Recent Obituaries
Betty Heald
Feb 4, 2009
Betty Irene Heald, 85, of Brenham, wife of Charles Dean Heald, died February 4, 2009 at Kruse Memorial Village. Mrs. Heald was born April 12, 1923 in Middlegrove, Illinois, to Clifford and Jesse Wheeler Jacobus. She was a clerical employee in the U. S. Patent Office. Mrs. Heald was a long-time member of the Northwood Presbyterian Church of San...
Clifford Klingsporn
Feb 4, 2009
Clifford Charles Klingsporn, 83, of Brenham, died February 4, 2009, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Klingsporn was born December 12, 1925, in Washington County, Texas, the son of Paul Robert and Laura Ising Klingsporn. He was a graduate of Brenham High School. He served his country in the U.S. Army as a Master Sergeant during the Korean...
Melvin Henske
Jan 25, 2009
Melvin Charles "Sonny" Henske, 89, of Brenham, died January 25, 2009 at Trinity Medical Center. He was born June 29, 1919 to Otto Henske and Frieda Hohlt Henske in the New Wehdem community of Austin County, Texas. He was baptized and confirmed at St James Lutheran Church of New Wehdem. He was educated at New Wehdem School in Austin...
Edgar Lentz
Jan 21, 2009
Edgar Edward Lentz, 84, of Brenham, husband of Ruby Makowsky Lentz, 84, died January 21, 2009. He was born on November 11, 1924 in Burton, Texas to Fritz and Emma Meyer Lentz, and was baptized January 30, 1925 in St. Paul Lutheran Church of Rehburg by Pastor H. Weber. On September 3, 1939, he was confirmed in the same...
Adeline Loesch
Jan 20, 2009
Adeline Loesch, 98, of Kenney, died at St. Joseph''s Hospital in Bryan, Texas January 20, 2009. She was born in the Hoddeville Community on April 1, 1910 to Adolph and Minnie Knuppel Sternberg. On June 12, 1910 she was baptized at EbenEzer Lutheran Church of Berlin by Rev. Johannes Mgelsoff and confirmed April 5, 1925 by Rev. Karl Mueller...
Mary Smith
Jan 17, 2009
Mary Jane Smith, 71, of Brenham died on January 17, 2009 at St. Josephs Regional Health Center in Bryan. She was born on July 24, 1937 to Orville "Red" Cullum and Lois Purvis Cullum in Shaw, Mississippi. Mary Jane married Charles Smith on December 24, 1955 in Greenville, Mississippi. Survivors are: son and daughter-in-law Harry Daniel and Rhonda Smith...
Lavohn Smith
Jan 15, 2009
Lavohn Harland Smith, 87, of Brenham, widower of Agnes Marie Wycoff Smith, died January 15, 2009 in Trinity Care Center. Mr. Smith was born July 28, 1921 in Nacogdoches, Texas to Norman Drebon and Evie Bertha Alders Smith. On December 10, 1944 he married Agnes Marie Wycoff. He served in the U. S. Army during World War II. Mr....
Howard Bennett
Jan 9, 2009
Howard William Bennett, 91, the widower of Stella Lucille Coad Bennett, died Friday January 9, 2009 at his residence. Howard was born April 9, 1918 in Hartford, Connecticut, the son of George William Bennett and Ruby Taylor Bennett. He received his master''s degree from the University of Houston. He was superintendent of production at Armco Steel. He was a...
Harold Oevermann
Jan 5, 2009
Harold Edle Oevermann, 75, of Burton, passed away January 5, 2009 at his residence. Mr. Oevermann was born March 3, 1933 in Washington County, Texas to August H. and Elsie Jaster Oevermann. He was baptized April 23, 1933 by Pastor Adolph Walton at St. John''s Evangelical and Reformed Church in Burton. On May 25, 1947, he was confirmed in...
Wayne Brauner
Jan 4, 2009
Wayne E. Brauner, 57, of Brenham, passed away January 4, 2009 at his residence. Born August 25, 1951 to Edwin and Gladys Neumann Brauner, he graduated from Brenham High School, and was a welder by profession. Survivors include his mother, Gladys Brauner of Brenham; son, Justin Lacy Brauner of Humble; grandchildren, Payton Elizabeth and Jacob Wayne Brauner; aunts and...
Florian Meleski Sr.
Dec 30, 2008
Florian John Meleski Sr. of Chappell Hill, Texas passed away December 30, 2008 at Trinity Hospital in Brenham. Mr. Meleski was educated at St. Thomas High School in Houston, baptized and confirmed at Christ the King Catholic Church in Houston. Florian was a service manager at Al Parker Buick, River Oak Chrysler Plymouth and LaGrange Motors in LaGrange, Texas....
Helen Loesch
Dec 27, 2008
Helen Krueger Loesch, 81 of Brenham passed away Saturday, December 27, 2008 at College Station Medical Center. She was the widower of Arno W. Loesch. Helen was born on Jan. 4, 1927 in Independence, Texas, the daughter of Otto and Sophie Schnieder Krueger. She attended Independence School, she worked in the retail business for a number of years. On...
M.E. Trostle
Dec 26, 2008
Maurice Eugene "Shorty" Trostle passed away Friday, December 26, 2008 at his home. Funeral services will be held Monday, Dec. 29 at 2 p.m. at St. Paul''s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 305 W. Third, with Pastors Lawrence Bade and Phillip Fenton officiating. Interment will follow at Prairie Lea Cemetery in Brenham. The family will receive visitors from 4 to 6...
Maurice Trostle
Dec 26, 2008
Maurice Eugene "Shorty" Trostle passed away Friday, December 26, 2008 at his home. Funeral services will be held Monday, Dec. 29 at 2 p.m. at St. Paul''s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 305 W. Third, with Pastors Lawrence Bade and Phillip Fenton officiating. Interment will follow at Prairie Lea Cemetery in Brenham. The family will receive visitors from 4 to 6...
Fred Moorhead, Sr.
Dec 26, 2008
Fred Myles Moorhead, Sr., 88, widower of Josie Self Moorhead, died December 26, 2008 in Trinity Medical Center. Mr. Moorhead was born September 21, 1920 in Durant, Mississippi to James Linder and Myrtice Weeks Moorhead. He served his country in the U. S. Army during World War II. On February 22, 1946 he married Josie Self in Durant, Mississippi....
Mike Mikolajewski
Dec 20, 2008
Mike Mikolajewski, 80, of Chappell Hill, passed away December 20, 2008, at Colonial Bell Nursing Home in Bellville, Texas. He was born September 23, 1928 to Pete Mikolajewski Sr. and Mary Duschinski of Chappell Hill. He was a rancher and was in the United States Air Force. He is survived by brothers and sister-in-law, Charles and Joyce Mikolajewski of...
Lucy Marks
Dec 17, 2008
Lucy Adams Marks, 73, of Brenham, passed away December 17, 2008 in Memorial Hermann Hospital in Katy. Mrs. Marks, widow of Ricky Marks, was born May 6, 1935 in Poughkeepsie, New York to Mike Adams and Dinah Marks. On April 25, 1962, she was married to Ricky Marks. Mrs. Marks was a homemaker. Survivors include sons Ricky Marks and...
Elvira Woodley
Dec 14, 2008
Elvira Venia Caudill Woodley of Brenham passed away December 14, 2008 in Brenham. Elvira was born January 2, 1923 to Samuel and Myrtle Caudill in Morehead, Kentucky. She completed her Registered Nurses training at Morehead State University, and completed her internship at John Hopkins Univeristy in Baltimore, Maryland. After completion, she moved to Houston and worked for a private...
Helen Rogers
Dec 6, 2008
Helen Rogers, 77, of Brenham passed away December 6, 2008 in Brenham Rest Home. Mrs. Rogers was born February 10, 1931 in Clay, Texas to Robert Spencer and Helen Farquhar Rogers. She was educated in Clay area schools and Brenham High School. Miss Rogers was a homemaker, and a member of the Independence Baptist Church for 62 years. In...
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