Recent Obituaries
Curtis Cowan
Sep 21, 2009
Curtis Charles Cowan, 54, husband of Kimberly Cowan, died September 21, 2009 in Trinity Care Center in Brenham. Mr. Cowan was born August 13, 1955 to Don and Lucille Beausoleil Cowan in Dallas, Texas. On July 28, 1984, he married Kimberly Ann Guy in Dallas. He was employed as a salesman in the electronics industry. Survivors include his wife,...
Wilburn Jaeger
Sep 19, 2009
Mr. Wilburn R. Jaeger went home to be with Jesus on September 19, 2009. Will was born in Port Arthur, TX on February 5, 1939. When Will was 5, the family moved back to Burton. He graduated from Burton High School in 1957, receiving several certificates for "Perfect Attendance". He lettered in basketball and baseball, the American Legion honored...
Hazel Wilkening
Sep 18, 2009
Hazel Dell Boone Wilkening, 93, went to meet our Lord on Friday, September 18, 2009, with her family at her side, encircling her with their love and prayers. Hazel was born September 26, 1915 in Burton, Texas. She was the daughter of Ira Boone and Lula Knittel Boone. She attended the Burton schools through the eighth grade the highest...
Rufus Gross
Sep 11, 2009
Rufus Franklin Gross, 69, of Washington, husband of Hattie Fay Gross, died September 11, 2009 at Grimes St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Navasota. Rufus was born on July 4, 1940 in Memphis, TN, to Jack Gross and Sally Mae Morris Gross. He was self employed as a painter for many years. Rufus loved to go fishing and hunting....
Harry Kwiatkowski
Sep 5, 2009
Harry E. Kwiatkowski, 61, of Brenham, died September 6, 2009 at his residence. He is also known to his friends and relatives as Big Harry or Big H. Harry was born in Houston on July 15, 1948 to Bruno Kwiatkowski and Antonia Stegent Kwiatkowski. He was baptized, confirmed and educated at St. Mary''s Catholic Church. Harry moved to Brenham...
Theodore Naumann, Sr.
Sep 1, 2009
Theodore Naumann Sr, 93 of Brenham, passed away Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at Trinity Care Center. Theodore was born in Brenham, Texas on April 8, 1916 to Emma Knuppel Naumann Sommerfeld and John Naumann. He was baptized June 11, 1916 in Prairie Hill and confirmed March 20, 1932 in Zion Lutheran Church. On October 10, 1940 he married Henrietta...
Kent Eman
Sep 1, 2009
Kent Reed Van Eman, 50, of San Antonio, died Tuesday, September 1, 2009 in San Antonio. Born in Wichita, Kansas on March 11, 1959 to James Brown and Patricia JoAnn Reed Van Eman, he was a former City Manager for the City of Brenham, and held various other positions with enthusiasm. At the time of his death, he was...
Elton Arceneaux, Jr.
Aug 31, 2009
Elton Adam Arceneaux, Jr. 76, husband of Linda Perry Arceneaux, died August 31, 2009 in Kruse Memorial Lutheran Village. Born April 22, 1933 in rural Rayne, La., to Elton A. and Eunice Chiasson Arceneaux, he was baptized in Rayne, La. in 1933 and confirmed there in 1946. He served his country as an air traffic controller in the U....
James Vesper
Aug 29, 2009
James Louis Vesper, 73, of Brenham, husband of Bev Vesper, died August 29, 2009 in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan after a brief battle with cancer. Jim was born August 31, 1935 in Litchfield, Illinois toJohn and Mamie Bentrup Vesper. He was a graduate of Staunton High School, and served his country in the U. S. Army....
Jaysin Lackey
Aug 24, 2009
Martin Jaysin Lackey, 40, husband of Melissa Taylor Lackey, died August 24, 2009. Born in Galveston, Texas on October 1, 1968 to Martin Nathaniel and Brenda Radler Lackey, he graduated from Santa Fe High School in 1987. He attended Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas on an athletic scholarship, where he played football. He then went on to Cisco Junior...
Norman Raman
Aug 24, 2009
Norman Raman son, husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and geologist extraordinaire, passed away on August 24, 2009. He was born into a farming family on May 14, 1918 in Springfield, Ill . He was raised by his mother Blanche Raman and her family to be the loving character that we all knew. He graduated from University High, Urbana, Illinois in...
James Woods
Aug 23, 2009
James Jim Eldon Woods, 70, of Brenham, went home to be with the Lord August 23, 2009, at Methodist Hospital in Houston. Jim was born July 12, 1939, in Ottawa, Kansas, to Oscar and Velma Sink Woods. He served his country in the Air Force and was self-employed in the construction/telecommunications industry for 42 years. Jim was a loving...
Benjamin Helton
Aug 17, 2009
Benjamin Franklin Helton, 60, of Brenham, husband of Grace Helton, died August 17, 2009 in Grimes St. Joseph Hospital in Navasota. Mr. Helton was born in Muldoon, Texas to Reuben James and Martha Irene Fulkerson Helton. On October 11, 1969, he married Grace Hancock in Smithville, Texas. Mr. Helton served his country in the U. S. Army, and retired...
Waldo Franke
Aug 15, 2009
Waldo Allen Franke, 62 of Brenham, husband of Bonnie Franke, died August 15, 2009 at Trinity Medical Center. Waldo was born on September 9, 1946 to Erwin and Velma Krause Franke near Industry, Texas. . A 1965 graduate of Brenham High School, Waldo owned and operated Borden s Milk Co several years then Franke Feed Store for many years...
Clarence Niemeyer
Aug 14, 2009
Clarence Henry Niemeyer, 85 of Brenham, husband of Gladys Niemeyer, died August 14, 2009 at Trinity Care Center. Clarence was born July 7, 1924 to Henry and Emma Duebbe Niemeyer near Burton Texas. He was baptized August 31, 1924 at St. Paul s Lutheran Church in Rehburg by Pastor Weber. Confirmed May 5, 1940 at St. John Lutheran Church...
Theresa Jaeger
Aug 13, 2009
Theresa Ruth Jaeger, 70, wife of Melvern Jaeger, died August 13, 2009 in Porter, Texas. Born March 20, 1939 in Gueydan, La., to Rita Chavin Johnson, she married Melvern Jaeger on June 2, 1957. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Melvern Jaeger of Houston; daughters Rita and husband Wayne Bierman, Carolyn Jaeger-Ivey of New Mexico, and Sandra...
Brenda Morgan
Aug 11, 2009
Brenda Joyce Barrow Morgan, 68, wife of Billie Morgan, died August 11, 2009 at her residence in Brenham, after a year-long battle with leukemia. Brenda was born in Bastrop, Texas on October 18, 1940 to George Eugene Barrow and Esther Louise Schwartz Schoedel. She was baptized March 5, 1944 at St. Paul''s Lutheran Church by Rev. Theo R. Streng,...
Alma Hahn
Aug 10, 2009
Alma W. Hahn, 92, of Brenham, widow of Jimmie Hahn, Sr., died August 10, 2009. Born April 9, 1917 in Somerville, Texas to Ralph and Hattie Malkey Wood, she was educated in the Somerville school system, and graduated from Somerville High School as salutatorian. On August 13, 1935, she married Jimmie Hahn, Sr. in Somerville, and was co-founder along...
Esther Schlabach
Aug 10, 2009
Mrs. Esther Evelyn Schlabach, age 85, of Brenham, and the widow of Wollie Schlabach, passed away Monday morning, August 10, 2009 at Meridian Care in San Antonio. Mrs. Schlabach was born December 28, 1923 to Louis Otto and Emma Miksch Wunderlich in Vanderbilt, Texas. She attended Round Top schools and Massey Business College in Houston. She married Wollie Schlabach...
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