Recent Obituaries
James Pledger
Jan 2, 2010
James Rector Pledger, 52, of Brenham, died January 2, 2010 in Trinity Medical Center. James was born June 25, 1957 in Houston to John Erhard Jr. and Maisie Louellen McBrayer Pledger. He was baptized August 11, 1957 in West University Methodist Church of Houston. Survivors include his mother, Louellen Pledger of Bryan and brothers and sisters-in-law John and Ann...
Erna Brewer
Jan 2, 2010
Erna Seidel Brewer, 92, widow of Steve Brewer, died January 2, 2010 in Longview Regional Hospital. Born in Brenham, Texas to Ernest and Mattie Green Seidel on November 6, 1917, Erna was baptized March 17, 1918 in St. Paul''s Lutheran Church by Rev. E. A. Sagebiel. On April 10, 1932, she was confirmed in St. Paul''s Lutheran Church by...
Winnie Koester
Dec 24, 2009
Winnie "Ruth" Rice Koester, 81, widow of Walter W. Koester, passed away at the Brenham Rest Home on December 24, 2009. Ruth was born March 29, 1928 to Clyde and Vera Geneva Morehead Rice in Sands Springs, Oklahoma. She attended Tomball area schools. On July 25, 1948, she married Walter W. Koester at Bethlehem Lutheran Church William Penn by...
Martha Wendt
Dec 24, 2009
Martha Elizabeth Wendt, 96, of Houston, died December 24, 2009 in Houston. She is the widow of Beauregard A. Wendt Sr. She was born on May 30, 1913 to Alvin Ellsworth Snyder and Nelle Wise Snyder, in St. Joseph, Missouri. She was educated at Benton High School, St Joseph, Missouri, Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota with a B.E....
Dr. Zernial
Dec 23, 2009
Dr. Gerald Allen Zernial passed away peacefully in Galveston on December 23, 2009 after a long illness. He was born in 1937, raised in Brenham, TX and attended Brenham High School. He was a graduate of Texas A&M, receiving his BS in Mechanical Engineering, graduate of Michigan State, receiving his MS in Mechanical Engineering, and a graduate of University...
Ora Broeker
Dec 21, 2009
Ora Nell Stern Broeker, 85, widow of Gilbert Broeker, died December 21, 2009 in Brenham Rest Home. Funeral services are planned for Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church, with Pastors Matthew Jacobs and William Holzer officiating. Burial will take place in Prairie Lea Cemetery. The family will receive family and friends Tuesday evening from...
Marvin Struck, Sr.
Dec 15, 2009
Marvin Oliver Struck, Sr. 93, of Burton, widower of Annie Schulz Struck, died December 15, 2009 in Brenham Rest Home. Funeral services will be held Friday, December 18, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church of Rehburg, with Pastor Steven Cox officiating. Burial will take place in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends and family...
Ora Heine
Dec 14, 2009
Ora Nell Heine, 100, of Burton, wife of the late Fred Heine, died Monday, December 14, 2009 in Brenham. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at St. Paul Lutheran Lutheran Church of Rehburg with the Rev. Steve Cox officiating. Burial will follow at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Burton. Visitation will take...
Pearl Smith
Dec 13, 2009
Pearl Virginia Smith, 64, of Brenham, died December 13, 2009. Pearl was born April 1, 1945 in Houston, Texas to Luther E. and Rose R. Schlebach Smith. Survivors include a brother and sister-in-law, Joe and Bobbie Smith of Clear Lake Shores, Texas. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, December 14, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. in the Lillian Wilder Chapel...
Charlie Buerger
Dec 10, 2009
Charlie Buerger, 88, of Brenham, widower of Mildred Rodenbeck Buerger, died December 10, 2009 in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center. Mr. Buerger was born January 9, 1921 in the Sandy Hill Community of Washington County to Willie and Hattie Kankel Buerger. On February 13, 1921, he was baptized in St. Matthew Lutheran Church of Sandy Hill, and later confirmed there...
Stephanie Ludwig
Dec 8, 2009
Stephanie Cecilia Ludwig, 93, of Brenham and formerly of Rockdale, died December 8, 2009. She was born September 25, 1916 to William E. and Victoria Kuzel in Corinth, Tx. She attended Corinth schools and completed high school in Buckholts, Tx. Cecilia was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic faith at St. Monica''s Catholic Church in Cameron. On November 11,...
Lee Drews
Dec 7, 2009
Lee Roy W. Drews, 82, of Brenham, widower of Joyce Elaine Jaster Drews, died December 7, 2009 in Trinity Care Center. Born July 22, 1927 in the Hoddeville Community of Washington County to Willie Herman and Mollie Seilheimer Drews, he was baptized September 4, 1927 in Zion Lutheran Church and later confirmed there on September 21, 1941. He graduated...
Irma Ahlhorn
Dec 6, 2009
Irma Leona Wagner Ahlhorn, 89, of Brenham, died at Trinity Care Center on Sunday, December 6, 2009. Mrs. Ahlhorn was born July 3, 1920 to Lillie and Harry Wagner in Industry, Texas. She was baptized at Shelby Evengelical Lutheran Church and confirmed at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Winedale. She received her early education at Rockhaus-Schoenau School. When the...
Cecilia Murski
Dec 2, 2009
Cecilia Annie Murski, 81, of Brenham, wife of Paul A. Murski, Sr., died December 2, 2009. Mrs. Murski was born June 25, 1928 to Henry and Josephine Stzelecke in Chappell Hill, Texas. She was baptized in July of 1928 in Chappell Hill. She married Paul A. Murski, Sr., in St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Chappell Hill on Nov. 13,...
Lewis Heuvel
Dec 2, 2009
Lewis E. Heuvel died on December 2, 2009 in Royse City, Texas at the age of 94. He was born on August 30, 1915, in Clay Station, Texas, the son of Marion and Mary van den Heuvel. He had 2 brothers and 5 sisters. Lewis graduated from Brenham High School and attended Blinn College. He was an outstanding high...
Martha Thornbrough
Dec 1, 2009
Martha Thornbrough, 82, widow of Ralph Thornbrough, died December 1, 2009 in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan. Mrs. Thornbrough was born in Steems, Mississippi on September 7, 1927 to Herman Henry and Louise Bell Vaughn. She married Ralph Thornbrough on May 17, 1947 in Columbus, MS. She was employed at Blinn College, and was a member of...
Roger Hannath
Nov 30, 2009
Roger Earl Hannath, 63, of Brenham, husband of Suzanne Schwarze Hannath, died November 29, 2009 in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan. Born November 27, 1946 in Brenham, Texas to Edwin Barry and Dorothy Dorman Westerfeld Hannath, Roger was baptized May 4, 1947 at Zion Lutheran Church in Zionsville, and confirmed April 15, 1962 in St. Mark Lutheran...
Thelma Nelson
Nov 20, 2009
Thelma Ruth Clark Nelson, born January 10, 1920, passed away in Brenham, Texas on November 20, 2009. She was preceded in death by her beloved Husband, Oscar Cutler Nelson, Mother, Edna Clark, and Sister, Doris Clark. Thelma is survived by children; Beverly Morris and husband Ray of Chappell Hill, Texas; Son, Ronnie Nelson of Pagosa Springs, Colorado; Daughter, Susan...
Atreus Clay
Nov 19, 2009
Atreus McCreery Clay, 83, of Independence and Houston, passed away November 19, 2009 in Houston. Mr. Clay was a decedent of original settlers in the Independence, Texas area, born to Thomas Thornhill and Dora Gerke Clay on October 26, 1926. Atreus was a renowned attorney in Houston. He was preceded in death by a brother, Nester Clay, and is...
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