Recent Obituaries

Herbert Thiel

Apr 10, 2025

Herbert Herman Thiel, Jr., 97, passed away on April 10, 2025. Herbert was born on November 29, 1927 in Brenham, Texas to Herbert and Ida Thiel.

Herbert participated in football at Brenham High School as a star running back where he weighed in at 89 pounds and managed an almost undefeated season with a one game loss. He...

Dorothy Lesser

Apr 7, 2025

On Monday evening, April 7, 2025, Dorothy Jean Lesser left a long happy life on this earth to spend eternity with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Dorothy was born on December 4, 1925 to Hugh and Lillian Crawford. Born and raised in Bellville, she enjoyed a happy childhood and graduated from Bellville High school and then Blinn College where she...

Sondra Ruth Peake

Apr 7, 2025

Sondra Ruth Peake, 75 of Round Top, passed away April 7, 2025.

She was born December 3, 1949 in Houston, Texas to Buren and Vera Windham. She grew up in the Heights area of Houston, graduating from Reagan High School. She loved to crochet and made many blankets over the years. Sondra was also a great baker, her chocolate pecan pie...

David Bryan

Mar 31, 2025

David Ray Bryan, 81, of Brenham passed away on March 31, 2025 in Cypress, Tx. Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 6, 2025 at Memorial Oaks Chapel. A Memorial Service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, April 7, 2025 at St. John Lutheran Church of Prairie Hill with Pastor Norman Sulaica,...

Koy Brinkmeyer

Mar 31, 2025

Koy Andrew Brinkmeyer, 56, passed away on March 31, 2025. Koy was born in Houston, Texas to Alvin and Hildegard Brinkmeyer.

Koy may have been tough looking on the outside but he was a gentle, loving soul on the inside. He loved many things in this life like fishing, hunting, crawfish boils, his cats and feeding his raccoons! Above all...

Doris Koehne

Mar 30, 2025

Doris Tegeler Koehne passed away peacefully on March 30, 2025, leaving behind a legacy filled with love, faith, and family. She touched the lives of all who knew her.

Doris Georgina Tegeler was born on July 5, 1940, to Elsie Loesch and Raymond Tegeler in Kenney, Texas, She was baptized into the Lutheran faith on September 29, 1940. Born of German...

Frances Pomeroy

Mar 29, 2025

Frances Elizabeth Christenbury was born in Boone, North Carolina on February 1, 1933, To Dr. and Mrs. Edward Christenbury.

Who would believe that this story began so many years ago at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, because of an old worn pair of brown cowboy boots? What did a girl from Boone, North Carolina need with a pair anyway. That...

Jon Bertolet

Mar 28, 2025

Jon Douglas Bertolet, 78, of Brenham passed away Friday, March 28, 2025.

He was born on June 8, 1946 to Elmer C. & Margaret Bertolet. On April 30, 1977, he married Priscilla Garrison in Fayetteville, GA.

Jon worked several jobs in his lifetime, but his favorite was working as a religious radio disc jockey. He also owned and operated TFE Company in...

Nora Goldberg

Mar 25, 2025

Nora Lee (Struck) Goldberg, 83, of Burton, passed away peacefully on March 25, 2025.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church of Rehburg, with the Rev. Dr. Alvin Luedke officiating. Burial will take place in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends and family Friday evening at Memorial...

Jerry Vaughn

Mar 23, 2025

Jerry Joe Vaughn, 84, passed away on March 23, 2025. Jerry was born on July 24,1940 in the Zionville Community to Pierson and Mildred "Lange" Vaughn.

Jerry was a proud graduate of Brenham High School, Class of 1958, where he was a member of the high school football team. He loved telling stories to his family and friends about his...

Marilyn Whitmarsh

Mar 15, 2025

Marilyn Joyce (Meinke) Whitmarsh, 98, of Brenham, Texas joined her Lord, her family and many friends in her heavenly home on Saturday, March 15, 2025.

Marilyn was born on August 21, 1926 in LaGrange, Texas to August and Elvira (Schroeder) Meinke. She attended school in LaGrange and was a graduate of LaGrange High School.

On January 1, 1947 she was...

John Crotchett

Mar 14, 2025

John Maynor Crotchett, 69, passed away on March 14, 2025. John was born on April 11, 1955 in Little Rock, Arkansas to Lloyd and Dorothy Crotchett.

John was an integral part of the Hermann Hospital and Life Flight family, beginning his journey in the early 1980s in the Emergency Department before serving as a dispatcher while also working with...

Carolyn Henzler

Mar 14, 2025

Carolyn Sue Henzler, 81, passed away on March 14, 2025. Carolyn was born on December 19, 1943 in Corpus Christi, Texas to George and Laura Keyser.

Carolyn enjoyed Friday nights with friends eating crawfish and drinking a beer. She loved animals and riding horses but especially loved watching a good rodeo.

Carolyn is preceded in death by her...

Pedro Gonzales

Mar 12, 2025

Pedro Arvizu Gonzales, 68, passed away on March 12, 2025. Pedro was born on July 2, 1956 in La Rodada, San Luis Potosi, Mexico to Luis and Casilda Gonzales.

At the age of 18, he began traveling to Texas for work, and six years later settled in Washington County with his wife and three daughters, making Brenham, Texas their home...

Lacey Black

Mar 9, 2025

Lacey Lanae Black, 34, was born on May 18, 1990 to Donna (Kramer) Black and Lonnie Black.

She was baptized at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Brenham on July 1, 1990 and later confirmed there.

Lacey received her GED while her two oldest children were toddlers. She and her family were very proud of her accomplishment.

Lacey was a very...

Dolores Cooper

Mar 8, 2025

Dolores Ann Cooper, 89, passed away on March 8, 2025. Dolores was born on January 21, 1936 in Houston, Texas to James and Ernestine Williams.

Dolores and her friend, Ruby Browning, operated Triple J Restaurant in Chappell Hill and also operated a lawn care business.

Dolores is preceded in death by her special friend Ruby Browning, her children, Leonard Clark...

James Newell Cato

Mar 5, 2025

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of James Newell Cato, 63, of Brenham, Texas. He passed away on March 5, 2025 at home with his family by his side.

Funeral services will be held at Memorial Oaks Chapel in Brenham, Texas on Saturday, March 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM. Pastor Darrin Holub will officiate. A visitation will...

Shirley Kmiec

Mar 5, 2025

Shirley Marie Kmiec, 75 of Chappell Hill died March 5, 2025.

She was born September 8, 1949 in Brenham to AP and Pauline Skweres Jozwiak. She was baptized as an infant in St. Stanislaus Catholic Church and later confirmed in the same church. She married Larry Kmiec on May 18, 1968.

Shirley loved being outdoors. She enjoyed fishing and gardening but most...

Robert Wallace

Mar 2, 2025

Dr. Robert J. Wallace passed away while working in his yard at his home in Brenham on Sunday, March 2, 2025.

Robert was born June 6, 1932 at Three Rivers, Texas to Melvin Meredith Wallace and Lucille Matilda Langford Wallace. He attended school in Three Rivers and Peary Place, graduating from Sundeen High School in May, 1951. He went...

Carol Schroeder

Feb 27, 2025

Carol Schroeder, 76, of Bleiblerville, passed to her heavenly home February 27, 2025. Visitation will be from 7:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 2, 2025 at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Visitation with family will be held 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. on Monday, March 3, 2025 at Welcome Lutheran Church, with the Funeral Service starting at 2:00 p.m. with Pastor...