Recent Obituaries
Lillian Harper
Aug 20, 2007
Lillian Evelyn Lankford Harper fondly known to her friends as Dee , 87, of College Station, died August 20, 2007 in College Station Medical Center. Mrs. Harper was born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri on March 19, 1920 to Walter Bertram and Clara Fern Johnson Lankford. She attended business college in Chillicothe, Missouri. On February 16, 1940 she married Rayburn...
Edna Bray
Aug 18, 2007
Edna Mae Hilton Bray was born Jan. 18, 1918 in Simonton, Texas. She was baptized at St. John s United Church of Christ in Houston, Texas. She married Winfred V. Bray on December 6, 1937 in Houston, Texas. Edna was preceded in death by her husband and her parents. She is survived by three children: daughter, Geraldine Kinser of...
Dorothy Tillman
Aug 18, 2007
Dorothy Ann Knolle Routt Tillman passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 18, 2007 at her family home in Brenham, Texas at the age of 79 years. Dorothy Ann was born December 30, 1927 in Brenham to the late Dr. Waldo Austin and Lillian Mae Navratil Knolle. She was baptized, confirmed, and a member of the First United Methodist Church...
Jesse Stainer
Aug 18, 2007
Jesse Ray Stainer, 71, of Carmine, the husband of Vera Joyce Jones Stainer, died Saturday morning at his family residence. Mr. Stainer was born October 5, 1935, in Baytown, Harrris County, TX the son of Jesse John and Ida Caroline Sjoldander Stainer. He was a welder for Brown & Root for 25 years. He was a member of Martin...
Floyd Sommer
Aug 15, 2007
Floyd Fred Sommer, son of the late Fred C. Sommer and Hattie Pohlmeyer Sommer, died Wednesday, August 15, 2007. He was born on January 16, 1928, and was baptized by the Rev. C.J. Appel on February 19, 1928, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, William Penn. He was confirmed at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Sandy Hill on May 26, 1940, by...
William Telford
Aug 14, 2007
William Welsh Telford, 88, of Brenham, died Tuesday, August 14, 2007 in Trinity Medical Center. Mr. Telford was born March 29, 1919 in Clio, South Carolina to Johnson Lee and Henrietta Welsh Telford. He attended Davidson College in North Carolina. On October 6, 1945, he married Eloise Wheeler in Los Angeles, California. Mr. Telford served in the U.S. Navy...
Margie Reeves
Aug 13, 2007
Margie Ruth Layton Reeves, 83, died Monday, August 13, 2007 in Kruse Memorial Lutheran Village in Brenham. Mrs. Reeves was born August 4, 1924 to Tom and Julia Mae Spence Layton. in Smithville, Texas. She married Eddie Reeves on May-19, whom she met at Camp Swift during WW II. After the war, they moved to San Benito, Tx., before...
Lydia Weinert
Aug 13, 2007
Lydia Meischen Weinert, 85, of Shelby, died Monday, August 13, 2007 at Kruse Memorial Lutheran Village in Brenham. Lydia was born October 30, 1921 in the Shelby area, in Austin County, to Louis and Theresa Eckhoff Meischen. She remained a resident there her entire life. She was baptized into the Lutheran faith on June 25, 1922 and confirmed on...
Fred Ponfick
Aug 12, 2007
Fred Ponfick, 81, died Sunday, August 12, 2007 in Triumph Hospital in Tomball. Mr. Ponfick was born August 6, 1926, in Carmine, Texas to Freida Roemer and Fred Fede Ponfick, sr. He was baptized February 27, 1927 in Carmine and confirmed in St. John s UCC in Burton. He was drafted into the U.S. Army on Nov. 1, 1945...
Floy Bates
Aug 11, 2007
Floy Sybil Bates, 79, of Brenham died August 11, 2007. Mrs. Bates was born January 4, 1928 in Gilmer, Texas to James Sidney and Dollie Mae Moore Bartlett. She was baptized July 8, 1979 at St. Paul Lutheran Church of Rehburg. She was a graduate of Luther Stark High School in Orange, Texas. On December 29, 1945 she married...
James Thomason
Aug 4, 2007
James Neal Thomason, age 87, of Brenham, the husband of Marilyn Maddox Thomason, died August 4th, 2007 at his home following a lengthy illness. Jim Thomason was born March 28th, 1920 in Brownwood Texas to Arthur Neal and Laura Leona Griffin Thomason. He was baptized and attended the Christian Church of Brownwood. He attended Brownwood schools graduating in 1937,...
Joyce Marburger
Aug 2, 2007
Joyce M. Marburger, 68, of Brenham, wife of Henry J. Marburger, died Thursday, August 2, 2007 in St. Joseph Regional Hospital in Bryan. Mrs. Marburger was born November 19, 1938 in Bellville, Texas to Erwin and Hilma Nelius Kaase. She was baptized in the First United Methodist Church of Bellville, and confirmed in St. James Lutheran Church of New...
Myrul Raitz
Jul 28, 2007
Myrul Felix Raitz, 83, of Brenham, passed away Saturday, July 28, 2007 in Oakland Manor Nursing Home in Giddings. Felix was born September 21, 1923 in Hector, Minnesota to Levi and Alice Schwartz Raitz. He attended Bird Island High School in Minnesota. On April 20, 1985 he married Laura Schulz Raitz in Our Savior Lutheran Church of Houston. Mr....
Robert Holtkamp
Jul 28, 2007
Robert W. Holtkamp, 79, of Brenham, died Saturday, July 28, 2007 in Trinity Medical Center. Mr. Holtkamp was born January 31, 1928 in White Hall, Grimes County to Charles and Lena Finke Holtkamp. He was baptized in Salem Lutheran Church of White Hall, and confirmed in Bethlehem Lutheran Church of William Penn by the Rev. C. J. Appel. He...
Melvin Dahmann
Jul 21, 2007
Melvin Dahmann, 83, of Brenham died Saturday, July 21, 2007 in Trinity Medical Center. Mr. Dahmann was born June 13, 1924 in the William Penn community of Washington County to Will and Augusta Engel Dahmann. He was baptized and confirmed in Bethlehem Lutheran Church of William Penn. Mr. Dahmann retired from Brenham Broom and Mop in 1993, where he...
Ruth Schneider
Jul 20, 2007
Ruth Tootsie Marth Etzel Schneider, 77, of Carmine, died July 20, 2007, in a Tomball hospital. Mrs. Schneider was born Jan. 11, 1930, in Carmine, Texas, to Reinhard J. and Anita Oberrender Marth. On April 20, 1930, she was baptized in Martin Luther Lutheran Church of Carmine by Pastor Henry Brunotte, and on Feb. 7, 1944, she was confirmed...
Carl Schlottmann
Jul 18, 2007
Carl Andrew Schlottmann, 88, of Brenham, the husband of Bonnie Jean Schlottmann, died July 18, 2007 at his residence. Mr. Schlottmann was born April 16, 1919 in Temple, TX to Charles and Anna Kappler Schlottmann. He was baptized and confirmed in St. Paul s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brenham. He was a 1937 graduate of Brenham High School and...
Vernita Lehmann
Jul 12, 2007
Vernita Dora Lehmann, 89, of Brenham, died July 12, 2007, at Bluebonnet Hills Care Center in Brenham. Miss Lehmann was born February 4, 1918, in the Salem community of Washington County, Texas, to Herman A. and Meta Schawe Lehmann. She was baptized April 21, 1918 in Salem Lutheran Church of Salem by Rev. Mgebroff and was confirmed March 20,...
Emma Johnson
Jul 7, 2007
Emma Beth Webster Johnson, known to family and friends as Betty, died in her home on July 7, 2007 at the age of 92. She was predeceased by her parents, J. Grant and Emma Hubener Webster; one brother, J. Grant Webster, and her beloved husband of 56 years, Donald N. Johnson. Private graveside services will be held at Mart...
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