Recent Obituaries
Nelia Billingsley
Sep 12, 2006
Nelia Elizabeth Wilkins Billingsley, age 102, died in Houston on September 7, 2006. She was a descendant of five settlers in the Republic of Texas. Her great-grandparents, Daniel Greenleaf Wheeler, Jr., a Mayflower descendant from Worcester, Massachusetts, and Hester Trickey Wheeler of New York City, arrived in Houston in 1939. In the early 1840s, they acquired the block bounded...
Henry Fuchs
Sep 9, 2006
Henry Lee Fuchs, 91, of Carmine died on September 9, 2006 at Care Inn Nursing Home in La Grange. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 12, 2006, at Martin Luther Lutheran Church in Carmine with the Reverend Paul Bohot officiating. Burial will be in the Carmine Cemetery Mr. Fuchs was born October 28, 1914 in Carmine,...
Gladys Koerth
Sep 5, 2006
Gladys May Earline Koerth, 76, of Burton, died Sept. 5, 2006, in The Methodist Hospital in Houston. Gladys was born May 18, 1930, in Burton, to Adolph G. and Ella Ida Hertel Boehnemann. She was baptized June 29, 1930, in Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Greenvine and was confirmed Dec. 5, 1943, in the same church. She was a graduate...
Eldred Hilbrant
Sep 3, 2006
Eldred Arlene Meredith Hilbrant, 84, of Brenham, died Sept. 3, 2006, in Kruse Memorial Lutheran Village in Brenham. Mrs. Hilbrant was born March 31, 1922, in Mercedes, Texas, to Julian Ernest and Maatha Edna Wright Meredith. She was a data processor for the Air Force. Survivors include her brother, R.J. Meredith of Dallas; and sister, Dorris M. Chandler of...
John Hardy, Jr.
Sep 2, 2006
John Casimir Hardy, Jr., 56, of Brenham, died Sept. 2, 2006, at his residence. Mr. Hardy was born Jan. 11, 1950, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to John Casimir Sr. and Cathy Lucas Hardy. On May 18, 1996, he was married to Rebecca Whitten. Survivors include his wife, Becky Hardy of Brenham; and his mother, Cathy Hardy of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He...
Otto Oevermann
Aug 25, 2006
Otto Henry Oevermann, 79, of Burton, died August 25, 2006 in Bluebonnet Hills Care Center. Otto was born September 17, 1926 in Burton to August H. & Elsie Jaster Oevermann. He was baptized at St. John s Evangelical and Reformed Church. Otto was a graduate of Burton High School. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict....
Martha Worsham
Aug 25, 2006
Martha J. Billie Worsham, 80, of Brenham, died in her residence on the night of Friday, August 25, 2006. Born in Franklin, Texas on August 14, 1926, Billie was the daughter of Joseph Lee & Mattie Curry Yates. She graduated from Franklin High School and was a graduate of The University of Houston. On April 16, 1952, Billie and...
Paul Heidemann
Aug 24, 2006
Paul Frederick Heidemann was born in Brenham on August 16, 1948, the son of Bernhard Louis and Margaret Gogolin Heideman, graduated Brenham High School 1966 and received his Bachelors Degree in Animal Science from Texas A & M University in 1970. He then went on to serve our country in the United States Air Force. In 1988 he followed...
Oliver Neutzler
Aug 23, 2006
Oliver Dean Neutzler, also known as O.D. or Deanie , 51, of Carmine, went to be with the Lord Aug. 23, 2006, at St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan. Mr. Neutzler was born Dec. 7, 1954, in Brenham, to Oliver Adolph and Vinita Bell Logan Neutzler. He was baptized Jan. 31, 1955 and was confirmed March 30, 1969....
Larry Boehnemann
Aug 23, 2006
Larry Boehnemann, 51, of Brenham, died Aug. 23, 2006, at his residence. Mr. Boehnemann was born Dec. 7, 1954, in Brenham, to Delphine Carl and Florence Kankel Boehnemann. He was baptized and confirmed in Grace Lutheran Church in Brenham. Mr. Boehnemann was a 1973 graduate of Brenham High School and a 1977 graduate of Rice University, where he lettered...
Beatrice Applewhite
Aug 20, 2006
Beatrice Cravens Applewhite, 94, of Brenham, the widow of Sidney Wallace Applewhite, II, died Aug. 20, 2006. Visitation will be from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23 at Memorial Oaks Chapel. The funeral service will be at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 24 at Memorial Oaks Chapel. A complete obituary will be printed Wednesday. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Memorial Oaks...
Tonja Morgan
Aug 19, 2006
Tonja Jean Morgan, 45, of Brenham, departed this life to be with her Lord and Savior on Aug. 19, 2006, in Brenham. Tonja was born Oct. 8, 1960, in Austin, Texas. She was a devoted and loving wife and mother to her husband, Scott, and son, Charles Bree. Tonja had a beautiful smile which she shared with those around...
Norma Alexander
Aug 18, 2006
Norma Lee Sissy Alexander, beloved mother, grandmother, and friend returned to her heavenly origin on August 18, 2006 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born January 22, 1944 in Houston Texas to Norman and Elsie Boswell. Norma is survived by her daughter Molly; son Michael and wife Rachael of Plano; son Daniel and wife Melanie of Georgetown;...
Ernest Harms
Aug 12, 2006
Ernest W. Harms, 90, of Brenham, died August 12, 2006, at his residence. Mr. Harms was born April 18, 1916, in New Wehdem, Texas, one of seven children born to William Harms and Anna Giese Harms. He was baptized April 18, 1916, at New Wehdem, Texas and was confirmed in 1930, also at New Wehdem. Mr. Harms attended Austin...
Beverly Maddox
Aug 10, 2006
Beverly Ann Maddox, 67, of Houston, died Aug. 10, 2006, at her residence. Mrs. Maddox was born June 13, 1939, in Brenham, Texas, to Hubert L. Jack and Viola Schultz Henslee. She was a member of Christian Victory Center in Houston, Texas. She was a graduate of Brenham High School. She was active in the Maifest celebration for many...
Thomas Schulte
Aug 9, 2006
Thomas James Schulte, 74, of Brenham, died Aug. 9, 2006, in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan. Mr. Schulte was born April 12, 1932, in Independence, Washington County, Texas, to Charles Jr. and Mary Buerger Schulte. He was baptized in 1932 in St. John Lutheran Church of Prairie Hill and was confirmed March 30, 1947, in St. Matthew...
Theresa Horne
Aug 3, 2006
Theresa Terry Horne of Burton passed away Thursday, August 3, 2006, at the age of 83. Mrs. Horne was born Theresa Virginia Harding in Des Moines, Iowa, on October 4, 1922, to Joseph St. Claire and Anna Elizabeth Mellor Harding. She grew up as one of eight children in the Iowa farm country. Mrs. Horne joined the military and...
Grace Daniel
Aug 1, 2006
Grace Irene Daniel, 78, of Brenham, died August 1, 2006, at Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center in Brenham. Ms. Daniel was born February 2, 1928, in Elkhart, Texas, to Theodore and Elsie Quade Hilliegiest. Ms. Daniel was a member of St. Peter s Lutheran Church of Gay Hill. She was a longtime resident of Brenham and came to know many...
Otto Bergmann
Jul 31, 2006
Otto Alfred Bergmann, 88, a life-long resident of the Burton area, died July 31, 2006, in Trinity Care Center in Brenham. Mr. Bergmann was born March 15, 1918, in Warrenton, Fayette County, Texas, to Otto and Frieda Spies Bergmann. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. On Jan. 6, 1940, he was married to Erna Knebel. Mr....

