Recent Obituaries
Vivian Hacker
Dec 1, 2003
Vivian Catherine Fogle Hacker, 83, of Brenham, died Nov. 30, 2003, in Trinity Care Center in Brenham. Mrs. Hacker was born Dec. 25, 1919, in Camargo, Oklahoma, to Victor and Arminta Baker Fogle. She was an educator. Survivors include her daughter, Minta Webb of Burton; grandchildren, Natalie Anne Petty Eagan and Edward, Matthew Chase Petty and Kim, Colleen Caye...
Loretta Hodde
Nov 28, 2003
Loretta Marie Hodde, 87, of Brenham, and the widow of Dr. Herman O. Hodde, died November 28, 2003 at the family residence in Brenham. She was born November 6, 1916, in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, the daughter of Michael and Marie Raatz Knipfer, next to the youngest of five children. Loretta graduated from the Atlantic City Hospital School of Nursing...
Charles Spreen
Nov 28, 2003
Charles Edward Spreen, 65, of Brenham, the Zionsville community, died Friday, November 28, 2003 at the family residence. Mr. Spreen was born September 23, 1938, in Washington County, Texas, the son of Charlie and Clara Spinn Spreen. He was baptized and confirmed in Zion Lutheran Church of Zionsville. Mr. Spreen served in the National Guard. He was employed by...
Lenora Schulz
Nov 27, 2003
Lenora A. Wellbrock Schulz, 86, of Brenham, died November 27, 2003, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Schulz was born on February 8, 1917, in the Sandy Hill Community, Washington County, Texas, the daughter of Klaus and Emma Becker Wellbrock. She was baptized in the Christian faith April 8, 1917, in St. Matthew Lutheran Church of Sandy Hill...
Francies Wehmeyer
Nov 27, 2003
Francies Irene Wehmeyer, 69, of Austin, and the wife of Clarence Wehmeyer, died Thursday, November 27, 2003, in Seton Medical Center in Austin. Mrs.Wehmeyer was born on October 6, 1934, in Lufkin, Texas, the daughter of Willie D. and Carrie Broomfield Landrum. She attended Lufkin High School and was a retired payroll accountant. On January 12, 1957, she was...
Helen Fuchs
Nov 26, 2003
Helen Minnie Henske Arning Fuchs, 86, of Brenham, died Nov. 26, 2003, in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center in Brenham. She was born on July 21, 1917, in Kenney, Austin County, Texas, the daughter of Will and Minnie Richter Henske. She was baptized in the Christian faith Oct. 21, 1917, by Pastor H. Poehlmann in New Wehdem. She was confirmed...
Ronnie Roemer
Nov 21, 2003
Ronnie Roemer, 56, of Brenham, died Nov. 21, 2003, at his residence. Mr. Roemer was born April 13, 1947, in Brenham, TX, to August and Ruby Loewe Roemer. He was educated in Burton public schools. He served in the U.S. Army from Aug. 4, 1966 to May 29, 1968, in Vietnam and earned a Purple Heart. On Feb. 6,...
Elizabeth Weatherby
Nov 18, 2003
Elizabeth E. Rasco Weatherby lost her battle with cancer on November 18, 2003. She was born on February 12, 1922, in Marshall, Texas, to Willie W. and Ida Mae Rasco. She graduated from public schools in Rosebud, TX, where she met her husband of 57 years, Ernest Lamar Weatherby. Her parents and her husband preceded her in death. The...
Isabel Sehlke
Nov 12, 2003
Isabel A. Sehlke, 92, of Burton, died Nov. 12, 2003, in Kruse Memorial Lutheran Village in Brenham. Mrs. Sehlke was born Jan. 28, 1911, in Washington County, TX, to Charles and Otillia Draeger Lamp. She attended Burton schools. On Feb. 12, 1931, she married Edward Louis Sehlke in St. Peter s Lutheran Church in Gay Hill. Mrs. Sehlke was...
Herbert Ladewig
Nov 12, 2003
Herbert Hugo Ladewig, 89, of College Station, died Nov. 12, 2003, in College Station. Mr. Ladewig was born Jan. 31, 1914, in Colorado County, TX, to Louis and Hattie Ladewig. On Nov. 24, 1938, he married Emma Christensen in Danevang Lutheran Church in Danevang. Mr. Ladewig was retired from Texas A&M University maintenance in the animal science department and...
Joel Franke
Nov 11, 2003
Joel Lee Franke was called to his heavenly home on Tuesday morning November 11, 2003. Mr. Franke was born September 20, 1941, in New Ulm, Texas to Henry and Elinor Howe Franke. He was christened at the Frelsburg Lutheran Church and was confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church. He attended La Marque public schools. After graduation from La Marque High...
Ira Zuehlke
Nov 11, 2003
Ira Dement Schatz Zuehlke was born September 26, 1903 at the home of her beloved parents, Bethel and Emma Black Dement in Burton, Texas. Ira taught school in Gay Hill, Texas and helped operate Red & White Grocery Store and the Washington County Hatchery in Burton. Ira was the first woman in the state of Texas to serve as...
Russell Coile, Jr.
Nov 10, 2003
Russell Cleven Coile, Jr., one of the nation s top healthcare management consultants, died Nov. 10, 2003, of complications from brain cancer. He was 60. Coile was a pioneering health futurist, spotting trends and advising hospitals, physicians groups and health plans across the country for more than two decades. In 2002, he was named one of the top 100...
Abie Lesser, Jr
Nov 1, 2003
Abie Lesser, Jr. , 78, of Brenham, died Saturday evening, November 1, 2003 at Trinity Medical Center. Mr. Lesser is the husband of Dorothy Crawford Lesser and the father of Patsy Lesser Hermann of Brenham. Born October 12, 1925 in Brenham, Texas, Abie was the son of Abie Lesser, Sr. and Faye Thomas Lesser. He received his education in...
Elsie Kelm
Oct 31, 2003
Elsie Schroeder Kelm, 93, a native of Washington County, Texas, died on October 31, 2003 in the Spring Shadow Pines Nursing Facility in Houston, Texas. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, November 4 at 2:00 p.m. in St. Peter s Lutheran Church of Gay Hill with Pastor Virgil Pecht officiating. Interment will be in St. Peter s Lutheran...
Larry Higgins
Oct 29, 2003
Larry Ray Higgins, 58, of Brenham, died Oct. 28, 2003, in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan. Mr. Higgins was born Jan. 6, 1945, in Houston, to William F. and Jessierae Southard Higgins. He was baptized April 10, 1955 in First Methodist Church in Lockhart and was confirmed May 15, 1966 in Salem Lutheran Church of Salem. He...
Herbert Zuehlke
Oct 28, 2003
Herbert Zuehlke, 85, of Brenham, died October 28, 2003 in Bluebonnet Hills Care Center in Brenham. Mr. Zuehlke is the recent widower of Dorothy Wiesepape Zuehlke, who died on September 30 of this year. Born on March 30, 1918 in Old Washington, Texas, Herbert was the son of Paul & Olga Albrecht Zuehlke. He was baptized Friedens United Church...
Gerry Ginn
Oct 28, 2003
Gerry Suter Ginn, 71, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2003, in a Giddings nursing home. Mr. Ginn was born Feb. 29, 1932 to Paul D. Ginn and Laura Thomas Ginn in Brenham. He was baptized in the Baptist faith at age 10. He was educated in Brenham schools and Blinn College and served in the U.S. Army for two...
Virginia Schulz
Oct 27, 2003
Virginia Stegant Schulz was born on November 27, 1931 to Leon and Nancy Flisowski Stegant in Brenham, Texas. She was baptized in infancy by Rev. John Wesolek in St. Mary s Catholic Church and was later confirmed there. Virginia attended St. Mary s School and Brenham High School. A well-known, very well-respected LVN, Virginia s love of helping people...
Gloria Gibbs
Oct 27, 2003
Gloria Marion Gibbs, 80, of Brenham, died Oct. 27, 2003, in Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston. Gloria was born July 22, 1923, in Akron, Ohio, to Albert G. and Marion Somers Humphrey. On Nov. 17, 1952, she was married to Raymond Gibbs, Sr. in Toledo, Ohio. She was a member of First Pentecostal Church in Brenham. Mrs. Gibbs had...
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