Recent Obituaries
Maria Cienga
May 29, 2004
Maria Carmen Cienega, 70, of Brenham, died May 29, 2004, in Methodist Hospital in Houston. Mrs. Cienega was born Feb. 2, 1934, in Roscoe, TX, to Juan and Estanislada Palafox. Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Jessie and Carol Cienega of College Station and Johnny and Minerva Cienega of Brenham; and daughters, Evangelina and Jacinto Solano of Alvin, Pauline...
Joseph Morris
May 25, 2004
Joseph Doyle Morris, 80, of Chappell Hill, Texas, died May 25, 2004, at his residence. Mr. Morris was born April 23, 1924, in Elk City, Oklahoma, to William Randolph and Hattie Gazelle Morris. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. On July 17, 1948, he was married to Theresa Adeline Chrisman in Nocona, Texas. Survivors include...
Theresa Morris
May 25, 2004
Theresa Adeline Morris, 79, of Chappell Hill, Texas, died May 25, 2004, at her residence. Mrs. Morris was born March 22, 1925, in Nocona, Texas, to Volney Howard and Ina Viola Chrisman. On July 17, 1948, she married Joseph Doyle Morris. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her son, Chris Morris and wife Anais Nelson of Austin; daughter, Debra...
Lorna Merten
May 22, 2004
Lorna Somers Merten, 76, of Burton, TX , died Saturday, May 22, 2004, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Merten was born Dec. 3, 1927, in Galveston, TX, to John and Evelyn Eva Ecret Somers. She graduated from Ball High School in Galveston. On June 18, 1954, she married Chester C. Merten in Houston. Mrs. Merten was a...
James Aldridge
May 20, 2004
James E. Sonny Aldridge, 77, of Burton, TX, died May 20, 2004, in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan, TX. Mr. Aldridge was born April 7, 1927, in Sarah, Mississippi, to James M. and Robbie Brandon Aldridge. On July 24, 1948, he married Carolyn Peacock in Houston. Mr. Aldridge served in the U.S. Merchant Marines from 1943 to...
Ellen Sommerlatte
May 19, 2004
Ellen Jane Sommerlatte, 48, beloved wife, sister, daughter and mother, passed away Wednesday, May 19, 2004, at her Houston residence. Mrs. Sommerlatte was born Dec. 5, 1955, in Cameron, TX, to Edward and Elsie June Fredricksen Longhofer. She was a 1978 graduate of Texas Women s University. She was employed by H.C.A. since 1991 and was one of the...
Josephine Denena
May 10, 2004
Josephine Lampson Denena, 95, of Brenham, died May 10, 2004, in Kruse Memorial Lutheran Village in Brenham. Mrs. Denena was born June 24, 1908, in Brazos County, Texas, to Mike and Minnie Todaro Lampson. She was educated in Brazos County schools. On Nov. 27, 1927, she was married to Lee L. Denena in St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bryan....
Arlon Garner
May 4, 2004
Arlon Wayne Garner, 25, of Brenham, died May 4, 2004, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Garner was born Sept. 15, 1978, in Bryan, TX. He was a graduate of Brenham High School. Survivors include his mother, Lisa Cargill Geick of College Station; sisters, Carissa Geick of Round Rock and Jamie Geick of College Station; grandparents, Billy and...
Charles Nickles
May 4, 2004
Services for Charles E. Nickles, 85, of Frankfort, Kentucky, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, May 10 in Independence Baptist Church in Independence, Texas, with Rev. D.H. Strickland officiating. Burial will be in Independence Cemetery in Independence. Mr. Nickles died May 4, 2004, in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. A native of Frankfort, Kentucky, he was a graduate of Good Shepherd...
Alfred Becker
Apr 30, 2004
Alfred Becker was born on May 1, 1927 in the Sandy Hill community of Washington County, Texas, the son of Otto & Della Haas Becker. He was baptized in St. Matthew Lutheran Church at Sandy Hill and was later confirmed there. Alfred was a graduate of Brenham High School, Blinn College and a number of police academies. He was...
Charles Ballard
Apr 26, 2004
Charles H. Charlie Ballard, 82, of Brenham, died April 26, 2004, at his home. Mr. Ballard was born May 20, 1921, in Pine Park, Georgia, to Herman Brown and Mary Pearl Bonner Ballard. He graduated high school in Lakeland, Florida and attended SMU in Dallas, Texas. Mr. Ballard served in the field artillery and the Air Force during World...
Ruby Kiel
Apr 22, 2004
Ruby Lee Kiel, 84, of Carmine, TX, died April 22, 2004, in Trinity Care Center in Brenham. Mrs. Kiel was born Jan. 9, 1920, in Carmine, to Herman and Mary Kieke Eichler. She was baptized May 2, 1920, in Martin Luther Lutheran Church in Carmine and was confirmed April 9, 1933, in the same church. She attended La Bahia...
Julia Means
Apr 20, 2004
Julia Means, 83, of Brenham, died April 20, 2004, in Bluebonnet Hills Care Center in Brenham. Mrs. Means was born Jan. 8, 1921, in Brenham, to Joseph and Victoria Pribilski Przyborski. She was baptized and confirmed in St. Mary s Catholic Church in Brenham. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Ted and Barbara Zientek of...
Wilma Kelm
Apr 19, 2004
Wilma Sophie Emma Delion Kelm, 85, of Burton, TX, died Monday, April 19, 2004, in Bluebonnet Hills Care Center in Brenham. Mrs. Kelm was born June 6, 1918, in Industry, Austin County, TX, to Willie and Bertha Sonnenberg Delion. She was baptized Sept. 6, 1918, in the United Methodist Church in Industry by Pastor Wm. Sievers. She attended Industry...
Lilia Hertel
Apr 18, 2004
Lilia Lena Marie Hertel, 87, of Brenham, TX, died Sunday, April 18, 2004, in Trinity Care Center in Brenham. Mrs. Hertel was born May 9, 1916, in Greenvine, TX, to Adolph and Lena Marie Steffen Mackenroth. She was baptized June 18, 1916, in Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Greenvine by Pastor L. Hoefer and was confirmed March 29, 1931, in...
Heather Sharp
Apr 18, 2004
Heather Lynn Sharp, 23, of Brenham, died April 17, 2004, near Evadale, Texas. Ms. Sharp was born June 13, 1980, in Brenham, to Donald E. and Joan Supak Parker. She attended Brenham schools and loved to write poetry. Survivors include her children, Cheyanne Sharp, Rusty Kay and Lane Garrett Sharp; mother, Joan Meschwitz of Brenham; father, Donnie Parker of...
Caroljean Rice
Apr 15, 2004
Caroljean Kuuipo Rice, 49, of Pascagoula, Mississippi, died April 15, 2004, in Pascagoula. Mrs. Rice was born March 1, 1955, in Montebelle, California, to Ernest and Betty Borrlise Reyher. She was baptized in 1974 in Bellflower, California. On May 14, 1971, she was married to Cecil Rice in Norwalk, California. Survivors include her husband, Cecil Rice of Pascagoula, Mississippi;...
Mildred Hahn
Apr 14, 2004
Mildred Hahn, 87, of Brenham, TX, died Wednesday, April 14, 2004, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Miss Hahn was born May 26, 1916, in the Prairie Hill community of Washington County, TX, to Herman and Emily Fischer Hahn. She was baptized and confirmed in St. John Lutheran Church in Prairie Hill and attended Prairie Hill School. Miss Hahn...
W. Meinkowski
Apr 10, 2004
W. H. Buddy Willie Meinkowsky, age 86, of Round Top Carmine, died April 10, 2004 at Monument Hill Nursing Center in La Grange. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 13, 2004, at St. John s United Church of Christ in Burton with Pastor Glen Schoeneberg officiating. Burial will follow in the Church cemetery. The family...
William Starling
Apr 9, 2004
William "Bill" Floyd Starling, 61, of Brenham, the father of Revillie Dawn Dobbs of Brenham died Friday, April 9, 2004, at his daughters residence. Mr. Starling was born January 7, 1943, in Laredo, Texas, to William Wesley and Lillian Revillie Daniels Starling. He enlisted in the U.S. Army, 1 March 1961 and was stationed in Germany for three years....
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