Recent Obituaries
John Horak
Apr 18, 2005
John Johnny Steve Horak, 71, of Brenham, TX, died April 18, 2005, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Horak was born Feb. 11, 1934, in Brenham, to John Lee and Pearl Swierkowski Horak. He was baptized in the Catholic faith and attended St. Mary s and public schools. Mr. Horak served in the U.S. Army in Germany from...

Flossie Roberts
Apr 18, 2005
Flossie Fay Roberts, 89, of Brenham and formerly of Corpus Christi, died April 18, 2005, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Roberts was born Nov. 4, 1915, in Ranger, Parker County, Texas, to Frank and Eldorda Sturdivant Yarbrough. She was educated in Morton Valley High School. On Dec. 3, 1936, she was married to Homer W. Roberts in...
Birdie Mewis
Apr 11, 2005
Birdie Bertha Mewis, 89, of Comfort, Texas, died April 11, 2005, in a Kerrville hospital. Mrs. Mewis was born Nov. 22, 1915, in Industry, Texas, to Edwin Louis and Clara Bertha Schiller Teufel. She was baptized in St. John Lutheran Church in Bellville and attended Industry schools. On Dec. 31, 1939, she married A.C. Mewis. For 17 years she...

Hulen Badke
Apr 8, 2005
Hulen De Puddy Badke, 78, of Brenham, died April 8, 2005, in Bluebonnet Hills Care Center in Brenham. Mr. Badke was born Sept. 21, 1926, in Winedale, Texas, to Theodore and Louise Neese Badke. He was baptized and confirmed in Martin Luther Lutheran Church of Carmine. He attended Harrmon School. Mr. Badke was a rancher. Survivors include his daughter...
Walter Storrs
Apr 7, 2005
Walter Henry Storrs, 70, of Brenham, died April 7, 2005, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Storrs was born Aug. 14, 1934, in Houston, Texas, to Walter DeLois and Anna Marie Hoelfels Storrs. On April 2, 1966, he was married to Ora Nell Finke in Galveston. Mr. Storrs was a salesman with R&R Wholesale. After retiring, he was...

Hayden Munson
Apr 6, 2005
Hayden McCauley Mack Munson, 65, of Burton, died April 6, 2005, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Munson was born May 24, 1939, in Uvalde, Texas, to Clifford M. and Jasma Lee Barnett Munson. He was baptized in 1953 in Brownwood, Texas. On Nov. 4, 1967, he was married to Doreen M. Werland. Mr. Munson was a retired...
John Kaminski
Apr 5, 2005
John Leo Johnny Kaminski, 64, of Houston entered into eternal rest early on April 5, 2005. He was retired from Elf Exploration. Born in Brenham, Texas on September 11, 1940, Johnny was one of two sons born to Leon & Sophie Murski Kaminski. Preceded in death by his parents, John is survived by his brother, Bernard B. Kaminski of...

Edward Penkert
Apr 2, 2005
Edward H. Penkert, 92, of Burton, died April 2, 2005, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Penkert was born March 25, 1913, in Burton, Texas, to Gus and Louise Hodde Penkert. He was baptized May 18, 1913, in Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Greenvine and was confirmed April 1, 1928, in the same church. Mr. Penkert attended Greenvine Public...
Pope Paul Ii
Apr 2, 2005
Karol Jzef Wojtyla , known as John Paul II since his October 1978 election to the papacy, was born in Wadowice, a small city 50 kilometres from Cracow, on May 18, 1920. He was the second of two sons born to Karol Wojtyla and Emilia Kaczorowska. His mother died in 1929. His eldest brother Edmund, a doctor, died in...
Leolie Koester
Mar 31, 2005
Leolie Velma Koester, 83, of Brenham died in her residence on the morning of Thursday, March 31, 2005. She was born on November 15, 1921 to Albert & Lydia Ullrich Dornhoefer in the family residence near the Winedale community. On November 3, 1946, Leolie and Herbert Koester were married in Martin Luther Lutheran Church at Carmine, Texas. She devoted...
Herbert Weiss
Mar 27, 2005
Herbert William Weiss, 80, husband of Edna Weiss, died March 27, 2005. He was born May 25, 1924 in Washington County in the Mound Hill community. Herbert was the son of Ed and Emma Klatt Weiss. He was baptized August 17, 1924, at St. Peter s Lutheran Church of Gay Hill, and confirmed there on August 28, 1938, by...
August Quinn
Mar 27, 2005
August Quinn, 98, of Brenham, died March 27, 2005, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Quinn was born April 26, 1906, in Williamson County, Texas, to James and Helena Korth Quinn. He was baptized Sept. 20, 1934, in Byersville, Texas, and was confirmed in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Byersville by Pastor Rovake. Mr. Quinn attended Type School...

Bellmonie Shovers
Mar 26, 2005
Bellmonie Kathryn Grassmuck Shovers, born April 26, 1913 at Latium, passed away March 26, 2005, in Brenham. She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Kathryn McKenzie Grassmuck; by her husband, Earl L. Shovers; by four brothers, Ivy, Albert, Anton and Henry Grassmuck; three sisters, Mellie Wisnoski, Nora Tockhorn and Irma Koch; one son, Joseph William Simank;...
William Averitt
Mar 23, 2005
William Hendrick Averitt, 83, of Brenham, died March 23, 2005, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Averitt was born Oct. 16, 1921, in Timpson, Shelby County, Texas, to Henry Arthur and Myrtle Lucy Hendrick Averitt. He was a graduate of Nacogdoches High School and attended Stephen F. Austin University. From May 30, 1942 to Dec. 13, 1945, he...

Ruby Mcabee
Mar 21, 2005
Ruby Beatrice McAbee, 75, of Burton, died March 21, 2005, at her residence. Mrs. McAbee was born April 25, 1929, in Connell s Point, Arkansas, to Sam and Easter Grider Hill. On May 21, 1949, she was married to Ed McAbee in Barton, Arkansas. Mrs. McAbee was a homemaker. Survivors include her daughters and sons-in-law, Kathie and Bill Thompson...
Edrol Wagner
Mar 21, 2005
Edrol L. Rollie Wagner, 62, of Carmine, died March 21, 2005, in Seton Hospital in Austin. Rollie was born Jan. 27, 1943, in La Grange, Texas, to Lee and Leonie Spiess Wagner. He was baptized Nov. 5, 1943, in Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Round Top and was confirmed April 14, 1957, in the same church by Pastor A.B. Weiss....
Michael Kenjura
Mar 20, 2005
Michael John Mickey Kenjura, 55, of Brenham, died March 20, 2005, at his residence. Mr. Kenjura was born June 25, 1949, in Brenham, to Charles A. and Alma R. Loesch Kenjura. He was baptized June 26, 1949, in St. Mary s Catholic Church in Brenham and was confirmed in the same church. Mr. Kenjura was educated in Brenham High...
Gertrude Ellermann
Mar 19, 2005
Gertrude Ellermann, 85, of Brenham, died March 19, 2005, in Brenham Rest Home. Miss Ellermann was born Aug. 26, 1919, in Wiedeville, Texas, to Henry and Martha Schulze Ellermann. She was baptized Aug. 28, 1919, in Immanuel Lutheran Church of Wiedeville and was confirmed March 25, 1934, in St. Matthew Lutheran Church of Sandy Hill. She was educated in...

Beulah Wood
Mar 17, 2005
Beulah Cannon White Wood, 102, of Brenham, died March 17, 2005, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Wood was born Sept. 24, 1902, in Bonham, Texas, to John Wesley and Nellie Lenora White Cannon. She was raised in the Baptist faith, believing Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior and was a born-again Christian. On Oct. 16, 1920,...
Clorinda Hoermann
Mar 16, 2005
Clorinda Hoermann, 86, of Brenham, died March 16, 2005, in Bluebonnet Hills Care Center in Brenham. Mrs. Hoermann was born Sept. 12, 1918, in El Campo, Texas, to Oscar and Vera Anna Keng Ammann. She attended Brenham schools, Blinn College and the University of Texas. Mrs. Hoermann was an active member of First United Methodist Church in Brenham, where...