Recent Obituaries
Anita Rathke
Sep 29, 2009
Anita Lena Boecker Rathke, 94, of Bleiblerville, widow of Walter Rathke, died September 29, 2009 in Trinity Medical Center. Born November 16, 1914 in the Vogelsang Community near Ben Arnold in Milam County, Texas to August and Otillie Hill Boecker, she was baptized on March 21, 1915 and confirmed on May 27, 1929 in St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church...
Melvin Grimm
Sep 26, 2009
Melvin A. Grimm, 85, husband of Nancy Allsip Grimm, died September 26, 2009 in College Station Medical Center. Mr. Grimm was born June 8, 1924 to Otto and Ella Wittner Grimm. He was baptized September 14, 1924 in Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Greenvine by Rev. Koeper, and confirmed on September 24, 1938 in St. Paul''s Lutheran Church of Brenham...
August Oevermann
Sep 24, 2009
Mr. Oevermann was born November 4, 1924 in Rehburg, Washington County, To August H. and Elsie Jaster Oevermann. He was baptized in St. Paul''s Lutheran Church of Rehburg on November 30, 1924, and confirmed at St. John''s United Church of Christ in Burton on April 2, 1939. He attended the Burton area schools. On November 19, 1950, he married...
Curlie Minden
Sep 21, 2009
Curlie Von Minden, 91, of Brenham, died September 21, 2009, at Bluebonnet Hills Care Center in Brenham. Mrs. Von Minden was born November 10, 1917, in Winedale, Texas, the daughter of Henry C.A. and Wilhelmina Spies Ullrich. She was educated at Winedale Schools. Being with her family was very important to her. She enjoyed cooking and loved her flowers,...
Curtis Cowan
Sep 21, 2009
Curtis Charles Cowan, 54, husband of Kimberly Cowan, died September 21, 2009 in Trinity Care Center in Brenham. Mr. Cowan was born August 13, 1955 to Don and Lucille Beausoleil Cowan in Dallas, Texas. On July 28, 1984, he married Kimberly Ann Guy in Dallas. He was employed as a salesman in the electronics industry. Survivors include his wife,...
Wilburn Jaeger
Sep 19, 2009
Mr. Wilburn R. Jaeger went home to be with Jesus on September 19, 2009. Will was born in Port Arthur, TX on February 5, 1939. When Will was 5, the family moved back to Burton. He graduated from Burton High School in 1957, receiving several certificates for "Perfect Attendance". He lettered in basketball and baseball, the American Legion honored...
Hazel Wilkening
Sep 18, 2009
Hazel Dell Boone Wilkening, 93, went to meet our Lord on Friday, September 18, 2009, with her family at her side, encircling her with their love and prayers. Hazel was born September 26, 1915 in Burton, Texas. She was the daughter of Ira Boone and Lula Knittel Boone. She attended the Burton schools through the eighth grade the highest...
Rufus Gross
Sep 11, 2009
Rufus Franklin Gross, 69, of Washington, husband of Hattie Fay Gross, died September 11, 2009 at Grimes St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Navasota. Rufus was born on July 4, 1940 in Memphis, TN, to Jack Gross and Sally Mae Morris Gross. He was self employed as a painter for many years. Rufus loved to go fishing and hunting....
Harry Kwiatkowski
Sep 5, 2009
Harry E. Kwiatkowski, 61, of Brenham, died September 6, 2009 at his residence. He is also known to his friends and relatives as Big Harry or Big H. Harry was born in Houston on July 15, 1948 to Bruno Kwiatkowski and Antonia Stegent Kwiatkowski. He was baptized, confirmed and educated at St. Mary''s Catholic Church. Harry moved to Brenham...
Theodore Naumann, Sr.
Sep 1, 2009
Theodore Naumann Sr, 93 of Brenham, passed away Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at Trinity Care Center. Theodore was born in Brenham, Texas on April 8, 1916 to Emma Knuppel Naumann Sommerfeld and John Naumann. He was baptized June 11, 1916 in Prairie Hill and confirmed March 20, 1932 in Zion Lutheran Church. On October 10, 1940 he married Henrietta...
Kent Eman
Sep 1, 2009
Kent Reed Van Eman, 50, of San Antonio, died Tuesday, September 1, 2009 in San Antonio. Born in Wichita, Kansas on March 11, 1959 to James Brown and Patricia JoAnn Reed Van Eman, he was a former City Manager for the City of Brenham, and held various other positions with enthusiasm. At the time of his death, he was...
Elton Arceneaux, Jr.
Aug 31, 2009
Elton Adam Arceneaux, Jr. 76, husband of Linda Perry Arceneaux, died August 31, 2009 in Kruse Memorial Lutheran Village. Born April 22, 1933 in rural Rayne, La., to Elton A. and Eunice Chiasson Arceneaux, he was baptized in Rayne, La. in 1933 and confirmed there in 1946. He served his country as an air traffic controller in the U....
James Vesper
Aug 29, 2009
James Louis Vesper, 73, of Brenham, husband of Bev Vesper, died August 29, 2009 in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan after a brief battle with cancer. Jim was born August 31, 1935 in Litchfield, Illinois toJohn and Mamie Bentrup Vesper. He was a graduate of Staunton High School, and served his country in the U. S. Army....
Jaysin Lackey
Aug 24, 2009
Martin Jaysin Lackey, 40, husband of Melissa Taylor Lackey, died August 24, 2009. Born in Galveston, Texas on October 1, 1968 to Martin Nathaniel and Brenda Radler Lackey, he graduated from Santa Fe High School in 1987. He attended Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas on an athletic scholarship, where he played football. He then went on to Cisco Junior...
Norman Raman
Aug 24, 2009
Norman Raman son, husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and geologist extraordinaire, passed away on August 24, 2009. He was born into a farming family on May 14, 1918 in Springfield, Ill . He was raised by his mother Blanche Raman and her family to be the loving character that we all knew. He graduated from University High, Urbana, Illinois in...
James Woods
Aug 23, 2009
James Jim Eldon Woods, 70, of Brenham, went home to be with the Lord August 23, 2009, at Methodist Hospital in Houston. Jim was born July 12, 1939, in Ottawa, Kansas, to Oscar and Velma Sink Woods. He served his country in the Air Force and was self-employed in the construction/telecommunications industry for 42 years. Jim was a loving...
Benjamin Helton
Aug 17, 2009
Benjamin Franklin Helton, 60, of Brenham, husband of Grace Helton, died August 17, 2009 in Grimes St. Joseph Hospital in Navasota. Mr. Helton was born in Muldoon, Texas to Reuben James and Martha Irene Fulkerson Helton. On October 11, 1969, he married Grace Hancock in Smithville, Texas. Mr. Helton served his country in the U. S. Army, and retired...
Waldo Franke
Aug 15, 2009
Waldo Allen Franke, 62 of Brenham, husband of Bonnie Franke, died August 15, 2009 at Trinity Medical Center. Waldo was born on September 9, 1946 to Erwin and Velma Krause Franke near Industry, Texas. . A 1965 graduate of Brenham High School, Waldo owned and operated Borden s Milk Co several years then Franke Feed Store for many years...
Clarence Niemeyer
Aug 14, 2009
Clarence Henry Niemeyer, 85 of Brenham, husband of Gladys Niemeyer, died August 14, 2009 at Trinity Care Center. Clarence was born July 7, 1924 to Henry and Emma Duebbe Niemeyer near Burton Texas. He was baptized August 31, 1924 at St. Paul s Lutheran Church in Rehburg by Pastor Weber. Confirmed May 5, 1940 at St. John Lutheran Church...
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