Recent Obituaries
Evelyn Schulze
Feb 20, 2010
Evelyn Kuecker Schulze, 82, of Brenham died February 20, 2010 at Kruse Village. The widow of Erwin O. Schulze. Evelyn Kuecker Schulze was born on May 24, 1927 in the Mound Hill Community near Brenham to Henry and Elsie Janner Kuecker. She was baptized on July 17, 1927 and confirmed on April 6, 1941 at St. John Lutheran Church...
Richard Macaulay
Feb 19, 2010
Richard C. Macaulay, 82, of Brenham, Tx, was born 1/6/28 in La Porte, Texas. Richard died February 19, 2010 at St. Joseph''s Hospital in Bryan, Texas. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Frances Macaulay, sons Frank & Diane Macaulay of La Grange; Stephen & Selina Macaulay of Laguna Vista, Tx; David & Melody Macaulay of Houston,...
Walter Bush
Feb 10, 2010
Walter Wayne Bush, 51, of Brenham, husband of Lauren Bush, died February 10, 2010 in Brenham. Born March 2, 1958 in Weimar, Texas to Bobby Joe and Audrey Jean Otto Bush, he was a graduate of Brenham High School. On March 18, 1978, Walter married Lauren Stegemoller in Friedens United Church of Christ in Washington, Texas. He was the...
William Tappe
Feb 7, 2010
William Henry Tappe, 75, of the William Penn community died February 7, 2010 at Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center in Brenham. William was born in the William Penn community on October 23, 1934 to John and Sarah Wieghat Tappe. William attended William Penn and Brenham High Schools. He was baptized and confirmed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church of William Penn by...
Arn Ottmer
Feb 4, 2010
Arn Clark Ottmer, 56, of Industry, husband of Shelley Foley Roe Ottmer, died February 4, 2010 in Plaza Specialty Hospital in Houston. Arn was born March 18, 1953 in Dallas to Vance C. and Paula Williams Ottmer. On October 13, 2007, he married Shelley Roe in Indiana. Arn worked with concrete restoration in the construction business. He was known...
Ruby Naumann
Feb 4, 2010
Ruby Ann Wheeler Naumann, 67, of Brenham, widow of Fritz Naumann, Jr., died February 4, 2010. Ruby was born June 19, 1942 in Rogers, Texas to Simon and Lillie Edison Wheeler. She was employed for 27 years by the Brenham State School as a caregiver. Survivors include her sons, Wayne Naumann and wife Marivic, and Jody Naumann and wife...
Daniel Goerlitz
Jan 28, 2010
Daniel Wayne Goerlitz, 60, of Brenham, husband of Betty Franke Goerlitz, died January 28, 2010 in Brenham. Born August 21, 1949 in Giddings, Texas to Frank Christian and Olivia Freida Gregor Goerlitz, he was baptized on September 18, 1949 in Martin Luther Lutheran Church in Giddings, and later confirmed there on April 7, 1963. Daniel was a 1967 graduate...
Bennie Pfeiffer, Jr.
Jan 27, 2010
Bennie Pfeiffer, Jr., 69, of West Point, Texas, died January 27, 2010. Born in Shelby, Texas on May 13, 1941, to Bennie Sr. and Bertha Merkel Pfeiffer, he was baptized in St. Paul''s Lutheran Church of Shelby, where he was also later confirmed. He served his country in the U. S. Army and was a Viet Nam War Veteran....
Mary Davis
Jan 24, 2010
Mary "Stella" Davis, 89, former resident of Brenham, died January 24, 2010 in Allen, Texas. She was the widow of Lee E. Davis. Stella was born August 21, 1920 in Houston, Texas to John and Maude Spencer Clark Roach. She was a loving wife, mother and homemaker. She loved plants, volunteering, and reading. Survivors include sons and daughters-in-law, Lee...
Ashlea Doty
Jan 21, 2010
Ashlea Ruth Doty, 34, of Porter, Texas, died January 21, 2010. Ashea was born July 1, 1975 in Tulsa, OK. to David Doty and Sharon Lea Dalrymple. Survivors include her mother, Sharon Dalrymple of Tulsa, OK.; father, David Doty and his friend, Brenda Beckendorf of Brenham; brother David Scott Doty of Austin; grandmother Joan Dalrymple of Ft. Worth, and...
Max Twardowski
Jan 20, 2010
Max Twardowski, 87, of Brenham, died January 20, 2010 in Trinity Care Center. Max was born September 25, 1922 to Chester and Mary Murski Twardowski in Brenham. Baptized and confirmed in St. Mary''s Catholic Church, he later attended St. Mary''s Catholic School. He was a member of K.J.T. and the Knights of Columbus, and worked as a farmer and...
Nellie Harmel
Jan 15, 2010
We remember Nellie Mathilde Harmel, born April 28, 1915 in Burton, TX in Washington Co. to Wilhelm Stark and Emma Koerth. Nellie 94 passed away on January 15, 2010 with family near at the Gazebo Terrace nursing home in Brenham, TX. Nellie was christened January 16, 1916 in Burton, TX and educated at Hohenwalde School. Born in another era,...
Jerry Watson
Jan 14, 2010
Jerry Gordon Watson, 70, of Brenham, husband of Betty Kemper Watson, died January 14, 2010 in St. Joseph''s Regional Health Center in Bryan. Jerry was born October 30, 1939 in Freer, Texas to C. W. and Nova Yarbrough Watson. He married Betty Kemper in Houston on October 13, 1967, and was employed as a transportation and logistics manager in...
Thomas Clay
Jan 13, 2010
Thomas Tacitus Clay, 80, of Independence, husband of Reba Clay, died at his home on January 13, 2010, surrounded by his loved ones. Thomas was born May 11, 1929 to Thomas Thornhill and Dora Gerke Clay in Independence, Texas. He attended elementary school in Independence and high school in Brenham. On October 3, 1956, he married Reba Poston in...
Gus Draeger, Jr.
Jan 12, 2010
Gus Paul Draeger, Jr., 83, husband of Helen Draeger, died Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at home, with his loving wife of 53 years at his side. He was born May 26, 1926 to Gustav Herman and Martha Maass Draeger. On July 25, 1926, he was baptized at St. John''s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Burton, and later confirmed there on...
Dorothy Rodenbeck
Jan 5, 2010
Dorothy Mae Kelm Rodenbeck, 77, widow of Ervin Rodenbeck, died January 5, 2010 in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan. Dorothy was born October 2, 1932 in Brenham to Henry and Hulda Draeger Kelm. She was baptized December 4, 1932, and confirmed April 7 of 1946 in St. Peter''s Lutheran Church of Gay Hill. She was a graduate...
J. Sanders
Jan 5, 2010
J. W. Sanders, 82, of Brenham, husband of Juanita Sanders, died January 5, 2010 at College Station Medical Center in College Station. Born September 4, 1927 in Lexington, Oklahoma to David Richard and Mary Elizabeth Minor Sanders, he was baptized January 15, 1967 in Moore, Oklahoma. On January 16, 1948, he married Juanita Cash in Purcell, Oklahoma. He attended...
Irene Dube
Jan 5, 2010
Irene Klimbowska Harper Dube, 85, born January 8, 1924 in Pittsburgh, Pa., died January 4, 2010 in Irving, Texas. Preceding her in death was her husband, Edmund N. Dube, a son, Robert Edward Harper, her parents, seven brothers, and one sister. Her first husband, Lawrence Harper, also preceded her in death. Mrs. Dube was employed as a legal secretary...
Merritt Larson
Jan 5, 2010
Merritt Dean Larson, 78, of Brenham, died January 5, 2010 in College Station Medical Center in College Station, Texas. Mr. Larson was born October 22, 1931 in Knoxville, IA to Nels and Elma Ann Williams Larson. He served his country in the U. S. Army as part of the 508th Airborne, where he was a Squadron Leader and earned...
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