Recent Obituaries
Marie Sommerfield
Jul 28, 2003
Marie Schwartz Smmerfield, the last surviving child of Henry and Louise Gerke Schwartz, passed away on July 28, 2003, after a long, valiant battle with leukemia. She was 83 years of age. Marie was born on Dec. 19, 1919, in Washington County, TX. She was baptized and confirmed in Bethlehem Lutheran Church of William Penn. She attended William Penn...
Martha Brinkmeyer
Jul 28, 2003
Martha Brinkmeyer, 82, of Brenham, TX, died July 28, 2003, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Ms. Brinkmeyer was born April 25, 1921, in the William Penn community of Washington County, TX, to William and Annie Marzahn Klussmann. She was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Brenham. Survivors include her daughters and sons-in-law, Willie Mae and Glenwood Hertel...
Judy Bage
Jul 22, 2003
Judy Bage, 74, of Hempstead, TX, died July 22, 2003, in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan, TX. Mrs. Bage was born May 13, 1929 in Chicago, IL, to Joseph and Frances Odearno Debartolo. On April 19, 1947, she was married to Ewald Bage in Chicago, IL. Mrs. Bage was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Ewald Bage...
Natalie Menk
Jul 20, 2003
Natalie Menk, age 88, passed away peacefully of natural causes on Sunday July 20, 2003 in Brenham Texas. Born Natalina Herrietta Ida Spitzer on October 20, 1914 to Lula Hulda Beth Gregor Spitzer and Herman Spitzer in Brenham Texas. The eldest of three children, she was preceded in death by her brothers Garrett Spitzer and Arnie Spitzer. She graduated...
J.W. Williams
Jul 18, 2003
J.W. Williams, 74, of Brenham, died July 18, 2003, at a local nursing home. Mr. Williams was born April 29, 1929, in Dallas, Texas, to Luther E. and Irma Williams. On May 11, 1963, he married Betty Heidemann in Brenham. Mr. Williams was a long-time employee of Mount Vernon Mills and retired from there in 1992. He was a...
Salvatore Sorbera
Jul 15, 2003
Salvatore Sorbera, 70, of Brenham, died July 15, 2003, at his residence. Mr. Sorbera was born Nov. 19, 1932, in New York City, NY, to Samuel and Natalie Morice Sorbera. He was a retired Army major from Ft. Sam Houston. Mr. Sorbera was active with Ducks Unlimited in La Grange and loved woodworking and building things for people. He...
Florence Mikolajczak
Jul 14, 2003
Florence Mikolajczak, born in Chappell Hill, Texas on June 2, 1925, passed away on Monday, July 14, 2003. Her parents were John Mikolajczak and Rosie Krotofil Mikolajczak. Florence was born prematurely in the former St. Jude Hospital, which is now the Brenham Rest Home. Florence had severe physical disabilities since birth and lived in the Brenham Rest Home for...
Matilda Montgomery
Jul 11, 2003
Matilda Montgomery, 70, of Houston, died July 11, 2003, at her residence in Houston. Mrs. Montgomery was born Nov. 2, 1932, in Scobey, Montana, to John E. and Mary Mymka Kindzerski. She was baptized in 1933 in Ukranian Orthodox Catholic Church in Scobey, Montana. She earned a bachelor of science in nursing from Montana State College and graduated from...
Leona Grebe
Jul 11, 2003
Leona Niemeyer Grebe, 76, of Brenham, died July 11, 2003, in Brenham Rest Home. Mrs. Grebe was born Sept. 26, 1926, in the Mound Hill community, the daughter of the late Henry and Emma Duebbe Niemeyer. She was baptized Nov. 7, 1926, at St. John Lutheran Church of Prairie Hill by Pastor P. Gogolin and was confirmed May 5,...
Emery Hair, Jr.
Jul 10, 2003
Emery Naaman Hair, Jr., 78, of Brenham, died July 10, 2003, in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center in Brenham. Mr. Hair was born Oct. 2, 1924, in Baytown, TX, to Emery Sr. and Annie Mae Robinson Hair. On Nov. 5, 1943, he married Mildred Noack in Granger, TX. Mr. Hair was a petroleum inspector. He lived in Texas City for...
Mary Hintz
Jul 10, 2003
Mary Evelyn Tillman Hintz, 89, of Brenham, TX, died July 10, 2003, at her daughter s residence near Brenham. Mrs. Hintz was born Sept. 30, 1913, in Lawrence County, AR, to Lee and Avie Fry Kellow. Survivors include her children, Jorretta and Maurice LeBleu of Brenham, Ava Lou and Robert Marvel of Brenham, Verna Dean Taylor of San Antonio,...
John Thompson
Jul 4, 2003
John Allen Thompson, 80, of Houston, and the widower of Margaret Raney Thompson, died Friday, July 4, 2003, in Floresville, Texas. Mr. Thompson was born September 2, 1922, in Hale Center, Texas to John W. and Ola Allen Thompson. He was educated in Pampa High School in Pampa, Texas and spent his working years as a lab technician for...
Mildred Heidemann
Jul 3, 2003
Mildred Louise Seale Heidemann, 90, of Brenham, died July 3, 2003, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Heidemann was born Sept. 30, 1912, in Karnes City, TX, to Fred C. and Hattie Knight Seale. She was baptized Nov. 23, 1913, in Karnes City. Mrs. Heidemann was a graduate of Sam Houston State University and earned her master s...
Charles Randermann
Jul 3, 2003
Charles Charlie Randermann, 77, of Brenham, passed away peacefully at his home July 3, 2003. Mr. Randermann was born June 2, 1926, the son of Henry Sr. and Minnie Boerninghaus Randermann of the Kuykendall Community in Washington County. He was baptized into the Christian faith on October 7, 1926 and was confirmed on March 29, 1942 at Sandy Hill...
Ethel Mingus
Jul 2, 2003
Ethel Maude Phillips Mingus, 83, of Brenham, TX, died July 2, 2003, in Trinity Care Center in Brenham. Ms. Mingus was born March 6, 1920, in Pine Island, TX, to Thornton Sylvanis and Lucy Ann Milam Phillips. She was baptized in Pine Island Baptist Church. She was a 1940 graduate of Waller High School and a 1944 graduate of...
Lillian Wommack
Jun 30, 2003
Lillian Wommack, 90, of Brenham, died June 30, 2003, in Brenham Rest Home. Mrs. Wommack was born Nov. 12, 1912, in the Greenvine community of Washington County, TX to Ernst and Henrietta Keng Menn. She was a bookkeeper in a tax office and was a member of St. Paul s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brenham. Survivors include her brother,...
Ruth Roberts
Jun 28, 2003
Ruth D. Roberts, 85, of Brenham, died June 28, 2003, in St. Joseph Health Care Center in Bryan. Mrs. Roberts was born Sept. 12, 1917, in Asherton, TX, to Franklin and Ada Evans Dietz. She was educated at Reagan High School in Houston. On June 14, 1941, she was married to Austin W. Roberts in The Woodlands Baptist Church...
Joyce Drews
Jun 18, 2003
Joyce Elaine Drews, 67, of Brenham, died June 18, 2003, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Drews was born Oct. 23, 1935, in Burton, to Ferdinand and Bertha Emilie Mueller Jaster. She was baptized Jan. 26, 1936, in St. John s United Church of Christ in Burton and was confirmed on April 2, 1950, in the same church....
Lois Bell
Jun 16, 2003
Graveside services for Lois Ralsten Bell, 90, of Brenham and formerly of Luling, are set for 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 19 at Luling City Cemetery. The Rev. Jimmy Lammers, pastor of First Baptist Church in Luling will officiate. Mrs. Bell died Monday, July 16 in Brenham after a lengthy illness. She was born in Smithville to Henry Turner...
Alfred Addicks
Jun 12, 2003
Alfred Addicks was born on Aug. 3, 1927, in the Wonder Hill community of Washington County, Texas. The oldest of two sons born to Henry and Ida Mae Urech Addicks, Alfred was baptized in St. Paul Lutheran Church at Phillipsburg on Oct. 9, 1927, by Pastor J. Holman and was later confirmed there by Pastor A.T. Kluge on March...
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