Recent Obituaries

Dec 22, 2013

Juan Ortiz, 84, of Chappell Hill, died December 22, 2013 at Scott and White Hospital in College Station. Mr. Ortiz was born October 20, 1929 in Zaragoza, Coahuila, Mexico. Survivors include sons Rodolfo Ortiz and wife Maria, Jorge Ortiz, Reymundo Ortiz, and Reynolda Ortiz and wife Melissa; daughters and sons-in-law Maria and Florentino Hernandez, and Maria and Conrado Salas,...

Dec 20, 2013

Christine Gogolin Grabow, 97, of Brenham, widow of Gus Grabow, died December 20, 2013 at Kruse Lutheran Village Health Care Center after a long battle with Alzheimer''s.

Mrs. Grabow was born Dec. 5, 1916 near Cuero, Texas to Pastor Paul and Rosa Witte Gogolin. She was baptized by her father into the Christian faith on Dec. 17,...

Dec 19, 2013

Doris Naumann Klatt, 83, widow of George Klatt, passed away December 19, 2013 at Scott and White Hospital. Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a.m., Saturday, December 21, 2013 at St. Mary''s Catholic Church, with Father Ernesto Elizondo officiating. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will from 6 until 8 p.m., with a Rosary to be recited at...

Dec 19, 2013

Donna Day Lange, 66, of Brenham, died Thursday, December 19, 2013. Donna was born to the late Ben and Ruth Tucker Day in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on May 4, 1947. She was baptized in St. Stephen''s Methodist Church in Houston. After graduating from Waltrip High School in Houston, in 1965, she attended Blinn Junior College. While attending Blinn, Donna met...

Dec 13, 2013

Audley Bernhard Hermann Muske, 85, of Round Top, died December 13, 2013, at his residence. Visitation will be from 4:00-6:00 p.m. Sunday, December 15 at Foehner Funeral Home in Burton. The funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 16 at Foehner Funeral Home in Burton. Burial will be in the Latium Cemetery. Mr. Muske was born August...

Dec 10, 2013

Milton Everett Wickel, 69, passed away December 10, 2013 at Scott and White Hospital in Brenham. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m., Saturday, December 14, 2013 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Greenvine, with Pastor Rich Nelson officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 until 9 p.m. Friday evening at Memorial Oaks Chapel....

Dec 10, 2013

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Dec 6, 2013

Willie Ligues, 69, of Brenham, died December 6, 2013, in Hospice Brazos Valley Inpatient Facility in Bryan. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 10 at Memorial Oaks Chapel. The funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 11 at Memorial Oaks Chapel with Rev. Robert Hofmann and Jesse Meschwitz officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill...

Dec 5, 2013

It has pleased Almighty God on the evening of December 5, 2013, following a long battle with cancer, to call to Himself out of this vale of tears the soul of Melissa Dianne Griffin Jacobs. Melissa was born on January 24, 1953 in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Travis Clyde Griffin Jr. and Billie Jean Hames Griffin. Melissa was baptized...

Dec 5, 2013

Nancy Joiner Baldwin, 92, of Lakeway, Texas, died Dec. 5, 2013 in Brenham. A Memorial Service to honor her life is scheduled for 12 noon, Saturday, December 14, 2013 at Memorial Oaks Chapel, with W. Brent Hampton officiating. Mrs. Baldwin was born May 24, 1921 in Dallas to Webb B. and Leah Elizabeth Stuart Joiner. She was baptized and...

Dec 3, 2013

Lorene "Sis" Roese Riechers of Brenham passed away on December 3, 2013 at Scott and White Hospital, after a brief illness. She was born January 23, 1928 in Washington, Texas. She was baptized by Rev. F. W. Braun on February 1, 1928 and confirmed on April 18, 1943 by Rev. Paul Piepenbrock at Friedens United Church of Christ at...

Dec 2, 2013

James C. J.C. Eldred, 84, died December 2, 2013. A graveside service is scheduled for 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, December 5th, at Prairie Lea Cemetery in Brenham, with visitation at 9:30 Thurs. morning. J. C. was born in Brenham on December 19, 1928, to William G. and Anita Felscher Eldred and was a graduate of Brenham High School. After...

Dec 2, 2013

Otto Charles "O.C." Landua, age 94, passed away Monday, December 2, 2013, in the Brenham Rest Home. O.C. was born March 23, 1919, to Otto Landua and Mamie Larsen Landua in the Charlesville community, Burton, Texas. He had lived his entire life on the family farm except for the past seven months that he spent in the Brenham Rest...

Dec 2, 2013

Willie Mae Remmert Bowman Ramsey, 85, of Brenham, formerly of Bryan, and widow of J.D. Ramsey, was called to her Lord on Dec. 2, 2013. She was born on August 2, 1928, in Brenham to Wilhelm Louis Johannes Willie John and Anna Emilie Ludwig Remmert, and was raised in New Wehdem. She married Frank Bowman on January 12, 1952,...

Dec 1, 2013

Burnie Henry Schulze, age 87 of Shelby, passed away on December 1, 2013 at Sendera Ranch Assisted Living in Magnolia, Texas. He was born on October 28, 1926 in the Shelby community to Herbert Carl and Frida Reuter Schulze. He was baptized on February 27, 1927 in Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Round Top and confirmed in the Lutheran faith...

Nov 29, 2013

Richard Michael Stegemeier, 59, of Burton, died November 29, 2013, at Scott and White Hospital in Brenham. The family will receive visitors from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Monday, December 2 at Memorial Oaks Chapel. The funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 3 at Memorial Oaks Chapel with Rev. Glen Schoeneberg officiating. Rick was born February 20, 1954...

Nov 25, 2013

Virginia Ann Loewe, 61, died November 25, 2013 in Brenham Nursing and Rehab in Brenham. Funeral services are scheduled for 1 p.m., Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at Memorial Oaks Chapel, with Pastor Pat Lehrer officiating. Burial will follow in Calvary Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 until 8 p.m. Tuesday evening at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Virginia Loewe was...

Nov 25, 2013

Carl Ray Kolajajak, 59, of Chappell Hill, died November 25, 2013, at his residence. Mr. Kolajajak was born September 19, 1954, in Houston, TX, to Leon John and Stephanie Verna Jozwiak Kolajajak. He was a graduate of Waltrip High School. Mr. Kolajajak was a machinist for Daniel Industries for 38+ years. A loving father and grandfather, he enjoyed hunting,...

Nov 25, 2013

Juanita Sheen Harvill of Burton, Texas, passed away Monday, November 25, 2013 in Bellville, Texas. Juanita was born May 3, 1922 in Montague County, Texas to William David and Eva Dell Dunn Sheen. She married Cecil Eugene Harvill on December 23, 1939, in Marietta, Love County, Oklahoma. She raised her family in Paris, Texas where she worked alongside her...