Recent Obituaries

Oct 5, 2007

Charles Charlie Steinfeld, Jr., 75, died Friday, October 5, 2007 at his home. Mr. Steinfeld was born in Brenham on April 6, 1932 to Charles and Lillie Gaskamp Steinfeld. He was baptized May 22, 1932 by Pastor Karl Mueller, and confirmed on March 30, 1947 by Pastor W. C. Poehlmann. On June 28, 1953, he married Gladys Steinbach in...

Oct 2, 2007

Mildred Miller, 85, of Brenham, widow of Jesse J. Miller, died Tuesday, October 2, 2007 in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center. Mrs. Miller was born July 27, 1922 in Lake Arthur, La. Her loving parents were John Shoemake and Louise Langley Shoemake and later her stepmother, Euel Shoemake. She married Jesse Miller on January 2, 1940 in Houston, Texas. Survivors...

Sep 29, 2007

Helen Elizabeth Kenjura, 93, widow of Harry Kenjura, passed away Saturday morning. Helen was born November 14, 1913 to Lottie and Joe Wendjinski in Chappell Hill, Texas. She was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic faith. She married Harry Kenjura January 16, 1933 in Brenham, Texas. Helen was cook for many years at Otto s Café in Brenham and...

Sep 26, 2007

Anthony Charles Scardino was born in Houston, Texas on January 27, 1915 to Charles and Frances Vincer Scardino, the oldest of seven children. He died on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at the age of 92 in the comfort of his home. He was a member of St. Mary s Catholic Church. He married the love of his life, Carrie...

Sep 25, 2007

Olivia Jane Gatewood died Sept. 25, 2007, at Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center in Brenham. Jane was born on December 7, 1908, to Aaron Sherrill, Jr. and Mattie Whitener at the Whitener Ranch homestead near Burton, Texas. She was named after her grandmothers Alice Olivia Trusdel and Martha Jane Quinn Whitener. She attended school in Burton and later graduated from...

Sep 21, 2007

Alice K. Arndt, 85, was born in Mill Creek, Texas to William and Emilie Ludwig Knipstein on December 7, 1921. She passed away peacefully on Friday, September 21, 2007 in Trinity Care Center, Brenham. Alice was baptized and confirmed in Burton in the Lutheran faith. She was married to Leo J. Arndt on January 4, 1945. She worked at...

Sep 20, 2007

Doreen Margie Munson, 80, of Brenham, died Sept. 20, 2007, at her residence. Mrs. Munson was born July 15, 1927, in Rosebud, Texas, to Elo Henry and Dora Bruedigam Werland. She was baptized and confirmed in Rosebud. On Nov. 4, 1966, she was married to Hayden M. Munson in San Antonio, Texas. She was a retired civil service worker/comptroller....

Sep 17, 2007

Cort Edward Costello, 44, of Brenham, died Sept. 17, 2007, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Costello was born Nov. 29, 1962, in Weymoth, Massachusetts, to Timothy Francis and Deanna Pedersen Costello. He served in the U.S. Navy. On May 29, 1997, he was married to Bobbye Dale Taylor in Houston. Mr. Costello was a member of St....

Sep 17, 2007

Chris Fredrick Roberts, 45, of Brenham, died Sept. 14, 2007, at his residence. Mr. Roberts was born May 20, 1962, in Lebanon, Indiana, to Fredrick and Wanda Carol Harpest Roberts. He was formerly employed at Entec Pest Control. Survivors include his brothers, Jeffery and Janice Roberts of Sealy and Bruce Roberts of Brenham; nephews, Jason Roberts of Brookshire and...

Sep 17, 2007

Thomas Abbott Bullock, Sr., age 84, passed away at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham, with his loving family at his side, on September 17, 2007, after a short illness. Tom loved his hometown, Hillsboro, Texas, and persuaded friends and family to go with him for his periodic Hillsboro fixes. Born November 3, 1922, the son of Thomas Austin Bullock...

Sep 16, 2007

Melvin Tiemann, 87, husband of Margaret Tiemann, of Brenham, died September 16, 2007 in Brenham Rest Home. Mr. Tiemann was born February 22, 1920 in Austin County to Fritz and Emilie Loesch Tiemann. He was baptized April 18, 1920 by Rev. H. Poehlmann at St. James Lutheran Church of New Wehdem, and confirmed April 5, 1936 by Rev. R....

Sep 16, 2007

Thomas C. T.C. Clay, III, 83, of Independence, died Sept. 16, 2007, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Clay was born April 4, 1924, in Independence, Texas, to David Jones and Imogene Lyons Clay. He was a graduate of Brenham High School and attended Texas A&M University. Mr. Clay served in the U.S. Navy during World War II....

Sep 14, 2007

Michael Allen Hammack, 53, of Brenham, died Sept. 14, 2007, near Chappell Hill. Mr. Hammack was born Nov. 12, 1954, in Bellville, Austin County, Texas, to Robert Westernman and Geraldine McDaniel Hammack. He was baptized at First Baptist Church of Bellville. He enjoyed camping, fishing, cooking, collecting antiques and watching the Dallas Cowboys and Western movies. Mr. Hammack was...

Sep 11, 2007

Mrs. Edna Rosenbaum Saeger, 91, of Brenham, and the widow of Charles Louis C.L. Saeger, Jr., died Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007 in Trinity Medical Center.

Mrs. Saeger was born July 10, 1916 in Industry, Texas, the daughter of William Rosenbaum and Emma Dippel. She was baptized in Industry and confirmed at Grace Lutheran Church in Brenham by...

Sep 8, 2007

Robert Allen Yaeger, Jr., son of Robert Yaeger and Dollye Baldree, died Saturday, September 8, 2007 at Trinity Medical Center. He was born October 17, 1953 in San Antonio, Texas. He resided at Brenham State School from March 19, 1974 to August 23, 2000, and then resided at D&S Residential Group homes until he passed away. Robert attended Sunday...

Aug 30, 2007

Leona Hohlt Kalbow, 80, of Brenham, died August 30, 2007, at Bluebonnet Hills Care Center in Brenham. Mrs. Kalbow was born April 26, 1927, in the Prairie Hill community of Washington County, Texas, to Edwin F. and Bertha Quebe Hohlt. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John Lutheran Church of Prairie Hill. Mrs. Kalbow attended Prairie Hill and...

Aug 29, 2007

Lanis Blitz Jaeger, 51, of Burton died Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at his home. Mr. Jaeger was born January 12, 1956 in Brenham to Henry, Jr. and Lillie Neumann Jaeger. He was baptized November, 1959 by Pastor Brunotte and confirmed in April, 1970 in Our Savior Lutheran Church of Houston. Mr. Jaeger attended Sam Houston High School in Houston,...

Aug 24, 2007

Douglas Doug John Stepan, 50, of Hempstead, died Aug. 24, 2007, at his residence. Mr. Stepan was born May 29, 1957, in Pasadena, Texas, to Allen John and Dorothy Jeanie Meyer Stepan. On May 24, 1980, he was married to Diana Cone in St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Chappell Hill. Mr. Stepan was a ranch supervisor for Chappell Hill...

Aug 23, 2007

After a courageous fight with breast cancer, Jeannie Ann Massey, 56, of Brenham, went home to her Father on Thursday, August 23, 2007. Mrs. Massey was born July 24, 1951 in Fairfax, Oklahoma to Delmar Francis and Loraine Woods Buxton. She accepted Christ on September 25, 1960 at the First Osage Baptist Church of Fairfax, OK. She attended Fairfax...

Aug 21, 2007

Carl F. Meier, 80, of Burton, died Aug. 21, 2007, in a Columbus nursing home. Mr. Meier was born June 6, 1927, in Burton, to Charles and Mathilda Oevermann Meier. He was baptized July 10, 1927, in St. John s Evangelical Church in Burton by Pastor Adolph Walton and was confirmed March 29, 1942, in St. John s Evangelical...