Recent Obituaries
Evelyn Broecker
Dec 30, 2006
Evelyn Rathke Broecker, 90, of Brenham and for the past several years, a resident of the Brenham Rest Home, died Saturday, December 30, 2006, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Broecker was born July 6, 1916, in the Welcome Community, Austin, County, Texas, to Gustav and Emma Albrecht Rathke. She was baptized October 6, 1916, at Salem Lutheran...
Joe Renn
Dec 28, 2006
Joe E. Renn, 77, of Washington and the husband of Patricia Renn passed away Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006 at Grimes-St. Joseph Health Center in Navasota. Mr. Renn was born in Washington, Texas on the family farm on November 4, 1929 to Joe F. and Cordelia Bosse Renn. He attended Washington schools and was a graduate of Navasota High School...
Gladys Krause
Dec 27, 2006
Gladys Heckmann Krause, 89, of Brenham, died Dec. 27, 2006, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Krause was born Dec. 20, 1917, in Gay Hill, Washington County, Texas, to Rudolph and Malinde Bohne Heckmann. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter s Lutheran Church of Gay Hill and was educated in the Gay Hill School. On May...
Henry Bredthauer Jr
Dec 25, 2006
Henry JR Bredthauer, 90, of Burton, died December 25, 2006 at St. Joseph Regional Center in Bryan. Mr. Bredthauer was born in Burton on January 7, 1916 to Henry & Minnie Black Bredthauer. He attended Burton schools. On October 30, 1938, he was married to Evelyn Hauck, by the Rev. Ed Lampe. He was a rancher. He was a...
Sharon Gross
Dec 25, 2006
Sharon Marie Gross, 49, of Brenham died December 25, 2006 at her residence. She was born December 31, 1956 in Chula Vista, California to Leslie Ward & Elaine Elizabeth Parr Butts. Sharon was baptized at the Church of Christ in La Grange. On December 17, 1976 she married James David Gross at the Church of Christ in Stafford. They...
Mary Mertins
Dec 23, 2006
Mary Frances Templin Mertins, 76, of Pasadena, died December 23, 2006, at Kindred Bay Area Hospital in Pasadena, Texas. Mrs. Mertins was born November 14, 1930, in Tenaha, Texas, to John E. and Mary E. Robertson Templin. She was married to Harlin Mertins on July 27, 1951 in St. John Lutheran Church of Houston. Survivors include her daughters, Helen...
Melvin Dannhaus
Dec 20, 2006
Melvin H. Dannhaus, 88, of Brenham, passed away December 20, 2006, at Brenham Rest Home. Mr. Dannhaus was born January 27, 1918, in the New Wehdem community of Washington County, Texas, to Theodore and Emma Koester Dannhaus. He was baptized March 31, 1918, in St. James Lutheran Church of New Wehdem and was confirmed on April 9, 1933, in...
Melvin Dannhaus
Dec 20, 2006
Melvin H. Dannhaus, 88, of Brenham, passed away December 20, 2006, at Brenham Rest Home. Mr. Dannhaus was born January 27, 1918, in the New Wehdem community of Washington County, Texas, to Theodore and Emma Koester Dannhaus. He was baptized March 31, 1918, in St. James Lutheran Church of New Wehdem and was confirmed on April 9, 1933, in...
Mary Delurgio
Dec 20, 2006
Mary Virginia Dollard DeLurgio, 87 of Brenham died December 20, 2006 at Trinity Medical Center. She was born November 21, 1919 in St. Louis, Missouri to Edward & Genevieve Carey Dollard. Survivors include her husband Frank Delurgio of Brenham, son, Charles DeLurgio of Hempstead, and grandson Frank DeLurgio of Bellville. Visitation will be from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m....
Florence Stegent
Dec 18, 2006
Florence Dekowski Stegent went peacefully to be with the Lord on Monday, December 18, 2006, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was born May 4, 1921 in Chappell Hill, Texas to John and Julia Pawlawski Dekowski. The past several years she and her husband Johnnie have been residents of Trinity Care Center in Brenham. Florence was...
Sheila Wessinger
Dec 16, 2006
Sheila Carlene Wessinger, 50, of Houston, died Dec. 16, 2006, at Methodist Hospital in Houston. Ms. Wessinger was born July 18, 1956, in Brenham, to Herman and Frances Pennington Wessinger. She was a medical insurance coding supervisor and loved and enjoyed her family and friends very much. Survivors include her sister and brother-in-law, Brenda and Charlie Tallerine of Industry;...
Emilia Strang
Dec 13, 2006
Emilia M. Strang, 76, of Brenham, died Dec. 13, 2006, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Strang was born Jan. 26, 1930, in East Houston, Texas, to Andrew Sr. and Adela Rod Montemayor. On Jan. 23, 1951, she was married to Harold D. Strang, Sr. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church of Wiedeville and the American...
Elberta Fuchs
Dec 10, 2006
Elberta Matilda Hahn Fuchs, 78, of Brenham, died Sunday in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. She was born February 26, 1928 in Prairie Hill, Texas, to Rudolph and Esther Boortz Hahn. She was baptized May 20, 1928 in Evangelical Lutheran Church in Prairie Hill, Texas by Pastor P. Gogolin. She was confirmed on April 18, 1943 in Evangelical Lutheran...
Lloyd Saunders, Jr.
Dec 9, 2006
Lloyd Erskine Saunders, Jr., 58, of Burton, died Dec. 9, 2006, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Lloyd was born July 27, 1948, in Cotulla, LaSalle County, Texas, to Lloyd Erskine Sr. and Mattie Belle Franklin Saunders. He was a graduate of Southwest Texas Junior College of Uvalde and Ranch Management School of Kansas. On May 19, 1974, he...
Robert Petty
Dec 6, 2006
Robert Jean Bob Petty, 84, of Brenham, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2006. He was born Sept. 12, 1922 in Dallas to George Wyatt and Jessie Josephine Monchein Petty. Mr. Petty was employed by Gulf Oil in Houston and New Orleans, having retired in 1982 after 39 years of service. He was a veteran of World War II, serving...
Joyce West
Dec 4, 2006
Joyce Flourine Heller West, 83, of Brenham, died Dec. 4, 2006, at Bluebonnet Hills Care Center in Brenham, Texas Mrs. West was born Aug. 17, 1923 in Cleveland, OH, the daughter of Leon T. and Eva Troup Heller. She was baptized on April 15, 1938 at Brooklyn Memorial Methodist Church in Cleveland, OH. Mrs. West attended public schools in...
Joyce West
Dec 4, 2006
Joyce Floriene Heller West, 83, of Brenham, died Dec. 4, 2006, at Bluebonnet Hills Care Center in Brenham, Texas Mrs. West was born Aug. 17, 1923 in Cleveland, OH, the daughter of Leon T. and Eva Troup Heller. She was baptized on April 15, 1938 at Brooklyn Memorial Methodist Church in Cleveland, OH. Mrs. West attended public schools in...
Kim Summar
Dec 3, 2006
Kim Elizabeth Summar, 50, of Brenham, died Dec. 3, 2006, at her residence. Mrs. Summar was born Feb. 7, 1956, in Wyandotte, Michigan, to Robert Louis and Ruth Elizabeth St. Lawrence Robertson. On Nov. 30, 1990, she was married to Rusty Summar. Mrs. Summar was a member of First Baptist Church of Brenham and the Tuesday Morning Precept Bible...
Edgar Schmidt
Dec 3, 2006
Edgar Herman Schmidt, 92, of Round Top, died Dec. 3, 2006, at Trinity Care Center in Brenham. Mr. Schmidt was born Jan. 20, 1914, in Oldenberg, Texas, to Benno A. and Johanna Ann Krueger Schmidt. He was baptized at home in Round Top and was confirmed at Friendship Church. He attended Oldenberg School. On June 1, 1941, he was...
Martha Wilkening
Dec 3, 2006
Martha Louise Wilkening passed away on Dec. 3, 2006, at Trinity Care Center after a long battle with heart disease. God touched her and called her home where her precious spirit now dwells. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Quinn; three daughters, Martha Jean, June and Joan Wilkening; and her two brothers, Garfield and Grant...
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