Recent Obituaries

Jan 23, 2012

Arline Bunker, 97, passed away January 23, 2012 in Brenham Nursing and Rehab Center. Graveside services are scheduled for 10 a.m., Friday, January 27, 2012 at Prairie Lea Cemetery, with Rev. Dale Chance officiating. Arline is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Barbara and Ed Baker of Brenham. Also surviving are grandchildren: Cathy Jorin, Steve Baker, Cyndie Sartin; seven...

Jan 21, 2012

Alice Landgraf of Brenham, the widow of Eddie Landgraf, died in the Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center in Brenham Saturday morning, January 21, 2012. Alice was born on December 23, 1920 to Henry and Henriette Reddehase Fischer in Washington County. Alice was baptized on February 20, 1921 in Prairie Hill, Texas. She was confirmed on Oct 25, 1936 by Reverend...

Jan 18, 2012

Mary Katherine Sander Pomykal, 71, of Houston, passed away in Abilene, Texas on January 18, 2012. Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a.m., Saturday, January 21, 2012 in First United Methodist Church in Brenham, with Rev. Dale Chance officiating. Interment will follow in Prairie Lea Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday evening from 6 until 8 p.m. at Memorial...

Jan 16, 2012

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Jan 16, 2012

Kathy Lynn Elrod Stone, 59, of Brenham, passed away January 16, 2012 in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan. Funeral services are scheduled for 4 p.m., Thursday, January 19, 2012 in Calvary Baptist Church. Pastors Darren Donaldson and Larry Embrey will officiate. Burial will follow in Prairie Lea Cemetery. The family will receive friends and relatives Wednesday evening...

Jan 15, 2012

Emma Jean Moehlmann Roese, 79, of Brenham, widow of Melvin Roese, passed away January 15, 2012 in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan. Emma was born January 22, 1932 in Brenham to August and Emma Koehne Moehlmann. She was employed by J. C. Penney for many years. A big fan of the Houston Rockets and Astros, she also...

Jan 12, 2012

Dorothy Mae Gerke Moon, 80, widow of Charles M. Moon, Jr., died January 12, 2012 in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, January 14, 2012 at Memorial Oaks Chapel, with Pastor W. L. Rouse officiating. Burial will follow in Prairie Lea Cemetery. Visitation will be held from...

Jan 12, 2012

Marie Symank Loesch gently left her earthly home in the wee hours of January 12, 2012 while asleep at Kruse Village in Brenham. She was born in Coryell City, Texas on May 27, 1917, the 4th of 8 children of Annie Reichter Symank and Ernest Carl Symank. In the tradition of big German farming families in the area, her...

Jan 11, 2012

Martha Jane Compton, born to Nancy "Nannie" Jane & George Alfred Gordon on April 30, 1937, has gone to dwell in the house of our Lord this January 11th, 2012. Being one of seven siblings, Martha is predeceased by Georgia Jean Stone, Jim Mathis Gordon, Lonnie Carroll Gordon, & Vernon J. Gordon & will be lovingly remembered by Leroy...

Jan 5, 2012

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Dec 30, 2011

Sophia J. Linnstaedter O Neal of Brenham passed away at home on December 30, 2010 after a lengthy illness. She is survived by her husband, Glenn B. O Neal of Brenham, son James B. Bagby and his wife Jennie Tibbetts Bagby of Destin, Florida , granddaughters Sara K. Bagby of Washington , D.C. , and Jennifer A. Bagby of...

Dec 25, 2011

Billy Jean Hegemeyer, 77, of Brenham, wife of Roger Hegemeyer, died on December 25, 2011. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. at the Memorial Oaks Chapel on December 28, 2011, with Steve Westbrooke and Doug Collins officiating, interment will follow at the Pilgrim Rest Cemetery in Industry. The family will receive friends and relatives at Memorial Oaks...

Dec 19, 2011

Barbara Ann Moody Wheeler, 75, of Brenham, passed away December 19, 2011. Barbara was born October 3, 1936 to Rueben Parham and Jewell Ball Moody in Corsicana, Texas. Surviving her are sons, Rory Dean Wheeler and Ryan Douglas Wheeler, both of Brenham; daughters Rene Denise Reid and husband Blaine of Allen, Tx., and Robyn Dian Zientek and friend, Johnnie...

Dec 19, 2011

Marilyn Bennett Jobe passed away on December 19, 2011 after battling cancer. She was born in Houston on July 16th, 1948 and raised in nearby Baytown. She married her high school sweetheart, Roger Bennett, while attending Lamar University, where she received a B.S. in Elementary Education. She later received her Master''s from Texas A&M Corpus Christi. She taught elementary...

Dec 18, 2011

John Roger Bosse, 71, of Brenham, passed away December 18, 2011 at his residence. Born March 2, 1940 in Brenham to Willie and Ella Nora Strangmeyer Bosse, John was baptized April 14, 1940 in St. Paul''s Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brenham, and confirmed April 11, 1954 in St. James Lutheran Church of New Wehdem. He graduated from Brenham High...

Dec 18, 2011

Willie Ray Schomburg, 61, of Bleiblerville, passed away December 18, 2011 in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan. Willie was born September 17, 1950 in Brenham to Herbert Sr. and Nelda Kirchner Schomburg. He was baptized November 6, 1950 by Rev. Walter Wolf in Salem Lutheran Church of Welcome, and confirmed by Rev. Wolf on April 11, 1965...

Dec 15, 2011

Nancy K. Coghlan, 76, of Brenham, wife of Richard Coghlan, went to be with her Lord Jesus Christ on December 15, 2011 in Kindred Hospital in Houston. Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a.m., Monday, December 19, 2011 in First United Methodist Church, with Rev. Dale Chance officiating. Burial will follow in Prairie Lea Cemetery. The family will receive...

Dec 13, 2011

Bernhardt Lyle Jaeger, 77, of Houston, died December 13, 2011 in Houston Northwest Medical Center. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m., Friday, December 16, 2011 in Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Greenvine, with Pastor Rich Nelson officiating. Burial will follow in Jaeger-Witte Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 until 7:30 p.m. Thursday evening at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Mr....

Dec 12, 2011

Nancy Sheppeard Manning Atkinson died at St. Joseph Hospital in Bryan on December 12, 2011, following a valiant battle with cancer. She was a native of Galveston, Texas, and a longtime resident of Brenham, Texas Nancy''s parents Gabe Sheppeard, United States Deputy Commissioner of the Port of Galveston, and the late Lucille Click Sheppeard, Clerk Stenographer of the United...

Dec 12, 2011

James Jimmy Hubert Fathauer was born to Fred and Mattie Kettrick Fathauer on July 25, 1934, and passed from this life on Monday, December 12, 2011, at that age of 77. He was born in Somerville, Texas, the youngest of 3 siblings. Jimmy is preceded in death by his parents, his brother, Ray Fathauer, and his wife of 14...