Dorothy Moon

Dorothy Mae Gerke Moon, 80, widow of Charles M. Moon, Jr., died January 12, 2012 in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, January 14, 2012 at Memorial Oaks Chapel, with Pastor W. L. Rouse officiating. Burial will follow in Prairie Lea Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday evening at Memorial Oaks Chapel.

Blind for the past 56 years, Dorothy was able to see the beautiful array of colors in God''s sunrise on the morning of her passing. She was born October 18, 1931 in the William Penn community of Washington County to Willie and Mary Lampe Gerke. Dorothy was baptized and later confirmed in Bethlehem Lutheran Church of William Penn.

Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Ronald and Terry Moon of Angleton; her father, August Pahmiyer of Brenham; brother and sister-in-law, Floyd and Annie Gerke of Austin, and brother, Clarence Gerke of Brenham; sisters and brothers-in-law, Mary Lou and Paul Kenjura, and Janet and Paul Barnett, all of Brenham; grandchildren: Rhonda and Clint Hudson and Ronnie and Leslie Moon; great-grandchildren: Tyler and Dylan Moon and Cash and Trey Dawson, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, a sister-in-law, Janet Gerke, and two infant sisters.

Serving as pallbearers are Rodney Kenjura, Jessie Rieck, Tyler Moon, Trey Dawson, Josh Wesolick, Ronnie Moon, and Clint Hudson. Honorary pallbearers are Cash Dawson, Derreck Kenjura, and Dylan Moon.

Memorials may be directed to any favorite charity. Funeral arrangements for Dorothy Mae Moon are entrusted to Memorial Oaks Chapel, 1306 West Main.