Recent Obituaries

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...

Gilbert Weiss
Nov 16, 2009
Gilbert Otto Michael Weiss, 90, of Brenham, died Monday, November 16, 2009, at Kruse Memorial Lutheran Village in Brenham. Mr. Weiss was born August 28, 1919, in Brenham, to Robert C. and Christina Limmer Weiss. He was baptized April 18, 1920 in Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Greenvine by Pastor L. Hoefer and was confirmed in Salem Lutheran Church of...

Dollie Waters
Nov 16, 2009
The Lord decided that He needed Dollie in Heaven to aid in the proper training of new angels. She was called home November 16, 2009 at approximately 0630. She was comfortable, at peace, and went to be with the Lord unafraid. Dollie was sent to earth November 26, 1948 to help all those who she met, especially her husband,...

Marjorie Schroeder
Nov 15, 2009
Marjorie Margie Schroeder, 78, of Brenham, widow of Charlie C.B. Schroeder Jr., died Sunday, November 15, 2009 in St. Joseph''s Regional Health Center in Bryan. Margie was born August 5, 1931 in Washington County to Willie Sr. and Ella Buerger Becker. Baptized September 6, 1931 in St. Matthew Lutheran Church of Sandy Hill by Pastor George Czerkus, she was...

Kathy Bates
Nov 13, 2009
Kathy Dianne Fay passed away November 13, 2009 in Burton. She was born November 23, 1960, and is survived by her son, Staff Sgt. Brandon Fay of Phoenix, Arizona; brothers Glenn Bates of Montgomery and Jerry Bates of Houston, and an uncle, Sidney Bates, Jr. of Houston. She was preceded in death by her father, Jim Bates and her...

Anita Martin
Nov 8, 2009
Anita Lou Bigley Martin, 79, passed away November 8, 2009 in Brenham, TX. Anita was born April 2, 1930 in Houston, Texas to Leander Joseph and Emma Louise McCartey Bigley. A graduate of Stephen F. Austin High School in Houston, Anita began her professional life as a secretary at Humble Oil and Refining Company, then was for many years...

Jim House
Nov 8, 2009
Jim Tom House, 82, of Brenham passed away on Sunday, November 8, 2009, at Trinity Care Center. He was born February 27, 1927, in Center City, Texas, to Thomas Henry and Frances Wilcox House. He graduated from Goldthwaite High School in 1944 and enlisted in the army. He served in the 48th Infantry Scout Dog Platoon. After being discharged...