Rosa Lueckemeyer

Rosa Lee Kohring Lueckemeyer, 88, widow of Marvin Lueckemeyer, passed away October 15, 2013 at Brenham Rest Home. Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday, October 17, 2013 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church of William Penn with Pastor Matthew Jacobs officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. Wednesday evening at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Mrs. Lueckemeyer was born March 28, 1925 in Brenham to Fritz and Sophie Gaskamp Kohring. She was baptized April 19, 1925 by Rev. George Schaaf at Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Wm. Penn, and was confirmed there April 2, 1939 by Rev. C. J. Appel. On June 7, 1945, she was married to Marvin Lueckemeyer, who preceded her in death March 25, 2001. Rosa Lee was a lifelong homemaker and a babysitter for her grandchildren. She served her Lord in her church as a Sunday School teacher for many years, and was a member of the LWML from 1950 until her death. Survivors include her children: Daryl Lueckemeyer and wife Mary, Janice Koska and husband Paul, and Duane Lueckemeyer and wife Leah; grandchildren: Kelee Payton and husband Chad, Kyle Lueckemeyer and wife Aliceson, Virginia Lueckemeyer and fiancé Robert Jenkins, and Amanda Lueckemeyer; great-grandchildren: Mallory, Luke, and Noah Payton, and Caleb and Samuel Lueckemeyer, and a sister, Elsie Mertens. Also surviving are numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Fritz and Sophia Kohring, sisters Mary, Laura and Lillie Kohring, Paula and Fred Pohlmeyer; brothers and sisters-in-law Walter Kohring, Henry and Bertha Kohring, Robert and Anita Kohring, Otto and Lydia Kohring; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law Clara and Esther Lueckemeyer, Otto and Meta Lueckemeyer, Ben and Hulda Lueckemeyer, Edwin and Thekla Lueckemeyer, Harold and Johnnie Mae Lueckemeyer, Reinhard and Edna Pohlmeyer, Willie and Bertha Pohlmeyer, and Walter Mertens. Serving as pallbearers are Kyle Lueckemeyer, Chad Payton, Valgene Kohring, Terry Lueckemeyer, Jerry Lee Kohring, Lester Hinze, Keith Hinze and Waldo Holle. Memorials may be directed to Bethlehem Lutheran Church of William Penn. Funeral arrangements for Rosa Lee Lueckemeyer are entrusted to Memorial Oaks Chapel, 1306 West Main, Brenham. To post a tribute to the family, visit www.memorialoakschapel.com.