Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Elwood Schomburg

Elwood Schomburg

Sep 18, 2004

Elwood Bubba Schomburg, 72, of Las Vegas, Nevada, died Sept. 18, 2004, in a Las Vegas hospital. Mr. Schomburg was born Sept. 18, 1932, in Brenham, Texas, to Edward and Lydia Jahnke Schomburg. He was baptized Oct. 23, 1932 and was confirmed March 3, 1947. Mr. Schomburg was a graduate of Brenham High School, Sam Houston State University and...

Dana Duewall

Dana Duewall

Sep 16, 2004

Dana Michael Duewall, 46, of Wichita Falls, Texas, died Sept. 15, 2004, at his residence. Mr. Duewall was born Dec. 17, 1957, in La Grange, Texas, to Lee Alfred and Johnelle Bradley Duewall. He was a 1976 graduate of Brenham High School and a 1978 graduate of Blinn College. He was a recent graduate of Midwestern University in Wichita...

Guernell Ahrens

Guernell Ahrens

Sep 14, 2004

Guernell Landua Ahrens, 85, of Brenham, passed away Sept. 14, 2004, at Kruse Memorial Lutheran Village. Born to Will and Lillian Neinast Landua on Jan. 9, 1919, in Washington County, Texas, she was baptized on March 23, 1919, at St. Paul s Lutheran Church of Rehburg by Rev. Herman Weber and confirmed on Oct. 2, 1932, by Rev. C....

Raymond Tielke

Raymond Tielke

Sep 14, 2004

Raymond F. Tielke, 83, of Brenham, died Sept. 14, 2004, at the family residence. Mr. Tielke was born Sept. 26, 1920, in Needville, Texas, to Willie and Minnie Miller Tielke. He was baptized Oct. 31, 1920, by Rev. Karl Merkel in the Evangelical Immanuel Church in Needville. On April 14, 1935, he was confirmed in that same church by...

Theodore Drechsel

Theodore Drechsel

Sep 14, 2004

Theodore Henry Drechsel of Brenham, died Sept. 14, 2004, in Houston. He was born September 12, 1922 in Brenham, TX to Theodore & Lenora Tautenhahn Drechsel. Henry served in the United States Navy during WWII. He was a longtime employee of the Brenham Post office. A graveside service is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on Friday, September 17, 2004 in...

Willie Loesch

Willie Loesch

Sep 13, 2004

Willie C. Loesch, 88, of Brenham, died Sept. 13, 2004, at his residence. Mr. Loesch was born Sept. 24, 1915, in Washington County, Texas, to Walter and Ida Lampe Loesch. He served in the Army during World War II. On Dec. 23, 1941, he was married to Margaret Louise Witte in Bethlehem Lutheran Church in William Penn. Mr. Loesch...

Robert Frazier

Robert Frazier

Sep 12, 2004

Robert Frazier, 82, of Brenham, Texas, formerly of Stanton, Kentucky, died Sept. 12, 2004, in Kruse Memorial Lutheran Village in Brenham. Mr. Frazier was born July 15, 1922, to Guy and Ethel Stephens Frazier in Stanton, Kentucky. He served in the Army three years during World War II, with 30 months of that time in the South Pacific. On...

Alonce Gutierrez

Alonce Gutierrez

Sep 12, 2004

(No obituary text available)

Pauline Falkenberg

Pauline Falkenberg

Sep 11, 2004

Pauline Marie Falkenberg, 87, of Houston, died Saturday in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Born March 13, 1917, to John W. and Augusta Schmiegel Finke, she was baptized and confirmed in St. John United Church of Christ in Burton. On November 1, 1936, she was married to Elwin Falkenberg. She was a member of Gethsemane Lutheran Church of Houston,...

J. Smith

J. Smith

Sep 6, 2004

J. Harold Smith, 88, of Bryan, died September 6, 2004. He was born August 4, 1916, in Port Arthur, TX. He was baptized and confirmed in Trinity Lutheran Church, Port Arthur, and remained a faithful Lutheran Christian throughout his life. Mr. Smith held membership near his residence: Trinity Lutheran Church, Port Arthur, St. Andrew Lutheran Church, Houston, St. Paul...

Emma Neutzler

Emma Neutzler

Sep 6, 2004

Emma Meyer Neutzler was born April 2, 1912, in the Prairie Hill community of Washington County, TX, the daughter of William and Emma Schulte Meyer. She was baptized on May 26, 1912, at Prairie Hill by Pastor Apfelbach and was confirmed at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Greenvine on April 10, 1927 by Pastor Ziehe. Mrs. Neutzler was educated at...

Nicholas Hodde

Nicholas Hodde

Sep 3, 2004

Nicholas Ryan Hodde, 23, of Brenham, TX, joined our Father in Heaven on Sept. 3, 2004, near Clay in Burleson County, TX. Nick was born Sept. 9, 1980, in Brenham, TX, to A.A. Hodde and Margaret Gutowski Hodde. He was a 1999 graduate of Brenham High School and attended Blinn College. Nick was married to Megan McMillan and was...

Pearl Lamb

Pearl Lamb

Aug 31, 2004

Pearl Lamb, 85, of Brenham, died Aug. 31, 2004, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Lamb was born Aug. 12, 1919, in Jacksonville, TX, to Earl M. and Ethel Jewel Chalfant Kilmer. She was educated in Jacksonville High School, Lon Morris Junior College and West Texas State University. She was a retired teacher and was a member of...

Peggy Grabarschick

Peggy Grabarschick

Aug 31, 2004

Peggy Ann Baker Grabarschick, 70, of Lyons, Texas, died Aug. 31, 2004, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham, after a courageous 15-year battle with cancer. Mrs. Grabarschick was born Aug. 4, 1934, in George County, Mississippi, to Floyd and Cammie Pope Baker. On June 16, 1983, she was married to Herbert Red Grabarschick, Jr. in Washington County, Texas. She...

Donald Loving

Donald Loving

Aug 31, 2004

Donald Jean Loving, 65 of Brenham, died August 31, 2004 at his residence. Survivors include his daughters and sons-in-law, Stacy & Mark Durham of Cypress, and Cheryl & Pete Munoz of Bryan, step-sons, Brian Christian and Steve Christian & fiancée Clea Smith, all of Dallas, brother, Roger Loving of Conroe, grandchildren, Jared and Kyle Durham of Cypress, Gabriel and...

Ronald Langenkamp

Ronald Langenkamp

Aug 31, 2004

Ronald Lowell Langenkamp, 59, of the Wiedeville community in Washington County, Texas, died in the family residence on the afternoon of Tuesday, August 31, 2004. He was born to Fred Lowell & Lucille Cape Langenkamp on April 17, 1945 in Surfside, Texas. After serving in the United States Army between 1964 and 1967, Ron earned a Bachelor of Arts...

Ruby Seeker

Ruby Seeker

Aug 29, 2004

Ruby Huseman Seeker On August 29, 2004 after a long courageous battle with cancer, Ruby lost her battle and passed on to a better life. Ruby was born April 20, 1929 in William Penn, Texas; the third daughter of John and Hilda Huseman. She was baptized in William Penn and confirmed April 2, 1944 by Pastor C. J. Appel....

Kai Johnson

Kai Johnson

Aug 28, 2004

Kai Allen Johnson, 36, of Brenham died in Trinity Medical Center, Saturday, August 28, 2004. Mr. Johnson was born December 15, 1967, in Savannah, Georgia, to Kenneth Allen and Kennette Marie Dickerson Johnson. He was a resident of the Brenham State School and was employed by Brenham Production Service. Survivors include his mother: Kennette Marie Klees of Savannah, Georgia;...

Earl Vaughn

Earl Vaughn

Aug 27, 2004

Earl Willard Vaughn, 88, of Brenham, died Aug. 27, 2004, in Detroit, Michigan. Mr. Vaughn was born April 11, 1916, in Joshua, Johnson County, Texas, to Robert Tillman and Nellie Houston Morgan Vaughn. He was very proud to have served his country in the U.S. Army from Dec. 2, 1942 until Feb. 14, 1946. On Nov. 26, 1982, he...

Weldon Hord, Jr.

Weldon Hord, Jr.

Aug 21, 2004

Weldon Morris Hord, Jr., 50, of Brenham, Texas, died Aug. 21, 2004, in a plane accident in Oroville, California. Mr. Hord was born Dec. 21, 1953, in Fairfield, California, to Weldon Morris Hord, Sr. and Joy Jeanine Geiger Hord. He was baptized Oct. 5, 1963, in Gridley, California. Mr. Hord was a graduate of Marysville High School in California....