Recent Obituaries

Magdalene Knuppel

Sep 24, 2023

Magdalene Grace Knuppel (Menn), 90, of Brenham, Texas, passed into heaven on September 24, 2023.

A visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m., on Friday October 6, 2023, at Memorial Oaks Chapel.

A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday October 7, 2023, at Christ Lutheran Church with Pastor Ken Weiss officiating. A burial will follow...

Ada Fulton

Sep 24, 2023

Ada Fulton, age 91, the widow of Paul Fulton, Jr., died Sunday, September 24, 2023 at Silversage Assisted Living in Brenham.

Ada B. Fulton (nee Fleischman) was born February 17, 1932 to Morris and Addie Fleischman in Goose Creek (Baytown), Texas.

Ada worked in various professions in her life but settled in real estate sales. She sold...

Dora Ann Pittman

Sep 23, 2023

 

Dora Ann Pittman (Scholes) passed away on September 23, 2023, at Baylor Scott and White Hospital in College Station, Texas at the age of 90. She was born to Bertie Rebecca Scholes (Carpenter) and Andrew John Scholes in China Springs, Texas on September 2, 1933. She moved to Houston during WWII with her family and lived there for many...

Leonard Lawson II

Sep 18, 2023

 

Leonard Lee Lawson, II was transferred to his heavenly home into the unfailing open arms of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Monday, September 18, 2023, at 64 years of age. He was born November 5, 1958 in Houston, Texas to father Leonard Lee Lawson and mother, Frances Reeves Lawson.

  

While working for Tenneco Oil Company, Exploration...

Randy Jacob

Sep 18, 2023

Randy Wayne Jacob, 67, husband of Joanne Hollingsworth-Jacob, passed away at his residence on September 18, 2023. Randy was born in Brenham, Texas December 20,1955 to Ide and Laverna Oppermann Jacob. He was baptized February 12,1956 at St. Pauls Lutheran Church, Brenham, and affirmed his baptism on May 17, 1970 at Christ Lutheran Church.

He graduated from Brenham High School...

Dorothy Scherer

Sep 17, 2023

Mrs. Dorothy L. Busker Scherer, 80, of Brenham passed away on Sunday, September 17, 2023 in College Station, TX. Mrs. Scherer was born September 3, 1943, in Houston to Henry L. Busker and Rose Fatheree Busker. She was Baptized and Confirmed at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Houston. She married Robert Scherer on February 10, 1962 at Saint Christopher's Church...

Roy White

Sep 13, 2023

 

Roy Elmer White, born November 4, 1934 in Houston, Texas went to be with his Lord and Savior on September 13, 2023. He was a faithful member of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod his whole life, a member of the Grace Lutheran Church in Brenham, Texas when he died.

He is survived by numerous nieces and nephews.  He was...

Ray Felder

Sep 10, 2023

Ray Wayne Felder, 88 of Burton went to join his son Gregory beside his Lord and Savior on September 10, 2023 at his home in Burton.

Ray was born in Burton, Texas on June 16, 1935 to Lena (Holle) and Theo Felder. He was baptized and confirmed in the Christian faith and a life member of St. John's UCC. He...

Angeline Nowak

Sep 8, 2023

 

Angeline Rose Nowak, 93, of Brenham, Texas, widow of Ike S. Nowak, passed away on September 8, 2023, at her residence.

 

Angeline was born in Houston, Texas, on November 19, 1929, to John B., Jr., and Mary Ann Koteras Kaminski. On October 3, 1953, she married Ike S. Nowak in Chappell Hill. Throughout her life, Angeline’s focus was...

Katharina  Schulze

Sep 8, 2023

Katharina (Katy) Rebel Schulze, of Shelby, Texas, died on Friday, September 8, 2023 in Industry, Texas at the age of 98. Katy was born in Kikinda, Yugoslavia (now Serbia) on August 18, 1925 to Andreas and Magdalena (Kunst) Rebel who were descendants of ethnic Germans who had settled in the region several generations before. The Rebel family lost everything...

Sallie Anne Bryan

Sep 2, 2023

 

 

Sallie Anne Howell Bryan, 83, of Brenham, passed away September 2, 2023.

Mrs. Bryan was born in April 1940 in Houston, Texas.  She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Katharine Campbell Rice and husband Kurt of Bozeman, MT.  She was preceded in death by her husband Stephen Austin Bryan, as well as her brother Edward S. Howell,...

Robert Curtis Sanders

Aug 30, 2023

 

Robert Curtis Sanders, 75 of Brenham, passed away August 30, 2023 in College Station, Texas surrounded by his family. Robert is preceded by his parents, Homer and Wilma (Smith) Sanders, and his second wife, Judy (Schroeder) Sanders. He is survived by his sons: Brian Sanders and wife, Shelly of Bryan, Brent Sanders and wife Tara of Franklin; step-son: Chris...

Peggy Bosse

Aug 13, 2023

Peggy Ann Bosse

September 3, 1947 – August 13, 2023

Peggy Ann Bosse, 75, of Brenham, passed away in the early hours of August 13, 2023 at Baylor Scott and White Medical Center – Temple following a lengthy illness.

Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m., Saturday, August 19, 2023, at St. John Lutheran Church of Prairie Hill...

Natalie Joyce Lange Bell

Aug 12, 2023

 

Natalie Joyce Lange Bell passed August 12, 2023.  She was born in Brenham, Texas on July 8, 1934 to Ella Marie and Louis Andrew Lange.  She was baptized, confirmed and married in the Zion Lutheran Church in Brenham following many of her family and her early farming ancestors. She graduated from Brenham High School in 1951 and attended Massey...

Janet Gayle Carroll

Aug 11, 2023

 

Our beloved Janet, affectionately called “Grammy,” left us on August 11 and leaves a space that cannot be filled. Janet was the very definition of a devoted wife, loving and caring mother, sister, friend and confidant, and, of course, she was an adored “Grammy”.  She exemplified the very best in each of those roles and loved her kids, grandkids,...

Doris Varley

Aug 10, 2023

 

Doris Varley, after a brief illness, quietly slipped away from this existence on August 10, 2023.  She leaves in her wake of passage all the people whose lives she touched with her kindness and grace. Doris was petit and quick of movement, which caused her to be known as Dickie-bird to her family and her beloved husband of 49...

Otto Fuchs Jr.

Aug 10, 2023

 

Otto Lorenz Fuchs, Jr., 97, of Carmine, widower of Carolyn Elizabeth Rothermel Fuchs passed away peacefully on August 10, 2023 in Brenham Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Visitation will be Thursday, August 17 from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM with family present from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Memorial Oaks Chapel in Brenham. Funeral services are scheduled for Friday,...

Sally Tarvin

Aug 6, 2023

 

Sally Tarvin, 76, of Brenham, TX, died on August 6, 2023.

Sally was born on November 17, 1946 in Casa Grande, AZ to Jose and Beatrice Trigo Cardenas. She worked in the food service area at Blinn College.

Sally is survived by her husband, Travis Tarvin of Brenham, TX; son and daughter-in-law, Troy and Tanya Tarvin; daughters and sons-in-law,...

Floyd Bentke

Aug 6, 2023

 

Floyd Bentke, 82, of Brenham, TX, passed away at his residence on August 6, 2023.

A visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at Memorial Oaks Chapel.

A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, August 10, 2023 at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church of Gay Hill with Pastor Skip Stutts...

Ruth Lorenz-Ganske

Aug 6, 2023

 

 

Ruth Lorenz-Ganske, 88, of Brenham, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 6, 2023. I was the fourth child of Henry and Lilly (Hodde) Beckermann and was born on October 26, 1934, in Mill Creek, Tx. I was baptized on January 13, 1935 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Greenvine by Pastor Carl Ziehe and confirmed at the same church...