Recent Obituaries
John Spreen
Aug 27, 2015
John W. Spreen, 89, husband of Mildred M. Jeske Spreen, passed away peacefully August 27, 2015 in Brenham, Texas surrounded by family and friends. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, August 29, 2015 at St. John Lutheran Church of Prairie Hill. Pastor Sue Beall and Pastor Virgil Pecht will officiate. Burial will follow at Prairie Lea...
Rev. Vinson
Aug 26, 2015
Rev. Lester Lee Vinson, 88, passed away August 26, 2015 in Bryan. A Memorial Service are scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Friday, August 28, 2015 at Greenvine Baptist Church, with Pastors Jack Faulkner and Tim Webb are officiating. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until the 2 p.m. service time at Greenvine Baptist Church. Lester was born August 17, 1927...
Sandra Lohman-Conn
Aug 24, 2015
Sandra Tonn Lohman-Conn, 67, passed away August 24, 2015 in Houston. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 29, 2015 at Eben-Ezer Lutheran Church Cemetery of Berlin. Pastor Ken Weiss will officiate. Visitation is scheduled from 6 until 8 p.m. Friday evening at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Sandra Lohman-Conn was born August 3, 1947 in Brenham to...
Vinnie Jaster
Aug 22, 2015
Vinnie Rene Schroeder Jaster, 70, wife of Glenn Jaster, passed away August 22, 2015 at her residence in Independence, with her family at her side. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at Independence Baptist Church in Independence. Dr. Phil Hassell will officiate. Visitation will be held prior to the funeral service from 9 a.m....
Daniel Emshoff
Aug 20, 2015
Daniel Lee Emshoff, 66, passed away August 20, 2015 at Kenedy Health and Rehab in Kenedy, Texas. Funeral services are scheduled for 3 p.m., Sunday, August 23, 2015 at Behlehem Lutheran Church of William Penn, with Rev. Mark Moldenhauer officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. Saturday evening at Memorial...
Olline Merritt
Aug 19, 2015
Olline Elizabeth Bradford Merritt, 94, died on August 19, 2015, under the care of Hospice Brazos Valley in Baylor Scott & White Hospital. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m., Monday, August 24, at Memorial Oaks Chapel with The Reverend Richard Stadelmann officiating. A reception will follow immediately at Design II. Visitation will be at Memorial Oaks Chapel on...

Verna Reuter
Aug 16, 2015
Verna May Struck Reuter, 79, widow of Lavern Reuter, died August 16, 2015 at Brenham Rest Home. Verna May Reuter was born January 13, 1936 in Burton to Marvin Sr. and Annie Schulz Struck. She was baptized at Martin Luther Lutheran Church, where she was married to Lavern Wilburn Reuter on Nov. 6, 1955 by Pastor A. T. Kluge....
Henry Steinfeld, Jr.
Aug 15, 2015
Henry Steinfeld, Jr., 79, the husband of May Dell Glenz Steinfeld, passed away August 15, 2015 in Bryan. Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at Zion Lutheran Church, with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Pastor Pat Lehrer will officiate. Visitation will be from 4 until 7 p.m. Monday evening at Memorial Oaks...

Doris Kmiec
Aug 8, 2015
Doris Marie Kmiec, 78, of Carmine, died August 8, 2015 at High Hope Care Center in Brenham. Graveside services are scheduled for 10 a.m., Friday, August 14, 2015 at White Union Cemetery. Doris Kmiec was born Dec. 7, 1936 in Houston to Charles M. and Lena Mae Williams. Reno. Her husband, Leon Kmiec, Jr. preceded her in death in...
Christine Bentke
Aug 6, 2015
Christine Flentge Bentke, widow of Melvin Bentke, passed away peacefully in her home on August 6, 2015, at the age of 80. Christine Bentke was born July 12, 1935 in Brenham, Texas to Christian Dippel and Teadie Brisbain Dippel. She and her sister were adopted by Albert and Hattie Schultz Flentge, when she was only fourteen months old. She...
Nelda Lanford
Aug 4, 2015
Nelda Lanford, 92, widow of Alvin Lanford, died August 4, 2015 in Katy, Texas. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m., Saturday, August 8, 2015 at Memorial Oaks Chapel, with burial to follow in Prairie Lea Cemetery. Rev. Troy Key will officiate. Visitation will be prior to the service, from 12 noon until 2 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Oaks...
Robert Preuss
Aug 3, 2015
Robert Edward Preuss of Brenham was born at the home of his parents, George Edward and Ruby Naomi Layton Preuss in Bastrop Co., Texas on July 8, 1932. Robert was the eldest of three boys. He transitioned to his Heavenly Home on Aug. 3, 2015 at his home in Brenham, at the age of 83 years. Robert was known...
Olga Villanueva
Jul 25, 2015
Olga A. Villanueva, 68, the widow of Roberto G. Villanueva, passed away July 25, 2015 at Brenham Rest Home. Visitation with family will be Thursday, July 30, 2015 at Memorial Oaks Chapel, from 1 until 3 p.m., with viewing to continue all day. Olga Villanueva was born Nov. 28, 1946 in Corpus Christi, Texas to Jose and Dominga Herrera....
Edward Sehlke
Jul 19, 2015
Edward William Sehlke, 80, of Brenham, the husband of Ruby Sehlke, died on July 19, 2015 at Hospice Brazos Valley of Bryan. Funeral services will be held, Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. July 22, 2015, at St. Paul Lutheran Church of Rehburg, with Pastor Denise Seymour officiating. Burial will be in the Church Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be on...

Theresa Michalak
Jul 16, 2015
Theresa E. Michalak, 93, of Chappell Hill, died July 16, 2015 at her residence. A Rosary will take place at 7:00 p.m., Sunday, July 19, 2015 at Memorial Oaks Chapel, with a Graveside Service scheduled for 2:00 P.M., Monday, July 20, 2015 in Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery in Houston. Theresa Michalak was born Dec. 19, 1921 in Chappell Hill...
Max Faterkowski
Jul 9, 2015
Max Harry Faterkowski, 87, the husband of Maggie Zientek Faterkowski, died July 9, 2015 in Houston. The Funeral Mass is scheduled for 10 a.m., Monday, July 13, 2015 at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Chappell Hill, with Msgr. Benedict Zientek, Celebrant, and Deacon John Pelletier. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 until 7...
William Babin
Jul 8, 2015
William Cooper Babin, age 64, of Brenham, TX passed away peacefully at his home on July 8, 2015 with family by his side. He was born in Houston, TX on April 7, 1951 To Donald and Mary Babin. Our Dad was well loved by all who knew him and will be dearly missed by all his family and friends....
Martha Patrick
Jul 6, 2015
Martha Lee Weiss Patrick, 92, passed away peacefully on July 6, 2015 in Brenham, Texas. Martha Lee Patrick was born March 8, 1923 in Somerville, TX to Robert and Christina Weiss. She was the fourth of five children with three older brothers and a younger sister. She was part of a large loving extended Christian family that included twelve...

Geraldine Campbell
Jul 5, 2015
Geraldine Lucile Campbell, 91, of Brenham, the widow of Carson Campbell, Sr., died July 5, 2015, in Brenham. A graveside service will be held at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 7 at Prairie Lea Cemetery in Brenham. Mrs. Campbell was born December 2, 1923, in Houston, TX, to Russel Abraham and Carmen Julia DeVerts Bonham. Survivors include her son and...
Nathalie Landua
Jul 3, 2015
Nathalie Rothermel Landua, 99, lifetime resident of Burton, Texas, and widow of Charles H. "Dick" Landua, passed away at Scott and White Hospital in Brenham on Friday, July 3, 2015. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 7 at Memorial Oaks Chapel. The funeral service for Nathalie Landua will be at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 8...