Recent Obituaries
Dorothy Goode
Nov 8, 2008
Dorothy Kott Goode, 88, of Temple, died November 8, 2008 of a short illness. Mrs. Goode was born May 18, 1920 to Ernest H. and Lillian Frederich Ammons in Chicago, Il. She is survived by her loving husband of 23 years, J. Curtis Goode. She was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, Rudolph L. Kott, Jr.,...
Bruno Zwahr
Nov 6, 2008
Bruno O. Zwahr, 83, husband of An Nell Haevischer Zwahr, passed away Thursday, November 6, 2008 in Brenham. Mr. Zwahr was born June 13, 1925 to Kurt and Alma Franke Zwahr in the Klump Community of Washington County. He was baptized September 14, 1925 by Pastor Wm. Utesch in Eben Ezer Lutheran Church of Berlin, and confirmed there on...
Elsie Schneider
Nov 4, 2008
Elsie Schneider, 91, of Brenham, died November 4, 2008, in Bluebonnet Hills Care Center in Brenham. Mrs. Schneider was born April 1, 1917, in the Zionsville community of Washington County, Texas, to Louis and Ida Lorenz Grimm. She was baptized at Zion Lutheran Church of Zionsville and was confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church of Phillipsburg. She attended Wonder...
Olivia Scheu
Nov 1, 2008
Mrs. Olivia Scheu, age 88, former resident of Brenham, died November 1, 2008 in Nassau Bay. She was the widow of Otto Scheu. Mrs. Scheu was born November 23, 1919 in Needville, Texas to Henry and Mary Hafer Hendrickson, Sr. She was baptized in Needville on Feb. 20, 1920, and confirmed at St. Paul''s Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1934...
Sarah Bridie
Nov 1, 2008
Sarah Marie Sally Bridie, 77 the widow of Jack Bridie, died November 1, 2008 in St Joseph Health Care in Bryan Texas. Sally was born in Houston, Texas on November 2, 1930 to Hugo and Iva Brown Meyer. Sally was a homemaker and a former Mayor of Carmine. She was a member of Martin Luther Lutheran Church of Carmine,...
Irene Tegeler
Oct 30, 2008
Irene Hardan Tegeler, 92, widow of Ernest Tegeler, died October 30, 2008 in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center. Irene was born in the Gay Hill Community of Washington County on November 27, 1915 to William and Elizabeth Klatt Hardan. She was baptized January 5, 1916 by Pastor C. Stadler at St. Peter''s Lutheran Church of Gay Hill, and confirmed December...
Leo Strom
Oct 27, 2008
Leo Strom, 80, of Brenham, Texas, joined his Lord and Savior on October 27, 2008. He was born in his grandmother''s boarding house in Dickinson, Texas, on February 26, 1928, to Fred and Della Strom. He graduated from Dickinson High School in 1945 and was salutatorian of his class. He attended Rice University for three semesters but dropped out...
Ida Rauch
Oct 26, 2008
Ida Bell Light Rauch passed away Sunday October 26, 2008 at Trinity Care Center. She was born January 4, 1921 to Ed and Ida Mertz Light. Ida Bell grew up in Carmine. She was baptized and confirmed on Palm Sunday March 4, 1934 at Martin Luther Lutheran Church by Rev. H. Brunotte. She attended Carmine School and graduated from...
Col. Ret.
Oct 25, 2008
Colonel Austin W. Roberts ret. was born September 13, 1916 in Hockley, Texas and passed away October 25, 2008 in Bryan, Texas. The youngest of three children, Austin was born to Austin and John Alice Binford Roberts, and grew up in Woodland Heights of Houston. He graduated from Reagan High School, where he met his future wife of 62...
Mindy Hightower
Oct 23, 2008
Mindy Jane Hightower, 46, of Brenham, died October 23, 2008 at her residence. Mindy was born in Seoul, Korea on May 8, 1962. Her parents, who preceded her in death, were Johnny Paul and Dolories Hodde Hightower. Mindy was baptized May 11, 1969 in Christ Lutheran Church, and confirmed there on May 29, 1977. She is survived by her...
Lillie Hahn
Oct 23, 2008
Lillie Hahn, 99, of Brenham, passed away October 23, 2008 in Brenham Rest Home. Lillie was born September 14, 1909 in Brenham to Ernest and Rosena Boortz Hahn. She was baptized November 14, 1909 and confirmed April 5, 1925, both at St. John''s Lutheran Church of Prairie Hill. She was educated in the Live Oak Hill School. Survivors include...
Ilene Lueckemeyer
Oct 16, 2008
Ilene Eastep Lueckemeyer, 80, widow of Franklin Lueckemeyer, passed away October 16, 2008 in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center in Brenham. Ilene was born August 21, 1928 to Isack Earl and Virginia Mae Young Eastep in Boston, Arkansas. She was baptized in 1936 in New Baden, Texas in the First Baptist church, and confirmed November 16, 1947 at St. James...
Glennis Tackett
Oct 15, 2008
Glenn was born August 22, 1929 in Wellsville, Ohio to George Harvey and Wilma Leota Hieney Tackett. He was baptized August, 1958 at South Lebanon Nazarene Church in South Lebanon, Ohio. On January 24, 1948, Glenn married Ruth Chatman at Elmwood Nazarene Church in Elmwood, Ohio. Glenn obtained an electrical engineering degree through General Electric and was employed at...
Donna White-Harrington
Oct 10, 2008
Donna J. Hooper White-Harrington passed away on October 10, 2008 in Florida. She was born March 17, 1925 in Childress, Texas to Rufus and Beulah Cannon White. Donna was a Unity minister in Florida before retiring to Brenham. She was a 16 year member of the American Legion Auxiliary in Brenham and a Gold Star mother. She was also...
Beulah Baten
Oct 9, 2008
Beulah Lee Neal Baten, 73, of Burton, wife of T. Keith Baten, passed away October 9, 2008 at her residence. Mrs. Baten was born September 16, 1935 in Conroe, Texas to Johnnie Wilbur Sr. and Della Lola Stanford Neal. She was baptized May 30, 1959 in Central Church of Christ in Houston, TX. On December 6, 1969, she married...
Joan Dannhaus
Oct 8, 2008
Joan Paulette Jahnke Dannhaus, 58, wife of Elroy Dannhaus, passed away October 8, 2008 in Brenham. Mrs. Dannhaus was born February 15, 1950 in Brenham, Texas to Edward Walter and Flora Anna Jaster Jahnke. She was baptized April 16, 1950 in Zion Lutheran Church by Pastor R. J. Weber, and confirmed there on March 22, 1964, also by Pastor...
Shelby Bentke
Oct 5, 2008
Shelby Lynn Smith Bentke, 49, wife of Roger Bentke, passed away October 5, 2008 at her residence, on the bluff in Washington. Shelby was born July 9, 1959, in Dallas, Texas to Anthony James and Janis Olivia Chandler Smith. She was baptized July 19, 1959 in Dallas and confirmed in 1971 at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Houston. On...
Lavern Reuter
Oct 5, 2008
Lavern Wilburn Rabbit John Reuter, 78, husband of Verna May Struck Reuter, passed away October 5, 2008 in Methodist Hospital in Houston. He was born Nov. 4, 1929 in Round Top, Texas to Erwin and Edna Michael Reuter. He was baptized in Round Top and confirmed in Rutersville, Texas. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army, serving...
Lorrayne Pankonien
Oct 1, 2008
Lorrayne Williams Pankonien, 83, of Brenham, wife of Lee Roy Pankonien, passed away Ocotber 1, 2008 in Trinity Medical Center. Mrs. Pankonien was born June 4, 1925 in Fort Worth, Texas to Coleman Jennings Williams and Kyrene Blanton Williams. She was baptized and confirmed in Ft. Worth. She received a B.A. from Baylor University. On June 12, 1948, she...
Robert Doehring
Oct 1, 2008
Robert BobLouis Doehring, 62, of Brenham, husband of Janice Marburger Doehring, passed away October 1, 2008 in the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Hospital in Houston, losing a courageous battle to cancer. Mr. Doehring was born November 9, 1945 in Shiner, Texas to Willie and Bessie Rebecek Doehring. He was educated in the Shiner and Flatonia schools. On November 19,...

