Recent Obituaries
Glenn Loewe
Jun 4, 2005
Glenn Roy Loewe was born April 11, 1947 in Burton, Texas, the son of J.R. and Bernice Jaeger Loewe. He was baptized Aug. 17, 1947 and confirmed May 21, 1961 at Martin Luther Lutheran Church in Carmine. After being educated at Burton High School, he served his country in the U.S. Army from July 6, 1966 to July 5,...
William Franke
Jun 3, 2005
William Paul Franke, 77, of Houston, went to be with his Lord on June 3, 2005. Mr. Franke was born Aug. 11, 1927, in Brenham, to Willie and Mathilda Lange Franke. He was baptized Oct. 9, 1927, in Eben-Ezer Lutheran Church of Berlin and was confirmed Sept. 18, 1949, in St. John Lutheran Church in Houston. Mr. Franke attended...
Leona Holtkamp
May 27, 2005
Leona Louise Holtkamp, 78, of Brenham, died May 27, 2005, in Kruse Memorial Lutheran Village in Brenham. Mrs. Holtkamp was born June 10, 1926, in the Wesley community of Austin County, Texas, to Ernst and Clara Meyer Oberrender. She was baptized and confirmed in Salem Lutheran Church of Welcome. Mrs. Holtkamp attended County Line and Wesley schools and Brenham...
Ronald Kocian
May 25, 2005
Ronald Dean Kocian, 44, of Brenham, died in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham as a result of injuries sustained in an auto accident Wednesday morning, May 25, 2005. Mr. Kocian was born Oct. 6, 1960, in Houston, Texas, to Hugo Hubert and Viola Dobecka Kocian. He was a 1979 graduate of Pinetree High School in Longview. He earned a...
Miladin Djordjevic
May 24, 2005
Miladin Djordjevic, 81, of Brenham, died May 24, 2005, in Brenham Rest Home. Mr. Djordjevic was born May 7, 1924, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. He was a member of the Serbian Orthodox Church and was a retired superintendent in copper refining. Survivors include his son and daughter-in-law, Obren and Shawnee Djordjevic of Brenham; daughters and sons-in-law, Anna and Jim Cousineau...
Helen Schulte
May 22, 2005
Helen L. Schulte of Houston died May 22, 2005, in West Houston Medical Center. Mrs. Schulte was born in Brenham, Texas, to Ben and Martha Kramer Look. She was baptized and confirmed in St. Paul s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brenham. She was a graduate of Brenham High School. On July 3, 1942, she was married to Otto J.F....
Edna Morris
May 20, 2005
Edna Cummings Morris, 93, of Chappell Hill, Texas, died May 20, 2005. Mrs. Morris was born Sept. 13, 1911, in Kennard, Texas, to Harmon Adam and Minnie Bell Matchett Cummings. She attended Kennard, Texas schools and earned her teaching certificate at Sam Houston State College. On Dec. 23, 1931, she was married to Herman Edward Morris in Trinity, Texas....
Ellis Wickel
May 17, 2005
Ellis Emma Fuchs Wickel, 88, of Burton, died on the morning of Tuesday, May 17, 2005 in Trinity Medical Center-Brenham. Born on April 16, 1917 in the La Bahia Prairie Community of Washington County, Texas, Ellis was a daughter of Ewald J. & Ida Neutzler Fuchs. She was baptized in Martin Luther Lutheran Church of Carmine on July 15,...
Annie Lange
May 16, 2005
Annie Koehne Lange, 83, of Brenham, died May 16, 2005, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Lange was born March 15, 1922, in Washington County, Texas, to Henry Sr. and Annie Jessie Koehne. She attended Washington County schools. On Oct. 2, 1941, she was married to Rufus Lange, Sr. Mrs. Lange was a former employee of Brentex Mills...
Edwin Brauner
May 13, 2005
Edwin Brauner, 89, of the Long Point community, died May 13, 2005, at his residence. Mr. Brauner was born Oct. 6, 1915, in Artesian Park community of Washington County, TX to Robert and Emma Renz Brauner. He was baptized Nov. 28, 1915, in Zion Lutheran Church of Zionsville and was confirmed on March 29, 1931, in the same church....
Charles Machemehl
May 12, 2005
Charles Walter Machemehl, 82, of Brenham passed away May 12, 2005, at the family home. Mr. Machemehl was born July 29, 1922, in Bellville, Texas, to Louis and Adelheid Machemehl. He was baptized and confirmed in St. John s Lutheran Church in Bellville and graduated from Bellville High School. On September 11, 1943, he and Doris Quebe of Brenham...
Harold Niday
May 12, 2005
Harold Dean Niday, 65, the eldest son of Rev. Frank Niday and Marie Clark Niday, Dean was born November 28, 1939, in Northfork, West Virginia. He entered into eternal rest May 12, 2005, at his home in Burton, Texas. After serving in the Air Force, he spent time as a grocery manager in Maryland, film director for KTBC-TV in...
Melvin Witte
May 11, 2005
Melvin William Witte, 84, of Brenham, died May 11, 2005, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Witte was born Sept. 16, 1920, in Washington, Texas, to Charlie Jr. and Rosa Horstmann Witte. He was baptized Oct. 31, 1920, in Bethlehem Lutheran Church of William Penn by the Rev. H.F. Hellmann and was confirmed April 5, 1936, in Bethlehem...
Vinh Duong
May 10, 2005
Mr. Vinh Van Duong, 82, of Houston died on the morning of Tuesday, May 10, 2005 in Houston. Mr. Duong was born in Viet Nam on October 2, 1922. He and Cuc Tran were married in Qui Nhon, Viet Nam. He was the maitre d of a Houston restaurant. Survivors include his wife, Cuc Tran, of Houston; his son...
Oleis Arlitt
May 10, 2005
Oleis Marion Heineke Arlitt, 81, of Brenham, died May 10, 2005, at her residence. Mrs. Arlitt was born Oct. 5, 1923, in Brenham, to Gustav and Ruby Laas Heineke. She was baptized and confirmed in St. Paul s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brenham. Mrs. Arlitt attended Blinn College and earned a BBA from the University of Texas in Austin....
Freddie Dahmann
May 9, 2005
Freddie Dahmann, 85, of Brenham, died May 9, 2005, at his residence. Mr. Dahmann was born Nov. 14, 1919, in William Penn, Texas, to Will and Augusta Engel Dahmann. He was baptized and confirmed in Bethlehem Lutheran Church of William Penn. A veteran of World War II, Mr. Dahmann served in Africa, Italy and Europe and received two Purple...
Joe Wegner
May 7, 2005
Joe Ella Sis Fairbanks Wegner, 80, of the Clay community, died May 7, 2005, at the family residence. Mrs. Wegner was born January 12, 1925, in the Clay community to John Franklin and Rosa Lee Farquhar Fairbanks. She received her education in the Clay public school and Brenham High School. On July 20, 1973, she was married to Alfred...
Thomas Whitener
May 5, 2005
Thomas Oliver Whitener, Sr., 84, of Burton, died May 5, 2005, in College Station. The Whitener family has been identified with the Washington County area since 1853, when Oliver s grandfather settled south of Burton. Oliver was born and raised on the original homestead, where he lived his entire life. He left briefly to attend Brenham High School and...
Troy Thiel
May 4, 2005
Troy D. Thiel, 38, of Brenham, died on May 4, 2005, at 604 W. Mansfield St., Brenham, Texas. Troy is the son of Leon and Nancy Thiel of Brenham, born on November 21, 1966. He was a lifelong member of St. Paul s Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brenham. He attended Grace Lutheran kindergarten and Brenham public schools, graduating from...
Frederick Brandt
May 3, 2005
Frederick Otto Brandt, 82, of Chappell Hill died May 3, 2005, in Brenham. Survivors include his wife, Mary Young Brandt of Chappell Hill; son and daughter-in-law, F. Dave and Pam Brandt of Kempner; daughter and son-in-law, Marsha and Raymond Beckermann of Taylor; sister and brother-in-law, Lou Brandt and Barron Moody of Dallas; and three grandchildren. A memorial service will...
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