Recent Obituaries
Leona Boenker
Nov 16, 2007
Leona W. Boenker, 95, of Brenham, widow of Albert Weiss and Gerhardt Boenker, passed away Friday, November 16, 2007 in Trinity Medical Center. Mrs. Boenker was born May 11, 1912 in Welcome, Texas to William and Minnie Frier Gaskamp. She was baptized and confirmed in Salem Lutheran Church of Welcome. On October 15, 1932 she was married to Albert...
Darrell Bayer
Nov 14, 2007
Darrell Wade Bayer, 45, of Brenham, died Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at his residence. Mr. Bayer was born in Houston on April 8, 1962 to Virgil and Joyce Hackemack Bayer. He was baptized in Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Round Top, and confirmed in Zion Lutheran Church of Houston. Mr. Bayer was a 1980 graduate of Waltrip High School in...
Anthony Bertolino
Nov 12, 2007
Anthony Tony Bertolino, 41, of Brenham, died Monday, November 12, 2007 in the Brenham State School. Mr. Bertolino was born October 14, 1966 in Galveston, Texas to Edward and Lynn Golias Bertolino. He is survived by his parents, Eddie Bertolino of League City and Lynn Gamblin of Houston. Funeral services for Anthony Tony Bertolino were held Thursday, November 15,...
Otto Schulte
Nov 9, 2007
Otto John Fred Schulte, 89, of Brenham, widower of Helen Louise Look Schulte, died November 9, 2007 in Triumph First Colony Hospital in Sugar Land, Texas. Mr. Schulte was born Feb. 7, 1918 in Brenham, Texas to Otto and Josephine Dietz Schulte. He was a graduate of Brenham High School and Texas A&M University, Class of 1939. Mr. Schulte...
August Lampe
Nov 8, 2007
August Lampe, 89, of Brenham, widower of Lydia Hegefeld Lampe, died Thursday, November 8, 2007 in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center in Brenham. Mr. Lampe was born in William Penn, Texas on November 15, 1917 to Charles and Emma Engel Lampe. He was baptized December 25, 1917 in Bethlehem Lutheran Church of William Penn by Rev. Bohat, and confirmed on...
Lillie Neutzler
Nov 8, 2007
Lillie Neutzler, 87, of Brenham, wife of Elmer Neutzler, died Thursday, November 8, 2007 in Bluebonnet Hillls Care Center. Mrs. Neutzler was born October 17, 1920 in Prairie Hill, Texas to Fritz Pape and Emma Tockhorn Pape. She was baptized November 28, 1920 at St. John Lutheran Church of Prairie Hill by Rev. Apfelbach, and confirmed April 14, 1935...
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...

