Recent Obituaries
Irene Lehmann
Jan 28, 2004
Irene Johanna Lehmann, 90, of Brenham, died Jan. 28, 2004, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Miss Lehmann was born March 30, 1913, in the Salem community of Washington County, TX, to Herman A. and Meta Schawe Lehmann. She was baptized June 29, 1913, in Salem Lutheran Church in Salem by Rev. Mgebroff and was confirmed April 1, 1928,...
Carolyn Wolverton
Jan 27, 2004
Carolyn Kay Gibert Wolverton, 60, of Burton, died Jan. 27, 2004, in her home after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. Mrs. Wolverton was born April 24, 1943, in Mount Enterprise, TX, to Albert and Louise Phillips Gibert. On Dec. 29, 1961, she married Billy T. Wolverton. She was preceded in death by her father, Albert Gibert; stepfather, Harlon...
Bonnelle Landua
Jan 24, 2004
After a short battle with leukemia, Bonnelle Heine Landua, 89, of Brenham, died Jan. 24, 2004, in Trinity Care Center in Brenham. Mrs. Landua was born April 23, 1914, in the Rehburg community of Washington County, Texas, to F.H. and Dorothea Neinast Heine. On Sept. 20, 1942, she was married to Alfred Charles Landua in St. Paul Lutheran Church...
Catherine Zeiss
Jan 21, 2004
Catherine Moran Zeiss passed away January 21, 2004. She was born July 27, 1958, in Houston, Texas. Catherine was confirmed at St. Cecilia s Catholic Church and attended parochial schools in Houston, graduating from St. Agnes Academy in 1976. She attended Blinn Jr. College and later graduated from the University of Texas in Austin with a Bachelor of Science...
Joseph Sykora
Jan 19, 2004
Joseph Jacob Sykora, 78, of Burton, died Jan. 19, 2004, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Sykora was born Nov. 4, 1925, in Stamford, TX, to John E. and Lillie Muehlstein Sykora. He was baptized and confirmed in Stamford and served in the U.S. Coast Guard. On Aug. 20, 1960, he married Joan J. Rodeck in Immaculate Conception...
Walter Jozwiak
Jan 16, 2004
Walter Frank Jozwiak, 68, of Chappell Hill, died Friday, January 16 in the Spring Branch Medical Center in Houston. Walter was born October 15, 1935, in Chappell Hill, to Walter J. and Martha Bilski Jozwiak. He was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic faith in St. Stanislaus Catholic Church of Chappell Hill, and attended the Wonder Hill School. On...
Bettye Wolverton
Jan 13, 2004
Bettye Jackson Wolverton, 90, of Burton, died Jan. 13, 2004, in Bluebonnet Hills Care Center in Brenham. Mrs. Wolverton was born July 5, 1913, in Mt. Enterprise, Rusk County, Texas, to T.C. and Rebecca Davis Jackson. In February, 1932, she married Hollis Wolverton. Mrs. Wolverton was a member of First Baptist Church in Mt. Enterprise. Survivors include her son...
Jeraldyne Weisler
Jan 12, 2004
Jeraldyne Lehde Weisler, 64, of Brenham, died January 12, 2004, at her home. Jerry was born on October 29, 1939, in Houston, Texas, the only child of Helmus Daniel and Nola Balke Lehde. She was baptized December 17, 1939 and was confirmed March 29, 1953, at Zion Lutheran Church in Houston, Texas. Jerry graduated from Texas Lutheran University in...
Laclaves Kapchinski
Jan 12, 2004
Laclaves Archie Louis Kapchinski, 67, of Brenham, died Jan. 12, 2004, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Kapchinski was born Dec. 7, 1936, in Stoneham, TX, to Joe and Hattie Urbanosky Kapchinski. He was baptized in St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Anderson. In 1975, he was married to Aissia Nichols. Survivors include his children and their spouses, Randy...
Billie Stegmann
Jan 8, 2004
Billie H. Stegmann, 59, of Brenham, died January 8, 2004, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Stegmann was born October 21, 1944, in Brenham, Texas, the son of Otto Sr. and Lillie Gajeske Stegmann. He was baptized in Zion Lutheran Church of Zionsville by Rev. R.J. Weber and was confirmed in the same church. Mr. Stegmann was a...
Robert Mills, Sr.
Jan 8, 2004
Robert Franklin Mills, 85, of Brenham, TX, died Jan. 8, 2004, in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center in Brenham. Mr. Mills was born Dec. 28, 1918, in Athens, TX, to George Burton and Maybella Darby Mills. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Mr. Mills was retired from Dallas Power and Light and was a member of...
Milady Henske
Jan 3, 2004
Milady Wiecker Henske, 87, of Bleiblerville, and the widow of Otto Henske died early Saturday morning in Trinity Care Center. Mrs. Henske was born March 16, 1916 in Wesley, Texas, the daughter of Charlie and Ella Schultz Ripple. She was baptized and confirmed in the Welcome Lutheran Church of Welcome. She was a member of Salem Lutheran Church of...
Hattie Pieper
Jan 2, 2004
Hattie Emma Schomburg Pieper, 88, of Brenham, and the widow of Herbert Pieper, died Friday evening in Trinity Care Center of Brenham. Mrs. Pieper was born September 3, 1915, in Kenney, Texas, to Henry and Henrietta Richter Schomburg. She was baptized and confirmed in St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church and received her education in the Travis Community School grade...
Angelina Bednar
Dec 29, 2003
Angelina Bednar, Mrs. Frank Bednar, Angie, Granny, died quietly in the Brenham Rest Home early Monday morning, December 29, 2003, with her daughter Cornelia at her side. Fr. David Ivey from St. Mary s Catholic Church performed the Anointing of the Sick the evening before, with a roomful of Angelina s children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and their spouses participating. Angelina...
Russel Kilgore
Dec 28, 2003
Russel Elmer Kilgore, 90, of Brenham, died Dec. 28, 2003, in Diagnostic Hospital in Houston. Mr. Kilgore was born Dec. 19, 1913, in Coalmont, Tennessee, to Samuel and Lucy Kilgore. He was a graduate of Oklahoma State University. On Dec. 24, 1936, he married Ruby Pearl Justice in Checatah, Oklahoma. He was retired from the U.S. Department of Agriculture....
Auguste Pennison
Dec 28, 2003
Auguste Joseph Pennison, 94, of Brenham, died Dec. 28, 2003, at his residence. Mr. Pennison was born Feb. 19, 1909, in Bayou L Ourse, Louisiana, to Ernest Joseph and Azelie Verret Pennison. He was baptized in the Catholic church in Amelia, Louisiana and later joined the Presbyterian church. On Dec. 22, 1928, he married Mattie B. Williamson. She preceded...
Walter Green
Dec 26, 2003
Walter N. Green, 87, of Brenham, died December 25, 2003, in Caldwell, Texas, doing what he loved. Funeral services will be held 2:00 P.M. Sunday at Memorial Oaks Chapel with Charles Matejowsky officiating. Burial service will be held at 3:30 P.M. at the Providence Cemetery in Caldwell with Pastor Bob Owens officiating. Visitation will be at Memorial Oaks Chapel...
Philip Edwards
Dec 22, 2003
Philip Lee Edwards, 61, Burton, was promoted to eternal glory December 22, 2003 in Temple, TX. Philip was born November 17, 1942 to Vern & Elizabeth Hendrick Edwards in Covington, Kentucky. After graduating from Blinn College, he enlisted in the United States Air Force. During his service, he married Maxine Zorn on June 24, 1964. He was a member...
Lester Schramm
Dec 22, 2003
Lester Schramm was born April 21, 1938, in the New Ulm area, the son of Lawrence and Olivia Bader Schramm. He married Lena Faye Hahn Feb. 23, 1974. She died on Sept. 18, 1998. A lifelong resident of this area, he was a member of the Nelsonville Brethren Church and was baptized in this faith. He was a member...
Justin Joswiak
Dec 21, 2003
Justin Paul Josie Joswiak of Brenham was born on June 12, 1986 in Bellville, Austin County, Texas, the son of Timothy Earl & Cindy Sue Koerth Joswiak. He was baptized and confirmed in St. Mary s Catholic Church of Brenham. A member of the Senior Class of Brenham High School, Justin was a member of the Brenham Cubs Baseball...


