Recent Obituaries
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
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
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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....
James Gates
Aug 21, 2004
James Edgar Gates, 96, of Brenham, the husband of Dorothy Lamberth Gates, died in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center, Saturday, August 21, 2004. Mr. Gates was born May 30, 1908, in Spring Hill, Alabama, to James P. and Agnes Cecil Harper Gates. He attended Alabama public schools and Alabama Community School. On October 20, 1934, he married Dorothy Lamberth in...
Wilma Parker
Aug 20, 2004
Wilma Clark Parker, 84, of Brenham, and the widow of Roland G. Parker, died in Trinity Medical Center Friday, August 20, 2004. Mrs. Parker was born October 21, 1919, in San Antonio, Texas, to Daniel H. and Irene Myers Clark. She was a graduate of Thomas Edison High School in San Antonio, obtained a BA degree from Southwest Texas...
Rosa Sommer
Aug 18, 2004
Rosa Lee Sommer, 93, of Brenham, died Aug. 18, 2004, in Kruse Memorial Lutheran Village in Brenham. Mrs. Sommer was born March 2, 1911, in the Kuykendall community of Washington County, Texas, the daughter of Henry Sr. and Minnie Boerninghaus Randermann. She was baptized June 4, 1911, in St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Sandy Hill by Pastor Czerkus and...
Edmund Dube
Aug 15, 2004
Edmund N. Dube, beloved husband of Irene Dube, died August 15, 2004 in Irving, Texas. He was born February 12, 1912, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Karl and Elizabeth Dube, being the fourth of five sons. He was baptized in the Lutheran faith in New Orleans, and in 1925, was confirmed in Immanuel Lutheran Church in Giddings, Texas, where...

