July 29, 1922 to Byron Dewitt and Mary Lizzie Jones Durden in Fayetteville, Arkansas. She was baptized October 19, 1941 by Rev. Geo. N. Cook at First Baptist Church in Brenham. On June 7, 1941,...
Helen Eckermann
Mar 29, 2009
Helen Amanda Thiel Eckermann, 83, of Brenham, wife of Milton Eckermann, Sr., died March 29, 2009 in St. Joseph Regional Hospital in Bryan. Mrs. Eckermann was born July 21, 1925 in the Phillipsburg community to Erich and Erna Schwettmann Thiel. She was baptized August 23, 1925 in Salem Lutheran Church of Brenham, and confirmed April 2, 1939 in Phillipsburg....

George Hiebeler
Mar 27, 2009
George Edward Hiebeler, passed away on March 27, 2009, at age 87. He was born Sept. 15, 1921, in Chatham, New York, to George Sr. and Evelyn Osborne Hiebeler. He is survived by his wife, Lillian. They were married on Feb. 12, 1944. They had 65 loving years of marriage. He is also survived by his son Robert Hiebeler...
Erwin Schmidt
Mar 26, 2009
Erwin Ernest Schmidt, 95, the husband of Tillie Broz Schmidt, died Thursday, March 26, 2009 in College Station Medical Center, College Station, Texas. Erwin was born August 9, 1913 in Welcome, Texas to Henry and Ella Platte Schmidt. He was baptized September 6, 1914 and confirmed April 4, 1928 at Welcome Lutheran Church of Welcome, Texas. Erwin was married...