Recent Obituaries

Mar 7, 2012

Leola Louise Hulda Hinze Althaus, 95, of Burton, passed away March 7, 2012 in Oakland Manor Nursing Home in Giddings. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m., Sunday, March 11, 2012 in Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Round Top, with Pastor John David Nedbalek officiating. Burial will take place in La Bahia Cemetery. The family will receive friends and relatives...

Mar 6, 2012

Edmund Schaefer, 91, husband of Leona Hensen Schaefer, died March 6, 2012 in Bluebonnet Hills Care Center. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Friday, March 9 at St. Mary''s Catholic Church in Brenham with Father David Ivey officiating. Interment will follow in Calvary Cemetery in Brenham. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Thursday, March 8 at...

Mar 5, 2012

Jay W. Stites, 82, passed away March 5, 2012 in Brenham Nursing & Rehab Center. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m., Friday, March 9, 2012 at Memorial Oaks Chapel. The family will receive friends and relatives from 12 noon until service time. Interment will take place in Newport, Ark. Jay Stites was born November 25, 1929 in Newport,...

Mar 3, 2012

Edward Henry Meschewitz, 88, widower of Annie Houdek Meschewitz, died March 3, 2012 in Scott and White Hospital in Temple. A Funeral Mass is scheduled for 10 a.m., Wednesday, March 7, 2012 in St. Mary''s Catholic Church in Brenham, with burial in Calvary Catholic Cemetery to follow. Msgr. Benedict Zientek is Celebrant. Visitation will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday...

Feb 23, 2012

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Feb 19, 2012

Jean Draehn, Jeannie to family and friends, won her final battle with cancer on February 19, 2012 at her home in Sandy Creek Estates, surrounded by her loving family. A memorial service is scheduled for 2 p.m., Saturday, February 25, 2012 at the Brenham High School auditorium, with Rev. J. B. Bitner and Rev. Dale Chance officiating. Visitation with...

Feb 15, 2012

Mary Bess White, 79, died February 15, 2012 in Willow Park, Texas. Mary was born July 23, 1932 in Happy, Texas to Hershel Clarence McCarley and Maudie Ray Briley. She was baptized at age 16 in First Baptist Church of Happy, Texas. She attended schools in Happy, and on September 28, 1951, was married to Vernon Leroy White of...

Feb 12, 2012

Funeral services for Melvin H. H. Gaskamp, 83, husband of Bernice Buck Gaskamp, are scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 15, 2012 St. Peter''s Lutheran Church of Gay Hill, with Pastor Alan D. Kethan officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends and relatives Tuesday evening from 5 until 7 p.m. at Memorial Oaks...

Feb 12, 2012

Betty Joyce Averitt, 81, widow of William H. Averitt, passed away February 12, 2012 in Brenham. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 18, 2012 at First United Methodist Church, with Pastors Calvin Beckendorf and Vicki Averitt officiating, with reception following in the fellowship hall. Following the reception, burial will take place in Prairie Lea Cemetery. The...

Feb 8, 2012

Funeral services for Clara Belle Canterbury, 85, widow of Alford Grady Canterbury, are scheduled for 4 p.m., Friday, Feb. 10, 2012 at Memorial Oaks Chapel, with Pastor Troy Sikes officiating. Burial will follow in Prairie Lea Cemetery. The family will receive friends and family Thursday evening from 6 until 8 p.m. at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Mrs. Canterbury passed away...

Feb 7, 2012

Evva Irene Lowery, 81, of Brenham, died Feb. 7, 2012, in Waco. Visitation with the family will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9 at Memorial Oaks Chapel. A graveside service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 10 at Atkinson Cemetery in Chappell Hill. A memorial service will follow at 11:30 a.m. Friday at First...

Feb 7, 2012

Lydia Hinze, 94, of The Colony, Tx. died February 7, 2012 at her son''s home. Lydia was born in Burton, Texas on July 30, 1917, the daughter of the late Wilhelm and Martha Rebarske Jaster. She was baptized on Sept. 9, 1917 at St. John Evangelical and Reformed Church in Burton, Texas and also was confirmed on March 20,...

Feb 5, 2012

Donald Lee Jaster, 70, of Brenham, husband of Beverly Saeger Jaster, passed away Sunday, February 5, 2012 at Christus Dubuis Hospital of Bryan.

Donald was born October 19, 1941 in Brenham to Otto and Elma Jahnke Jaster. He was baptized December 5, 1941 and confirmed March 29, 1956 at Salem Lutheran Church in...

Feb 2, 2012

Jamie Juanita Oliver Cegielski, 79, of Chappell Hill, wife of Eugene Cegielski, died February 2, 2012 in Brenham. Survivors include her husband, Eugene Cegielski of Chappell Hill; son, Alan Cegielski; daughter and son-in-law, Connie and Chris Santiff, all of Houston; grandchildren, Shawn and Citlalli Santiff, Shannon and John Crawley, Shane Santiff, Shanber Santiff, Cayla Cegielski, Logan Cegielski, and James...

Jan 31, 2012

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Jan 30, 2012

Clenwood Helmuth Heins, 81, of Brenham, husband of Lydia Ann Mayer Nienstedt Heins, passed away January 30, 2012 in Scott and White Hospital in Brenham. Clenwood was born July 8, 1930 in Greenvine to Eton and Lena Oevermann Heins. He was baptized Sept. 28, 1930 in St. John''s Evangelical Church in Burton and confirmed May 20, 1945 in St....

Jan 27, 2012

Glenn Albert Bentke, 68, of Brenham, husband of Dorothy Bentke, passed away January 27, 2012 in Scott and White Hospital in Brenham. Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m., Monday, January 30, 2012 in St. John Lutheran Church of Prairie Hill, with Pastors David Hansen and Virgil Pecht officiating. Burial will follow in Prairie Lea Cemetery. The family will...

Jan 25, 2012

Lillie Tiemann Ahrens, 94, passed away January 25, 2012 in Hudson Creek Nursing Home in Bryan. Lillie was born to Willie and Annie Mellnar on December 29, 1917 in Granger, Texas. She was baptized and confirmed in the Christian faith, and attended schools in Austin Co. where she grew up. Lillie married Harry Ahrens on November 14, 1937. She...

Jan 25, 2012

LUCILLE ERNISTINE BROESCHE, age 95, died at her home on Wednesday, January25, 2012.She was born March 25, 1916, in Beasley, Texas, the daughter and first child of Charles William Krause and Louise Walzel Krause. She was baptized into the Christian faith in Beasley on October 16, 1916, by Rev. Karl Markel, and was confirmed on March 29, 1930 by...

Jan 24, 2012

Diana Lee Lindley, wife of Doyle Lindley, passed away January 24, 2012 in Brenham. A Memorial Service is scheduled for 7 p.m., Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at Memorial Oaks Chapel, with Pastor Virgil Pecht officiating. Diana was born February 7, 1943 in Conneaut, Ohio to Robert and Margaret Stewart Knight. She married Doyle Lindley in Conneaut Lake in August...