Recent Obituaries

Dec 19, 2004

Marie Emma Peterson Weiss, 94, of Lindale, died Dec. 19, 2004, in Tyler. Mrs. Weiss was born Dec. 9, 1910, in Lexington, to Edward Henry and Emma Rosalie Retzlaff Peterson. She was a graduate of Pawnee High School in Pawnee, earned her bachelor s degree from Southwest Texas in San Marcos and earned her master s degree at Sam...

Dec 17, 2004

Ruth Neinast, 77, of Burton, died December 17, 2004, at her residence. Mrs. Neinast was born September 6, 1927, in Lumberton, Mississippi, to Lonnie and Nora Miller Killebrew. She was educated in Lamar County, Mississippi and Douglas, Alabama. On July 19, 1959, she was married to Clarence E. Neinast in St. Paul Lutheran Church in Rehburg. Survivors include her...

Dec 16, 2004

Kenneth Ivan Gus Sanders passed away Thursday, December 16, 1t his home in Chappell Hill. He was born February 9, 1923 in Amite, Louisiana to Newton Augustus and Syrena Watson Sanders. He graduated from Amite High School. Mr. Sanders was a veteran of WWII serving in the Naval Forces on LCIM #740 in the Pacific. He served at the...

Dec 7, 2004

Dorothy Bernadine Morgan, 85, loving and beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend, departed this life for eternal peace on Dec. 7, 2004. She was born in Sayre, Oklahoma on Nov. 7, 1919, to John Wilma Griffin and Eddie Lenora Cude Griffin. She was preceded in death by her mother and father; husband of 62 years, Charles Ervin Morgan;...

Dec 5, 2004

Harding Albert Butch Harmel, 83, of Burton, died Dec. 5, 2004, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Harmel was born July 29, 1921, in Burton, Texas, to William and Lydia Dorner Harmel. He was baptized and confirmed in St. Paul Lutheran Church in Rehburg. He attended Long Point School. On Feb. 24, 1946, he was married to Pearlie...

Dec 5, 2004

Mervin Merv George Lindsay, 71, of Burton, died Dec. 5, 2004, at his residence. Mr. Lindsay was born Oct. 11, 1933, in Houston, Texas, to John Henry and Julia Childs Lindsay. He graduated from Patty Welder High School in Victoria and served four years in the Navy during the Korea Conflict. On April 7, 1975, he and his wife...

Dec 4, 2004

Minnie Lee Werland Hasselman Wendler, 93, of Brenham, died Dec. 4, 2004, at her residence. Mrs. Wendler was born Jan. 26, 1911, in Burlington, TX, to Elo H. and Dora Bruedigam Werland. She was baptized Feb. 26, 1911, in Burlington and was confirmed May 15, 1924, also in Burlington. On Dec. 26, 1929, she married Walter T. Hasselman in...

Dec 3, 2004

Gregory Fred Wagner, 47, of Burton, died Friday, December 3, 2004 at Trinity Medical Center.

He was born December 30, 1956 in Brenham to Clarence & Ruby Kiel Wagner and grew up in Round Top, TX. Gregory was baptized and later confirmed in Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Round Top. He graduated from Round Top-Carmine High School in...

Nov 30, 2004

Etta Schulz Waag of Brenham and a former Houston resident, died at the age of 90. She was born in Nelsonville, Texas, to Alfred and Frieda Glaeser Schulz. She married Charles Leslie Waag of Houston on Sept. 23, 1939. Her husband of 26 years preceded her in death in 1965. Mrs. Waag was an active member of Zion Lutheran...

Nov 28, 2004

Ora Nell Louise Dallmeyer, 87, of Brenham, died Nov. 28, 2004, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Miss Dallmeyer was born Nov. 16, 1917, in Burton, Texas, to Fred W. and Alma Fuchs Dallmeyer. She was baptized May 14, 1918 in her parents home in Burton by Rev. L. Hoefer and was confirmed on Palm Sunday, 1931 in Martin...

Nov 28, 2004

Margaret Ann Snow Huron, 60, of Brenham, died Nov. 28, 2004, in a Houston hospital. Mrs. Huron was born Feb. 17, 1944, in Anderson, Texas, to Frank and Francis Wesolick Snow. She was baptized and confirmed in St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Anderson. Mrs. Huron was a 1962 graduate of Brenham High School. On June 28, 1969, she married...

Nov 24, 2004

Gertrude Louise Quade, 77, of Brenham died on Wednesday afternoon, November 24, 2004 in Kruse Lutheran Village. Born in Burton, Washington County, Texas on January 12, 1927, Gertrude was the daughter of William Henry & Lillian Louise Hohlt Quade. She was baptized in St. John s Evangelical Church at Burton on April 24, 1927. On August 25, 1940, she...

Nov 24, 2004

(No obituary text available)

Nov 20, 2004

Vivian H. Braun, 84 of Carmine, died November 20, 2004 in La Grange. Vivian was born September 1, 1920 in Warrenton to Alfred & Katy Alhorn Marburger. She was baptized on November 7, 1920 in Oldenberg and confirmed on September 13, 1932 in St. John s Lutheran Church in Warrenton. She was educated in Warrenton Schools. On February 14,...

Nov 19, 2004

Charles Bearden, 68, of Brenham died Friday, November 19, 2004, in the Methodist Hospital in Houston. Mr. Bearden was born March 31, 1936, to Jay and Bonnie Grimes Bearden in Houston, Texas. He was educated in schools in Los Angeles, California and served in the US Air Force. He was a member of New Hope Baptist Church and the...

Nov 18, 2004

Lillian Wehmeyer Folschinsky, 80, of Brenham died early on Thursday, November 18, 2004 in Conroe, Texas. Born on October 28, 1924 in the Salem community of Washington County, Texas, Lillian was a daughter of Paul & Minnie Wehmeyer. She was baptized in Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church at Salem on Christmas Day, 1924 and was confirmed in the same church...

Nov 17, 2004

Dorothy Ann Pinter Porter, who was born Sept. 4, 1923, died on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004, in the care of her children and the staff of Duval Gardens in Austin. She was the widow of John Bradford Porter, to whom she was married for 46 years until his death in 1992. She was a daughter of Frank and Theresa...

Nov 16, 2004

Mary Jane Wolf, 60, of DeBerry, Texas, died Nov. 16, 2004, in Shreveport, Louisiana. Mrs. Wolf was born Oct. 31, 1944, in Viola, Wisconsin, to Albert and Dorothy Sorensen Spencer. On Sept. 13, 1974, she was married to Jacob Martin Wolf in Racine, Wisconsin. Survivors include her husband, Jake Wolf of DeBerry; daughters, Celesta A. Holden and Kathryn M....

Nov 15, 2004

Erich F. Jaster, 79, of Brenham, died Nov. 15, 2004, at his residence. Mr. Jaster was born April 16, 1925, in Washington County, Texas, to Erich G. and Annie Oevermann Jaster. He was baptized in St. John s United Church of Christ in Burton and was confirmed in Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Greenvine. Mr. Jaster was educated at Klump...

Nov 5, 2004

Tom Simmons Whitehead Jr., 76, of Brenham, died Friday, November 05, 2004 at St. Luke s Hospital in Houston. Mr. Whitehead was born July 18, 1928 in Midland, Texas, to Tom Simmons and Edythe Kerley Whitehead. He graduated third in his class at Brenham High School, studied for one year at Blinn College, and graduated Cum Laude from the...