Recent Obituaries

Aug 5, 2019

Victoria Mary Meleski Barron of Houston, Texas passed away peacefully at the age of 93 on August 5, 2019 at her retirement home in the Woodlands, Texas. Born June 13, 1926 in Chappell Hill, Texas, Vickie grew up in Houston and was very proud of her education from St. Agnes Academy. Her focus then was centered around raising her four...

Aug 3, 2019

Dr. Donald Royce Stafford, 81, passed away on August 3, 2019.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at Brenham Church of Christ, with Dr. Doug Hall officiating. Interment to follow at Prairie Lea Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Tuesday at Memorial Oaks Chapel....

Aug 1, 2019

Anne Joplin, 92, died Aug. 1, 2019, in Houston. She attended Rice University and was a legal assistant for Baker & Botts Law Firm. Graveside service 11:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 12, Prairie Lea Cemetery, Brenham, TX. Survivors: niece, Storrow Gordon & husband Murray; nephew, Larry Moss & wife Michele; a number of great-nieces & great-nephews. Memorials to Rice University....

Aug 1, 2019

Johnnie Brending, 68, died August 1, 2019 at his residence in Industry.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, August 5, 2019 at Memorial Oaks Chapel, with Pastor Jill Vivroux officiating. Burial will be in the Wesley Brethren Church Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4 until 6 p.m. Sunday at Memorial Oaks Chapel....

Jul 31, 2019

Doris Louise “Sweet” Stern Schomburg, 93, died July 31, 2019 in Brenham.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, August 5, 2019 at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, with Pastor Phil Fenton officiating. Burial will be in Prairie Lea Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. Sunday at Memorial Oaks Chapel....

Jul 30, 2019

Dorscile Badke, 89, died July 30, 2019 in Brenham.

Dorscile was born in Brenham on January 27, 1930 to Henry C. and Malinda M. Wieghat Wehring. She was baptized March 2, 1930 in Brenham.

After completing her high school education at Brenham High School, Dorscile was later employed as a department store manager in Houston...

Jul 29, 2019

Betty Lou Winkelmann, 75, passed away on July 29, 2019 in College Station, TX. A visitation will be held at Memorial Oaks Chapel Thursday, August 1st at 5pm – 7pm.

Betty Winkelmann was born on February 20, 1944 in Houston, TX to Thomas G. and Jimmie Clark. She married Fred Winkelmann on March 8, 1963. She was...

Jul 26, 2019

Isabell “Isy” Adell Ore was born in Hillsboro, Kansas to Lawrence and Imogene Evans on January 11, 1934. She entered in the Gates of Heaven on July 26th 2019 surrounded by her loving family in Brenham, Texas, at the age of 85.

She attended school in Burden and Winfield, Kansas. She married her Sweetheart and love of...

Jul 25, 2019

Arthur Albert Kahn passed away July 25th, 2019 after a courageous and incredibly hard fought battle with cancer. He would want it to be known that since the cancer died with him, it didn’t win. Technically- it was a tie.

He was born August 18th, 1943 in Houston, Texas to Emma Elizabeth and Alfred Kahn. If you...

Jul 24, 2019

Mildred Karcher, 91, died July 24, 2019 in Brenham.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, July 27, 2019 at Grace Lutheran Church, with Pastors Matthew Jacobs and William Holzer officiating. Burial will follow in Prairie Lea Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. Friday at Memorial Oaks Chapel.

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Jul 23, 2019

On July 23, 2019 Clara Evelyn Susen passed away peacefully at Focus Care of Brenham Nursing Facility with family by her side. Clara was born December 23, 1930 to Emil and Albina Kolenovsky in Fayetteville, TX. She was the fourth of seven children.

Clara was initially a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Fayetteville...

Jul 20, 2019

Joyce Marie Gaskamp, 75, died July 20, 2019 in Caldwell.

A Memorial Service will be held at the All Sports Building at Hohlt Park, 2425 N. Park, Brenham, Tx. on August 11, 2019 at 3:30 p.m. A visitation will follow the service.

Joyce Gaskamp was born April 27, 1944 in Burton to Arthur Carl and...

Jul 20, 2019

Anna Jean Lenhart Anderson, 92, born December 9, 1926, passed away at home, July 20, 2019 in Brenham Texas. Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. with funeral services scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Friday July 26, 2019 at Cornerstone Brenham, 906 West Stone, Brenham, Texas. Charlie Riley, Sr. will be officiating. Burial will be at Prairie Lea Cemetery....

Jul 19, 2019

Donald Lee Meier, 67, passed away July 19, 2019 in Brenham.

Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a.m., Thursday, July 25, 2019 at St. Paul Lutheran Church of Phillipsburg, with Pastor Evan Cameron officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Visitation will be from 6 until 8 p.m. Wednesday evening at Memorial Oaks Chapel....

Jul 16, 2019

Bobbie Eloise Carmen passed away on July 16, 2019 in Brenham, Texas.

Eloise was born in Ballinger, Texas on June 24, 1926. She moved to Merryville, Louisiana when she was 12 and lived there for 70 years before moving to Brenham, Texas in 2008. She was a member of Merryville United Methodist Church in Merryville, Louisiana, where...

Jul 14, 2019

Billie Charles Holbert, Sr., 85, born May 16, 1934, passed away at his home July 14, 2019 in Brenham Texas, with family at his side.

Billie (Bill) was born in Monroe, Tennessee May 16, 1934 to Cassie Gertrude Holbert and Homer Proctor Holbert. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1953 as a Private and through sheer...

Jul 13, 2019

Doris Hubbell, 96, of Brenham, died July 13, 2019, at her residence.

A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 24 at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, July 26 at Kruse Memorial Lutheran Village Chapel in Brenham.

Mrs. Hubbell...

Jul 9, 2019

Marcus H. Finley, 60, of Brenham, died July 9, 2019, in a College Station hospital. Survivors include his daughter, Carissa Peterson and her husband, Bobby; grandsons Robby and L.J. Peterson ; sister and brother-in-law, Ann and John Pledger; and brother and sister-in-law, Ken and Carla Finley.

To plant Memorial Trees in memory of Marcus H. Finley...