Recent Obituaries
Walter Mertins
Jun 2, 2007
Walter Ducky Mertins, 92, of Brenham, died Saturday, June 2, 2007, at Trinity Care Center in Brenham. Mr. Mertins was born June 20, 1914 in the William Penn Community, Washington County, Texas, to Herman and Alvina Marzhan Mertins. He was baptized in the Christian faith on July 6, 1914, Rev. J. H. Iverson, and confirmed on March 31, 1929...
James Reimer
Jun 2, 2007
James Paul Reimer, 66, best known to friends as Pennie or Speedy, died Saturday, June 2, 2007 in Rocksprings, Texas. Mr. Reimer was born February 12, 1941, in the Gay Hill Community, Washington County, Texas, to Paul and Ella Gaskamp Reimer. He was baptized March 23, 1941 in St. Peter s Lutheran Church of Gay Hill by Pastor John...

Charlie Smith
May 29, 2007
Charlie SMith, 65, of Brenham, died May 29, 2007. He was born in Orange, Texas on March 27, 1942 to Hugh and Alma Jefferson Smith, who have preceded him in death. He is survived by a sister, Nevia Lewis of Orange. Funeral services for Charlie Smith will be held Friday, June 1, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. at Brenham State...

Viola Goetz
May 26, 2007
Viola Lehrmann Goetz, 81, of Brenham, died Saturday, May 26, 2007, at Kruse Memorial Lutheran Village in Brenham. Mrs. Goetz was born November 19, 1925, in the Prairie Hill Community, Washington County, Texas, to William and Mary Enax Lehrmann. She was baptized and confirmed in St. John Lutheran Church of Prairie Hill. Mrs. Goetz graduated from Brenham High School...

Aletha Engel
May 26, 2007
Aletha Look Engel August 25, 1924 May 26, 2007 Aletha Look Engel, 82, of Brenham, and a former resident of Somerville, passed away at her home on Saturday, May 26, 2007. She was born August 25, 1924 in Somerville, the daughter of Charlie B. and May Lyon Look. She earned her bachelor degree from Sam Houston University in Huntsville...
Monte Estes
May 24, 2007
Monte R. Estes, 82, of Brenham, died May 24, 2007 at his residence. Mr. Estes was born October 20, 1924 in San Antonio, Texas to Ed and Lucille Barner Estes. He was married to Evelyn Weyerts on April 10, 1947 in Sabnial, Texas. Mr. Estes served in the Navy during World War II in the Pacific Theater. He was...
Jo Walker
May 20, 2007
Jo Ann Walker, 71, of Brenham, the widow of Charles W. Brymer, died Sunday at her residence in Brenham. Mrs. Walker was born February 25, 1936 in Caldwell, Texas, to Julian Marcus and Nellie Mae McGuire Clepper, She was baptized in the Heights Baptist Church in Houston, Texas. On August 16, 1952, she was married to Charles W. Brymer....
Edwin Harmel
May 20, 2007
Edwin Harmel, 99, of Brenham, died May 20, 2007, at Kruse Memorial Lutheran Village in Brenham. Mr. Harmel was born Feb. 11, 1908, in Burton, Washington County, Texas, to Fritz and Nora Korthauer Harmel. He was baptized March 22, 1908, in St. Paul Lutheran Church of Rehburg by Pastor John Meyer and was confirmed Sept. 24, 1922, in the...
Lawrence Kiel
May 18, 2007
Lawrence William Kiel, 85, of Round Top, the husband of Ileen Kiel, died Friday, May 18, 2007, at Trinity Care Center in Brenham. Mr. Kiel was born July 9, 1921, in Carmine, Texas, to Otto C. and Donie Dippel Kiel. He was baptized on October 30, 1921 by Pastor Carl Baer in parents home, and was confirmed on September...

Cuc Tran
May 17, 2007
Cuc Thu Tran, 84, of Brenham, died May 17, 2007, in West Houston Medical Center in Houston. Mrs. Tran was born Nov. 10, 1922, in Quang Tri, Vietnam. Survivors include three sons and daughters-in-law, Loc Duong and Duy Anh of Australia, Minh Duong and Ha Phan of Houston and Dung Duong and Diane Dang of Houston; one daughter and...

Dawn Coghlan
May 12, 2007
Dawn L. Coghlan, 64, of Brenham, wife of Robert C. Bob Coghlan, Jr. died Saturday, May 12 at the family residence in Brenham. Mrs. Coghlan was born August 19, 1942, in Mineral, Texas, to Paul H. and Myrle L. Page Looney. She attended Pettus High School in Pettus, TX and the Blinn Junior College Nursing School in Brenham. On...

Michelle Shah
May 10, 2007
Michelle Katie Shah, 19, of Somerville, died May 10, 2007, near Brenham. Miss Shah was born Dec. 30, 1987, in Brenham, to Manzoor H. Shah and Mary E. Conner. She was employed as a nurse s aide at Brenham Rest Home and loved working with residents. Her goal was to be a nurse for she loved helping people. She...

Elvis Jaster
May 9, 2007
Elvis F. Jaster, 85, of Brenham, died Wednesday, May 9, 2007 in Trinity Medical Center. Mr. Jaster was born October 6, 1921 in Fayette County, Texas to Fritz R. and Alma Plueckhahn Jaster. He was baptized April 22, 1922 in Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Round Top, and confirmed September 29, 1935, also at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Round Top....
William Rothermel
May 8, 2007
On Tuesday, May 8th our beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather and Friend, William Adolph Rothermel, 84, was called to his Heavenly home. He was born May 18, 1922 in Burton, Texas, the son of Bailleux E. and Nathalie Ponfick Rothermel. He attended Burton Public School and Brenham High School before joining the military service in World War II. He served...
Kathleen Smith
May 7, 2007
Kathleen R. Smith, 58, of Brenham, widow of Stephen A. Smith, died Monday, May 7, 2007 at her residence. Mrs. Smith was born March 23, 1949 in Fort Worth to Elton and Dorothy Brown Robinson. She attended New Braunfels area schools and later Southwest Texas University. On February 1, 1969, she married Stephen A. Smith in First Baptist Church...
Olita Prenzler
May 7, 2007
Olita Matthies Prenzler, 92 of Brenham, widow of Louis "L. C." Prenzler, died Monday, May 7, 2007, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Olita Prenzler was born October 19, 1914, in La Bahia, Washington County, Texas to Ernest and Ida Krause Matthies. She was baptized March 2, 1915, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Greenvine, and confirmed in the same...

Clemens Pribilski
May 4, 2007
Mr. Clemens C. Pribilski, 73, of Brenham died Friday, May 4, 2007 at his residence. Mr. Pribilski was born April 3, 1934 in the Wesley Community, Austin County, Texas to Frank Chester Pribilski and Valeria Clara Koniecnzy Pribilski. He was baptized at St. Mary s Catholic Church in Brenham, and later confirmed at St. Mary s Catholic Church. He...

Maggie Jankowski
May 2, 2007
Maggie M. Jankowski, 90, of Brenham, died May 2, 2007 in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Jankowski was born May 11, 1916 in Chappell Hill, Texas to William John and Pearl Wozniak Kubeczka. She was baptized and later confirmed at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Chappell Hill. On October 25, 1947, she married Stanley Ike Jankowski at St....

Donald Julian
May 1, 2007
Donald Ray Julian, 80, husband of Florence Lidstone Julian, died at the family residence in Brenham on May 1, 2007. Mr. Julian was born August 11, 1926 in Canton, Ohio, to Ovid Chris and Lura Olive Eller Julian. On December 8, 1978, he was married to Florence Lidstone in Akron, Ohio. Mr. Julian was a real estate broker. He...
Agnes Smith
Apr 30, 2007
Agnes Marie Smith, 83, of Brenham, died Monday, April 30, 2007 at Trinity Care Center. Mrs. Smith was born September 26, 1924 in Bay City, Texas to Ezra Allen Wycoff and Ruby Pearl Williams Wycoff. On January 10, 1944, she was married to Lavohn H. Red Smith. Mrs. Smith retired from Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. She was a member...