Recent Obituaries

Erma Sengel
Mar 16, 2005
Erma Jane Sengel, 97 of Brenham, a former resident of Houston, died March 16, 2005, in Trinity Care Center in Brenham. Mrs. Sengel was born August 4, 1907 in Rule, Texas to Samuel Harrison Sr. and Annye L. McCannless New. She was educated in Austin public schools. On December 11, 1926, she married Merrill George Sengel in Austin. Mrs....

Earlene Eastep
Mar 9, 2005
Earlene Welch Eastep, 85, of Brenham, died March 9, 2005, at her residence. Mrs. Eastep was born March 7, 1920, in Franklin, Robinson County, Texas, to Frank and Addie Click Welch. She was baptized in 1945 in First Baptist Church in Marshall. On July 6, 1934, she was married to Charles Eastep in Franklin. She was a member of...
Norma Luedemann
Mar 5, 2005
Norma C. Luedemann, 89, of Brenham, passed away on March 5, 2005, in Brenham. Funeral services will be conducted on Tuesday, March 8 at 11:00 a.m. in St. Peter s Lutheran Church in Gay Hill with Pastor Virgil Pecht officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive visitors from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. today in...
Christi Kuecker
Mar 5, 2005
Christi Marie Barr Kuecker, 36, of Chappell Hill, died March 5, 2005, at her residence. Ms. Kuecker was born August 15, 1968, in Grand Island, Nebraska, to Jimmy Dale and Patricia A. Ruzicka Barr. She was baptized in Grand Island, Nebraska and was educated in Grand Island and Brenham. Ms. Kuecker served in the Army and National Guard eight...

Lee Eckermann
Mar 3, 2005
Lee Fred Eckermann, 69, of Fayetteville, went to meet his Maker Thursday, March 3, 2005, in Methodist Hospital in Houston. He was born November 12, 1935 in Shelby, Texas to Alfred & Lillie Helweg Eckermann. After the death of his mother, he was brought up by his father and stepmother, Lorine Rudloff Eckermann. He was baptized June 20, 1936...
Mary Schaefer
Mar 1, 2005
Mary Ann Schaefer, 56, of Brenham, died March 1, 2005, at her residence. Mrs. Schaefer was born Aug. 11, 1948, in Washington County, Texas. She was baptized and confirmed in St. Mary s Catholic Church in Brenham. On May 29, 1965, she married Edgar Lee Schaefer. Mrs. Schaefer was a loving wife and grandmother, who took a special joy...
Marvin Wills, Sr.
Mar 1, 2005
Marvin Combs Wills, Sr., 75, of Brenham, died March 1, 2005, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Wills was born May 9, 1929, in San Marcos, Texas, to Edwin C. and Cora W. Haman Wills. He was baptized in Westover Baptist Church in San Marcos. Mr. Wills attended Westover Schools, San Marcos High School and Southwest Texas State...

Velma Penkert
Feb 27, 2005
Velma Neutzler Penkert, 89, of Burton, died Feb. 27, 2005, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Penkert was born July 31, 1915, in Burton, Texas, to Otto J. and Hedwig Krause Neutzler. She was baptized Jan. 16, 1916, in Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Greenvine and was confirmed April 13, 1915 in the same church. She attended Boundary School....
Albert Ehlert, Iii
Feb 24, 2005
Albert Sonny Ehlert, III, 59, of Brenham, died Feb. 24, 2005, at his residence. Sonny was born Nov. 2, 1945, in Brenham, Washington County, Texas, to Albert Jr. and Esther Hahn Ehlert. He was baptized Dec. 16, 1945 in St. John Lutheran Church in Prairie Hill by Pastor Paul Gogolin and was confirmed April 10, 1960 in the same...

Frances Gabriel
Feb 23, 2005
Frances Lucy Ondrus Gabriel, 89, of Ennis, Texas, and formerly of Brenham, died Feb. 23, 2005, in Ennis from complications of Alzheimer s. Mrs. Gabriel was born Dec. 12, 1915, in Middleton, Michigan, to John and Filomena Lukas Ondrus. She was baptized April 30, 1916. On Nov. 26, 1938, she married Norman Edward Gabriel in Our Lady of Sorrows...
Raymond Wagner, Iii
Feb 22, 2005
Raymond Paul Lucky Wagner, III, 44, of Shelby, died Feb. 22, 2005, in Breckenridge Hospital in Austin. Lucky was born July 15, 1960, in Brenham, to R.P. Jr. and Willie Mae Boeker Wagner. He was baptized Aug. 28, 1960, in St. Paul Lutheran Church in Shelby by Rev. Waldemar Wendell and was confirmed June 2, 1974 in the same...

Otha Mckinzie
Feb 20, 2005
Otha McKinzie, 94, of Brenham, died Feb. 20, 2005, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. McKinzie was born July 8, 1910, in Coryell County, Texas, to Jasper Walter and Katie Bell Ward McKinzie. In 1931, he married Nell Farmer. Mr. McKinzie was a retired master electrician in the Houston area. Survivors include his son and daughter-in-law, Bobby M....
Alvin Lorenz
Feb 15, 2005
Alvin Lorenz, 88, of Brenham, died Feb. 15, 2005, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Lorenz was born Jan. 15, 1917, in the Long Point community of Washington County, TX, to Richard and Meta Glaesmann Lorenz. He was baptized Feb. 15, 1917, in Zion Lutheran Church of Zionsville by Rev. Carl Mueller and was confirmed Sept. 4, 1932,...

Montie Cole, Sr.
Feb 12, 2005
Montie Ray Cole, Sr., 93, of Brenham, died Feb. 12, 2005, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Cole was born Feb. 25, 1911, in Brady, Texas, to Bert and Rosie Stanley Cole. On Dec. 25, 1935, he was married to Katie Edna Lanford in Brenham Christian Church. In 1937, Mr. Cole began working for Brenham Cotton Mill, later...
John Ramsden
Feb 11, 2005
John Victor Jack Ramsden, 64, of Brenham, died Feb. 11, 2005, in the Veterans Administration Hospital in Temple. Mr. Ramsden was born Aug. 15, 1940, in Newburgh, New York, to Harry P. and Jean La Haumadau Ramsden. He was educated at Newburgh Free Academy in Newburgh, New York. He served in the U.S. Navy on the USS Randolph. On...
Marie Cohen
Feb 10, 2005
Marie Gogolin Cohen, 94 of Brenham, died Feb. 10, 2005, in Medical Center Hospital in Dallas. Mrs. Cohen was born Sept. 16, 1910, in McGregor, Texas, to Pastor Paul and Rosa Witte Gogolin. She was baptized Nov. 6, 1910, in McGregor by her father and was confirmed April 14, 1925 in St. John Lutheran Church in Prairie Hill by...
Elfrieda Treude
Feb 8, 2005
Mrs. Elfrieda Hulda Henrietta Hinze Treude, age 80 of LaBahia Community, died Tuesday, February 8, 2005, in the Care Inn, LaGrange. She was born December 14, 1924 in the LaBahia Community the daughter of Paul and Louise Wetzel Hinze. She was baptized on March 15, 1925 at her home by Pastor A.H. Falkenberg and on October 2, 1938 she...
Albert Lueck, Jr.
Feb 8, 2005
Albert Lueck, 85 of Brenham, died Tuesday, February 8, 2005 in Huntsville, TX. He was born July 23, 1919 to Albert Sr. & Carrie Niemeyer Lueck in the Williams Community in Washington County. On June 10, 1945 he married Leola Glaesmann in Zion Lutheran Church. He was employed with Sealy Mattress Company and Brenham Broom & Mop. Survivors include...
Lois Thaler
Feb 3, 2005
Lois Haeber Thaler, 78, of Burton, died Thursday, Feb. 3, 2005 at her residence. Lois was born July 6, 1926, the daughter of Ernest and Liela Siebel Haeber. She was baptized October 27, 1946 in St. John''s Lutheran Church in Waller, Texas and was confirmed in the same. Lois was a school nurse for 20 years. She is survived...

Bryson Hinze
Feb 3, 2005
Bryson Ray Hinze, age 9 days, the infant son of Ryan and Leslie Eschbach Hinze, died Thursday Feb. 3 in Texas Women''s Hospital in Houston. Bryson is survived by his parents, Ryan and Leslie Hinze of Houston; his grandparents, Cindy Hinze of Carmine and Carl and Priscilla Eschbach of Murphy, Texas; and three great grandmothers, Jocie Jacob-Braun, Ira Mae...