Ella Steinfeld

Ella Mae Niemeyer Steinfeld, 79, of Brenham, died March 21, 2007 at her residence. Mrs. Steinfeld was born January 18, 1928, the daughter of Louise Koehne and Christopher Niemeyer. She was baptized on April 22, 1928 at St. Matthew s Lutheran Church of Sandy Hill, and confirmed April 18, 1943, also at St. Matthew s Lutheran Church of Sandy Hill. On November 1, 1956, she was married to Raymond Buck Steinfeld . Ella spent her life as a housewife and raising her children. Survivors include her children: Patricia and Jerry Schwartz; Mary and Randy Sklar; Clarence and Carolyn Steinfeld; Ray Allen Steinfeld; Judy Steinfeld and Larry Autrey, and Janice Steinfeld, all of Brenham; grandchildren: Troy Schwartz, Teresa Schwartz, Jennifer Schwartz, Jessica and Samuel Venegas, Alexis Sklar, Leann Steinfeld and Michael Long, Cody Steinfeld and Cory Steinfeld; great-grandchildren: Ashlea Schwartz, Jasmine Schwartz, and Anthony Venegas; a brother and sister-in-law, Ben and Dorothy Niemeyer; sisters: Lydia Lange and Annie Dahmann; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law: Charlie and Gladys Steinfeld and Leroy and Emma Belle Steinfeld; sisters-in-law: Carrie Mae Wellmann and Leatrice Kapchinski, as well as many friends and relatives. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and sons Jimmy Wayne and Raymond Jr., brothers Bill and Henry Niemeyer, and sisters Sophie Hahn and Emmie Kelm. Services for Ella Mae Niemeyer Steinfeld will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, March 23 at Eben-Ezer Lutheran church of Berlin. Burial will be at Prairie Lea Cemetery. A visitation with the family will be held Thursday, March 22, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Serving as pallbearers are Randy Schwartz, Mike Busby, Larry Autrey, Michael Long, David Lange, and Jerry Niemeyer. Honorary pallbearers will be her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Ella s family wishes to extend special thanks to her dear friends, Joyce McFarland, Kim Krause, Bonnie Franke, and employees of Texas Home Health. Appreciation is also extended to Southern Care. Memorials may be made to Eben-Ezer Lutheran Church of Berlin, or to SouthernCare, 3206 Longmire Drive, Suite C, College Station, Texas 77845. We will all greatly miss our Granny, who touched our lives in so many different ways and the memories she leaves with us: her tremendous love and joy for her grandchildren; spending time embroidering, doing word search puzzles, and every morning watching The Price is Right . But, most of all, she was a good listener. She was a woman of very few words and just when we thought she wasn t listening, she would often surprise us with some off the wall remark. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Memorial Oaks Chapel, 1306 W. Main St., in Brenham. For more information, visit the website: www.memorialoakschapel