Recent Obituaries

Martha Kaechler
Mar 7, 2007
Martha Sophie Heckmann Kaechler, 81, of Brenham, died March 7, 2007, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Kaechler was born Oct. 17, 1925, in Sandy Hill, Washington County, Texas, to Emil and Alvina Hofschneider Heckmann. She was baptized and confirmed in St. Matthew Lutheran Church of Sandy Hill and attended Sandy Hill School. On Dec. 28, 1947, she...

Jacob Merkel
Mar 6, 2007
Jacob Merkel, 88, of Brenham, died March 6, 2007, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Merkel was born May 11, 1918, in Woodville, TX, to Jacob Joseph and Emma Arndt Merkel. He served in the U.S. Army. On Aug. 24, 1940, he was married to Lorena Alma Hartfield at Warrenton, TX. After receiving an honorable discharge from the...

Kendrick Telford
Mar 6, 2007
Kendrick Lee Telford, 60, of Houston, died March 6, 2007, at his residence. Mr. Telford was born Dec. 17, 1946, in Charlotte, North Carolina, to William and Eloise Wheeler Telford. He was a graduate of Lamar High School in Houston and earned two master''s degrees from the University of Texas. Mr. Telford was a self-employed banking consultant. Survivors include...

Helen Emshoff
Mar 6, 2007
Helen Marie Kieke Emshoff, 80, of Brenham, died March 6, 2007, in Scott and White Hospital in Temple. Mrs. Emshoff was born January 26, 1927, in Thrall, Williamson County, Texas, to Alvin R. and Frieda Sommerfeld Kieke. She was baptized April 17, 1927 in Thrall and was confirmed March 29, 1942, in St. John s Evangelical and Reformed Church...
Elizabeth Witte
Mar 3, 2007
Elizabeth Gaither Witte, a Texas City resident and First Baptist Church member for over six decades, passed Saturday afternoon, March 3, 2007, at Trinity Care Center in Brenham, Texas. She was 97. Elizabeth was born June 24, 1909, in Merkel, Texas, the second of six children of John Duskin and Lola Gaither. She grew up in El Paso, and...
Lucretia Loflin
Feb 24, 2007
LUCRETIA MCCURLEY LOFLIN Lucretia was born June 22, 1926 to L.E. and Mae McCurley. She passed away Saturday, February 24, 2007 at Gazebo Terrace. She was baptized at an early age and knew Christ as her Savior. On July 8, 1944 she married Robert L. Bob Loflin, Jr. To this union, two children were born, Robert L. Loflin, III...

Dat Le
Feb 24, 2007
Dat Ba Le, 69, of Brenham, died Feb. 24, 2007, at his residence. Mr. Le was born Dec. 4, 1938, in Saigon, Vietnam, to Sai Van Le and Khuon Thi Nguyen. He served in the Vietnamese Air Force and was a die cutting operator at Mount Vernon Mills. Survivors include his wife, Huynh Thi Le of Brenham; two sons,...

Elsie Meyer
Feb 22, 2007
Elsie E. Schultz Meyer, 89, of New Ulm, died Feb. 22, 2007, at her residence. Mrs. Meyer was born Sept. 24, 1917, in Austin County, Texas, to John and Annie Baca Schultz. On Nov. 18, 1937, she was married to Ben F. Meyer in Salem Lutheran Church of Salem. Mrs. Meyer was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church...

Edgar May
Feb 21, 2007
Edgar James May, 80, of Bellville, died Feb. 21, 2007, in Waller. Mr. May was born March 12, 1926, in Lyons, Kansas, to Roy Wallace and Amy Stoughton May. He was baptized and confirmed in 1954 in Hutchinson, Kansas and was a graduate of Hutchinson High School. Mr. May served his country in the Navy during World War II....
Leonita Kramer
Feb 19, 2007
Leonita Elizabeth Kramer, 87, of Brenham, died Feb. 19, 2007, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Kramer was born Jan. 8, 1920, in Damon, Texas, to Leo and Lina Bartram Hartfield. She was baptized May 23, 1920, in Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Needville by Rev. Karl Merkel and was confirmed Sept. 16, 1934, in the Evangelical Lutheran Church...

David Mooney
Feb 18, 2007
David Wren Mooney, 66, of Frelsburg, died Feb. 18, 2007, at St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan. Mr. Mooney was born Sept. 24, 1940, in Bryan, Texas, to Albert Devon and Dorothy Juanita Wren Mooney. He was a graduate of Stephen F. Austin High School in Bryan, where he played baseball and the team won the state championship....

Edna Lehmann
Feb 17, 2007
Edna Kramer Lehmann, 89, of Brenham, died Feb. 17, 2007, at her residence. Mrs. Lehmann was born Jan. 2, 1918, in Brenham, Washington County, Texas, to Fritz and Lena Ellerman Kramer. She was baptized and confirmed in St. John Lutheran Church of Prairie Hill and attended Prairie Hill School. On Nov. 19, 1939, she was married to Walter W....

Avalon Hines
Feb 15, 2007
Avalon Hine Hines, 87, a resident of New Ulm, Texas and formerly of Houston, Texas, died February 15, 2007, in the Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Hines was born January 25, 1920, in Boone County, Whitestown, Indiana to Ella Isenhour Hine and Otto Arthur Hine. On August 19, 1937, she was married to Dr. Norman Dee Hines in...
Jimmie Hahn, Sr.
Feb 14, 2007
Jimmie Hahn, Sr., 89, of Brenham, died Feb. 14, 2007, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Hahn was born July 27, 1917, in Prairie Hill, Texas, to Michael and Emma Herrmann Hahn. He attended Gay Hill and Prairie Hill schools. He was baptized in St. John Lutheran Church on Oct. 26, 1917 and was later confirmed on May...

Johnnie Stegent
Feb 14, 2007
Johnnie M. Stegent went peacefully to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 surrounded by his loving family in Trinity Medical Center. He was born October 31, 1918 in Brenham, Texas to John and Clara Meschwitz Stegent. The past several years he had been a resident of Trinity Care Center in Brenham. Johnnie was preceded in death...
James Willms
Feb 9, 2007
James H. Willms, 60, of Brenham, died Feb. 9, 2007, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Willms was born July 22, 1946, in Cudahy, Wisconsin, to George Martin and Alta Heider Willms. He was a graduate of McCallum High Shool in Austin and attended TSTI. Serving his country in the Army during the Vietnam War, Mr. Willms was...

Thomas Cloud, Jr.
Feb 5, 2007
Thomas Frank Cloud, Jr., 95, of Chappell Hill, died Feb. 5, 2007, in College Station Medical Center. Mr. Cloud was born Sept. 10, 1911, in Rogers, Texas, to Thomas Frank Sr. and Mollie C. Frazier Cloud. He was a graduate of Southwest Texas State University and received his PhD from the University of Houston. On Aug. 9, 1931, he...
Debra Purcell
Feb 2, 2007
Debra Ann Crolley Purcell passed away at 5:10 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 2, 2007, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham, Texas. She was born in Dayton, Liberty County, Texas, on Feb. 5, 1957, to William G. Crolley and Linda Crolley. She graduated from Edna High School and attended Victoria College. Debbie worked for the City of Burton as a...

Linda Faithauer
Jan 31, 2007
Linda Mae Hodde Faithauer, 79, of Brenham, died Jan. 31, 2007, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Faithauer was born Oct. 16, 1927, in Brenham to Willie and Rosa Finke Hodde. She was baptized Nov. 27, 1927 at St. John Lutheran Church of Prairie Hill and was confirmed April 6, 1941 in the same church. Mrs. Faithauer attended...