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Barbara Powell

Barbara Powell

Jan 13, 2007

Barbara June Powell died at Trinity Medical Center on January 13 as a result of a massive stroke. Barbara was born to Christian and Helen Leypoldt in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 18, 1938. She and her family moved around the country as her father set up accounting departments for new RCA plants. In 1960, she earned her degree in...

Clara Dorcz

Clara Dorcz

Jan 10, 2007

Clara Jozwiak Dorcz, 82, of Brenham died Jan. 10, 2007, in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center in Brenham. Mrs. Dorcz was born June 17, 1924, in Chappell Hill, to Joseph and Frances Nowak Jozwiak. She was baptized and confirmed in St. Stanislaus Catholic Church of Chappell Hill and attended Wonder Hill School. On Sept. 24, 1946, she was married to...

Myrtle Ehrig

Myrtle Ehrig

Jan 9, 2007

Myrtle Bernice Malkey Ehrig, 84, of Brenham, died Jan. 9, 2007, in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan. Mrs. Ehrig was born Feb. 22, 1922, to Charlie and Lorena Wilkening Malkey in the Rehburg community of Washington County. She was baptized April 23, 1922, in St. Paul Lutheran Church of Rehburg by Pastor H. Weber and was confirmed...

Nora Wagner

Nora Wagner

Jan 8, 2007

Nora Wagner, 95, of Rosenberg died Jan. 8, 2007, at St. Mark s Medical Center in La Grange. Mrs. Wagner was born Jan. 5, 1912, in Carmine, Texas, to Fritz and Anna Althaus Marx. She attended La Bahia School. Mrs. Wagner was a member of Martin Luther Lutheran Church of Carmine and was a homemaker. She is survived by...

Lillian Gaskamp

Lillian Gaskamp

Jan 8, 2007

Lillian L. Quinn Gaskamp, 74, of Brenham died Jan. 8, 2007, at College Station Medical Center. Mrs. Gaskamp was born Nov. 15, 1932, in Copeland, Williamson County, Texas, to August and Lillie Belle Thonig Quinn. On Jan. 11, 1953, she was married to Monroe Gaskamp in Bethlehem Lutheran Church of William Penn. She was a homemaker who loved her...

Timothy Ramey

Timothy Ramey

Jan 2, 2007

Timothy Patrick Ramey, 32, of Houston, died Jan. 2, 2007, in Houston. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 13 at First Baptist Church in Chappell Hill. A meal will follow the service. Tim was born June 27, 1974, in Tyler. In 1975, he was adopted by Bobby and Dale Ramey and they resided in...

Evelyn Broecker

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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...