Recent Obituaries

Jan 11, 2011

Funeral Mass for Maria Amalia Ortiz, 73, wife of Juan Ortiz, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 15, 2011 at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Chappell Hill, with Father Jozef Musial, Officiant. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. A Rosary will be celebrated Friday evening at 7:00 a.m. at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Maria Ortiz passed away...

Jan 6, 2011

Alma A. Knipstein, 89, widow of Louis Knipstein passed away January 6, 2011 in Kindred Hospital NW in Houston. A graveside service will be held Saturday January 8, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at Prairie Lea Cemetery, with Pastor Lawrence Bade officiating. The family will receive friends and relatives from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. Friday evening at Memorial Oaks Chapel....

Jan 5, 2011

Evelyn Lehmann Reue, 81, widow of Harry Reue, passed away January 5, 2010 in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Friday, January 7, 2010 at Christ Lutheran Church with Pastor Karen Wilhelm officiating. Burial will follow in Prairie Lea Cemetery. The family will receive friends and relatives Thursday evening from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m....

Jan 4, 2011

Adell Kunkel, 81, widow of Alfred Kunkel, passed away January 4, 2011 in Memorial Herman Memorial City Hospital in Houston. Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a. m, Friday, January 7, 2011 at St. Paul½s Lutheran Church of Rehburg, with Rev. Steve Cox officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends and relatives Thursday...

Jan 3, 2011

Manola Papke Dannhaus, 92, of Brenham, widow of Melvin H. Dannhaus, passed away January 3, 2011 at the Brenham Rest Home. Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. at Grace Lutheran Church. Pastor Matthew Jacobs will officiate, with interment to follow at Prairie Lea Cemetery. The family will receive family and friends Wednesday evening...

Jan 2, 2011

Leroy H. Boenker, 84, of Brenham, Texas, passed away on Sunday, January 2, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. Leroy was a loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. Mr. Boenker was born September 16, 1926 in William Penn, Texas to Ernest and Alwine Kettler Boenker. He was baptized October 24, 1926 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in William Penn by...

Jan 1, 2011

Donald Eugene Loesch, 63, husband of Darlene White Loesch, passed away January 1, 2011 at his residence.

Funeral services are scheduled for Tuesday, January 4, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Pastor Karen Wilhelm will officiate. Burial will follow in Prairie Lea Cemetery. The family will receive friends and relatives Monday evening from 5:00 until...

Jan 1, 2011

Barry Keith Cordray, 40, of Cypress, TX was called to the lord on January 1, 2011 in Brenham, Texas. Barry was born in Beaumont, January 11, 1970 to Susan and Barry Joe Cordray; growing up in Beaumont, Houston, and then moving to Brenham in 1983, where he attended and graduated from Brenham High School in 1988. Barry was a...

Dec 25, 2010

Mary Victoria Kmiec Jaworski, 91, passed away Saturday, December 25, 2010. Mary was born July 15, 1919 in Chappell Hill, Texas to John & Hedwig Kaliszewski Kmiec. On February 14, 1943 she married Edwin Effie A. Jaworski at Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Mary and Effie later returned to Chappell Hill to operate a general store,...

Dec 23, 2010

Yvonne Gayle Ritchie Wilson, 80, of Brenham, widow of Harold D. Wilson, passed away on December 23, 2010 at Kruse Village. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. at Resthaven Memorial Park in Midland, Tx. with Reverend Gary Groves officiating. Yvonne was born on September 25, 1930 to William Cecil and Berta Mae Harvey...

Dec 23, 2010

Jerry Frank Mathauser, 93, of Brenham, husband of Vivian Mathauser, passed away on December 23, 2010 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at Memorial Oaks Chapel with Pastor Calvin Beckendorf officiating. Interment will follow in Prairie Lea Cemetery. The family will receive friends and family prior to the service at...

Dec 23, 2010

Alice Rebecca Limmer, 73, of Burton, wife of Lloyd Limmer, Sr., passed away December 23, 2010 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Monday, December 27, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. at the Wesley Brethren Church. Pastor Michael Groseclose will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation with family present will take place Sunday evening from 5:00...

Dec 22, 2010

Louis Walter Bresler, 94, passed away December 22, 2010 in Bluebonnet Hills Care Center in Brenham. Funeral services are scheduled for Friday, December 24, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. in Zion Lutheran Church of Zionsville with Pastor David Hall officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends and family from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. this...

Dec 20, 2010

Thyra Dale Case, 80, widow of Lester L. Case, died December 20, 2010 in Brenham. Graveside services are scheduled for Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. in Oak Lawn Cemetery in Somerville. Thyra Case was born in Houston on November 23, 1930 to William Henry and Ruth Smith, and was baptized in Cedar Creek Lake. On August 18,...

Dec 18, 2010

Honorio Montes, 55, husband of Rufina Montes, died December 18, 2010. Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday, December 23, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Mary s Catholic Church, with Father David Ivey officiating. Interment will follow in Calvary Catholic Cemetery. A rosary will be recited at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday evening at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Honorio was born September...

Dec 17, 2010

Ruby Kolwes McLain, 96, widow of Floyd S. McLain, passed away December 17, 2010 in Scott and White Hospital in Brenham. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Monday, December 20, 2010 in Salem Lutheran Church of Salem, with Pastor Charles Parnell officiating. Burial will follow in Prairie Lea Cemetery. The family will receive friends and relatives Sunday evening...

Dec 16, 2010

Maryann Elizabeth Stockton Driver, 85, wife of Bennie Driver, passed away December 16, 2010 in Brenham. Funeral services are scheduled for Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. in St. Ann s Catholic Church in Somerville. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday in Memorial Oaks Cemetery in Houston. The family will receive friends and relatives Monday...

Dec 14, 2010

Wilburn Henry Bill Bohne, 79, of Brenham, passed away December 14, 2010 in Scott and White Memorial Hospital in Temple from esophageal cancer surgery complications. Funeral services are scheduled for Friday, December 17, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at Memorial Oaks Chapel, with Pastor Jim Abbott officiating. Burial will follow in the St. Matthew Lutheran Church Cemetery in Sandy Hill....

Dec 10, 2010

Lillie Sophie Dierking Mikeska, 94, widow of Edmund Mikeska, passed away December 10, 2010 in Scott and White Hospital in Brenham. Funeral services are scheduled for Monday, December 13, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at Memorial Oaks Chapel with Pastor Michael Groseclose officiating. Burial will take place in the National Cemetery in Nelsonville. Visitation will be from 5:00 until 7:00...

Dec 8, 2010

Annie Rodenbeck Korth, 96, widow of Edwin Korth, passed away December 8, 2010 at Kruse Memorial Lutheran Village. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Saturday December 11, 2010 at Salem Lutheran Church. Pastor Charles Parnell will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends and relatives Friday evening from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m....