Leviola Maass

LeViola Lorenz Maass, 92, of Brenham, the widow of Walter Maass, died June 4, 2015, at Brenham Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Sunday, June 7 at Memorial Oaks Chapel. The funeral for LeViola Maass will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday, June 8 at Zion Lutheran Church of Zionsville with Pastor Pat Lehrer officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Maass was born April 15, 1923, in Washington County, TX, to Richard and Meta Glaesmann Lorenz. On May 7, 1942, she was married to Walter Maass at Zion Lutheran Church of Zionsville. In 1986 she retired as a nurse''s aid at Bohne Memorial Hospital in Brenham. In 2007 she retired as caregiver to persons in their homes. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church of Zionsville, where she was a member of the Women of the ELCA and the Bluebonnet Club. Mrs. Maass took great pride in her family, especially her great-granddaughters. She also loved baking, cooking, working in her flower beds and taking care of others. Survivors include her sisters, Elsie Brennan and Ella Mae Niemann, both of Houston; her daughter-in-law, Ruth Maass of Brenham; grandsons, Jason Maass and wife Emily Ruth and Jeffrey Maass and wife Larissa; great-granddaughters, Avery Lynn Maass and Madison Grace Maass. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Walter Maass on Jan. 31, 1971; her son, Jerry Lynn Maass in 2008; brothers and sister-in-law, Melvin Lorenz and Alvin and Evelyn Lorenz; sister and brother-in-law, Erna and Walter Winkelmann; and brothers-in-law, Edward Brennan and Ted Niemann. Pallbearers will be Jason Maass, Jeffrey Maass, Charles Wayne Lorenz, Mark Niemann, Jeff Brennan and Karl Johnson. Honorary pallbearers will be Charles Brennan, Ed Brennan, her roommate Bonnie Brown, and caregivers Franny Rucks and Cheryl Garner. Memorials may be given to Zion Lutheran Church of Zionsville, Hospice Brazos Valley or the charity of choice. The family thanks the staff of AMA Health Care, Hospice Brazos Valley, Brenham Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and Scott and White Hospital. Funeral arrangements for LeViola Maass are entrusted to Memorial Oaks Chapel, 1306 W. Main St., Brenham, TX, 979-836-4564. To post a tribute to the family, visit: www.memorialoakschapel.