Recent Obituaries
Margie Reeves
Aug 13, 2007
Margie Ruth Layton Reeves, 83, died Monday, August 13, 2007 in Kruse Memorial Lutheran Village in Brenham. Mrs. Reeves was born August 4, 1924 to Tom and Julia Mae Spence Layton. in Smithville, Texas. She married Eddie Reeves on May-19, whom she met at Camp Swift during WW II. After the war, they moved to San Benito, Tx., before...
Lydia Weinert
Aug 13, 2007
Lydia Meischen Weinert, 85, of Shelby, died Monday, August 13, 2007 at Kruse Memorial Lutheran Village in Brenham. Lydia was born October 30, 1921 in the Shelby area, in Austin County, to Louis and Theresa Eckhoff Meischen. She remained a resident there her entire life. She was baptized into the Lutheran faith on June 25, 1922 and confirmed on...

Fred Ponfick
Aug 12, 2007
Fred Ponfick, 81, died Sunday, August 12, 2007 in Triumph Hospital in Tomball. Mr. Ponfick was born August 6, 1926, in Carmine, Texas to Freida Roemer and Fred Fede Ponfick, sr. He was baptized February 27, 1927 in Carmine and confirmed in St. John s UCC in Burton. He was drafted into the U.S. Army on Nov. 1, 1945...

Floy Bates
Aug 11, 2007
Floy Sybil Bates, 79, of Brenham died August 11, 2007. Mrs. Bates was born January 4, 1928 in Gilmer, Texas to James Sidney and Dollie Mae Moore Bartlett. She was baptized July 8, 1979 at St. Paul Lutheran Church of Rehburg. She was a graduate of Luther Stark High School in Orange, Texas. On December 29, 1945 she married...
James Thomason
Aug 4, 2007
James Neal Thomason, age 87, of Brenham, the husband of Marilyn Maddox Thomason, died August 4th, 2007 at his home following a lengthy illness. Jim Thomason was born March 28th, 1920 in Brownwood Texas to Arthur Neal and Laura Leona Griffin Thomason. He was baptized and attended the Christian Church of Brownwood. He attended Brownwood schools graduating in 1937,...
Joyce Marburger
Aug 2, 2007
Joyce M. Marburger, 68, of Brenham, wife of Henry J. Marburger, died Thursday, August 2, 2007 in St. Joseph Regional Hospital in Bryan. Mrs. Marburger was born November 19, 1938 in Bellville, Texas to Erwin and Hilma Nelius Kaase. She was baptized in the First United Methodist Church of Bellville, and confirmed in St. James Lutheran Church of New...
Myrul Raitz
Jul 28, 2007
Myrul Felix Raitz, 83, of Brenham, passed away Saturday, July 28, 2007 in Oakland Manor Nursing Home in Giddings. Felix was born September 21, 1923 in Hector, Minnesota to Levi and Alice Schwartz Raitz. He attended Bird Island High School in Minnesota. On April 20, 1985 he married Laura Schulz Raitz in Our Savior Lutheran Church of Houston. Mr....
Robert Holtkamp
Jul 28, 2007
Robert W. Holtkamp, 79, of Brenham, died Saturday, July 28, 2007 in Trinity Medical Center. Mr. Holtkamp was born January 31, 1928 in White Hall, Grimes County to Charles and Lena Finke Holtkamp. He was baptized in Salem Lutheran Church of White Hall, and confirmed in Bethlehem Lutheran Church of William Penn by the Rev. C. J. Appel. He...

Melvin Dahmann
Jul 21, 2007
Melvin Dahmann, 83, of Brenham died Saturday, July 21, 2007 in Trinity Medical Center. Mr. Dahmann was born June 13, 1924 in the William Penn community of Washington County to Will and Augusta Engel Dahmann. He was baptized and confirmed in Bethlehem Lutheran Church of William Penn. Mr. Dahmann retired from Brenham Broom and Mop in 1993, where he...
Ruth Schneider
Jul 20, 2007
Ruth Tootsie Marth Etzel Schneider, 77, of Carmine, died July 20, 2007, in a Tomball hospital. Mrs. Schneider was born Jan. 11, 1930, in Carmine, Texas, to Reinhard J. and Anita Oberrender Marth. On April 20, 1930, she was baptized in Martin Luther Lutheran Church of Carmine by Pastor Henry Brunotte, and on Feb. 7, 1944, she was confirmed...
Carl Schlottmann
Jul 18, 2007
Carl Andrew Schlottmann, 88, of Brenham, the husband of Bonnie Jean Schlottmann, died July 18, 2007 at his residence. Mr. Schlottmann was born April 16, 1919 in Temple, TX to Charles and Anna Kappler Schlottmann. He was baptized and confirmed in St. Paul s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brenham. He was a 1937 graduate of Brenham High School and...

Vernita Lehmann
Jul 12, 2007
Vernita Dora Lehmann, 89, of Brenham, died July 12, 2007, at Bluebonnet Hills Care Center in Brenham. Miss Lehmann was born February 4, 1918, in the Salem community of Washington County, Texas, to Herman A. and Meta Schawe Lehmann. She was baptized April 21, 1918 in Salem Lutheran Church of Salem by Rev. Mgebroff and was confirmed March 20,...

Emma Johnson
Jul 7, 2007
Emma Beth Webster Johnson, known to family and friends as Betty, died in her home on July 7, 2007 at the age of 92. She was predeceased by her parents, J. Grant and Emma Hubener Webster; one brother, J. Grant Webster, and her beloved husband of 56 years, Donald N. Johnson. Private graveside services will be held at Mart...

John Steinbach
Jul 2, 2007
John Edward Steinbach, 61, of Brenham, died Saturday, June 30, 2007, at the family residence. John was born in Houston, Texas at St. Joseph s Hospital on March 14, 1946, the youngest child of Elsa Kolwes Steinbach and Herbert Louis Steinbach, MD, of Brenham, Texas. He was raised in Brenham and graduated from Brenham High School with honors. He...
Viola Ullrich
Jun 27, 2007
Viola Emma Ullrich, 100, of Brenham, formerly of Carmine, widow of Arthur H. Ullrich, died June 27, 2007 in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center. Mrs. Ullrich was born June 26, 1907 in Greenvine, Texas to Ernest and Ida Renck Braun. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. Mrs. Ullrich was educated in the Hills and Round Top schools....
Herbert Ullrich
Jun 26, 2007
Herbert Albert Ullrich, 90, of Brenham, died June 26, 2007, at Bluebonnet Hills Care Center in Brenham. Mr. Ullrich was born Feb. 24, 1917, in the Shelby community of Austin County, Texas, to Frank and Minna Helweg Ullrich. He was baptized and confirmed in St. Paul Lutheran Church of Shelby. Mr. Ullrich served in the U.S. Army during World...

Lillian Miller
Jun 26, 2007
Lillian Miller, 78, of Brenham, died June 26, 2007, at Bluebonnet Hills Care Center in Brenham. Mrs. Miller was born Dec. 5, 1928, in Brenham, Texas, to Fritz and Ida Albrecht Schroeder. She was baptized in St. Paul s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brenham and attended Washington County schools. On May 17, 1947, she was married to Herbert J....

Jackie Mckeown
Jun 25, 2007
Jackie McKeown, 74, of Brenham died June 25, 2007 in Trinity Medical Center. Mr. McKeown was born July 18, 1932 in Brenham to Wheeler and Betty Fisher McKeown. He was in the ranching business. Survivors include daughter and son-in-law Eula Monares and Larry Smith of Brenham and son Gary Miller and friend Sally Andrews of Humble; sister Billie Jean...
James Wiesepape
Jun 24, 2007
James Herbert Wiesepape, 73, of Brenham, passed away on Sunday, June 24, 2007, in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan. James was born August 20, 1933, to Herbert and Ella Blasé Wiesepape at their Sandy Hill home. He was baptized September 17, 1933 in St. Matthew Lutheran Church of Sandy Hill and confirmed in 1947 in Immanuel Lutheran...