Recent Obituaries
Anita Wessinger
Dec 14, 2003
Anita Schram Wessinger, 86, of Brenham, and the widow of Leo Wessinger died December 14, 2003 at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. She was born February 13, 1917, in Washington County, Texas, the daughter of Fritz and Agnes Malkey Schram. Mrs. Wessinger received her education in Washington County and was a homemaker. Anita was presently making her home at...
Mary Bilski
Dec 13, 2003
Mary Cegielski Bilski was born on November 16, 1904 in Chappell Hill, Washington County, Texas, one of twelve children born to Stanislaus & Catherine Nowak Cegielski. A lifelong member of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church of Chappell Hill, Mary was baptized there in infancy, in her youth she was confirmed there and as a young woman, Mary and Joseph A....
Andrew Holley, Jr.
Dec 6, 2003
Andrew D. Holley, Jr., 70, of Burton, died Dec. 6, 2003, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Holley was born Aug. 24, 1933, in Texas City, TX, to Andrew Dewey Sr. and Hester Coats Holley. He was a graduate of Stephen F. Austin High School and Lee College of Baytown. He served in the U.S. Marines during Korean...
Ciola Malkey
Dec 5, 2003
Ciola Weidemann Malkey, 95, of Brenham, and the widow of Arthur Malkey died December 5, 2003 at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. She was born July 19, 1908, in Burton Texas, the daughter of Otto and Mary Schwierzke Weidemann. Ciola was baptized in the Lutheran faith November 22, 1911, in Martin Luther Lutheran Church of Carmine by Reverend John...
Marion Stegent
Dec 1, 2003
Marion M. Stegent, 57, of Chappell Hill, died Dec. 1, 2003, in Northwest Medical Center in Houston. Mr. Stegent was born May 24, 1946, in Brenham, TX, to Johnnie and Florence Dekowski Stegent. He was baptized and confirmed in St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Chappell Hill. Mr. Stegent was a graduate of Brenham High School and served in the...
Vivian Hacker
Dec 1, 2003
Vivian Catherine Fogle Hacker, 83, of Brenham, died Nov. 30, 2003, in Trinity Care Center in Brenham. Mrs. Hacker was born Dec. 25, 1919, in Camargo, Oklahoma, to Victor and Arminta Baker Fogle. She was an educator. Survivors include her daughter, Minta Webb of Burton; grandchildren, Natalie Anne Petty Eagan and Edward, Matthew Chase Petty and Kim, Colleen Caye...
Loretta Hodde
Nov 28, 2003
Loretta Marie Hodde, 87, of Brenham, and the widow of Dr. Herman O. Hodde, died November 28, 2003 at the family residence in Brenham. She was born November 6, 1916, in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, the daughter of Michael and Marie Raatz Knipfer, next to the youngest of five children. Loretta graduated from the Atlantic City Hospital School of Nursing...
Charles Spreen
Nov 28, 2003
Charles Edward Spreen, 65, of Brenham, the Zionsville community, died Friday, November 28, 2003 at the family residence. Mr. Spreen was born September 23, 1938, in Washington County, Texas, the son of Charlie and Clara Spinn Spreen. He was baptized and confirmed in Zion Lutheran Church of Zionsville. Mr. Spreen served in the National Guard. He was employed by...
Lenora Schulz
Nov 27, 2003
Lenora A. Wellbrock Schulz, 86, of Brenham, died November 27, 2003, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Schulz was born on February 8, 1917, in the Sandy Hill Community, Washington County, Texas, the daughter of Klaus and Emma Becker Wellbrock. She was baptized in the Christian faith April 8, 1917, in St. Matthew Lutheran Church of Sandy Hill...
Francies Wehmeyer
Nov 27, 2003
Francies Irene Wehmeyer, 69, of Austin, and the wife of Clarence Wehmeyer, died Thursday, November 27, 2003, in Seton Medical Center in Austin. Mrs.Wehmeyer was born on October 6, 1934, in Lufkin, Texas, the daughter of Willie D. and Carrie Broomfield Landrum. She attended Lufkin High School and was a retired payroll accountant. On January 12, 1957, she was...
Helen Fuchs
Nov 26, 2003
Helen Minnie Henske Arning Fuchs, 86, of Brenham, died Nov. 26, 2003, in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center in Brenham. She was born on July 21, 1917, in Kenney, Austin County, Texas, the daughter of Will and Minnie Richter Henske. She was baptized in the Christian faith Oct. 21, 1917, by Pastor H. Poehlmann in New Wehdem. She was confirmed...
Ronnie Roemer
Nov 21, 2003
Ronnie Roemer, 56, of Brenham, died Nov. 21, 2003, at his residence. Mr. Roemer was born April 13, 1947, in Brenham, TX, to August and Ruby Loewe Roemer. He was educated in Burton public schools. He served in the U.S. Army from Aug. 4, 1966 to May 29, 1968, in Vietnam and earned a Purple Heart. On Feb. 6,...
Elizabeth Weatherby
Nov 18, 2003
Elizabeth E. Rasco Weatherby lost her battle with cancer on November 18, 2003. She was born on February 12, 1922, in Marshall, Texas, to Willie W. and Ida Mae Rasco. She graduated from public schools in Rosebud, TX, where she met her husband of 57 years, Ernest Lamar Weatherby. Her parents and her husband preceded her in death. The...
Isabel Sehlke
Nov 12, 2003
Isabel A. Sehlke, 92, of Burton, died Nov. 12, 2003, in Kruse Memorial Lutheran Village in Brenham. Mrs. Sehlke was born Jan. 28, 1911, in Washington County, TX, to Charles and Otillia Draeger Lamp. She attended Burton schools. On Feb. 12, 1931, she married Edward Louis Sehlke in St. Peter s Lutheran Church in Gay Hill. Mrs. Sehlke was...
Herbert Ladewig
Nov 12, 2003
Herbert Hugo Ladewig, 89, of College Station, died Nov. 12, 2003, in College Station. Mr. Ladewig was born Jan. 31, 1914, in Colorado County, TX, to Louis and Hattie Ladewig. On Nov. 24, 1938, he married Emma Christensen in Danevang Lutheran Church in Danevang. Mr. Ladewig was retired from Texas A&M University maintenance in the animal science department and...
Joel Franke
Nov 11, 2003
Joel Lee Franke was called to his heavenly home on Tuesday morning November 11, 2003. Mr. Franke was born September 20, 1941, in New Ulm, Texas to Henry and Elinor Howe Franke. He was christened at the Frelsburg Lutheran Church and was confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church. He attended La Marque public schools. After graduation from La Marque High...
Ira Zuehlke
Nov 11, 2003
Ira Dement Schatz Zuehlke was born September 26, 1903 at the home of her beloved parents, Bethel and Emma Black Dement in Burton, Texas. Ira taught school in Gay Hill, Texas and helped operate Red & White Grocery Store and the Washington County Hatchery in Burton. Ira was the first woman in the state of Texas to serve as...
Russell Coile, Jr.
Nov 10, 2003
Russell Cleven Coile, Jr., one of the nation s top healthcare management consultants, died Nov. 10, 2003, of complications from brain cancer. He was 60. Coile was a pioneering health futurist, spotting trends and advising hospitals, physicians groups and health plans across the country for more than two decades. In 2002, he was named one of the top 100...
Abie Lesser, Jr
Nov 1, 2003
Abie Lesser, Jr. , 78, of Brenham, died Saturday evening, November 1, 2003 at Trinity Medical Center. Mr. Lesser is the husband of Dorothy Crawford Lesser and the father of Patsy Lesser Hermann of Brenham. Born October 12, 1925 in Brenham, Texas, Abie was the son of Abie Lesser, Sr. and Faye Thomas Lesser. He received his education in...
Elsie Kelm
Oct 31, 2003
Elsie Schroeder Kelm, 93, a native of Washington County, Texas, died on October 31, 2003 in the Spring Shadow Pines Nursing Facility in Houston, Texas. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, November 4 at 2:00 p.m. in St. Peter s Lutheran Church of Gay Hill with Pastor Virgil Pecht officiating. Interment will be in St. Peter s Lutheran...
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