Recent Obituaries

Laurence Wackman
Nov 3, 2007
Laurence Grooms Larry Wackman, 57, died November 3, 2007, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. He was born August 15, 1950 in Houston, the son of Margaret Grooms and Warren F. Wackman, Sr. Larry graduated from Kinkaid High School in Houston, and attended Washington and Lee University in Virginia and the University of Texas. He followed his father into...

Kermit Hinze, Jr.
Oct 31, 2007
Kermit Hinze, Jr., 71, of Burton, died October 30, 2007, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Hinze was born October 29, 1936, in Burton, Texas, to Kermit A. Hinze and Lilly I. Wolff Hinze. He was baptized April 18, 1937 in Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Greenvine and was also confirmed there. He was a graduate of Burton High...
Irma Lanier
Oct 30, 2007
Irma Lou Lanier, 65, of Brenham, wife of Carroll Lanier, passed away October 30, 2007 in Methodist Hospital. Mrs. Lanier was born March 3, 1942 in East Bernard, Texas to Fred and Emma Evans. She was educated in the Lamar Consolidated School District in Rosenberg. Mrs. Lanier was involved in many different aspects of the floral business with Flowers...

Thomas Spellmann
Oct 26, 2007
Mr. Thomas Spellmann, 91, of Brenham, died October 26, 2007 in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center in Brenham.

Dorothy Marzahn
Oct 26, 2007
Dorothy Marzahn, 78, of Brenham, died Oct. 26, 2007, at Brenham State School. Survivors include her sister, Ida Marzahn of Burleson. Funeral services for Dorothy Marzahn were held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 at Brenham State School Chapel with Rev. Jim Ferguson officiating. Burial followed Prairie Lea Cemetery in Brenham. Funeral arrangements for Dorothy Marzahn are entrusted to...
Louise Keeton
Oct 22, 2007
On Monday morning, October 22, 2007, the grace of God opened wide the gates of Heaven for Louise Christine Keeton. Heaven s and Papa Keeton s gain, is her family and the multitude of friends loss. Mrs. Keeton was born August 25, 1929 in Minerva, Texas to Thomas P. and Ruby Duncan Gunnels. She was baptized in 1953 in...
Lula Hurt
Oct 19, 2007
On Friday, October 19, 2007, Lula Mai Cherry Hurt, at the age of 91, found peace and comfort as she left this world for her heavenly home. She died at her home in Magnolia, surrounded by her family. Mrs. Hurt was born January 3, 1916, in McKinney, Texas, to Thomas Henry and Mai Byrd Cade Dorsey. She attended schools...
Harry Heine
Oct 16, 2007
Harry Wayne Heine, 65, of Brenham, died Tuesday, October 16, 2007 in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan. Mr. Heine was born January 27, 1942 to Harry and Louise Engelbrecht Heine. He was later confirmed in the Lutheran faith. He was baptized as an adult in the Baptist faith at First Baptist Church of Brenham. He married Doris...

Rufus Lange, Sr.
Oct 13, 2007
Rufus Lange, Sr., 89, of Brenham, widower of Annie Lange, died Saturday, October 13 in Trinity Care Center. Mr. Lange was born January 26, 1918 to Paul and Hedwig Reimer Lange in Washington County. He was baptized and confirmed in St. Peter s Lutheran Church of Gay Hill. On October 2, 1941, he married Annie Koehne, and together they...

Wanda Wilkes
Oct 13, 2007
Wanda Faye Wilkes, 81, widow of Nelson Wilkes, died Saturday, October 13, 2007 in Kruse Memorial Village in Brenham. Mrs. Wilkes was born November 4, 1925 in Amarillo, Texas to Ola Mae Kennedy and Leon Miller, Sr. On May 20, 1953, she married Nelson Wilkes in Galena Park, Texas. Mrs. Wilkes was employed as a civil servant for most...
Leroy Thielemann
Oct 11, 2007
Leroy F. Thielemann, 82, husband of Birdie Stiba Thielemann, of Brenham, died October 11, 2007 in Trinity Care Center. Mr. Thielemann was born in Brenham, Texas on September 9, 1925 to Bernhardt H. and Emilie Meyer Thielemann. Mr. Thielemann was a graduate of Brenham High School and attended Southwestern University. He served in the US Navy in World War...

Bernice Rosenbaum
Oct 5, 2007
Bernice Heckmann Rosenbaum, 78, of Brenham, died Friday, October 5, 2007 in Brenham Rest Home. Mrs. Rosenbaum was born October 11, 1928 to Louis and Minnie Fischer Heckmann. She was baptized November 11, 1928 in St. Matthew Lutheran Church of Sandy Hill, and confirmed April 18, 1945, also at St. Matthew Lutheran Church of Sandy Hill. Mrs. Rosenbaum attended...
Glady Krinke
Oct 5, 2007
Mr. Glady Earl Krinke, 76, of Brenham, died Friday October 5, 2007 in Brenham. Mr. Krinke was born February 3, 1931 in Shelby, Texas to Willie and Hedwig Hattie Pontruff Krinke. He was baptized April 14, 1931 at Welcome Lutheran Church, and confirmed April 14, 1946, also in Welcome Lutheran Church. Glady attended County Line School, was a graduate...

Charlie Steinfeld, Jr.
Oct 5, 2007
Charles Charlie Steinfeld, Jr., 75, died Friday, October 5, 2007 at his home. Mr. Steinfeld was born in Brenham on April 6, 1932 to Charles and Lillie Gaskamp Steinfeld. He was baptized May 22, 1932 by Pastor Karl Mueller, and confirmed on March 30, 1947 by Pastor W. C. Poehlmann. On June 28, 1953, he married Gladys Steinbach in...
Mildred Miller
Oct 2, 2007
Mildred Miller, 85, of Brenham, widow of Jesse J. Miller, died Tuesday, October 2, 2007 in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center. Mrs. Miller was born July 27, 1922 in Lake Arthur, La. Her loving parents were John Shoemake and Louise Langley Shoemake and later her stepmother, Euel Shoemake. She married Jesse Miller on January 2, 1940 in Houston, Texas. Survivors...

Helen Kenjura
Sep 29, 2007
Helen Elizabeth Kenjura, 93, widow of Harry Kenjura, passed away Saturday morning. Helen was born November 14, 1913 to Lottie and Joe Wendjinski in Chappell Hill, Texas. She was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic faith. She married Harry Kenjura January 16, 1933 in Brenham, Texas. Helen was cook for many years at Otto s Café in Brenham and...
Anthony Scardino
Sep 26, 2007
Anthony Charles Scardino was born in Houston, Texas on January 27, 1915 to Charles and Frances Vincer Scardino, the oldest of seven children. He died on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at the age of 92 in the comfort of his home. He was a member of St. Mary s Catholic Church. He married the love of his life, Carrie...

Olivia Gatewood
Sep 25, 2007
Olivia Jane Gatewood died Sept. 25, 2007, at Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center in Brenham. Jane was born on December 7, 1908, to Aaron Sherrill, Jr. and Mattie Whitener at the Whitener Ranch homestead near Burton, Texas. She was named after her grandmothers Alice Olivia Trusdel and Martha Jane Quinn Whitener. She attended school in Burton and later graduated from...

Alice Arndt
Sep 21, 2007
Alice K. Arndt, 85, was born in Mill Creek, Texas to William and Emilie Ludwig Knipstein on December 7, 1921. She passed away peacefully on Friday, September 21, 2007 in Trinity Care Center, Brenham. Alice was baptized and confirmed in Burton in the Lutheran faith. She was married to Leo J. Arndt on January 4, 1945. She worked at...